Can't open Pagemaker 6.5 files in ID...

I was running ID CS2 on a Windows XP Pro system and had no problems opening Pagemaker 6.5 files. That system recently suffered a processor demise that affected the motherboard and forced me to start over with a new system that's now running Vista Home Premium. All of the programs I use loaded fine on Vista except Pagemaker 6.5. When I try to load it, I get a message saying it's not compatible. So I thought, OK, I'll simply open the Pagemaker files in In Design as I've done in the past and resave them. However, every file I've attempted to open gives me an error message saying the files are damaged and can't be opened. I know none of the files are damaged because I'd recently opened many of the same files in Pagemaker before the other system crashed. BTW, all of the Pagemaker files are on external drives so couldn't have been affected by the crash.



Any ideas how I can get around this?



DC
Can't open Pagemaker 6.5 files in ID...
http://indesignsecrets.com/windows-xp-service-pack-3-breaks-indesign-cs2-pagemak er-conversion-capability.php



Bob
Can't open Pagemaker 6.5 files in ID...
Thanks, Bob. I have another issue that I can't find any specifics on in the forum.



Do you know why Arial Narrow fonts aren't available in the InDesign or Photoshop font list? I've always used these fonts with no problems in XP Pro, but since going to Vista, they don't show up. They're listed in the Windows font folder. The only one that shows up in InDesign and Photoshop is Arial regular. Arial Narrow shows up and is available in Word and other programs but not Adobe.



DC

http://indesignsecrets.com/hotfix-corrects-arial-narrow-problem-on-windows.php



Bob

I found a way to work around the Pagemaker 6.5 file dilemma. I'm going to borrow a system running Win XP and Office from a friend, install Pagemaker, and one-by-one, copy/paste the song lyrics into Word docs and burn those files to CD. It'll take a while but is the only way I can see to get those song lyrics back. In the future, I'm going to save all that sort of stuff as Word docs.



As far as the Arial Narrow thing, I'll simply use a diffrent font from now on.