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Hi all, I have a problem with the background tasks. It is activating fonts, but i cant export de file as a pdf because of this. I get the remark that it cant be saved as a pdf, because it is used for the background tasks. I cant delete the background tasks, so i dont know what to do.
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Go to Window > Utilities > Background Tasks and see if you can cancel the background task there.
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Hi Lindy,
what's your version of InDesign and operating system?
As a workaround you could export the PDF by supressing any background process.
Warning: You'll need admin rights for steps [3] or [4]:
[1] Quit InDesign.
[2] Create a blank text file named exactly:
DisableAsyncExports.txt
[3] For Mac OS users:
Open your InDesign app in the application folder with a right click with "Show Package" and go to: Contents/MacOS/
Copy the file DisableAsyncExports.txt to that folder.
[4] For Windows 10 users:
Copy the file DisableAsyncExports.txt to the folder where your InDesign exe file resides. E.g. to
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe InDesign 2021\
If you want to revert to background processing simply remove the text file.
Example PDF export showing a progress bar with more detailed information with my German InDesign on Windows 10:
Alternative:
Use the export function with an InDesign book file.
Create a book file, load your document to the book file and export.
That's also a method to export to PDF with a foreground process.
Regards,
Uwe Laubender
( ACP )