Adobe Pagemaker 7 question

[Raurits]

Hi all,

Many years ago, I started a project in Adobe Pagemaker 7 under Windows. I recently found the files again and would like to finish the project.

I moved to Mac in the meanwhile and don't have access to a Windows machine anymore.

My questions are:
- Is it possible to open Windows datafile for Pagemaker 7 on the Mac version?
- Is the Mac version still available? Unfortunately, the try out link is broken [1]. Alternatively:
- Are there any modern applications that can open Pagemaker 7 files?

Thank you for any thoughts...!

[1] - https://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/product.jsp?product=34&platform=Macintosh

 

[mooblie]

PageMaker has long gone (from both Windows and Mac). You needs its sucessor: Adobe InDesign - but NOT the "CC" version.

Maybe you can get an old version (CS2 to CS6) to buy outright, rather than the new "rental" Adobe model:

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/open-pagemaker-files-indesign.html

 

[chrfr]

- Is the Mac version still available? Unfortunately, the try out link is broken [1]. Alternatively:
- Are there any modern applications that can open Pagemaker 7 files?

Pagemaker is long dead on all platforms, but Indesign CS6 can open some Pagemaker files. You'll have to search to find a copy of that older version as Pagemaker compatibility no longer exists in later versions of Indesign.

 

[MisterMe]

An alternative is to get a PPC-based Mac running MacOS X 10.4 or earlier plus Classic with PageMaker 7.0 installed.

 

[Raurits]

Thank you for all responses. Much appreciated.