4 Replies Latest reply on Jul 23, 2012 6:15 AM by Peter Spier

Content just disappeared!! please help

rusrusrus Jul 23, 2012 4:49 AM

Mac 10.7.4

Indesign CS5

Im working on our annual pulication, everything has been fine up until this point. Im scrolling through the pages inserting copy, when I scrolled back the content had just dissapeared, vanished! I scrolled to other pages and the content began to just dissapear as if it had been deleted.

I selected all the content on the page and frames of elements showed but i couldnt select them. I looked again and the content frames had dissapeared.

any ideas?

1. Re: Content just disappeared!! please help

Eugene Tyson Jul 23, 2012 5:47 AM (in response to rusrusrus)

Undo
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2. Re: Content just disappeared!! please help

Eugene Tyson Jul 23, 2012 5:48 AM (in response to Eugene Tyson)

Seriously hard to tell what the problem is.

Try doing a File>Export and choos IDML and open that. It opens as an Untitled document. Don't close your original for fear of forever losing it.

Exporting to IDML is a known cure for repairing corrupt documents, and it might help here.
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3. Re: Content just disappeared!! please help

Peter Spier Jul 23, 2012 6:13 AM (in response to rusrusrus)

I would also do a save as to a new name to hopefully get a second copy you can play with.
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4. Re: Content just disappeared!! please help

Peter Spier Jul 23, 2012 6:15 AM (in response to Peter Spier)

It would also be helpful, I think if you could show us a screen shot of a page with the layers panel open completely.
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