How to Fix Bad or Corrupted Adobe InDesign Software Documents
Bad, corrupted or crashing Adobe InDesign software documents are unfortunately a reality. Hopefully this will not be something you experience, but if you do, here is a great work-around for recovering flaky InDesign layout files. Note – here is a listing of the various InDesign error or crash messages you may get:
http://www.screencast.com/users/Markzware/playlists/Corrupt%20InDesign%20Files/
These are the instructions, with inventory list of software (XTensions and Plug-ins) needed. It is a work-around, however one which is working quite well…
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-= What to do
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*QuarkXPress 6 or 7
*ID2Q from Markzware loaded
-Open InDesign file in QuarkXPress via ID2Q (Under “Utilities)
-Save (hopefully) converted bad InDesign file now as a QuarkXpress file to your desktop with a “.qxp” extension.
*InDesign CS2 or CS3
*Q2ID plugin from Markzware
-In InDesign (after Q2ID is loaded) simply to a “file->open”
-Select the salvaged file now in a “.qxp” or QuarkXPress form
*** If it opens, it is generally RECOVERED!***
TIP- after you get the InDesign salvaged it is BEST to then EXPORT it as an “.INX” or Adobe Interchange format.. this will zap any corruption that may be lingering in most cases… then you can work-on!
Markzware is also well know for it’s XTension to fix bad QuarkXPress Projects. It is called MarkzTools. Markzware is also working on a new plugin to fix InDesign files, so send us your bad InDesign files to david AT markzware D_O_T nl.
BAD InDesign RECOVERY SERVICE:
Don’t have Quark? Still need your .INDD document(s) fixed? We can help! For a small fee of 79.00 per bad file, we will recover them for you. This is a “No Cure, No Pay” service. Meaning if we can not fix it, you pay nothing! Just email the file to us on sales@markzware.com (If smaller than 3MB) or email the same address for our FTP upload details. Alternatively, post the file yourself on a download site or on your own site and send us the download link.
Our success rate in recovering these bad files is very high!
December 12th, 2008
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May 5th, 2009
My important InDesign file that contained a year’s worth of work on a new history course suddenly became corrupt. Each time I tried to open it, InDesign would crash. And to make matters worse, my back up file was corrupt too. Desperate for help and afraid to face the idea of having to rewrite the course, I sought help from David Dilling and Arnold Roosch with Markzware. Not only did they respond right away (in just a few hours), they were able to fix the file! This was the best one hundred bucks I have ever spent. David and Arnold are my heroes! They saved me thousands of hours and dollars. More importantly, they saved my sanity.
May 6th, 2009
My InDesign document kept shutting InDesign down the second it started up. This was extremely saddening, especially during finals week! After stumbling across this website from Google, I emailed David and was able to get a response with my fixed file within 24 hours! The file works perfectly, with only a few fonts that needed updating, along with links to external pictures, etc…I am extremely grateful and the prompt and friendly service just put the icing on the cake! If you ever have a corrupted file, don’t hesitate the send these guys an email!
June 5th, 2009
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June 25th, 2009
Hello Readers,
What is David’s email address, as I find it from this website,
I urgently need to contact him to help me recovered my corrupted InDesign file which I have spent 8-10 hours working on it.
Can someone kindly give me his email pls?
Thanks
June 25th, 2009
Hello Sman,
My email is david AT markzware D0T com
We will do our best to assist and try to recover your bad InDesign file.
June 25th, 2009
I would like to say a big thanks to David on helping to recovered my flaky InDesign files which I have spend 10 hours working on.
He save my time and effort.
One big cheers and thank you for setting this blog site to help people like me with corrupted files.
Thanks a again.
July 3rd, 2009
I was stuck with a useless file, then I found your solution. It worked great—thanks so much!!! You guys saved me about a month of work!
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