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InDesign 2020 won't overwrite PDF

Since updating to Indesign 2020 I can't overwrite pdf files from the export menu it says 'file is still open' when it's not. Yet another thing broken on the yearly beta test.

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FIXED  ·  amaarora responded  · 

Fix for this issue is now available in the latest update of InDesign 2020 – that is, InDesign 15.1.2

In the Creative Cloud Desktop application, click on the Updates section on the left. You should be able to see the Update available for InDesign. Please update your InDesign application to this version to try out the fix.

Let us know in the comments section if you still face this problem.

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  • Quentin Karmark commented  ·   ·  Report

    so far the most straightforward work-around is obviously saving the file to an alternate location on the hard drive and then manually overwriting using the finder...

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    I am having the same problem with InDesign 2020 not allowing overwrites to pdf files.

  • LMPrint commented  ·   ·  Report

    Also having this issue. 2020 Indesign on macOS Catalina over smb share to Synology NAS.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Yeah, this bug is a productivity killer.

  • Darren commented  ·   ·  Report

    This is happening to us to... its causing MAJOR problems. Get it fixed as its costing enough!!!!!

  • Manuel commented  ·   ·  Report

    We are having the same problem at work. I am on InDesign 2020 on macOS Mojave. I make sure no other application has the file open going as far as quitting all the other apps and restarting the finder. This issue results in having to have multiple versions of PDFs. Please fix ASAP!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    It happens with Photoshop files sometimes too

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Report

    Our company is having the same problem. This is such a basic workflow, how could it get messed up?

  • Brian Loper commented  ·   ·  Report

    the only workaround I have found is deleting the old file you want to overwrite, manually.

  • Alan commented  ·   ·  Report

    The same here saving onto a XiNET server (afp mount)

  • Ulrich Wieber commented  ·   ·  Report

    Since updating to Indesign 2020 I can't overwrite pdf files from the export menu it says 'file is still open' when it's not. I have to safe file in other directory and overwrite afterwards

  • Elizabeth commented  ·   ·  Report

    Once you trip that flag it doesn't reset. Closing Acrobat doesn't help either. I have so many files in my proof folders now!

  • Miranda Hanson commented  ·   ·  Report

    Having this same issue as well. Even if I close Acrobat, it still says the PDF is open. Currently working on Mojave OS. Please fix!

  • Peter commented  ·   ·  Report

    I also concur with the previous posts.

  • Erwin commented  ·   ·  Report

    I'm using InDesign 2020 for a few days and now I'm having trouble in overwriting a PDF on a server. When I have adjustments to an InDesign document and want to overwrite the PDF on a server I get the notification that the pdf is already open and cannot be overwritten. But it's not open and also not selected. With the previous versions I didn't have that problem.

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