HELP! Yesterday's version of major document is gone!

Question

I'm working on a long text document in InDesign 2026. I made changes to the 300 pages yesterday, saving frequently, exported it to a PDF and printed it out. I saved in both in Indesign 2026, and as IDML. Today, I find, after making additional changes (and saving frequently), that I'm working in a document that doesn't have yesterday's corrections.

I looked into History, but there are no previous versions. Revert is grayed out.

I'd love to find yesterday's final. If not, would loading the pdf into the indesign file work? And would it automatically flow into the design attributes that are in the program (as it was set up by someone else!).

THANK YOU!!

leilagold · Accepted Answer

I did check. I think mt concern to "save as" ended up wiping out all my history. Odd, but that's the best guess. My son gave me a hand by running a compare file in my pdfs - recent and earlier and  I'm updating the file via the marked changes. Not onorous and th easiest solution we could find. Thanks all!

leo.r · Answer

I saved in both in Indesign 2026, and as IDML.
By @leilagold

In addition to other advice:

You mentioned that you also saved as IDML. Just in case, did you check the IDML file? Or does it also lack yesterday's corrections?

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