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Daniele26466545xymi
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August 29, 2024
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InDesign Table Suddenly Appears Empty and Uneditable

  • August 29, 2024
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Hello community!
I have a huge table that spreads over 40 pages in an InDesign file.

 

This morning after opening the file again, the table looks empty and uneditable.

 

However, if I right-click and do "Edit from copy Editor" I can see all the content.

 

Does anyone have an idea how to revert the table to the previous appearance?

 

Here is what I tried so far:
1. export imdl

2. export template file

3. Copy/paste the table onto other files

4. delete all the other spreads to see if display performance was causing the issue


Please help me guys!

 

 

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Correct answer Peter Spier

Hard to tell what's going on from your screen shots, but I'm thinking the entire table has somehow gone into overset text and the clue to that would be in the text immediately preceeding the table, or someting in the first cell.

I see a notice in the first screen shot of 21 errors. Have you looked at that?

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Peter Spier
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Peter SpierCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
Community Expert
August 29, 2024

Hard to tell what's going on from your screen shots, but I'm thinking the entire table has somehow gone into overset text and the clue to that would be in the text immediately preceeding the table, or someting in the first cell.

I see a notice in the first screen shot of 21 errors. Have you looked at that?

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    Daniele26466545xymiAuthor
    Participant
    August 29, 2024

    Thank you! An oversized picture in the table was causing the issue.

    Peter Kahrel
    Community Expert
    Peter KahrelCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 29, 2024

    It probably means that the row after the last part you can see is taller than the text frame which causes the story to become overset.

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      Daniele26466545xymiAuthor
      Participant
      August 29, 2024

      Thank you so much, it was indeed that a picture that was copypasted inside the table was huge and caused the whole table to resize. I made the table big enough to make the image visible and deleted, voila.

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