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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70c6a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Export an open document to PDF</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSD37ACC97-5C6B-4613-B445-A5755E4F483Ca"><h4 class="topictitle4">Prepare layers before exporting a book to PDF</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70c5a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Export a book to PDF</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS9F697ADB-9CE0-4ae2-8E57-7886519D9D7Da"><h4 class="topictitle4">Reducing the size of PDFs</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>Exporting a document or book to Adobe
PDF is as simple as using the default High Quality Print settings,
or as customized as you need it to be to suit your task. The PDF
export settings you specify are saved with the application, and
will apply to every new InDesign document or book you export to
PDF until you change them again. To quickly apply custom settings
to PDF files, you can use presets.</p>
<p>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.)</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70c6a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70c6a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Export an open document to PDF</h3><div><ol><li><span>Choose File&#160;&gt; Export.</span></li>
<li><span>Specify a name and location for the file.</span></li>
<li><span>For Save As Type (Windows) or
Format (Mac&#160;OS), choose Adobe PDF,
and then click Save.</span></li>
<li><span>Do one of the following: </span><ul><li><p>To use a predefined set of job options,
choose a preset from the Adobe PDF Preset menu.</p>
</li>
<li><p>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.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To customize options, select a category from the
list on the left and then set the options.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>For Compatibility, choose the lowest PDF version necessary
to open the files you create.</span></li>
<li><span>Click Export (Windows) or Save (Mac&#160;OS).</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To reset options to the default, in the
Adobe PDF Export dialog box, hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Mac&#160;OS)
and click Reset. (The Cancel button changes to Reset.)</div></div>
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<div id="WSD37ACC97-5C6B-4613-B445-A5755E4F483Ca" class="nochunk"><a name="WSD37ACC97-5C6B-4613-B445-A5755E4F483Ca"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Prepare layers before exporting a book to PDF</h3><div><div class="section"><p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>If you don’t want certain layers to be merged,
give them unique names in each book document.</span> <p>Layer names are case-sensitive, so “Art” and “art” layers
are not merged.</p>
</li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>In the Book panel menu, select Merge Identically Named
Layers On Export.</span> <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>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.</div>
</li>
</ol>
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<div id="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70c5a" class="nochunk"><a name="WSa285fff53dea4f8617383751001ea8cb3f-70c5a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Export a book to PDF</h3><div><ol><li><span>Do one of the following:</span><ul><li><p>To create a PDF of the entire book, click
in a blank area of the Book panel to deselect any selected documents,
and choose Export Book To PDF in the Book panel menu.</p>
</li>
<li><p>To create a PDF of documents within a book, select
the document or documents in the Book panel, and choose Export Selected
Documents To PDF in the Book panel menu.</p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span>Specify a name and location for the PDF file, and then
click Save.</span></li>
<li><span>Either choose a preset from the Adobe PDF Preset menu,
or select a category from the list on the left of the Export Adobe
PDF dialog box, and then customize the options. </span></li>
<li><span>Click Export (Windows) or Save (Mac&#160;OS).</span></li>
</ol>
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<div id="WS9F697ADB-9CE0-4ae2-8E57-7886519D9D7Da" class="nochunk"><a name="WS9F697ADB-9CE0-4ae2-8E57-7886519D9D7Da"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Reducing the size of PDFs</h3><div><div class="section"><p>For PDF files that are intended to be
distributed for viewing purposes only, you may want to reduce the
size of PDF files when you export from InDesign. Here are some of
the size reduction techniques you can use in the Export Adobe PDF dialog
box:</p>
<ul><li><p>Choose [Smallest File Size] from the Adobe PDF
Preset menu. </p>
</li>
<li><p>In the Compression area, downsample images to 72 pixels per
inch, select automatic compression, and select either low- or medium-image
quality for color and grayscale images. When you work with photographic
images, use Automatic (JPEG 2000) compression; when you work with
images that are mostly solid color, such as charts and graphs, use
ZIP compression.</p>
</li>
<li><p>In the Output area, use the Ink Manager to convert spot colors
to process colors.</p>
</li>
</ul>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />To reduce the
size of PDFs, simply open the PDF in Acrobat 8.0 or later, choose Document&#160;&gt;
Reduce File Size, and then specify the compatibility level. For
greater control, choose Advanced&#160;&gt; PDF Optimizer.</div><p>For
more information on reducing the size of PDF files, see Acrobat
Help and the Adobe website.</p>
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