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- Open a file: missing IDML parts now open with an Import Warnings alert in the release; drop the "not in a release yet" note. - Place: an image placed into a frame leaves Auto-Fit off (0.7.0). - Install, supported systems: add the 32-bit Windows x86 builds and the RISC-V .deb and .rpm; example version 0.7.1. - Set verified: 0.7.1 on every checked page. - docs/user/CLAUDE.md: a regular file pointing to AGENTS.md instead of a symlink. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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title: Open a DesignCraft or InDesign (IDML) file
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description: Open a .designcraft document or an InDesign Markup (.idml) file, and what to do about missing fonts and incomplete IDML packages.
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order: 20
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verified: 0.7.1
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Choose **File**, then **Open…** (Ctrl+O), and pick a `.designcraft` or `.idml` file. The file opens as a new document.
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Shortcuts on this page use Ctrl. On macOS, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.
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## Steps
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1. Open the **File** menu and choose **Open…**. On the start screen you can click **Open** instead.
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2. In the file dialog, pick a file. The dialog lists **DesignCraft or IDML** (both, listed first), **DesignCraft** (`.designcraft`) and **InDesign Markup (IDML)** (`.idml`).
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3. Confirm the dialog. The document opens as a new document.
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## What the Open dialog accepts
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The Open dialog lists `.designcraft` and `.idml` files only. To bring an image, a PDF or a text file into a document, use [Place](place-images-and-text.md) instead.
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IDML is InDesign Markup, the exchange format InDesign can export. Linked images are read from next to the file or from its `Links` folder. If a `Document Fonts` folder sits beside the file, DesignCraft loads those fonts first.
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## Missing fonts
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Text that uses a font DesignCraft cannot find is highlighted in pink. This is the missing-font highlight. Put the font files in a `Document Fonts` folder beside the file, or install the fonts on your system, so DesignCraft can find them.
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## Import warnings
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If an IDML package is missing some of its parts, DesignCraft still opens it and shows an **Import Warnings** alert that names each missing part. The contents of those parts are not in the document, so check your layout.
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If the package has none of its spreads, there is nothing to open. DesignCraft then shows a **Can't Open the File** alert that names the missing parts.
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## Save it again
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**File**, then **Save** (Ctrl+S) writes a `.designcraft` file. To hand the layout back to InDesign, use **File**, then **Export IDML…**.
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