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Chapter 18: Creating Adobe PDF files
Export Adobe InDesign CS3 documents to PDF format, which preserves the look and content of the original
InDesign documents. PDF files can be viewed in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader® on almost any platform. Enhance
your PDFs by adding interactivity features such as bookmarks, hyperlinks, buttons, and media files.
Exporting to Adobe PDF
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:
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.