Choose File, then Open… (Ctrl+O),
and pick a .litho 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 Litho or
IDML (both, listed first), Litho
(
.litho) and InDesign Markup (IDML) (.idml). - Confirm the dialog. The document opens as a new document.
What the Open dialog accepts
The Open dialog lists .litho 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, Litho loads those fonts first.
Missing fonts
Text that uses a font Litho 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 Litho can find them.
Import warnings
If an IDML package is missing some of its parts, Litho 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. Litho then shows a Can't Open the File alert that names the missing parts.
Save it again
File, then Save (Ctrl+S) writes a
.litho file. To hand the layout back to InDesign, use
File, then Export IDML….