Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 579)

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Printing
Last updated 6/6/2015
Resolve preflight errors in a book
When a red dot appears to the right of a document name in the book panel, the document contains preflight errors.
1 In the Book panel, double-click the document containing errors.
2 Use the Preflight panel to view the errors in each document, and make the necessary changes to fix the problems.
Design elements such as styles or swatches may cause errors. In such cases, make sure that you resolve the errors in the
styles or swatches of the style source document, and then synchronize the book.
If you specified a profile for a book preflight that is not the embedded document profile, keep in mind that a different
profile may be selected when you open the document again. The different profile may result in different preflight errors.
Package files
You can gather the files you’ve used, including fonts and linked graphics, for easy handoff to a service provider. When
you package a file, you create a folder that contains the InDesign document (or documents in a book file), any necessary
fonts, linked graphics, text files, and a customized report. This report, which is saved as a text file, includes the
information in the Printing Instructions dialog box; a list of all used fonts, links, and inks required to print the
document; and print settings.
InDesign performs an up-to-date preflight check. The Package Inventory dialog box indicates any detected problem
areas. You can also give your service provider a composite PDF file made from your document or a PostScript file.
1 Do one of the following to open the Package dialog box:
• Choose File > Package. (If Package does not appear in the File menu, try choosing a different workspace, such as
Window > Workspace > Advanced.)
• In the Book panel menu, choose Package Book or Package Selected Documents, depending on whether all, some,
or none of the documents are selected in the Book panel.
An alert icon indicates problem areas.
2 In the Package dialog box, do one of the following:
• If you’re notified of problems, click Cancel, and use the Preflight panel to resolve problem areas.
• Click the problem area (such as Fonts) and then correct the problem. When you’re satisfied with the document,
begin the packaging process again.
• Click Package to begin packaging.
3 Fill in the printing instructions. The filename you type is the name of the report that accompanies all other
packaging files.
4 Click Continue, and then specify a location in which to save all packaging files.
5 Select the following, as needed:
Copy Fonts Copies all necessary font files, not the entire typeface.
Copy Linked Graphics Copies linked graphics files to package folder location.
Update Graphic Links In Package Changes graphic links to the package folder location.
Use Document Hyphenation Exceptions Only If this option is selected, InDesign flags this document so that it
doesn’t reflow when someone else opens or edits it on a computer that has different hyphenation and dictionary
settings. You can turn on this option when sending the file to a service provider.