You can gather
the files you’ve used, including fonts and linked graphics, for
easy handoff to a service provider. When you package a file, you
create a folder that contains the InDesign document (or documents
in a book file), any necessary fonts, linked graphics, text files,
and a customized report. This report, which is saved as a text file,
includes the information in the Printing Instructions dialog box;
a list of all used fonts, links, and inks required to print the
document; and print settings.
You don’t need to perform a
final preflight check before packaging. InDesign performs an up-to-date
preflight check. If problem areas are detected, a dialog box appears.
You
can also give your service provider a composite PDF file made from
your document or a PostScript file.
Do one of the following to open the Package dialog
box:
Choose File > Package.
In the Preflight dialog box, click Package.
In the Book panel menu, choose Package Book or Package
Selected Documents, depending on whether all, some, or none of the
documents are selected in the Book panel.
If a dialog box appears alerting you to possible problems,
do one of the following:
Click View Info to open the Preflight dialog
box where you can correct problems or get further information. When
you’re satisfied with the document, begin the packaging process
again.
Click Continue to begin packaging.
Fill in the printing instructions. The filename you type
is the name of the report that accompanies all other packaging files.
Click Continue, and then specify a location in which
to save all packaging files.
Select the following, as needed:
Copy Fonts (Except CJK)
Copies all necessary font files, not the entire typeface. Selecting
this option does not copy CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) fonts.
Copy Linked Graphics
Copies linked graphics files to package folder location.
Update Graphic Links In Package
Changes graphic links to the package folder location.
Include Fonts And Links From Hidden And Non-Printing
Layers
Packages the objects located on hidden layers and layers
for which the Print Layer option is turned off.
View Report
Opens the printing instructions report in a text editor
immediately after packaging. To edit the printing instructions before
completing the packaging process, click the Instructions button.
Do one of the following to specify how to handle hyphenation:
To prevent the document from composing
with the external user dictionary, and to prevent the document’s
hyphenation exceptions list from merging with the external user
dictionary, select Use Document Hyphenation Exceptions Only. You
may want to select this option when packaging a document to be printed
by someone outside your workgroup, such as when you take the document
to a service provider.
To allow the external user dictionary (on the computer
on which the file is opened) to merge with the document’s hyphenation
exceptions list, and to allow the document to compose using the
exceptions lists stored in both the external user dictionary and
inside the current document, leave Use Document Hyphenation Exceptions
Only unselected.
Comments
Comments are no longer accepted for InDesign CS3. InDesign CS4 is the current version. To discuss InDesign CS3, please use the Adobe forum.