File Format Not Recognized

[EricGRobinson]

PageMaker 7.0.1 is not recognizing a .pmd file. Whenever I try to open the file I receive the error "Cannot open file" and "This format file cannot be opened by this application." Near the bottom of the error message box the number 8009:20481 appears. Does this mean the file is corrupted and if it does is there any way to recover the file?

[John Davies]

Hi, EricGRobinson.

> Cannot open file. File is not a PageMaker publication file. 8009:20481

Details of how to respond to this error message can be found at: How do I troubleshoot an unopenable PageMaker publication in Windows? <http://pagemakersupport.adobe.com/adobeknowbase/root/public/pm1197.htm>

Iechyd da! John
18:03 27/02/03 GMT

[EricGRobinson]

Unfortunately none of the steps from the "How do I troubleshoot and unopenable PageMaker publication in Windows?" work. Does anyone else have any ideas?

[John Davies]

Hi, EricGRobinson,

> none of the steps from the "How do I troubleshoot and unopenable PageMaker publication in Windows?" work.
>

Can you confirm that the file is definitely a PageMaker file?
Else it seems like the file is well corrupted. :-((

Iechyd da! John
Merseyside UK
Written at Fri, 28 Feb 2003 00:49 GMT, probably posted later.

[Ian A. Wright]

Eric:

The only thing I can think of to fix a document that you cannot open before getting an error message is to try to minimize the PM window as much as possible (so only the menu bar shows) before opening. This is in case the problem is a damaged graphic on the page it is trying to open to. If you can open it in a small window use CTL-G to go to another page and then try to expand the windows size.