Export an open document to pdf for printing, Prepare layers before exporting a book to pdf, Export a book to pdf – Adobe InDesign CS5 User Manual
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Create interactive documents for PDF
Export an open document to PDF for printing
1 Choose File
> Export.
2 Specify a name and location for the file.
3 For Save As Type (Windows) or Format (Mac
OS), choose Adobe PDF (Print), and then click Save.
When you select the Adobe PDF (Print) option, you cannot include interactive elements in the PDF. To export an
interactive document to PDF, see “
Create interactive documents for PDF
4 Do one of the following:
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To use a predefined set of job options, choose a preset from the Adobe PDF Preset menu.
•
To create a PDF/X file, either choose a PDF/X preset from the Adobe PDF Preset menu, or choose a predefined
PDF/X format from the Standard menu.
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To customize options, select a category from the list on the left and then set the options.
5 For Compatibility, choose the lowest PDF version necessary to open the files you create.
6 Click Export (Windows) or Save (Mac
OS).
To reset options to the default, in the Export Adobe PDF dialog box, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac OS)
and click Reset. (The Cancel button changes to Reset.)
Prepare layers before exporting a book to PDF
When you export a book to PDF, you can show and hide InDesign layers in the PDF document. To avoid duplication
of layer names in the PDF, you can merge the layers on export.
If the Merge Identically Named Layers On Export option is selected, layer names appear under the same book name
in Acrobat or Reader. If this option is not selected, layer names appear separately under each document name.
1 If you don’t want certain layers to be merged, give them unique names in each book document.
Layer names are case-sensitive, so “Art” and “art” layers are not merged.
2 In the Book panel menu, select Merge Identically Named Layers On Export.
Note: When you export the book to PDF, make sure that Create Acrobat Layers is selected. To select this option, you must
use Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5) or later compatibility.
Export a book to PDF
1 Do one of the following:
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To create a PDF of the entire book, click in a blank area of the Book panel to deselect any selected documents, and
choose Export Book To PDF in the Book panel menu.
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To create a PDF of documents within a book, select the document or documents in the Book panel, and choose
Export Selected Documents To PDF in the Book panel menu.