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• • June 3, 2010 at 6:31 pm #55912
    sitki kazanci

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    I have a 52 page magazine. I am using “Export All Stories” option on my InDesign CS4 to export stories to InCopy. The Exporting process is very very slow. Even I am saving files on my Mac not to network server. Any help or how can I improve this process?

  • June 3, 2010 at 6:48 pm #55913
    Anne-Marie Concepcion

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    Is this a new thing … you used to be able to export a lot of stories in a normal amount of time, now it's very slow? Or is this the first time you're using InCopy? Or something in between?

    What happens if you export just a page worth of stories? Does that take a long time too?

    What happens if you create a new document, add a few different text frames, and choose Export All Stories … long time? Or not so long.

    The trick is diagnosing if it's the document or the program or your computer.

    AM

  • June 3, 2010 at 7:03 pm #55914
    sitki kazanci

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    This is new thing. I tested it before when I was learning the software. It was fast but file was 20 page.

    It is not a computer issue because I used my home and work computer. Maybe My Indesign file has a problem.

  • June 4, 2010 at 5:52 am #55924
    Anne-Marie Concepcion

    Member

    Yes. Try exporting your INDD file to INX or IDML, then opening that INX or IDML file back up in the same version of ID. It'll open as an Untitled document. Save it with a new name.

    Also try exporting just a spread's worth of stories. You may have a corrupt story file somewhere.

    It's always possible that the document is healthy but just constructed very poorly. (I've seen some nightmares.) For example, every line or paragraph is in its own text frame. Or someone accidentally Pasted in Place 50+ times. Other than document corruption, that's the only think I could imagine that would make exporting all stories take so long. Even for long, complex documents, the export shouldn't take longer than a couple minutes, max.

    AM

  • June 13, 2010 at 3:40 pm #56020
    sitki kazanci

    Member

    Thanks Anne Marie.

    My template had a problem. I deleted all pages, style and fonts. I kept just one page but it still took a long time to export file. The file was cropped.

    I created a whole new magazine template. It is working very well now. I recommend everyone to use InDesign-InCopy workflow.

    Sitki

  • June 13, 2010 at 4:49 pm #56022
    Anne-Marie Concepcion

    Member

    Yay! Glad it's working for you now.

    AM

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