Bizarre issue while handling old document

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April 20, 2024
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Lengthy document suddenly exhibiting:
1. a small black square dead center in the pages panel on just one page spread; all other pages fine

2. on that spread, there's a thick black line running down the middle

3. hitting W turns not only the pasteboard black but the spread as well, leaving text grey
4. hitting crtl + alt + 0 no longer works on that page spread

Likely something simple, but striking me as random and new. Thank you.

How to

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Barb Binder

Community Expert

Alternatively, salvage what you can from the spread (copy/paste on the pasteboard), delete the spread, add a new one and rebuild. If what you salvaged continues to cause a problem, then just re-create that spread.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

TypothalamusAuthor

Known Participant

Representing two years of work, this is a 400-page book with nearly a thousand images and a couple hundred footnotes on the spread and on the pasteboard. Recreating is possible, but an almost unfathomable task. I should have a better grasp of the alternatives and why this occurred. Again, the flaw is appearing on a single spread. Please let me know if there are any other important details I can provide. I believe you mean recreate just the one spread. Is the advisable path to do this first, then export and resave as Peter advised?

Also, any notes on how to protect from this in the future?