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Pascal Garin
Inspiring
January 15, 2026
Question

InDesign file corrupted after importing Illustrator artwork

  • January 15, 2026
  • 1 reply
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Hello to the community,

I am using the current last versions of InDesign (21.1) and Illustrator (30.1) on Windows, French versions.

I can no longer save InDesign files after having imported an Illustrator artwork. The InDesign file is systematically corrupted. Worse, once imported, even if I remove the artwork, I cannot still save my file. I have already worked from scratch, by saving Illustrator artwork with latest version, creating a new InDesign file: nothing works. I have also deleted all software parameters (from C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Adobe). Nothing helps.

Thank you for your help: I attach below one of the files I want to import, but I have the same problems with other simpler images.

To be complete, I did not encounter any problem with previous versions, and with the same files.

Regards,

Pascal Garin

1 reply

Abhishek Rao
Community Manager
Community Manager
January 15, 2026

Hi @Pascal Garin,

 

Thanks for sharing the details and sorry to hear that you enperience this. Could you please confirm your exact OS version, and whether you're working on Windows? If so, can you also check if the recent Microsoft Windows update KB5074109 was installed on your system.

If that update is present, I recommend reviewing this related community thread and letting me know if the behavior matches what you’re seeing:
https://adobe.ly/4sJazJs

This issue is currently being checked internally(a bug has been logged) with the product team as multiple users have reported it. Please confirm the details above so we can take this further and track it correctly.

 

Looking forward to your update.

Abhishek