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• • June 28, 2011 at 2:37 pm #59949
    sherihy

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    I have a large indb file, it is 57 pages across 50 or so indd files. Most of those files also have indd files embedded in them. Every time I try to create a PDF from this book, InDesign crashes. I can succesfully create PDFs if I do 10 pages at a time.

    So, it sounds more like a memory problem than some corrupt component, right? I have already tried rebuilding the preferences by holding down all those keys while starting inDesign. No Dice. I did a search on my Mac for “indesign recovery” so I could clear that out but nothing came up (?).

    What else can I try? I am running InDesign CS4, Mac OS X 10.6.6. I have 221gb free on my hard drive. I have never defragged and I don't know how. Would that help? It's a Macbook Pro, I don't know how much RAM it has nor do I know how to find out.

    Would upgrading to a newer version of InDesign help?

    Thanks,

    Sheri

  • June 28, 2011 at 4:15 pm #59950
    Theunis De Jong

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    I have a large indb file, it is 57 pages across 50 or so indd files. Most of those files also have indd files embedded in them. Every time I try to create a PDF from this book, InDesign crashes. I can succesfully create PDFs if I do 10 pages at a time.

    It sounds like this is just a bit too complicated. I've had lots of CS4 crashes, but only very rarely on exporting, and in most of those cases it was purely the placed content that was the culprit. I don't think resetting ID will work … or upgrading, for that matter (a sourly bet would be it wouldn't fix these problems and introduce a few new ones to boot ;) ).

    It's bothersome, but is it a real problem you cannot export this document in one go? If exporting sets of 10 pages work, you can combine them with Acrobat.

    A more time-consuming solution could be replacing the placed InDesign documents with PDFs of same (there was some talk last week interchanging PDFs and placed docs can be done quite smoothly) and try again …

    I am running InDesign CS4, Mac OS X 10.6.6. I have 221gb free on my hard drive. I have never defragged and I don't know how. Would that help? It's a Macbook Pro, I don't know how much RAM it has nor do I know how to find out.

    Ooo that's cute! :D Just look under the lil' Apple menu and select “About This Mac” !

    By the way, I've got it from Good Authority (the Web of a Thousand Lies, actually) that since Mac OS X is built upon a proper filing system — a variant of Linux — it doesn't need to be manually defragged!

  • June 29, 2011 at 6:51 am #59956
    sherihy

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    Thank you, very helpful. I have 4gb of RAM. :)

    Yes, it is a real problem not being able to export in one go, because when I exported in pieces and manually combined them in Acrobat, my bookmarks were all broken. One of the files in the book contains a TOC and I need that to generate the bookmarks. I create a new PDF weekly or twice a week.

    I have placed inDesign files within the pages so that I can make changes to those placed files and have the changes reflect everywhere. If I were to place PDF files intead, would it still be a “live link?” As in, I could make new PDF files with the same name, and InDesign would recognize that they are updated and ask if I want to update the content?

    Alternatively, would it help to restructure my indb such that instead of having 50 or so one-page docs, I used 5 or so 10-page docs?

    Thanks,

    Sheri

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