InDesign 2022 freezes while exporting to Epub

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March 3, 2022
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I have a .indd file I created in 2021 that used to export just fine to epub. However, I fixed a typo and tried to export it again and InDesign freezes every single time. The program does not crash, it just gets the little rainbow circle of death. It lasts for hours until I force quit. I've tried changing the fonts. I've redone the hyperlinks. I redid the TOC. I changed every setting imaginable in the export window. I even uninstalled and reinstalled the program. Nothing works. Please help!!!

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James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

It's a bit of a long shot, but "fix" the document with this process: save or export to IDML, close, open the IDML file, resave it as a regular INDD file under a new name. That is a general process to purge "file bloat" and do a form of reconstruction that often fixes many different small glitches and problems. It's fixed EPUB export issues in a number of cases as well.

Beyond that — does the document have end notes? They can be problematic.

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ianl90727017

Participant

Thanks for your help, I am turing now, its just take 30 mins to save the IDML file. and now thinking about opening it.

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James Gifford—NitroPress

Legend

None of that is normal, unless it's a really gigantic file with a lot of embedded graphics. (And even then.) There's a chance that the process might fix it all, though.

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ianl90727017

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I am having similar issue with Indesign doc freezing when I open the Hyperlink window. I have renstalled Indesign, I have stripped all the hyperlinks from the doc and saved it. Opened doc and added all the hyperlinks back in. Saved it and went to lunch with everything working fine. Computer went to speel over lunch break. Come back to the same doc to continue work opened the Hyperlink window, and I am back to square one again. Any ideas?