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problems with pages - represented as blank - inDesign book .

  • January 4, 2019
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I am an Intermediate user of inDesign, in the last phases of preparing a book.  Today, some of the pages never load - the onscreen representations are blank.  No errors show in the pre-flight screen.  I have no idea what I am missing.  Is this familiar to anyone?

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    Correct answer Mike Witherell

    Hi back to you and thank you for weighing in.

    In "layer options" the option 'hide layers' is not checked. I think everything is visible.

    Yes, in menu/object 'show all on spread' is grayed out.

    I closed the program, restarted computer and opened the book again.  It still shows some pages as completely blank.

    I do have a backup strategy - I make a new one every day and then back up to that one all day long.  This book is 330 pages with over 500 photos. I think I will go back to the previous backup which seems intact but start making new backups more frequently during the day. 

    Also, I will check time machine and see if I can figure out when it happened.  Honestly, I wish I could just have my own copy of inDesign instead of the online version. 

    Your input is valued, thank you for taking the time.


    You might try exporting to IDML and re-opening that IDML file and saving as a new INDD file (in case of file corruption).

    You also might try turning off GPU acceleration in preferences.

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    Anna Lander
    Anna Lander
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    January 4, 2019

    Show please some screenshots to see the problem better.

    Do you work with a document or with a book?

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    NotsoAuthor
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    January 5, 2019

    Thank you Anna.  Here is my screen.  These pages show as blank but they all have info on them earlier today. See below?  Pages 42 and 43 are shown.  Both large image and thumbnail show page 42 as partially empty.  It did have words.  I have lots of RAM (16 GB) and storage  (800 GB) so I don't think that is a problem.

    Mike Witherell
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    Mike WitherellCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    January 5, 2019

    Hi back to you and thank you for weighing in.

    In "layer options" the option 'hide layers' is not checked. I think everything is visible.

    Yes, in menu/object 'show all on spread' is grayed out.

    I closed the program, restarted computer and opened the book again.  It still shows some pages as completely blank.

    I do have a backup strategy - I make a new one every day and then back up to that one all day long.  This book is 330 pages with over 500 photos. I think I will go back to the previous backup which seems intact but start making new backups more frequently during the day. 

    Also, I will check time machine and see if I can figure out when it happened.  Honestly, I wish I could just have my own copy of inDesign instead of the online version. 

    Your input is valued, thank you for taking the time.


    You might try exporting to IDML and re-opening that IDML file and saving as a new INDD file (in case of file corruption).

    You also might try turning off GPU acceleration in preferences.

    Mike Witherell
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