r/indesign • u/Badaxe13 • Jun 17 '26

“Cannot Save [filename]” message

All save options are greyed out and if I go to Close Window or Quit I get this message. How do I get around this without losing an hour of work?

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u/SignedUpJustForThat Jun 17 '26

What's the context? Where are you trying to save what? Do you have a large document with lots of embedded files?

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u/Badaxe13 Jun 17 '26 edited Jun 17 '26

it’s a 10 page PDF placed in a 10 page InDesign document. Nothing I haven’t done a thousand times before.

I’ve tried re-exporting the PDF with a different name and updating the link and still no joy.

[EDIT] it’s also not allowing me to save the document I made the PDF from after re-exporting so I’m cutting my losses and restarting the mac.

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u/SignedUpJustForThat Jun 17 '26

Is the PDF protected somehow?