InDesign not exporting

500 graphics -- right. . .

Another method I just thoughtof is to export the document page by page. It will stop at the page with the corrupt image -- if of course there is a corrupt image, but it does sound like it.

The below script does that: open the document and run the script. If it can't find the [Smallest File Size] preset you'll have to enter a valid preset name in the script in the second line. The script exports the document page by page, the PDFs are named 'test-' + the page number + 'pdf'.

If the script finishes without any problem, then all images are fine and the problem lies elsewhere.

If the export stops, look for the last exported file. The page number after that contains a corrupt image. So if test-33.pdf is the last exported file, the problem is on page 33.

(function () {
  var preset = app.pdfExportPresets.item ('[Smallest File Size]');
  if (!preset.isValid) {
    alert ('Change the preset name in the script to something valid');
    exit();
  }

  app.pdfExportPreferences.viewPDF = false;
  var d = app.documents[0];
  var pages = d.pages.everyItem().getElements();
  var folder = d.filePath + '/';

  for (var i = 0; i < pages.length; i++) {
    app.pdfExportPreferences.pageRange = pages[i].name;
    d.exportFile (
      ExportFormat.PDF_TYPE, 
      File (folder + '/test-' + pages[i].name + '.pdf'),
      false, 
      preset,
    );
  }
}());

Divide and conquer.

Export 50% of pages (like 1-50) then try 51-100 etc.

Whatever side it falls on is the culprit.

You can continue to divide and conquer to find the faulty page(s).

It could be a graphic, it could be a text frame, it could be a graphical element, it could be a paragraph/character style, or a rogue font.

Just keep hacking away at the pages until you find it.

If there's a corrupt graphic in your file, InDesign can't export the document to PDF. (It should report that, but it doesn't.) You'll have to figure out which graphic is the culprit. Remove all links/graphics, then export to make sure that the document without the graphics can be exported. Then add one graphic and export. If it works, add another graphic, and export. And so forth.

P.