QuarkXPress to Adobe InDesign CS4 Conversion Guide

Preflight and Output
Whether printing your InDesign file
or outputting a SWF or an Adobe
PDF document for distribution on
the web, consumer electronics
devices, or phones, you’ll find that
InDesign offers an array of options
for achieving the results you want.
You can see an accurate view of what
document pages will look like when
printed or exported as PDF files by
choosing View > Screen Mode >
Preview (or press W when not editing
text). This hides nonprinting
page elements such as guides, the
pasteboard, and frame edges.
If you choose Overprint Preview
(View menu), InDesign displays an
onscreen ink preview that approximates
how gradients, transparency,
and overprinting will appear in
color-separated output.
displays a green or red dot in both
the lower left corner of the panel
and the document window.
You can control what the Preflight
panel considers an error by choosing
Define Profiles from the Preflight
panel menu. Options include
minimum image resolution, color
The Preflight Profile menu lets
you export or import profiles.
model limitations, document size,
and more. After creating a new
preflight profile, you can choose it
from the Profile menu in the Preflight
panel.
Note that when you select an error,
the Info area at the bottom of the
panel provides more details.
Choose Define Profiles
from the Preflight panel
menu to tell InDesign
which errors to look for.
Choose your
profile here.
The Preflight panel (Window >
Output > Preflight) can warn you of
problems that may prevent a document
or book from printing correctly.
Preflighting is live—that is,
when it is enabled, InDesign checks
your document while you work and
New Preflight Profile
Double-click to
jump to this object.
This area identifies the problem
and recommends a solution.
When a document has no
errors, the light turns green.
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