Adobe CS2 & CS3...

[cgmpowers]

My studio has Adobe CS3 but starting next week I'll be at a clients onsite using their equipment for the next couple of weeks. They have Adobe CS2 and I'll be creating and editing InDesign CS2 documents...

I don't have the ability to edit them at my studio in CS2 but can use CS3. From what I read, I just need to export using INX...

Is there any downside to cross editing files in CS2 and CS3, going back and forth?? Aside from the fact that I know CS3 has new features CS2 doesn't have.. I just want to make sure that I don't corrupt their files in anyway..

Chris

[PrintDriver]

Always keep backup files. Never save over the originals.

[Blak_Phoenix]

Yep always have a backup or two, you can never be too sure. You can save with backward compatability (going from cs2-cs3 is fine, just not ther otherway around. As far as i can tell photoshop and illustrator work on most of the time going both ways but indesign doesnt work at all doing from 3 to 2.

[Jriddim]

i am wondering the same thing... (if you see my post about indesign cs2 to cs1....) i am about to buy cs3... and im afraid of having the same problem...

Blak Phoenix,,, so you are saying that you cant open a cs3 indsign intechange on cs2? cause that would suck the biggest balls in the world

[doubting_thomas]

.inx files seem to cause quite a bit of trouble for people. When you consider
that for the price of one or two print jobs gone bad you could have upgraded,
it seems like a sound investment. When CS2, and then CS3, came out my
boss asked me if back saving via .inx worked. I told him that it did sometimes,
but that sometimes it was inconsistant, so he let me buy the upgrades.
Money well spent, in my book.
It's not to say that it won't work, but it may not work exactly as you'd expect
from what I've read and seen.

[Jriddim]

I went to school and opened up a CS3 inx. file on CS2... so i guess i am stuck buying CS3... (i could use the upgrade anyway)

and i don't doubt you thomas ;)

[Blak_Phoenix]

Yea .inx works most of the time with no problems, sometimes it comes out a bit differently though. The only problem with .inx files is they can only go back 1 version, in my experience you cant open a CS3 .inx file in CS, only CS2.

[doubting_thomas]

Saving back 1 version is sort of the standard with Quark and InDesign.
They have to try to force you to upgrade somehow.