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InDesign Crashing Due to Damaged File: How to Recover a 200-Page Book Document

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October 26, 2024
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I have a damaged file that continues to crash in Indesign - cant figure out why. Typically I'd just redo the work but this a book with almost 200 pages - Anyone have suggestions

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Correct answer Robert at ID-Tasker

@rachaels75630257

OK. I was able to fix your file - unfortunately, removing objects on this spread one-by-one didn't work - so I had to remove them all - so I don't know which object exactly was the problem.

Fixed file sent on priv.

And it looks like you were working on this file for FOUR years??

You should do SAVE AS with a new name at the end of the day - preferably.

Or at least every few days - once a week.

And next day work on this file. You can of course rename old copy of your file then rename the new file.

Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

@rachaels75630257

Thanks for the file.

Looks like it is corrupted on spread 102-103.

Beginning of the document - up to page 101 - is OK - I'll try to save the rest.

Robert at ID-TaskerCorrect answer

Legend

@rachaels75630257

OK. I was able to fix your file - unfortunately, removing objects on this spread one-by-one didn't work - so I had to remove them all - so I don't know which object exactly was the problem.

Fixed file sent on priv.

And it looks like you were working on this file for FOUR years??

You should do SAVE AS with a new name at the end of the day - preferably.

Or at least every few days - once a week.

And next day work on this file. You can of course rename old copy of your file then rename the new file.

L

lisa_1871

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Hi Robert, I am having a similar prop to the OP. Are you able to try and help me as well pretty please? I had a file that was open on my hard drive (450Mb - lots of images) and it crashed when my computer when down quickly due to low battery. Then it would not let me open it. thankfully I had a back up ... but after a week of working on it, the same thing happend to it. I'm on a PC, not Mac. I have tried opening on others computers, blind script, etc. At a loss here and sad. Thank you! Lisa

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Some important information needed:

From which version came the file?
Size of the file?
When you used images, did you link them or did you embed them?
When you look in the log file of the INDD file, do you see any problems? (CMD/Strg holding and go to the About InDesign ∞ command.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Export the file as idml, open that, save as new INDD and work with that file.
If you cannot even open that file, use the script blind open to export the file as IDML.

R

rachaels75630257Author

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Thank you! I tried that but when I opened the IDML file, it gets hung up when importing links...

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Robert at ID-Tasker

Legend

@rachaels75630257

Can you share your file - on priv? Please ZIP your original INDD file, upload somewhere - WeTransfer or something - and send me a link on priv - click on my nickname.

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