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Liza5F95
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July 29, 2021
Question

IDML FILE NOT SAVED CHANGES

  • July 29, 2021
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Hello

 

I have been working on a IDML file today which i saved as InDesign, updated and then saved back as an IDML again. The other person who also needs to work on it isnt able to use InDesign so i have to save back to IDML.

 

Anyway, they made a whole load of changes and PDFd the document which showed these changes. However once they saved and closed, when i then opened the IDML file none of the changes my colleague made was there. Only the changes i had made previously showed.

 

This happened to another document this week doing the same process as above. It hasnt happened before so im not sure whats going on. Is there an easy solution to rectify this? Otherwise only one of us is able to work on the file which isnt ideal as we have a deadline.

 

Appreciate any advice.

 

 

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Eric Dumas
Community Expert
Eric DumasCommunity Expert
Community Expert
July 29, 2021

Hi,

can you explain where you save the file? Sometimes with Cloud services (dropbox, GoogleDrive, OneDrive, SharePoint...) it takes a while to sync changes.

It is possible that the changes made by colleagues have not updated the file you see.

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Liza5F95Author
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July 29, 2021

Hi Eric

 

Thanks so much for your response.

 

We save the file to our company server as we all work from home at the moment. I have just opened the file again and its still the same so im not sure its a delay in updating. 

 

Any other ideas?

Thank you 

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SJRiegel
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July 29, 2021

When your colleague opened and changed the file, it would have saved as an InDesign file in their ID version, not IDML, unless they intentionally exported IDML from their saved InDesign file.

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    Liza5F95Author
    Participating Frequently
    July 29, 2021

    Hello

     

    Thank you for your response.

     

    My colleague isnt able to open the InDesign file which is why i save it as an IDML. 

    She then works on it and saves it as IDML again.

     

    Any ideas of why this the updates arent showing?

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    SJRiegel
    Legend
    July 29, 2021

    Is she is working in an older version of InDesign than yours, she could try giving you her .indd file instead. You should be able to open it, and this would reduce the number of times the file has to be converted. 

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