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ChanceCarnahan
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September 17, 2017
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How to Download Online Published Document

  • September 17, 2017
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The hard drive on my computer recently crashed, and I lost a lot of files. Before it crashed, I managed to publish one inDesign file online. I am able to access it in the Publish Online Dashboard, but I was wondering if there is a way to download and edit it. Thanks.

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      Correct answer hammer0909

      Your only hope would be if you chose to allow users to download a PDF of the project when you published it. This would give you a PDF version of your project with a few more options than none, but it's still not the InDesign document and still not ideal.

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      BobLevine
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      BobLevineCommunity Expert
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      June 20, 2024

      This post is seven years old and has been asked and answered. I'm locking it to avoid any further confusion. Anyone with new issues should create a new discussion which will get far more attention.

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      woodels
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      June 20, 2024

      Workaround - I suggest open the doc, save each page as an image and then compile all of them in a new PDF... good luck.

       

      The solution is to reupload the doc and enable download in the publish wizard in INDD.


      Adobe PLEASE offer the option to download Indd and PDF from the admin console and minimally have a toggle to turn on/off PDF downloads. it's silly not to.

      hammer0909
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      hammer0909Community ExpertCorrect answer
      Community Expert
      September 17, 2017

      Your only hope would be if you chose to allow users to download a PDF of the project when you published it. This would give you a PDF version of your project with a few more options than none, but it's still not the InDesign document and still not ideal.

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        MickyMie
        Participant
        April 19, 2021

        I have a similar problem.
        The original Indesign file is crashed and I can't open it anymore. I published it in advance with Publish-Online, but forgot to enable the pdf download option.
        Is there a way to enable this afterwards or is there a different way to get the pdf file?

          BobLevine
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          BobLevineCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          April 19, 2021

          No. And this should prove to be a painful lesson in making backups.

          BobLevine
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          BobLevineCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          September 17, 2017

          No

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