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Adobe InDesign cannot open the file...

“Cannot open the file “*****.INDD”. Adobe InDesign may not support the file format, a plug-in that supports the file format may be missing, or the file may be open in another application.”

Good news- Solution below!

That was the message a customers file was giving us. They thought their Adobe file is corrupt; and it might still be. But what does this rather broad Adobe InDesign dialog message mean?

From a few Google searches, I see, oddly enough, that many will get this Adobe InDesign error message when trying to open a version of QuarkXPress higher than v4.11; which Adobe cannot handle. (Markzware Q2ID can of course convert all versions of QuarkXPress right into Adobe InDesign.)

Yet this message also seems to come up at other un-appropriate times; like the file is really damaged. For instance in this thread, titled, “Indd file created in France will not open in the US” we see the same exact Adobe error message as above… So what is going on?

SOLUTION FOUND!
Then the solution appeared; which I figured as much, for the file is not recognized even by FlightCheck. We find the answers here in this useful thread:  Read more... (314 words, 1 image, estimated 1:15 mins reading time)

Here was a forum question over on the very popular InDesignTalk forum; which I get an email digest for. This had to do with how to convert page elements and paragraph styles from within Quark documents into InDesign Adobe files and of course applying those styles when you convert to Adobe files:

“In the past year or two I converted many files from Quark to InDesign for our education unit. I am now needing to make some changes to the files and my boss blithely pointed out that the original author was a faithful user of style sheets in Quark. I am a faithful user of styles in InDesign, but I must admit I paid no attention to them when I did the conversion. Now when I look at the files I see lots of styles in the InDesign panels, but none of them seem to be applied to any text. Am I correct about that? Did I miss a huge (and in retrospect ghastly) part of the conversion process?

Thanks as always for sharing your vast experience….
(and)  Read more... (476 words, estimated 1:54 mins reading time)

Here was a post that showed up on my “preflight” watch-list this weekend, which I found interesting:

It also would be nice if it was possible to preflight InDesign documents if there were any untagged RGB images used. My intension is to create an InDesign script to preform a preflight.

Source: http://graphicstart.com/item.php?&itemid=1060906

It is important to note that FlightCheck Professional would be the *perfect* candidate for this task, as it can preflight both the PDF as well as the InDesign Adobe file and many other file types besides Adobe InDesign files. FCPro can also specifically let you know if the Adobe PDF has RGB images which do not have ICC Profiles attached and ignore the CMYK images.

Anne-Marie Concepción, in conjunction with Lynda.com, a great place to get online training material about graphic design and Adobe InDesign or other CS4 file applications, has a great new series out called, “InDesign CS4: 10 Tips for Troubleshooting Files.” Markzware has a lot of experience in this field, as we have products for working with Adobe InDesign and also have a method of fixing or restoring corrupted or not-opening .IND documents (video link). With that said, these Adobe InDesign tips and tricks are excellent and will save you a lot of headaches when working with an indesign file as a troubleshooting aid. Here is an overview of the 10-part video series:  Read more... (274 words, 15 images, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)

The Ten Things
	1. Rebuilding preferences	8:39	11.3 MB
	2. Deleting a crashing recovery file	2:42	4.3 MB
	3. Discovering a document’s history	4:06	7.5 MB
	4. Round-tripping to INX and IDML	6:05	9.1 MB
	5. Moving pages to a fresh file	5:56	8.6 MB
	6. Finding corrupt images	5:27	11.2 MB
	7. Testing for corrupt fonts	9:09	10.2 MB
	8. Disabling third-party plug-ins	3:51	5.2 MB