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Cross-Platform PageMaker Converter

Use the Cross-Platform PageMaker Converter to quickly convert publications and templates created in Adobe PageMaker 5.x and 6.x for Mac OS to PageMaker 6.0 for Windows . After converting the publications, you can open them in PageMaker 7.0 for Windows. You can convert one Mac OS publication at a time, or batch convert a group of publications at once. Conversion time depends on your computer conguration, network activity, and on the size and complexity of the publication.
2 Make sure the Mac OS lenames do not contain invalid Windows characters (\ / * ? < > |). Files with invalid names will not convert. 3 Locate and open the Cross-Platform Converter (Mac OS to Windows) folder, and then doubleclick the converter icon to start the program. The application is installed by default in the following location:
C:\Pro g r am Files\Adobe\PageMaker 7.0\ Ext r as\XPlatConv\WXPlConv. exe

4 From the main menu, choose File > Select Files. 5 In the Select Files to Convert dialog box, locate

Converting one or more publications

This section covers the basic steps for converting Mac OS PageMaker publications and templates to Windows PageMaker 6.0 publications. For information on platform differences that can modify the converted publication, see the next section, Tips for converting publications. For more infor-mation on using the converter, see online Help (from the converters main menu, choose Help > Contents).
To convert a Mac OS PageMaker publication:

the folder containing the PageMaker publication or publications you want to convert.
6 Select the le or les you want to convert, and then click Select. To see a valid le without a .pm5,.pm6, .pt5, or .pt6 extension, choose All Files for Files of Type.

The publication(s) appear in the list box within the main Cross-Platform PageMaker Converter window. If you change your mind and do not want to convert a publication, select it and choose File > Remove Files.
7 Specify the folder where you want to save the converted publications. (Skip this step to store the converted publications in the same folder as the original publications.) Choose File > Save to Original to remove the checkmark and open the Choose Destination dialog box. Specify the folder and click Select.

1 Close the Mac OS PageMaker publications you

want to convert, and either store the Mac OS publications on a network server accessible from your Windows computer, or copy the publications to your Windows computer.

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8 If youre saving converted les over a network

that restricts lename lengths (for example, a network created by Novell NetWare software earlier than version 4.1), select Allow Entry of 8.3 Destination Filenames (where 8.3 means a lename with no more than 8 characters with a 3-character le extension, as in Sample02.pm6). Note: If you select this option, the converter will pause with each publication and prompt you for a new lename. For more information on conversion issues resulting from using this option, see the Main Window topic in online Help.
9 Click Convert.

To open a converted Mac OS publication using PageMaker 7.0 for Windows:

1 Start PageMaker, and choose File > Open. 2 Select the publication, and then click OK. 3 If PageMaker displays the font-matching dialog box, select a substitute font, select Temporary or Permanent, and then click OK. For more information on font substitution, the Adobe PageMaker 7.0 User Guide. 4 Click OK.

The publication opens as an untitled document.

The window displays the list of les selected and the status of the le conversion (a checkmark means the le converted successfully; an X means conversion was unsuccessful; a warning icon means conversion was successful, but with some problems). A progress indicator shows the progress of the conversions. The converter uses the same lename as the original, but adds the prex PC to differentiate it from the original Mac OS le (for example, the Mac OS lename Sample.pmd will convert to PC Sample.pmd).
10 For more information on each le converted

Tips for converting publications

The following aspects of your publications may require special attention when converted.
Text You may have to substitute fonts when you rst open the publication in PageMaker 7.0 for Windows. Always check your publication carefully for changes in line breaks, overset text, and other undesirable results of text recomposition. Also check special characters (such as diacritical marks) to make sure the characters converted correctly from one platforms character set to another. Placed graphics To print correctly at highresolution, you must relink externally stored linked les unless the les are in the same folder as your publication. The exception is PICT les, which must be relinked in any case. OLE objects OLE-embedded objects convert

during one session, choose View > Log or click the on the toolbar to open the XPMConv.log le. You can then click the Save or Print button if you want a more permanent record of the information, or click OK to close the View Log dialog box.
11 When you are nished, choose File > Exit.

completely with the le, but for OLE-linked objects, you must transfer the original source les with the publication. Relinking is necessary only if you want to edit the object, and the source application is available on the new platform.

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Subscribers Mac OS subscriber links are broken

Tables Tables created in Adobe Table and then

when you convert a publication to Windows. The publication will print correctly, but you cant update the imported object (the subscriber). However, PageMaker preserves subscriber link information.
Photo CD The Kodak Digital Science Color

placed or OLE-embedded in your publication will convert correctly. However, differences in fonts on the two platforms may cause font substitution problems when printing. We recommend that you open the Table le in Adobe Table for Windows, reassign fonts, and re-import the table into the converted publication.
Libraries You cannot open an object library from the Library palette on a platform other than the one on which it was created.

Management System, which supports placement of Photo CD images in PageMaker, changed with version 6.5 of PageMaker. To get accurate color onscreen or in print, you must relink to the image after youve converted the publication to Windows. Be sure the computer you are moving to has access to a network where the image can be stored, or is equipped with a CD-ROM drive.

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