How to Fix Corrupt InDesign Files: Can a Script Convert to IDML Without Opening?

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October 20, 2024
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I've run into file corruption before. Asked for advice at the time and he fixed it for me for free.
He couldn't be bothered to share his method with me me when I asked him to show me how to do it.
I have also seen similar tools available online, the free ones can't fix it and the paid ones I haven't tried.
In the past few days, I have seen online that you can use a script to convert the file to IDML, is there really such a script?
Convert directly with a script without opening the file?

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Peter Spier

Community Expert

And not to kick a man when he's down, but you've been on this forum for some years now so I'm sure you must have seen more than one of us lecture on the importance of keeping backup copies of work in progress. Nobody seems to believe it until something like this happens.

dubloveAuthor

Brainiac

Keep it on hand.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

For the record, I also learned the backup lesson the hard way, but about 30 years ago.

Haven't lost more than a few hours time since.

Peter Spier

Community Expert

To convert to .idml (which I presume is what you mean) the file must open. There is, however a "blind open and convert" script that bybasses the user interface and sometimnes works that you can copy from Kasyan's site at http://kasyan.ho.ua/indesign/all/blind_open_and_idml-export.html

if that fails you will either have to bite the bullet and pay (and Markzware is the best bet), submit to Adobe and wait, possibly forever, to see if they can recover it, or rebuild from scratch. You'll have to weigh the relative costs to decide.