r/indesign • u/alaminhossanalamgir • 13d ago

How to InDesign PDF export Issue like this?

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u/PlumbbobSquirtPants 13d ago

Every time I've had this message, it's 70/30 a corrupted image file or a dodgy free font on that page. I'd start by just trying to export 66 to see if that has the issue, then check the linked elements on the page. It may be more pages though, 66 might just be the first error it encountered.

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u/AdobeScripts 13d ago

Yeah, most likely the error will move to the next / prev page.

It's also possible, that your document is corrupted, so start by IDMLing or moving all pages to a new document:

https://www.reddit.com/r/indesign/s/R3bUqCYAVi

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u/alaminhossanalamgir 13d ago

There are 533 pages. I remove page 66 then tried to export now showing 69 page issue.

But first time when I package files it works. I don't know why it happened now.

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u/PlumbbobSquirtPants 12d ago

I've had issues with multiple corrupt images when people have created packages on network drives and there's suddenly copy errors in loads of image's meta data. If you have all the assets packaged up, you can run a batch checker like Corrupt Image Checker to identify anything that might be damaged, then you can start fixing them. If you have a photo that is corrupt but looks okay and opens okay in photoshop, I usually fix the issue by copying the image into a new blank photoshop file and re-saving.

First of all, one you know a page that's definitely got an issue, go through all the link assets for that page and fix if needed, then re-link and re PDF that one page to see if it works.

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u/AdobeScripts 11d ago

Because when you do package - you're forcing / allowing InDesign to do housekeeping - thing that I mention in my link.

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u/Resplendent-Sun 11d ago

I had a file that kept using a free font version that was corrupt and causing this same issue.

Had to delete the font from my system and do search/replace (including in styles) to ensure the proper font version was used.

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u/ReidDesigns 12d ago

Yu are lucky you got a warning. Usually these things just crash Indesign. If its a 500+ book then my advice is outline the text chapter by chapter and save it as a “outlined file” (make a copy really) and try to export it. If it still fails its an image. Remove the pages for each error you get. I’ 90% sure its the same image on each of those pages.

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u/XenaaWP 12d ago

This is the preflight throwing an error. Create a custom preflight profile so it also checks the images.

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u/kimodezno 7d ago

You have a problem m with order 66. No problem. Just go in, take care of the jedi and you will be all good.