Chapter 11PDF

OVER THE PAST DECADE, Portable Document Format (PDF) files have become commonplace and invaluable in print and Web publishing. In the print world, PDF files have a broad range of uses—from electronic markup and review to printing everything from proofs to high-resolution color separations for offset printing to electronic document archiving. You can also create PDF files that are intended to be displayed on a monitor rather than printed with the option to include PDF-specific elements such as hyperlinks and bookmarks.

In this chapter you’ll learn how to specify PDF export preferences and how to export PDF files.

Planning layouts for PDF

It’s important to mention up front that the option to export a layout as PDF ...

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