Indesign file — CS6 or CC?
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No easy way, but Soxy can be a good solution:
https://www.rorohiko.com/wordpress/downloads/lightning-brain-soxy/ -
Not just printers being reluctant – I’ve customers who currently use versions back to CS3. The only thing I’ve done is put a reminder in each customer folder: an empty folder named ” is CS3″ or whatever, named such that it appears first in the list.
Otherwise, I’ve lost count of the times I’ve opened a file and got a * ahead of the name to denote it’s been opened from an older version, or the reverse, usually a message about missing plugins.-
@ThompsonText:
Our work flow at work is similar. We actually put the CS number in the name of the job folder we set up for each job. That way–the folks in the shop know automatically which version it is.
Some publishers are still using CS5, some 5.5, and some CS6.
There are actually a few (not many) who are only using CS4 and want the jobs kept in that version.
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You can always try my little script IDentify.jsx before attempting to open a file:
https://forums.adobe.com/thread/934429
Up until now it correctly identifies the creator of files, right until CC. I have not checked if it works for sub-versions beyond “9.0”, the point where Adobe introduced single digit updates on a regular base.
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Less of an issue these days since a CC account will auto-convert them in the Cloud and the prompt usually gives you a clue, like CC2015, but not exact, like CC2015.2 etc.
But if you don’t have CC, have a need, or are just curious exactly what version was used, you can just open the ID file in a text-editor like TextWrangler choosing “Enable everything” and search for @1 to find first version it was saved in, and the final version will be at the end of that list of versions. Ugly code to wade thru but you’ll find the version number.
You can also use Word, choose “all files” and then unicode and and Western encoding (here in USA at least).
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