I tried exporting a map layout to PDF in ArcGIS Pro. The result was about 6,000 kb and opened perfectly fine in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
I noticed a small map mistake, closed out Adobe, fixed the map mistake in ArcGIS Pro, and I went to export the layout to PDF with the same name to overwrite the old one I had exported. This time the export was almost instantaneous but, when I went to the folder with the PDF, the PDF said it had only 1 kb and opening the PDF resulted in Adobe showing the following:
I tried different ways of fixing this but I have been unsuccessful so I thought it might be the project I was working on. I tried Export Layout to PDF from three different projects saved in different locations and all of their results are 1kb damaged PDFs.
My settings for all of the exports:
File: PDF
Name: path to a folder on my local computer
Clip to Graphics Extent: Unchecked
Output as Image: Unchecked
Quality: Max
Compress Vector Graphics: Unchecked
Vector Resolution: 96 DPI
Raster Resample: Best
Embed Fonts: Checked
Covert Character Symbols to Polygon: Unchecked
Export Georeference Info: Checked
Layers and Attributes: PDF Layers Only
Simulate Overprint: Unchecked
I'm trying to see if this is a current problem others are experiencing in ArcGIS Pro or if this might be an issue where I need to uninstall and re-install ArcGIS Pro. Thank you for any help on this matter.
TLDR: Export to PDF was working until I tried to overwrite a PDF with a new one of the same name. Now all my Layout Export PDFs result in 1kb PDFs and won't open due to being damaged.