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Updated: 1st June’21
Dear Fellow InDesigners,
It’s not a free service, but there’s only a small fee of $5 to backward save, also known as down saving, an Adobe InDesign file to a version you can open. InDesign is Mac/Windows independent so it doesn’t matter which operating system you have.
Average turnaround time for the down saved files is currently: I’m on Holiday until 10th June ’21
Note: Backward saving content created using features specific to newer CS versions may be modified or omitted when you open the document in earlier versions. Therefore I can’t guarantee the quality of the layout once down saved but in almost all cases it saves a lot of time in retrieving content or having to recreate it from scratch.
I can down save your InDesign files into the format you need to be able to open them in your CS version of Adobe InDesign and get on with your project.
For example, If you have a CS5.5 file and you only have InDesign CS3 I can convert it into a CS3 version for you.
If you are uncertain about this service and the result, I suggest do one conversion and if you are happy you can alway do more.
Below you will find more information on downsaving and my service. If you still have any questions, feel free to email me: alex@
stokesdesignproject.com