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joannasefton1968
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November 19, 2020
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Packaging Indesign Files

  • November 19, 2020
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Hello is anyone else experiencing this problem - when I try to package an InDesign file it is stating the Folder name is too long - even when I shortened it to one single character. This has never happened before. Is it a glitch in an update as I can't package anything at the moment?

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    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 27, 2020

    joannasefton1968 said:
    "Thank you for your suggestion I will try this - but I don't understand why it's suddenly started to do this?"

     

    This could have many causes. Maybe you recently placed an image with a very long file name?
    Did you try my suggestion to package to the Desktop? What was the result?

     

    Thanks,
    Uwe Laubender

    ( ACP )

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    November 27, 2020

    Also... you can't shorten a folder name to one character, so I guess you are only looking at the top level folder name. You need to look at the entire path.

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    joannasefton1968Author
    Participant
    November 27, 2020

    I looked at the path but couldn't see anything wrong.

    T
    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    November 27, 2020

    What are you looking for when you say nothing is wrong? What exactly is the path (if it contains any username or company name, please replace it with the SAME NUMBER of xxx.)?

    hammer0909
    Community Expert
    hammer0909Community Expert
    Community Expert
    November 19, 2020

    The package feature has had issues packaging to a server volume in past versions of InDesign. I suggest you try Laubender's suggestion of packaging to your Desktop.

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    Community Expert
    LaubenderCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 19, 2020

    Hi,

    you could try to package to the Desktop.

    This should prevent the issue with too long file and folder paths when on Windows 10.

     

    Regards,
    Uwe Laubender

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      joannasefton1968Author
      Participant
      November 27, 2020

      Thank you for your suggestion I will try this - but I don't understand why it's suddenly started to do this? I am on the latest version of InDesign using Windows 10.

      BobLevine
      Community Expert
      BobLevineCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      November 19, 2020

      What version of InDesign? What operating system.

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        joannasefton1968Author
        Participant
        November 27, 2020

        Hello apologies for late response I am using Indesign 2021 (latest update) on windows 10 and have never experienced any problems packaging files before?

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