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Exporting to Adobe PDF
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About Adobe PDF
Export to PDF for printing
Adobe PDF presets
Customize Adobe PDF presets
Load Adobe PDF presets
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About Adobe PDF
Portable Document Format (PDF) is a universal file format that preserves the fonts, images, and layout of source documents created on a wide
range of applications and platforms. Adobe PDF is the standard for the secure, reliable distribution and exchange of electronic documents and
forms around the world. Adobe PDF files are compact and complete, and can be shared, viewed, and printed by anyone with free Adobe Reader®
software.
Adobe PDF is highly effective in print publishing workflows. By saving a composite of your artwork in Adobe PDF, you create a compact, reliable
file that you or your service provider can view, edit, organize, and proof. Then, at the appropriate time in the workflow, your service provider can
either output the Adobe PDF file directly, or process it using tools from various sources for such post-processing tasks as preflight checks,
trapping, imposition, and color separation.
When you save in Adobe PDF, you can choose to create a PDF/X-compliant file. PDF/X (Portable Document Format Exchange) is a subset of
Adobe PDF that eliminates many of the color, font, and trapping variables that lead to printing problems. PDF/X may be used wherever PDFs are
exchanged as digital masters for print production—whether at the creation or output stage of the workflow, as long as the applications and output
devices support PDF/X.
Adobe PDFs can solve the following problems associated with electronic documents:
Export to PDF for printing
Exporting a document or book to Adobe PDF is as simple as using the default High Quality Print settings, or as customized as you need it to be to
suit your task. The PDF export settings you specify are saved with the application, and will apply to every new InDesign document or book you
export to PDF until you change them again. To quickly apply custom settings to PDF files, you can use presets.
You can export a document, a book, or selected documents in a book as a single PDF file. You can also copy content from your InDesign layout to
the Clipboard, and automatically create an Adobe PDF file of that content. (This is useful for pasting a PDF file into another application, such as
Common problem Adobe PDF solution
Recipients can't open files because they don't have the
applications used to create the files. Anyone, anywhere can open a PDF. All you need is the free
Adobe Reader software.
Combined paper and electronic archives are difficult to
search, take up space, and require the application in which a
document was created. PDFs are compact and fully searchable, and can be accessed
at any time using Reader. Links make PDFs easy to navigate.
Documents appear incorrectly on handheld devices. Tagged PDFs allow text to reflow for display on mobile
platforms such as Palm OS®, Symbian™, and Pocket PC®
devices.
Documents with complex formatting are not accessible to
visually impaired readers. Tagged PDFs contain information on content and structure,
which makes them accessible on-screen readers.
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