Problem with placing Adobe files in InDesign

[Diana_C...@adobeforums.com]

I'm working on a document in InDesign. I have CS3 Creative Suite. I have used this for a while now and not had this problem, but when I go to "place" and try to insert a "pdf" file, it will not allow me to do it any longer. The error says "Failed to open the pdf file".

Does anyone now what the fix is for this? I use pdf files all the time in InDesign, don't know what has happened.

Thanks for any help that may be given.

Diana

[thiy...@adobeforums.com]

Hi diana,

Is your pdf file get opened in Acrobat or Adobe Reader?? If yes means please check with document properties, is there any security provided to the document.

Regards
Thiyagu

[Jon Bessant]

Try selecting the 'options' checkbox when placing the PDF - this should
avoid this problem....

Jon

[am...@msu.edu]

This doesn't always work. I have been having this problem with PDFs of
charts in Excel. I'm using InDesign CS3 for the Mac. The files open
fine in Acrobat, but will not place in InDesign.

One solution that worked, but is suboptimal is to export the PDF file
to Postscript and then redistill it. Since I often need to make simple
instructions for students who need to use InDesign, this kind of
problem is a real pain.

Alan