InDesign - file corrupted

Forum|Forum|6 months ago
September 18, 2025
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An indesign file stopped working - it wouldn't load all the way (it's 45pg). I tried opening it over the course of a day, and it kept not loading. Then, it said the file was damaged/corrupted (Error Code 03). When I try to restore previous versions, it says there are none. I tried copying & renaming, and then opening that file but it still didnt work.

What do I do? This file took over 3 months of cumulative work, and I really need to be able to access it.

BobLevine

Community Expert

If you are working in a OneDrive or Dropbox folder you should be able to restore an earlier version there. If not, you just learned why should be.

Willi Adelberger

Community Expert

Try the script save as IDML without opening the file.

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yasminzbeAuthor

Participant

i haven't tried this, thank you for the suggestion! i'm not seeing how to save as an idml without opening the file, do you have suggestions or am i missing something?

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