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Can anyone explain how my pasteboard got like this and how to get it back to normal size?
There is no object on that page. The image shows Preview off.
If I try to select everything on the pasteboard, only the page selects. I checked all links and there is no rogue link anywhere.
What the heck?
Thanks.
Indesign 15.0.2 x64
W10 Machine
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The how is hard to explain.
That could happen if you placed an asset of a InDesign library file with some guides at very extreme positions.
( Now on the edges of your pasteboard of the first spread. )
Other causes would be possible as well.
You could try the following:
[1] Export document to IDML. Open the IDML as document, save to a new name and work on with that.
[2] Try to change the minimum pasteboard size in the preferences of your document.
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Uwe Laubender
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Thanks Uwe.
Unfortunately neither of those solutions worked. Tried exporting to IDML but when I opened the IDML file, it brought the gigantor pasteboard with it. And adjusting the pasteboard size does shrink it, but from its present ginormous form not resetting to actual size.
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Hm
[3] Then check if something is at the edges of the pasteboard.
Move it inward or remove it entirely.
[4] Alternative:
Select all on the two pages with the mouse by drawing out a selection marquee.
Do this not by using the menu command Select All. Copy the selection to the clipboard.
Add a new spread to the document.
Paste the contents of the clipboard to the new spread.
Use the menu command: Paste In Place
Remove the spread with the gigantic pasteboard.
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Uwe Laubender
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Did you try resetting your ID preferences?
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That's very odd.
Are you using Alternate Layouts on purpose? And what are your Edit > Preferences > Guides & Pasteboard > Pasteboard Options > Horizontal and Vertical Margin values? The defaults for 8.5 x 11 are Horizontal [Pasteboard] Margin: 8.5" and Vertical [Pasteboard] Margin: 1". I'm wondering if editing those values (to anything) kicks the first pasteboard back to normal.
~Barb
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I'm glad you found a solution!
~Barb
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Same problem. My pasteboard went wacko! I tried to reset and it didn't work. Any ideas? My document is 40 pages long. Don't want to redo the whole thing.
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By reset, do you mean you reset ID Prefs? I'd try that, if Barb's suggestion for changing Pasteboard Preferences back to their original measures doesn't work.
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"My pasteboard went wacko!"
Hi Suzie,
what exactly did happen? Could you share a screenshot?
The other option you have: Export your document to IDML, open the IDML file as document in InDesign and save to a new name.
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Uwe Laubender
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Hi, this is old thread but thought that this could help someone. I had this exact same problem and after all I figured that somehow my page size had changed. Before, I checked everything else in this chat and it didn't even come to mind to look page size. It looked like it was right size (5x15cm) but in Document setup it showed 5 x 297,94cm, or something like that. All I had to do is fix the size and everything got normal.
Hope this helped someone.
Katja R.
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@katjaruha said: " … I had this exact same problem and after all I figured that somehow my page size had changed. "
Hi Katja,
is it only that you have different page sizes compared to the Document setup?
That is no special condition at all. At any time one could change the size of any page with the Page tool.
If that is done for a particular page a change in Document setup would not affect the size of the page.
Or is it the issue the OP @Parksite Karl had, that no contents on a given page was selectable and the pasteboard color can be seen on the page? Then you could export your document to IDML and open the IDML file as new document. That could resolve any problems with the pasteboard. If that will not help one could try to add new spreads and copy over contents from faulty pages to the new spread.
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Uwe Laubender
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I had issue with pasteboard as did OP. I had one page with 5x15cm size and pasteboard was looking normal with normal margins. And then one day I opened that same file, with page looking exactly as it should but pasteboard was grazy big. I checked preferences - pasteboard margins were default. There were no content in page. Couldn't figure out why pasteboard didn't match it's margins. But then I noticed that Document setup it said different size that my page actually was and after I changed that - boom - pasteboard also went back to it's normal size/margins. I don't know why that happened in first place.