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Adobe InDesign CS significantly improves output of placed PDF files in areas such as detect-
ing spot and process colors used in them. If you use Adobe InDesign CS to open an Adobe
InDesign 2 document containing placed PDF files, the PDF files may output as if printed
from Adobe InDesign 2 because the PDF files are not re-parsed during the conversion. If a
customer still uses Adobe InDesign 2 and frequently places PDF files, you might recommend
that they upgrade to Adobe InDesign CS.
If you don’t have the version of InDesign that was used to create a document, compare the
converted file to the customer’s proof to make sure there aren’t any unexpected changes,
particularly regarding text composition.
Checking for differences if the file was converted from Quark XPress or Adobe PageMaker
InDesign can convert document and template files from Adobe PageMaker 6.5 or later and
QuarkXPress 3.3 or 4.1x. To convert documents created with QuarkXPress 5 or later, reopen
the documents in QuarkXPress and save them in version 4 format. If you convert any file
with the intention of creating prepress-quality output, preflight and proof the file to evaluate
any changes that may have resulted from the conversion.
When you open a PageMaker or QuarkXPress file, InDesign converts the original file
information to native InDesign information. For example:
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Text is converted to InDesign text frames.
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Styles are converted to existing InDesign styles.
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Text and graphics links are preserved and appear in the Links palette. Embedded
graphics—those added to the original document using the Paste command—are not con-
verted. For more information on embedded graphics, see “Managing links and relinking
imported files” on page 22.
Note:
InDesign does not support OLE or Quark XTensions®. Consequently, when you
open files that contain OLE or Quark XTensions graphics, those graphics will not appear
in the InDesign document. If your QuarkXPress document does not convert, check the
original and remove any objects that were created by an XTension; then save, and try to
convert again.
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Color profiles for PageMaker files are converted directly. Because QuarkXPress uses
different color profiles, they are ignored in InDesign.
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Colors are converted exactly to InDesign colors, except in the following situations:
PageMaker HLS colors are converted to RGB colors, and colors from the color library
are converted based on their CMYK values; QuarkXPress 3.3 HSB colors are converted
to RGB, and colors from the color library are converted based on their CMYK values;
QuarkXPress 4.1 HSB and LAB colors are converted to RGB, and colors from the color
library are converted based on their RGB values; QuarkXPress 4.1 colors from the color
library are converted based on their CMYK values.
