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)

Q2ID – QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign is a popular conversion plug-in for the layout program of Adobe InDesign for CS3 and CS4 from Markzware. When you buy Adobe CS3 or CS4, you can get compatible Markzware products.  Here we have a collection of our Q2ID video demos on one page or post, including some QuarkXPress training tips. For example, after learning InDesign CS3, you can learn Quark conversion tips.  It is easy to get .QXP documents into a .INDD type document layout; saving tons of time and thus money. Several language video demonstrations below (English, French, German and Polish) and more to come. (If you would like to partner with Markzware to make a joint video demonstration into Spanish, Italian or other languages- please let me know on david AT markzware [dot] nl):

English Q2ID demo version:

Français Q 2 ID demo:

“Convertir un fichier QuarkXPress au fichier Adobe InDesign”

Deutsch Q2ID demo video (by Andreas Moos):

“…Nun öffnen wir InDesign. Beachten Sie das Q2ID v4 in Version CS2, CS3 und CS4 arbeitet und Quarkdokumente von Version 3.3 bis einschließlich Version 8 öffnet…”

Nederlandse Q2ID Demo

“Quark naar InDesign”

Markzware Releases Major Upgrade To Its Conversion Tool QuarkXPress To InDesign (Q2ID v4)

Convert QuarkXPress To Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4 Quickly and Easily

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

SANTA ANA, California, December 3, 2008 — Markzware (www.markzware.com), the leading developer of preflighting, data extraction and conversion software today released an upgrade to its highly-acclaimed conversion tool Q2ID (QuarkXPress To InDesign). Q2ID v4 is an InDesign CS4 plugin, created as a quick, easy and affordable method for migrating QuarkXPress content into a new Adobe InDesign document.

This new Q2ID upgrade to q2id v4 from version 3 boasts full plugin support for Adobe InDesign CS3 and CS4 and converts QuarkXPress versions 3.3 through 8. Q2ID v4 is developed with the needs of the graphic arts industry in mind.   This conversion tool provides a comprehensive solution to simplify the creative process and optimize the graphic design workflow.

“Markzware continues to focus on addressing the needs of the graphic arts community. Q2ID plays a key role in their creative workflow, and we want to continue to serve the needs of our industry in creating a product such as Q2ID,” said Mary Gay Marchese, director of public relations for Markzware.  Read more... (400 words, estimated 1:36 mins reading time)

Despite all the gains and benefits of computer-to-plate (CTP) imaging and digital design, the process of creating compelling packaging designs is actually more complicated than ever. In the days of film, it didn’t matter what creative application you may have been using — Adobe Illustrator or QuarkXPress, for example — because in the end the creative work became film, which any packaging manufacturer could accept.

Then came CTP, and film stepped aside and allowed digital workflow to take center stage. No longer was film trafficked; rather, digital files became the means for exchanging packaging content. And suddenly, it became increasingly important what design application a creative director may be using, and what types of digital file formats a package printer may (or may not) accept.

There will always be loyal QuarkXPress fans, or loyal Adobe fans, who stick with their favorite creative application, no matter what the other developer may offer. But increasingly, there are greater numbers of package designers who find that it’s not a matter of choosing one application versus the other. Instead, they find themselves enmeshed in a creative workflow that requires the use of both Adobe’s and Quark’s solutions.  One solution, Q2ID by Markzware, converts QuarkXPress content to Adobe InDesign content.  (Q2ID 3.0 / Q2IDv3 can be upgraded to Q2ID version 4.)  Read more... (701 words, estimated 2:48 mins reading time)

Below is a press release from IT Enquirer on a recent, detailed ROI (Return On Investment) report they did on Markzware’s Q2ID or QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign conversion plugin. As you can see in this chart, a single license of Q2ID can have a first year ROI of over 1,000 %*! That is amazing. See exhibit from IT Enquirer report here:  Read more... (447 words, 1 image, estimated 1:47 mins reading time)

by Claudia McCue
April 2008

If like many designers you are in the process of making the big switch from QuarkXPress to InDesign, you know it is not a trivial undertaking. You have to retrain your brain to a new way of working and remind your fingers which keys to hit for those newfangled shortcuts. You are in a hurry to get up to speed, and you have just been asked to create a client’s next newsletter in InDesign. The template for the newsletter is currently in QuarkXPress. You’ve finally come to that fork in the road: Do you build a new newsletter template from scratch, or do you take the easy way out and just open the file with InDesign? If there’s a lot of work in the template, go for File > Open. While it’s surprising this works at all, you should know what converts and what does not.

OPENING QUARKXPRESS FILES IN INDESIGN
Since the beginning, InDesign has had the ability to open QuarkXPress files created in versions 3.32 through 4.11—that hasn’t changed since InDesign One-Oh. What has changed, of course, is QuarkXPress itself; after all, we’re up to version 7.0 now. Yet InDesign CS3 still cannot open up documents created in QuarkXPress versions later than 4.11. Why is that? At the release of QuarkXPress 5.0, the file architecture of QuarkXPress documents changed—one imagines, to thwart opening by wily InDesign users.  Read more... (2018 words, 3 images, estimated 8:04 mins reading time)