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                    Importing PDF pages
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                <div><p>Using the Place command, you can specify which
pages you want to import from a multipage PDF or an Illustrator
file with multiple artboards. 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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Comparing screen and device resolution in placed PDF pages</h4><p>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. </p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Linking to placed PDFs</h4><p>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:</p>
<ul><li><p>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. </p>
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<li><p>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. </p>
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<li><p>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.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Color in placed PDF pages</h4><p>InDesign preserves
colors embedded in PDF pages, even if the color comes from a color
library not installed with InDesign (such as the PANTONE Hexachrome® library). In addition,
any color traps included in a placed PDF page are preserved.</p>
<p>When
color management is active, InDesign displays the placed PDF using
its embedded ICC or output intent profile (PDF/X only). When color
management is turned off, or when you place a PDF that doesn’t contain
an ICC or output intent profile, colors in the placed PDF are calibrated
using the color profile in the InDesign document.</p>
<p>When you
export or print the document, you can preserve the ICC profile embedded
in the placed PDF or replace it with the document profile instead. Output
intent profiles are used for display and are included when you export
as PDF/X; they aren’t used when you print the document, and they
aren’t included when you export to any other format.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Security settings in placed PDF pages</h4><p>Because
a placed PDF page is linked to the original PDF, the placed page
also includes the security settings of the original file. If someone
later changes the security settings in the original file, the security
settings are updated in the placed PDF page when you update the
links.</p>
<p>If you correctly enter a required master password when
placing a PDF page, you override any restrictions in the PDF page,
enabling the placed PDF page to export as expected.</p>
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