From the course: Print Production: Packaging
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File formats for print
When you're finished working on your package in InDesign and you've checked everything and you know that all the content is healthy, then it's time to send it to the printer. If they ask for a native InDesign file, you want to make sure that you package all your placed graphics so that they have everything they need. Sometimes you might be requested to embed the graphics instead, and I'll show you how to do that. Often you're going to be asked to outline your text, if you aren't asked to outline your text, they're probably going to want you to include the fonts that you've used in the document. So here in my InDesign file, take a look at my Links panel, and you can see that I have all my graphics linked. How can I tell? Well there's a little icon you will see if you have embedded your graphics. So if you're asked to embed, that's going to make your file sort of self-contained. All of the graphics will be in it and you won't have to package them. One nice thing about the way InDesign…
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