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|extensions={{ext|pmd}}, {{ext|pmt}}, {{ext|pm3}}, {{ext|pm4}}, {{ext|pm5}}, {{ext|pm6}}, {{ext|p65}}
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|pronom={{PRONOM|fmt/876}}, others
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|type code={{Type Code|PUBF}}
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'''PageMaker''' was the program that launched desktop publishing as a popular function of computers in the 1980s. First released for the Mac, a PC version followed, and it remained under development until its discontinuation in the early 2000s. In the meantime, it had been acquired from its original publisher, Aldus, by Adobe.
 
'''PageMaker''' was the program that launched desktop publishing as a popular function of computers in the 1980s. First released for the Mac, a PC version followed, and it remained under development until its discontinuation in the early 2000s. In the meantime, it had been acquired from its original publisher, Aldus, by Adobe.
  
 
Its file formats are many, across a number of versions, platforms, and international localizations, and the format is complicated and proprietary. Different versions have limited abilities to import/export other PageMaker file versions. Usually, between the three things that can vary (PageMaker version number, platform, and language version) you can only vary one at a time when converting files, so PageMaker 6.5 for Windows in English can convert files from PageMaker 5.0 for Windows in English or PageMaker 6.5 for the Mac in English or PageMaker 6.5 for Windows in French, but not PageMaker 5.0 for the Mac in German. A multi-stage transfer requiring several different versions is necessary to get files through such a multi-factor shift. The lack of further development by Adobe means that it is increasingly difficult to get the program to work on modern machines due to hardware and software changes since development ended.
 
Its file formats are many, across a number of versions, platforms, and international localizations, and the format is complicated and proprietary. Different versions have limited abilities to import/export other PageMaker file versions. Usually, between the three things that can vary (PageMaker version number, platform, and language version) you can only vary one at a time when converting files, so PageMaker 6.5 for Windows in English can convert files from PageMaker 5.0 for Windows in English or PageMaker 6.5 for the Mac in English or PageMaker 6.5 for Windows in French, but not PageMaker 5.0 for the Mac in German. A multi-stage transfer requiring several different versions is necessary to get files through such a multi-factor shift. The lack of further development by Adobe means that it is increasingly difficult to get the program to work on modern machines due to hardware and software changes since development ended.
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InDesign, PageMaker's successor, could open Pagemaker 6.0-7.0 up to version CS6, the Creative Cloud versions dropped support for opening Pagemaker files.
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== Identifiers ==
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{| class="wikitable"
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! Format
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! Version
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! Extensions
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! PRONOM
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|-
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| PageMaker Document (Generic) || || || {{PRONOM|fmt/876}}
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|-
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| PageMaker Document || 1.0 || ||
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|-
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| PageMaker Mac Document || 2.0 || ||
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|-
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| PageMaker Document || 3.0 || .PM3 .PT3 || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/351}}
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|-
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| PageMaker Document || 4.0 || .PM4 .PT4 || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/352}}
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|-
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| PageMaker Document || 5.0 || .PM5 .PT5 || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/173}}
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|-
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| PageMaker Document || 6.0 || .PM6 .PT6 || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/174}}
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|-
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| PageMaker Document || 6.5 || .P65 .T65 || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/181}}
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| PageMaker Document || 7.0 || .PMD .PMT ||  {{PRONOM|fmt/1718}}
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|-
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| PageMaker TableEditor Graphics || || || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/198}}
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| PageMaker Time Stamp File || 4.0 || || {{PRONOM|x-fmt/200}}
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|}
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PageMaker 4 & 5 file headers begin with the hex values "{{magic|FF 99}}" at offset 6, for Mac files values are "{{magic|99 FF}}". Version identifier is at byte 111 for PC versions and byte 110 for Mac versions.
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File Format changed to a [[Microsoft Compound File]] in version 6 forward. Which is basically the previous format wrapped in the OLE container. Same identification method as versions 4 & 5. With version 6.5 & 7 you will see "{{magic|32 06}}" or "{{magic|06 32}}"
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== See also ==
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* [[InDesign]] (successor)
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== Software ==
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* [https://winworldpc.com/product/aldus-pagemaker Aldus Pagemaker versions @ WinWorld]
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==Sample Files==
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* [https://archive.org/details/Adobe_PageMaker_6.5_Classroom_in_a_Book_WM_Adobe_Press_90006504_04-97_1997 PageMaker 6.5 sample files]
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* [https://archive.org/details/AppleMediaToolkitFall1992 PageMaker 4 samples files]
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* {{DexvertSamples|document/pageMaker}}
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Adobe]]
 
[[Category:Adobe]]
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[[Category:Aldus]]
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[[Category:Microsoft Compound File]]

Latest revision as of 17:47, 29 January 2024

File Format
Name PageMaker
Ontology
Extension(s) .pmd, .pmt, .pm3, .pm4, .pm5, .pm6, .p65
PRONOM fmt/876, others
Type Code PUBF
Released 1985

PageMaker was the program that launched desktop publishing as a popular function of computers in the 1980s. First released for the Mac, a PC version followed, and it remained under development until its discontinuation in the early 2000s. In the meantime, it had been acquired from its original publisher, Aldus, by Adobe.

Its file formats are many, across a number of versions, platforms, and international localizations, and the format is complicated and proprietary. Different versions have limited abilities to import/export other PageMaker file versions. Usually, between the three things that can vary (PageMaker version number, platform, and language version) you can only vary one at a time when converting files, so PageMaker 6.5 for Windows in English can convert files from PageMaker 5.0 for Windows in English or PageMaker 6.5 for the Mac in English or PageMaker 6.5 for Windows in French, but not PageMaker 5.0 for the Mac in German. A multi-stage transfer requiring several different versions is necessary to get files through such a multi-factor shift. The lack of further development by Adobe means that it is increasingly difficult to get the program to work on modern machines due to hardware and software changes since development ended.

InDesign, PageMaker's successor, could open Pagemaker 6.0-7.0 up to version CS6, the Creative Cloud versions dropped support for opening Pagemaker files.

Contents

[edit] Identifiers

Format Version Extensions PRONOM
PageMaker Document (Generic) fmt/876
PageMaker Document 1.0
PageMaker Mac Document 2.0
PageMaker Document 3.0 .PM3 .PT3 x-fmt/351
PageMaker Document 4.0 .PM4 .PT4 x-fmt/352
PageMaker Document 5.0 .PM5 .PT5 x-fmt/173
PageMaker Document 6.0 .PM6 .PT6 x-fmt/174
PageMaker Document 6.5 .P65 .T65 x-fmt/181
PageMaker Document 7.0 .PMD .PMT fmt/1718
PageMaker TableEditor Graphics x-fmt/198
PageMaker Time Stamp File 4.0 x-fmt/200

PageMaker 4 & 5 file headers begin with the hex values "FF 99" at offset 6, for Mac files values are "99 FF". Version identifier is at byte 111 for PC versions and byte 110 for Mac versions.

File Format changed to a Microsoft Compound File in version 6 forward. Which is basically the previous format wrapped in the OLE container. Same identification method as versions 4 & 5. With version 6.5 & 7 you will see "32 06" or "06 32"

[edit] See also

[edit] Software

[edit] Sample Files

[edit] References

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