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Anonymous
December 6, 2011
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Exporting a file but the page is a blank pdf..

  • December 6, 2011
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Hi all,

Im having trouble exporting my document at the moment. I do the usual file, export, save etc.. then when i open the pdf it is just a an almost blank page with everything missing.

This has never happened before. Could it be because I have overlapped too many shapes on top of one another? And this is causing them not to show up? I shtere a limit on how many or something?

Very confused..

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anthonyj43428452
anthonyj43428452
Participant
February 4, 2021

Hi

Choose "Print" from browser

When print dialogue box opens, select "save as PDF"

That should work

TJ 

sushicat12
sushicat12
Known Participant
February 7, 2018

I was having the same issue with my file.

When saving the PDF I saved it as Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5) It was automatically saving it as Acrobat 4

After exporting it to that I had no missing content in the PDF

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joebawca1983
Participant
December 15, 2017

My assumption is that you made the changes to a master page, but you didn't apply the master page to the current page.

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trevorw38015944
Participant
October 2, 2017

Merge the layers, then go to export layers to files, and make sure that you check include ICC profiles, I had the same problem and this fixed it.

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L.Denby
Participant
October 2, 2014

THE ANSWER is that you need to right-click on the 'master page' that you have been working on from the pages pane and select 'apply master to pages'. Add to page 1 and you will see the thumbnail of the page update from the default blank master page to a thumbnail of your work.

Basically you have been exporting with a blank master page file, so you need to apply the one you've been working on.

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    marmfish
    Participant
    July 1, 2017

    Thank you so much! This was the problem, just as you stated.

    Peter Spier
    Community Expert
    Peter SpierCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    December 6, 2011

    Could also be time to Replace Your Preferences

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    Mary Posner
    Inspiring
    December 6, 2011

    Are all of the objects on the same layer? (Specifically is the object that IS showing up on the PDF on the same layer as the ones that are not being output?) Is it possible that one or more layers or objects has been accidentally set to non-printing? Have you printed this page out on an actual printer and does the strawberry show up correctly there?

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      BRAGeorgia
      Participant
      April 12, 2017

      I had a problem of certain layers not printing. Right clicked on the layer > Layer Options for xxx Layer > then checked the box for print layer. That did the trick for me. Thanks Mary Posner.

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        seacoastcreative
        Participant
        December 6, 2011

        Generally, it is good practice to "Flatten Image" before saving a PSD file as a PDF. I'd suggesting first selecting all layers, (Select > All) and then with all the layers selected choose "Layer > Flatten Image". Now, try saving the flattened PSD file as a PDF, and you should see that it works. If not, a few other things may be in play...

        BobLevine
        Community Expert
        BobLevineCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        December 6, 2011

        seacoastcreative wrote:

        Generally, it is good practice to "Flatten Image" before saving a PSD file as a PDF.

        That is not only incorrect but horrible advice. It will leave you with a file that can't be edited if need be.

        Bob

          Peter Spier
          Community Expert
          Peter SpierCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          December 6, 2011

          Just to check if ther's a problem with background export, creat a Book file (File > New > Book...) and add this document to it. Then from the Book panel menu choose Export Book to PDF. Book export still happens in the foreground.

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          Anonymous
          December 6, 2011

          It opens in pdf complete special addition and during the exporting process i have ticked the box somewhere it says to open pdf after exporting, which is still blank. Is this what you mean?

          The version od indesign is CS5.5, in not sure what the patch level is exactly to answer this sorry?

          And in the overprint preview the strawberry is there and looking its happy self as it should. . .?

          Peter Spier
          Community Expert
          Peter SpierCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          December 6, 2011

          becky1131 wrote:

          It opens in pdf complete special addition and during the exporting process i have ticked the box somewhere it says to open pdf after exporting, which is still blank. Is this what you mean?

          If by that you mean that you've ticked the box to open after export, and when it opens it's blank, yes. You would be better off, though, opening PDF in Acrobat Pro since you seem to have that.

          To check the patch level you can go to the InDesign menu (think that's where it is on Mac, but it might be under the Help menu), then hold down the CMD key and select About InDesign, which should bring up a detailed dialog. The latest version of CS5.5 is 7.5.2.318, which you should see on the upper left. (the .318 is the build number and not listed anywhere else when you go to look for updates and is not really important -- 7.5.2 IS build 318 and it's the 7.5.2 that is important).

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