Export from Indesign gives number out of range error in Acrobat

Question

I have a file that I update and exported to pdf regularly and successfully. It has worked perfectly until now.

When I export now I get no errors in Indesign. When I open the pdf file in Acrobat I get a number out of range error and some of the formatting is definitely awry (spacing between some characters across the whole document). I have tried different pdf versions to see if that helped - it didn't.

28 pages, minimal graphics, pdf size only 1.1MB. All CC applications are the most recent version.

Push comes to shove, I can go back a version if I must but it's a lot of work to redo.

Many thanks!

Bill Silbert · Accepted Answer

If, as Barb has said, there is some coruption in your InDesign file you might want to try exporting the InDesign file as an IDML and then reopening that file in your current version of InDesign and then making the pdf from that file. Exporting as an IDML in this manner can sometimes remove corruption from the InDesign file which could hopefully clear up the pdf issue.

Barb Binder · Answer

Hi @JapanMike:

The “A number is out of range” error occurs when Acrobat finds some problem with the underlying structure of the PDF file. Perhaps there is some corruption in the InDesign document? Perhaps working through this page will help?

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/troubleshoot-file-issues.html

~Barb

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