PDF Troubles

     I created a 68 page document in InDesign. Each page is pulled in from Photoshop or Illustrator so the total file size is big. I cannot PDF it as one complete document; only in seperate files. If I try to do the whole thing I get "Failed to Export PDF"
     This seems to be a memory issue because if I reboot my computer in between each time I create another PDF file I am able to include more pages in the file. (Also, depending on the size of the pages I can put more or less pages in each PDF file.) The funny part about this is that I have 4 GB of memory on my computer. I brought it into the repair shop and the guy spent 3 days on it and concluded that this is an Adobe issue not a computer problem. I tested this by trying it on a different computer and got the same results.
     I am working on CS3 with Windows XP. Does anyone have any suggestions for me? Thank you in advance.
B.B.

Yes it is a memory issue, probably associated with virtual memory and not physical memory and can also be associated with how you put your document together. There may also be some “memory leaks” in the libraries used by InDesign (those particular problems appear to be resolved in InDesign 6 = CS4).
I have experienced similar problems in the past, but with files much larger than yours.
You indicated that each page was pulled in from Photoshop or Illustrator. How did you “pull them in?” If you did copy and paste or placed them via embedding them into the file, you might retry generating the document using links. Using links uses InDesign's memory space much more efficiently and the PDF creation process is much less likely to run out of memory. It also yields an InDesign document that by itself is relatively small.
Let us know how you placed that content and we'll try to help you further.
- Dov
PS: With Windows XP 32-bit versions, anything more than 3 gigabytes (and possibly less than that) will actually be effectively ignored by the operating system and unavailable to your programs.

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