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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 | description | order | verified |
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| Open a DesignCraft or InDesign (IDML) file | Open a .designcraft document or an InDesign Markup (.idml) file, and what to do about missing fonts and incomplete IDML packages. | 20 | 0.7.1 |
Choose File, then Open… (Ctrl+O), and pick a .designcraft or .idml file. The file opens as a new document.
Shortcuts on this page use Ctrl. On macOS, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.
Steps
- Open the File menu and choose Open…. On the start screen you can click Open instead.
- In the file dialog, pick a file. The dialog lists DesignCraft or IDML (both, listed first), DesignCraft (
.designcraft) and InDesign Markup (IDML) (.idml). - Confirm the dialog. The document opens as a new document.
What the Open dialog accepts
The Open dialog lists .designcraft and .idml files only. To bring an image, a PDF or a text file into a document, use Place instead.
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.
Missing fonts
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.
Import warnings
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.
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.
Save it again
File, then Save (Ctrl+S) writes a .designcraft file. To hand the layout back to InDesign, use File, then Export IDML….