Bill, You are correct.
The file opens just fine in the new Pages, which I do not like as much as the older (’09. I realize I must get around to “learning the newer versions of Apple’s old iWork, but so far haven’t had time or been forced to. Thanks a bunch. Anne > On Jan 29, 2017, at 5:24 PM, Bill Rising <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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/> > > _______________________________________________ > 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/>
