On Jan 29, 2017, at 17:07, Anne Cartwright <[email protected]> wrote: > > Why would a Pages document require an xml file and is that the same as an > “index.xml file”?
From discussions.apple.com: "On Yosemite with Pages v5.5.1, its default file save format is a Single File (compressed folder with .pages extension). When you attempt to open this file with Pages '09, you get the dialog, "The required index.xml file is missing." and the document couldn't be opened." So, it may or may not be something with Yosemite, but it could be that you're trying to open a newer Pages file with an older copy of Pages. Cheers, Bill As for xml, xml is a sort-of-initialism for eXtensible Markup Language. It is a very free-form way of being able to define fairly arbitrary datatypes and put them into a text file that could theoretically be read by anyone. So... the newer MS Excel and MS Word files are in xml (though it is a variant of xml which doesn't obey standards, as is typical for MS), Pages is in xml, OmniOutliner is in xml, etc. > > Anne > >> On Jan 29, 2017, at 5:02 PM, Tanya <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hey Anne, >> >> This may or may not help. My company uses all the design programs (CS suite) >> however I have an old mac (quadra) that I use to open very old pagemaker >> files which are converted to Indesign files. I often get xml files that are >> old Indesign files. >> >> I don't know anyone using pages or publisher anymore. I keep quark, >> pagemaker, freehand and fontographer on that old quadra. I never had any of >> the software that made publisher, or pages files. I'd be happy to try an >> open your file on my old computer and see what happens. Let me know if I can >> help. >> >> Tanya >> >> Tanya Hahn >> Hahn & Associates LLC >> Branding • Logos • Websites >> Packaging Design • Email Marketing >> Marketing Strategies • Sales Copy >> 502.558.0487 >> >> Parkside Living - Magazine >> Publisher >> >> The Beer Syrup Company >> Syrups Made From Craft Beer. >> >> >> >> From: Anne Cartwright <[email protected]> >> To: LCS ListServ MacGroup <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2017 4:44 PM >> Subject: [MacGroup] Missing file? >> >> I have a file in my directory that won’t open .It is a Pages document and >> when I double click on it I get the message: “Past Programs.pages” couldn’t >> be opened. The required index .xml file is missing. >> >> What does this mean. Is the document totally lost to me. I can click once on >> the file icon and hit the space bar to get an image of the page. Use >> Command-Snift 4 and take screenshot. Use "page down" and get next page as >> graphic. >> >> Saved all 6 pages to a new Pages document this way. However I don’t want to >> retype it if at all possible. >> >> I may just print out my graphics and use OCR to convert to text. >> >> Rats. >> >> Any suggestions? >> >> Anne >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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