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Exporting a PDF - InDesign Tutorial
From the course: InDesign 2021 Essential Training
Exporting a PDF
- [Instructor] If you want to send a proof of your file to a client, you'll likely send them a PDF. If you want to send a finished document to a printer, you should probably send them a PDF. So it's crucially important that you be able to create robust PDF documents from InDesign. To make a PDF, just go to the file menu and choose export. Then from the format menu, you'll have to choose between two different PDF formats: PDF interactive or PDF print. The interactive option should only be used if your document has movies or buttons or something like that. For the vast majority of PDFs, you should choose the Adobe PDF print option. Even if you're using hyperlinks and bookmarks, that's a better choice. Now, when you click save, you get a lot of options to choose from. And I go deep into the details of all of these features in my title here in the online training library, InDesign: Print PDFs. But I recommend that everybody…
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