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5.5 Book Chapters Say "Document Modified"

Apr 2, 2012 10:21 AM

I wonder if anybody has seen this before.

 

I'm working on a book -- it began in CS4, but I am doing a rewrite and update in 5.5. Lots of illustrations, cross-references, index items, etc. 20+ chapter files.

 

When I'm working on a big chapter in 5.5, and I close the chapter file, the book palette immediately  shows the little error bug, indicating "Document Modified Outside of Book." Of course, this isn't true -- I haven't left ID and I just closed the file.

 

This never happened in v4. And it only seems to happen with big files that contain a lot of material.

 

Any suggestions, anyone?

 

Many thanks,

Steve

1312 Views   11 Replies   Latest reply: Ms.Jensen, Nov 20, 2012 11:41 AM
 
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  • Manish-Sharma
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    1. Manish-Sharma,
    Apr 2, 2012 11:49 AM   in reply to Steve2021
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    Book is a collection of the document , when you open the document from the Books panel then the books get updated along with the document.

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    But if you open up the document indiviually (not from the books panel) and then make changes to it and then save the document , book panel will prompt the error message becuase the book hasn't been updated.

     
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  • Steve2021
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    2. Steve2021,
    Apr 2, 2012 12:20 PM   in reply to Manish-Sharma
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    Of course.

     

    I am opening chapters from the book panel and I am closing them with the book panel open. The chapter files still show the error bug. Not all, but all of the big ones.

     

    Steve

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    3. Peter Spier,
    Apr 2, 2012 12:55 PM   in reply to Steve2021
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    Is this the first time that thes chapters have been edited in CS5.5?

     
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    4. Steve2021,
    Apr 2, 2012 2:43 PM   in reply to Peter Spier
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    Peter,

     

    Thanks for responding. It's a good question. It's not the first time they were opened in 5.5 -- I created a Kindle version in 5.5, and all chapters were involved -- with no issues like what we're describing here. I made minor changes during that pass, and I don't think there's a pattern there (some chapters that were changed are having problems now, some aren't)/

     

    It might be that there were no image changes prior to 5.5 and now I am replacing images. Or it might be that new cross references are being added now. That's all I can think of at the moment.

     

    Steve

     
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  • Nigel Chapman
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    5. Nigel Chapman,
    Apr 5, 2012 4:44 AM   in reply to Steve2021
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    You say the Book panel is open. Is it also expanded? There's a long-standing bug whereby these icons appear if you close a chapter while the Book panel is collapsed to an icon, even if it's open. I've been seeing this since at least CS3. As a result, I just ignore these warnings, so I can't be sure that it never happens with the panel expanded.

     
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  • SteveC100
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    6. SteveC100,
    Apr 5, 2012 7:56 AM   in reply to Nigel Chapman
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    Thanks, Nigel, but that's not it either. The panel is always open and expanded when I close a chapter file. It always shows the bug otherwise. But in this case, it's showing the bug either way. Not every chapter. Only the big ones.

     

    And, in response to Peter, on reflection, all the chapters were edited in 5.5 prior to the problem.

     

    Steve

     
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  • Peter Spier
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    7. Peter Spier,
    Apr 5, 2012 7:59 AM   in reply to SteveC100
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    I've got no more brilliant ideas...

     
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  • Eugene Tyson
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    8. Eugene Tyson,
    Apr 5, 2012 8:10 AM   in reply to SteveC100
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    It will also show this icon when pages are added or removed. Have you repaginated the pages in the Book Panel by updating the Page Numbers?

     
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  • SteveC100
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    9. SteveC100,
    Apr 5, 2012 5:56 PM   in reply to Eugene Tyson
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    Eugene --

     

    That's an interesting clue. Indeed, I have added pages to some chapters, and haven't yet repaginated. Would that do it?

     

    Steve

     
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  • SteveC100
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    10. SteveC100,
    Apr 10, 2012 12:46 PM   in reply to SteveC100
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    I haven't repaginated, but I did just now work on a chapter and checked the "add pages" theory. Prior to adding pages -- when I close the file, I get no error icon. As soon as I added two pages, and closed the file, the icon appeared. Seems like that's the answer.

     

    Thanks to everybody for weighing and helping.

     

    Steve

     
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  • Ms.Jensen
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    11. Ms.Jensen,
    Nov 20, 2012 11:41 AM   in reply to SteveC100
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    Thanks to all who contrubuted here! It just helped me with a problem I was having with a fairly large doc.

     
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