Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 103)

INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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If you’re saving a document in order to bring it to a prepress service provider for final output, InDesign can automat-
ically collect all necessary files, such as linked graphics and fonts, in one folder. (See “Package files” on page 563.)
❖ Do one of the following:
• To save a document under a new name, choose File > Save As, specify a location and filename, and click Save. The
newly named file becomes the active document. Using the Save As command might reduce the file size.
• To save an existing document under the same name, choose File > Save.
• To save all open documents to their existing locations and filenames, press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S (Windows) or
Command+Option+Shift+S (Mac OS).
• To save a copy of a document under a new name, choose File > Save a Copy, specify a location and filename, and
click Save. The saved copy does not become the active document.
Important: To avoid problems, avoid reserved characters that have special meanings in some operating systems. For
example, avoid filenames with spaces, tabs, or initial periods, or filenames that use these characters: / \ : ; * ? < > , $ %.
Similarly, avoid using characters with accents (such as ü, ñ, or é), even when using a non-English version of InDesign.
Problems may occur if the file is opened in a different platform.
See also
“Use document templates” on page 94
“Recover documents” on page 38
“Include previews in saved documents” on page 96
“Save backwards to previous InDesign versions” on page 96
Save backwards to previous InDesign versions
To open an InDesign CS3 document in InDesign CS2, you must install the appropriate plug-ins in the previous
version of InDesign and export the InDesign CS3 document to the InDesign Interchange (INX) format.
You can obtain the compatibility plug-ins for InDesign CS2 by choosing Help > Updates and following the prompts.
You can also obtain them from the Adobe website: Choose Support > Updates, and go to the InDesign Downloads
page.
Be aware that content created using features specific to InDesign CS3 might be modified or omitted when you open
the document in a InDesign CS2.
1 Choose File > Export.
2 From the File Type (Windows) or Formats (Mac OS) menu, choose InDesign Interchange.
3 Click Save.
You can open the .inx file in InDesign CS2 to convert it to an untitled InDesign document.
Include previews in saved documents
Thumbnail previews of documents and templates provide easy identification of those files in Adobe Bridge and in
Version Cue file dialog boxes. A preview is created when you save a document or template. A document preview
includes a JPEG image of only the first spread; a template preview includes a JPEG image of each page in the
template. You can control the size of the preview to suit your needs. For example, Extra Large 1024x1024 enables you
to quickly scan the contents of a page at high-resolution before you open the file.