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Indesign to heavy file size

New Here ,
Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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Hello,

 

I used as a base for a new work a indesign with 300 pages, total Indesign filesize 600mo. 

 

The problem is I deleted all the images and texte of the document, it still is 600 mo. It's slowing down my current work.

How Can i save my document to a resonable size?

 

Thank you !

 

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Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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Hi,

Can you confirm the version of InDesign and the Operating System you are using?

Can you try to save the file as a IDML file, open that in InDesign and make a SaveAs back to InDesign, this can help you purge a lot of unwanted Mo and keep what you need.

 

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Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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I'm using cc 2019. 

 

It worked, my file is only 16 mo now.

 

But for a better andestanding, what information got lost/rewritten in the process?

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Oct 09, 2019 Oct 09, 2019

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What about using the book function and split the document by chapters?

 

see here: https://www.bookdesignmadesimple.com/using-the-book-feature-in-indesign/

 

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/using/creating-book-files.html

 

 

 

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600 Mo (or megabyte) does not seem that high for a 300 pager to me. To speed things up see what happens if you go through View>Display Performance>Fast Display. By default the program should be showing "Typical Display" under Display Performance but if it is showing "High Quality" then, in that instance, try "Typical".

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Some this have been already recommende but as a summary:

 

  • "Save as" (this makes wonders, really)
  • Delete any unused element you might have left in the canvas / working table (specially pictures).
  • Delete any unneeded master page that might have 'heavy' elements
  • Clean the XML Structure. It might be full of unused / duplicated elements. This one might be a forgotten real pain in the ass when it comes to absurd troubles.

Anyway Splitting into an InDesign Book document (indb) is best practice

 

Best regards

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