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yoitsbdav
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August 5, 2020
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Exporting failed because of background tasks

  • August 5, 2020
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I've been exporting all day. However, within the last hour, I've been unable to export a pdf. I've reviewed some of the feeds saying save as IDML but no luck. All links are accounted for but I get an alert for it 

 

Any idea of what is going on?

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Correct answer yoitsbdav

Are the images stored on a network/server that you may not have write access to? If local, I'd also check permission settings for InDesign application if you are on a Mac. The bottom of this thread may prove useful:

 

https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/indesign-export-error-message/td-p/10824268?page=1


I was able to figure it out. one image that's faded in the doc was missing in one file and not allowing any exports. 

Thank you for responding.

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Michael Bullo
Community Expert
Michael BulloCommunity Expert
Community Expert
August 5, 2020

Are you having problems exporting to PDF with all InDesign files or just a single specific file?

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yoitsbdavAuthor
Inspiring
August 5, 2020

All files. 

Ashutosh_Mishra
Ashutosh_Mishra
Inspiring
August 5, 2020

Hi there,

 

Sorry to hear about your experience. Have you tried cancelling the background tasks?

If not, please try doing under Window > Utilities > Background Tasks.

You may also try exporting one half of your pages to PDF. If that does not fail, try the other half. In case you get a problem, narrow down the page range. Hope it helps.

 

Regards,

Ashutosh

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    yoitsbdavAuthor
    Inspiring
    August 5, 2020

    The document is only 2 pages. I'm able to export the first page but not the 2nd page. 

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