We'd have to try one. Dunno

I'll email you something small that I can't open that has just a couple of linked graphics. If you can export it using the "inx" exchange option (I think that's what it's called), we'll give it a try. I basically downloaded via ftp about 400 megabytes of art that the company wants me to have.

I think it looks like you need 4.0.5 to open files via the Exchange format. So that means at least CS2

Okay, I think I've found the answer. Long story short and without posting all the links, it seems pretty clear that in order to open InDesign CS3 (and presumably higher) documents in CS1 you have to first open the inx "exchange" document in CS2 and then export an exchange document from CS2 that can then be opened in CS1.

One potential problem is that I don't know if some of these files that I can't open in CS1 are CS2 or CS3 documents. Thalo, that one file that I originally sent you, you obviously could open it using your CS3. Could you determine if it was a CS2 or CS3 document? Does CS3 open CS2 files directly?

When I unzipped that file, the icon shows as CS3 if that's all you have installed. You have to go to File info for the version the document was created with. In this case Adobe InDesign 5.0

Okay, "5.0" means CS3, "3.x" means CS1, and I presumably "4.x" mean CS2. So I'm *guessing* that the files I have are a combination of CS1 and CS3 files. But who knows. There are a lot of files and I haven't looked at them all. But wasn't Adobe clever in their numbering scheme? It couldn't be easier. "CS" must stand for "completely shotgun-approach."