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Gregor5FC4
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November 18, 2022
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Entire book text gone after Parent Change

  • November 18, 2022
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Hi all, 

I had an entire book set in Indesign with approx 340 pages. I applied a new parent to the first page and entered a page break to the following text; so the header would stand alone. Unfortunately, I saved at that point, and only realised later that my entire body text (after the page break) had disappeared. At the same time, strangely the total page count of the document has doubled to almost 700. The file still has 70MB. My hope is that the body text is still there - but I somehow made it disappear by messing with the Parent page AND adding a page break? Thanks for any help possible! 

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Correct answer Gregor5FC4

Just a huge Thank You again, Barb. Your advise here has been amazing! It turned out the text was lost indeed, and I have reset all of it over the weekend. It turned out better than before. So fate just wanted me to complete a better version of the layout and font-setting, I guess... 🙂 Thanks so much!

 

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Barb Binder
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Barb BinderCommunity Expert
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November 18, 2022

Yes, I suspect it is still there, but Keep Options (including page breaks) is not allowing it to show up. You will feel better if you click in a text frame and choose Edit > Edit in Story Editor. After you see the content, close Story Editor, take a deep breath and consider the next steps.

 

  1. Can you choose undo multiple times to get back to where the content was visible? (You can undo after saving).
  2. Are you using styles, or manual formatting?
  3. How did you add the Page Break, exactly?
  4. Can you return to Story Editor, click on a paragarph and choose Opt+Cmd+K or Alt+Ctrl+K and share a screen shot of your Keep Options?

 

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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Gregor5FC4Author
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November 18, 2022

Thanks, Barb. This is a great feature I did not know about. Unfortunately, the Story Editor only shows the Heading below which I had set the page break. If I go to the empty pages further down and click into their text empty field, still only the text of the header shows up. -- But then there is suddenly another 350 pages at the end of my document, and for these I cannot even click into a text field? It seems as if it has disappeared and pages are completely blank...

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Gregor5FC4Author
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November 18, 2022

Maybe these help. They show the parent spread, as well as the Story Editor.

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