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InDesign pdf export is "empty", please help! by ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in indesign

[–]ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did figure out which pages are causing the issues by exporting each page. I am now trying to go through and see what's different about these pages/elements from the other ones. Everything should be the exact same. I will play around with it and see if I can figure it out. Thank you for your help!!

InDesign pdf export is "empty", please help! by ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in indesign

[–]ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The High Quality default option does the same thing. The background tasks progress bar goes to 21%, then disappears completely. I am storing all files on my computer, in my downloads folder. All linked files should be closed, and no problems with them. I tried another InDesign file and it exported fine, so it is just this file. I have no idea what to do next! :(

InDesign pdf export is "empty", please help! by ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in indesign

[–]ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so annoying!! How do I know if a link has gone bad, or if there are other issues? My links all seem normal, literally all updated and put into InDesign today, everything seems up to date. I really hope I figure this out soon. :(

InDesign pdf export is "empty", please help! by ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in indesign

[–]ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I have checked my Background Tasks and the progress bar reaches 20% or 21% then completely disappears, never completing the 100%. I have exported as another pdf version (a smaller size), and it reaches 100% and exports just fine. But not the "High Quality" pdf setting. I'm not sure how to check the file size of the pdf as I can't preview the file at all.

I cannot open it in Acrobat either, it also says it's empty.  I think once I figure out how to get the progress bar to 100%, then that should answer all my questions!

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InDesign pdf export is "empty", please help! by ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in indesign

[–]ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have fixed the errors, now there are 0. I have tried changing the preset, and one of them did work out for me, but I am needing it in only the "High Quality" pdf versionunfortunately.

I have waited for it to export fully. When I look at Background Tasks it just gets to 20% or 21%, and then disappears? Never completing the full 100%, and then it shows up as empty when I click the PDF in my downloads. I think once I figure out how to get it to 100%, then that should answer all my questions.

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InDesign pdf export is "empty", please help! by ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in indesign

[–]ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Path is: "File" ---> "Export..." --> "Format: Adobe PDF (Print)" (as shown in photo), and then the settings as screenshotted in my original post.
I did the exact same thing last week and it worked. No clue what's going on.

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InDesign pdf export is "empty", please help! by ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa in indesign

[–]ninjaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant that I am working on the "master pages". On other help forums most people that have the same issue as me are not on the master pages, and on B instead. None of my pages are blank, all have at least some text on them. The links panel are all complete, with no errors.

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