Prior to creating your PDF you must check that all the links and fonts used in your document are up-

dated. The following simple steps will make printing your les easy and efcient.

Note: the following instructions require that you have Adobe Acrobat Professional installed on your

computer.

1. Check for updated links

• Go to Window pull down menu and select “Links” to open the Links

palette in InDesign – A window with the Links palette will open.

2. Review and update all links

• Your Links palette will open with a list of all the links used in your document.

Fonts palette in InDesign.

• A window with the Find Fonts palette will open.

4. Review and update all fonts

• Your Find Fonts palette will open with a list of all the fonts used in

your document.

• A small “yield sign” will be visible if there are any font issues.

• If there are fonts that need to be updated, select the font and Replace with

an active font from the menu at the bottom of the palette. Then click on

the “Change” button on the window. Do this for all missing fonts until they

are all updated.

• The Export window will open and this is where you can name and choose

the location for saving your PDF.

• After you labeled your PDF click Save button at the bottom right of the window.

• An Export Adobe PDF window will open.

Creating a Hi-Res PDF from Adobe InDesign CC

7. PDF exporting settings

• Here you can nalize the settings of your PDF.

• Starting with General settings on the left, you

will export ALL or pages that will be printed from

your document.

of good resolution for the printing purpose.

• Color & Grayscale images gave the same

settings:

• Bicubic Downsampling to 300 for images

above 300.

• Compression set to “Automatic (JPEG)”.

• Image Quality set to “Maximum”.

• Monochrome Images:

• Bicubic Downsampling to “1200 for images

above 1200”.

• All Printer’s Marks should be “unchecked”.

• Bleed should be set to minimum “.125”.

• Include Slug Area should be “Unchecked”.

Please Note:

• We do not need printer’s marks because

trim boxes are dened when the PDF is

exported based off the document size. It you

wish to include them, please offset them .25”.

10. Output

• Color conversion to “No Color Conversion”.

• Include All Proles.

• Follow the image on your right for other settings.

The Ink Manager button will be grayed out when

setting up the preset. When you export your docu-

• OPI should be unchecked.

• Transparency Flattener will be grayed out.

• Follow the image on your right for other settings.

12. Export your le

• You have veried links and fonts, converted

all fonts to outlines, selected all the pages

that are to be printed, checked the proper

compression, reviewed your bleed settings,

and now you are ready to export.

• Click on the Export button at the bottom of