http://www.macwork.com/2006/07/06/opening-pagemaker-files-in-adobe-indesign/ The Mac Experience in Business & Home: Help, Tips, Discussion & Radio Show Notes Sun, 06 Jul 2008 23:14:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://www.macwork.com/2006/07/06/opening-pagemaker-files-in-adobe-indesign/#comment-26453 Robert Reehling Fri, 15 Feb 2008 18:23:10 +0000 http://www.macwork.com/2006/07/06/opening-pagemaker-files-in-adobe-indesign/#comment-26453 My issue is with Adobe inDesign establishing itself as the default on our system. When we installed inDesign on our mac it ran fine in os 10.4.11 along with Adobe Pagemaker 7, (our workhorse) in Classic. Somewhere along the line (probably through an inDesign update mole) inDesign has become the default. Now, whenever we want to open any PageMaker file, we need to select PageMaker in the ”OPEN WITH” file drop-down menu. Otherwise Pagemaker files open in inDesign. If you manage to click the Pagemaker icon or file instead of just highlighting it, inDesign swings into action and then needs to be dealt a swift FORCE QUIT before we can move on. A more than annoying regular occurrence. Actually we do all of our book publishing and page layouts in PageMaker7 which has suited our needs just fine for years. We use inDesign (our Edsel?) to print proofs etc (since Pagemaker is no longer welcome by most printer drivers. How can we end InDesign’s default reign of terror? Thanks. My issue is with Adobe inDesign establishing itself as the default on our system. When we installed inDesign on our mac it ran fine in os 10.4.11 along with Adobe Pagemaker 7, (our workhorse) in Classic. Somewhere along the line (probably through an inDesign update mole) inDesign has become the default. Now, whenever we want to open any PageMaker file, we need to select PageMaker in the ”OPEN WITH” file drop-down menu. Otherwise Pagemaker files open in inDesign. If you manage to click the Pagemaker icon or file instead of just highlighting it, inDesign swings into action and then needs to be dealt a swift FORCE QUIT before we can move on. A more than annoying regular occurrence. Actually we do all of our book publishing and page layouts in PageMaker7 which has suited our needs just fine for years. We use inDesign (our Edsel?) to print proofs etc (since Pagemaker is no longer welcome by most printer drivers. How can we end InDesign’s default reign of terror? Thanks.

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