United Litho, Inc.
About ULI Extraordinary Service Training Production Tools Proteus News & Info Employment Opportunities Contact Us Site Map

Training

 

Technical Support/PDF

How do I create working PDFs from my InDesign CS2/CS3/CS4 files?

Adobe has made it very easy to save your InDesign documents as high-res PDFs. First, make sure your document size is set exactly to your trim size (for example, this screen capture shows 8 3/8 x 10 7/8"). Input .125" in all bleed boxes as shown here:

InDesign Parameters: Setting Document Size/Bleed

Before exporting your PDF, you'll want to download ULI-specific settings for CS2 or CS3/CS4. After you've downloaded and unzipped the settings file, choose File > Adobe PDF Presets > Define. Click on Load, navigate to the downloaded file, select it and click Open. When the new setting appears in the list of presets, click Done.

InDesign PDF presets

Once these new settings have been loaded, you'll be able to select them in the Adobe PDF Preset drop-down menu, as shown below for CS2 or CS3/CS4.

CS2InDesign parameters CS2

CS3/CS4InDesign Parameters: Choose PDF/X-4 preset

 

When you're ready to export, save your file, then choose File > Export.

One more step! In order to supply single-page PDFs, open your new PDF document in Acrobat, choose Document > Extract Pages ... and click to select Extract Pages As Separate Files.

Extract pages

Back to top