InDesign

Does Adobe InDesign Autosave?

B.A.W. Kemp

Mar 4, 2024 — 1 min read

Adobe InDesign does autosave. This means that InDesign will automatically save your work in progress at regular intervals, even if you don’t explicitly save your document. This is a helpful feature in case of a power outage, system crash, or other unexpected event that could cause you to lose your work.

How Does Autosave Work?

InDesign autosaves your work by creating temporary files in the InDesign Recovery folder. These temporary files are not visible to you, but they are used to restore your work if InDesign crashes or closes unexpectedly.

By default, InDesign autosaves your work every 5 minutes. You can change this interval to something shorter or longer by going to Edit > Preferences > File Handling (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > File Handling (macOS).

How to Recover Unsaved Work

If InDesign crashes or closes unexpectedly, you will be prompted to recover your unsaved work when you restart the application. InDesign will attempt to restore your work from the temporary files in the InDesign Recovery folder.

If you have not saved your work for an extended period of time, InDesign may not be able to recover all of your work. However, it will try to recover as much as possible.

Tips for Using Autosave

Here are a few tips for using autosave effectively:

Make sure that you have enough free space on your hard drive. InDesign will need to be able to create temporary files in the InDesign Recovery folder.
If you are working on a large or complex project, you may want to manually save your work more frequently than the default 5-minute interval.
If you are traveling or working on a laptop, you may want to consider using cloud storage to save your work. This will ensure that your work is backed up in the event of a hardware failure or other disaster.

Conclusion

Autosave is a helpful feature that can help you to avoid losing your work. However, it is important to remember that autosave is not a substitute for manually saving your work. You should always make sure that you have manually saved your work before closing Adobe InDesign.

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