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fadyq112233
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October 1, 2017
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Suddenly damaged indd file !

  • October 1, 2017
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I have adobe InDesign and I'm working on, Today i worked on my file the indesign suddenly displays an error message every time I open this file , my work was corrupted

Can you fix the file ?
This error on this file only although it's run in past with no error

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    Barb Binder
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    Barb BinderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    October 1, 2017

    These awful moments force us to start taking the steps to protect ourselves in advance: making incremental back-ups and using cloud storage as per all the good advice above^^. We've all been there.

    For now, read through this document:

    Troubleshoot damaged InDesign documents

    And there is a company that can help you recover corrupt files when you don't have a back-up available and don't want to start over:

    Markzware DTP File Recovery Service

    ~Barb

    ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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      October 1, 2017

      Auto-save is not backup. You really mean you don't backup your files? What will happen when your disk fails ( they always do eventually)? And you need to backup many generations of files, not just the latest. People often make 10 a day as they work.

      BobLevine
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      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 1, 2017

      Personally, I prefer using Dropbox and now OneDrive which keeps incremental backups automatically as well as protecting files in the cloud.

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      October 1, 2017

      do you mean you didn't make backups? This sort of this is inevitable, it's vital to protect yourself.

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      fadyq112233Author
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      October 1, 2017

      Auto save is active, But from where I can restore back good version ?

      Derek Cross
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      Derek CrossCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 1, 2017

      As has been mentioned, countless times on this forum, it's vital to make regular incremental back-ups of your work and to keep copies elsewhere.

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      October 1, 2017

      You need to use a backup.

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        fadyq112233Author
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        October 1, 2017

        How ?

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