P&LD10 error on .pdf export

**letsgofishing** · 12 March 2015, 07:30 AM

I've been working on a 36 page menu (20mb in size) for around 2 weeks and have been exporting as a .pdf for my client to check.
All of a sudden I get an error when exporting - see capture attached.
Have sent the error log to Xara.
Any help - need to get this file to my client.
Many thanks,
Mike

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**letsgofishing** · 12 March 2015, 10:26 AM

Tried splitting the file into 2 halves and exporting - same error!
Then uninstallled and reinstalled P&LD10 - same problem!!!!
aaaaarrrrgggghhhhh!

**steve.ledger** · 12 March 2015, 11:04 AM

Any drop shadows in the file? Any Fx? Removed them and see how you go.

**mwenz** · 12 March 2015, 01:47 PM

Aside from Steve' s suggestion, when you click on those bitmaps I can see, what is the resolution the Xara application reports in the status line?

**letsgofishing** · 13 March 2015, 05:43 AM

Thanks for the suggestions guys.
No drop shadows, no FX.
Tried exporting 6 pages at a time and it worked!!!!!!!!
So don't know what caused the problem....

**steve.ledger** · 13 March 2015, 06:20 AM

P&LD is a 32bit app. Possible OOM error. (Out Of Memory)

**pauland** · 13 March 2015, 07:40 AM

A 20 page menu?!

Gordon Ramsey would issue a few expletives..

Gosh, gosh, gosh. I wouldn't want a twenty page book to read to pick my meal.

**ss-kalm** · 13 March 2015, 04:13 PM

36 page menu, Paul ... (20MB)

**pauland** · 13 March 2015, 05:12 PM

Originally Posted by ss-kalm

36 page menu, Paul ... (20MB)

Good grief!

**mwenz** · 13 March 2015, 05:53 PM

We've been to some pretty nice restaurants in our lifetime. I've never seen a main menu more than a 4-6 pages. Combined with the extensive beverage lists, I don't think they would be over 12 pages. I know that I have made menus of 12 pages with the cover. I thought that was excessive.

I wouldn't mind getting paid for laying out a larger menu, though. The ones I have done paid well and so a larger one just means more dollars. I don't have to frequent them...in fact, I've never been to the restaurants I have made menus for. They're all well out of my area.