Converting Legacy QuarkXPress and PageMaker Files

InDesign can directly open QuarkXPress 3.x and 4.x files, as well as files created by PageMaker 6.0 and later, thereby converting those files to InDesign documents. InDesign CS2 and later can also open and convert QuarkXPress Passport files. On its own, InDesign cannot open and convert QuarkXPress 5.x or later files, because the later QuarkXPress file format was encrypted. However, the Q2ID utility from Markzware can open and convert QuarkXPress 3.x through 8.0 files, and it does a commendable job of translation.