CA 41A - Desktop Publishing with InDesign "Backsaving" an InDesign document

Exporting InDesign CS2 documents for use in InDesign CS

To open an InDesign CS2 document in InDesign CS, you must first export the document to the InDesign Interchange (INX) format.

Then install the update Adobe InDesign CS 3.0.1 April 2005 (CS2 Compatibility Update). You can obtain this update by choosing Help > Updates, and following the prompts. You can also obtain this update from the Adobe website: Choose Support > Downloads, and then go to the InDesign Downloads page.

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/search/index.cfm?loc=en_us&term=InDesign+CS

Be aware that content created using functionality specific to InDesign CS2 might be modified or omitted when you open the file in InDesign CS. For example, footnotes and object styles (new features in InDesign CS2) drop out. However, object style attributes applied to page objects are preserved when possible.

To perform the export function from an InDesign CS2 document so it may be opened in InDesign CS:

• Choose File > Export.
• Select InDesign Interchange from File Type (Windows) or Formats (Mac OS). This will put on .inx at the end of your saved file instead of the usual .indd
• Click Save.
• You can open the .inx file in InDesign CS, then save it again as a .indd document. You can then work on it within InDesign CS and then open it in class with InDesign CS2. If making more changes to the document in class, you would need to repeat the export process.