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PDF file disappears after exporting

New Here ,
Jul 26, 2021 Jul 26, 2021

Hello everyone!

I've created a catalog design for printing and when I try to export .pdf file so this file disappears after done exporting and I don't get any error from InDesign.. Does anyone knows where can be a problem?

Thank you!

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Community Beginner , Apr 25, 2024 Apr 25, 2024

I have the same issue too. It happens from time to time and I can't see any pattern, like a badly named file. What solves it for me is to save the damaged InDesign file as .IDML, closing InDesign, and reopening it again with the IDML. It then lets me export it with no problem.

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Community Expert ,
Aug 21, 2024 Aug 21, 2024
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Hi there. Thanks for coming back to me 🙂So the PDF does appear in the folder, then as soon as the task is completein InDesign it disappears. I managed to export the PDF yesterday byremoving some pdf adverts, then adding them in again causes thesame problem.
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Do I understand correctly that the problem only happens when you have specific PDF files placed in your InDesign document?

 

And when you delete the aforementioned PDF links from your InDesign document, the problem doesn't happen?

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New Here ,
Mar 26, 2025 Mar 26, 2025
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I've recently had the same problem but tried exporting as interactive pdf and it seems to work ok. This is an issue though that Adobe needs to investigate.

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