Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 339)

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profile for the image using the Import Options dialog box or assign a different color profile to the graphic in
InDesign. Overriding the color profile in InDesign will not remove or alter the profile embedded in the Photoshop
image.
Spot-color channels Spot-color channels in Adobe Photoshop PSD or TIFF files appear in InDesign as spot colors
in the Swatches panel. If the image uses a spot color that InDesign does not recognize, the spot color may appear gray
in the InDesign document and print incorrectly as a composite. (The image will print correctly on color separations,
however.) To simulate the graphic as a composite, you can create a spot color with the correct color values, and then
alias the PSD color to this new spot color. The graphic will then print correctly as composite and display correctly
on-screen when Overprint Preview is turned on (choose View > Overprint Preview). Be sure to remove the alias
before printing separations, so that the image prints on the plate you expect.
See also
“Import options for graphics” on page 340
“Place (import) graphics” on page 337
“About color management in Adobe applications” on page 439
“Create an ink alias for a spot color” on page 584
Importing PDF pages
Using the Place command, you can specify which pages you want to import from a multipage PDF: You can place a
single page, a range of pages, or all pages. Multipage PDF files let designers combine illustrations for a publication
into a single file.
The page range options appear when you select Show Import Options in the Place dialog box. The dialog box
includes a preview, so you can view a thumbnail of the pages before you place them. As you place each page, InDesign
reloads the graphics icon with the next page, letting you place the pages one after the next. InDesign doesn’t import
movies, sound, links, or buttons when you place a PDF file.
Comparing screen and device resolution in placed PDF pages
A placed PDF page displays at the best resolution possible for the given scale and screen resolution. When printed
on a PostScript output device, a placed PDF page always prints at the resolution of the device. When printed on a
non-PostScript printer, a placed PDF page prints at the same resolution as the other InDesign objects in the
document. For example, vector (drawn) objects will print at the same resolution as other vector objects in the
document. Bitmap images will print at the best resolution supplied in the placed PDF.
Linking to placed PDFs
A placed PDF page appears in the InDesign document as an on-screen preview, which is linked to a specific page in
the original PDF. After placing a PDF page, you may break links by doing any of the following:
• If you add a password to the original PDF that has been placed in an InDesign document, and you update the link,
you’ll be prompted to enter the password.
• If you delete pages in the original PDF, the placed PDF page changes to the page that now falls on the originally
placed page number.
• If you reorder the pages in the original PDF file and update the link, the placed PDF page may be different from
what you expect. When that happens, place the page again.