Indesign File pages and links menu went blank .

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August 14, 2018
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Hi:

I hope you can help me with that.

I was working in an 157 pages Indesign document that suddenly went blank and it doesn't show the links or the content of the pages. But the pages are still there , even I cannot select anything.

The file size is 177 MB but if I duplicate it , save as or package it, the file shows empty. It looks locked , but I am pretty sure that nobody is using it .

I hope you can help me with that , I am desperate.

Thanks

M.

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Barb Binder

Community Expert

The first thing I would do (after Edit > Undo a few times) is select the first text frame in the document and choose Edit > Edit in Story Editor. Is the text visible? If so, let us know and we can help you display it again. If all you see is a single #, then the text is gone. If Undo still doesn't bring it back, restore an earlier version of the document and pick up from there.

~Barb

~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training

155design.99286555

Participant

Unfortunately no chance to undo

i saved in the blank state hoping it was simply a viewing error

15.6 MB file 12.9MB copy saved 1.2 MB idml file saved

all blank

the curious thing is all the links are reporting

but EVERYTHING is gone

and a select all shows nothing

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

Can you export it as an IDML and then reopen it in your version of InDesign? Doing this can sometimes clear up corruption in a file.

A

artquitectaAuthor

Participating Frequently

I can , but when I do it , it saves only 217 KB and the file is as empty as the other one.

It doesn't look good ,

Thanks

M.

Bill Silbert

Community Expert

Did your file consist of one long text thread with anchored images? When you say that the document went blank do you mean completely blank document pages or are there what appear to be empty text frames on the pages? You said that you couldn't select anything but that could be a result of locked (non-primary) text frames from a master page. Try selecting all of the pages in the Pages Panel and choose "Override all Master Page Items" from the Page Panel pull-down menu and then if there are frames there try pulling on their corner handles to open them up and see if the content is still there.