Export an open document to pdf, Prepare layers before exporting a book to pdf – Adobe InDesign CS4 User Manual
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USING INDESIGN CS4
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 Adobe Illustrator.)
When you export an InDesign file to PDF, you can preserve navigation elements such as table of contents and index
entries, and interactivity features such as hyperlinks, bookmarks, media clips, and buttons. You also have the option
of exporting hidden layers, nonprinting layers, and nonprinting objects to PDF. If you’re exporting a book, you can
merge identically named layers by using the Book panel.
See also
Creating interactive documents for PDF
Export an open document to PDF
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, and then click Save.
4 Do one of the following:
•
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.
•
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 Adobe PDF Export 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.
Updated 18 June 2009