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Hi dmartinacco,
were you successful? Did something work?
Hm. I wonder if we see the same issue discussed in this thread:
16.3 Upgrade Corrupting ALL Files
michaelac52496890, Aug 04, 2021
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/16-3-upgrade-corrupting-all-files/td-p/12229017
No solution yet.
I can only suggest that you do a bug report at InDesign UserVoice:
https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs
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Uwe Laubender
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Hi dmartinacco,
I would trust the message. Your document is damaged.
Do the following things:
[1] Close the document and do a backup of the file and work on with a duplicate of the file.
[2] Open the duplicated document and export it to PDF/X-4 without color conversion and without downsampling images.
[3] Open yet another duplicate of the document and export to IDML.
[4] Try to open the IDML file with InDesign and save the opened document with a new name.
Inspect the saved document if all is in perfect order: page layout, assigned styles, formatting.
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
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Thanks...will give these steps a shot. It's concerning because it happens on any/all files...not just one or two. Would hate to have to do this for everything I have done.
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Dear Laubender,
I still need help! Because my document does NOT open. This is what I get:
"Could not complete your request because of a database error. The file <name> is damaged [Error code:2]."
I cannot copy/duplicate the file either.
I work for a magazine, and this is a magazine file who needs to go to the printer next week!
Can you help me????? I could pay you if you can recover the file. Please help!
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Hi @Evelien344902309gru ,
cannot tell who marked your reply the "Correct Answer". Apparently it's not.
You say "I cannot copy/duplicate the file either. "
You cannot do this in the file system of your machine?
If that's the case something differently is broken. Something with your harddisk perhaps.
What's your operating system?
Where is the InDesign file stored?
Do you try to open the document with the very same version of InDesign it was created with?
What version of InDesign are you currently using?
Can you go back to backups you did previously with that file?
I'd recommend that now with no further information from your side.
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Uwe Laubender
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Hi dmartinacco,
were you successful? Did something work?
Hm. I wonder if we see the same issue discussed in this thread:
16.3 Upgrade Corrupting ALL Files
michaelac52496890, Aug 04, 2021
https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign/16-3-upgrade-corrupting-all-files/td-p/12229017
No solution yet.
I can only suggest that you do a bug report at InDesign UserVoice:
https://indesign.uservoice.com/forums/601180-adobe-indesign-bugs
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( ACP )
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Hi there,
Sorry for the delayed response. I would like to know if the steps suggested by @Laubender worked for you? If not, I would request you to share a few more details like:
Also, you may try the steps shared in this help article (https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/kb/troubleshoot-file-issues.html) and let us know how it goes.
I will be looking forward to your response.
Thanks & Regards,
Anshul Saini
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My document does NOT open. This is what I get:
"Could not complete your request because of a database error. The file <name> is damaged [Error code:2]."
I cannot copy/duplicate the file either.
I work for a magazine, and this is a magazine file who needs to go to the printer next week!
Can you help me????? I could pay you if you can recover the file. Please help!
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Hi All,
Sorry to hear about your experience. We have launched Adobe InDesign 16.4 recently with multiple bug fixes and performance improvement.
Please update your app to the latest version. Let us know if you still have any issues. We'll be happy to help.
Regards,
Ashutosh
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Ver. 16.1
Same issue, no solution that was listed above works. I tried upgrading or downgrading to newer/older versions of InDesign, but it didn't solve the problem.
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Hi @Eva23773586j5ot,
Sorry to hear about the trouble you are facing. I would recommend you to update to the latest version of InDesign, i.e., v17.2, which was released recently with multiple bug fixes and performance improvements.
Please update your app to the latest version and let us know how it goes.
Regards,
Anshul Saini