Switching from PageMaker to InDesign CS2
Section 12: Printing and Exporting to Adobe PDF
InDesign CS2 offers several features for producing high-quality printed publications. Some of
the printing features in InDesign CS2 are new to PageMaker users, such as the ability to preview
color separations on-screen. In this section, you’ll learn about several printing features in
InDesign CS2, and you’ll also learn about exporting InDesign CS2 documents as PDF documents.
Preflighting documents
In PageMaker, the Save For Service Provider plug-in lets you perform a quality check on a pub-
lication before printing it or handing it off to a service provider. In InDesign CS2, you use the
Preflight command (File menu), which warns you of problems that may prevent a document or
book from printing as desired. The Preflight command flags issues such as missing graphic files
or fonts and provides helpful information about a document or book, such as the inks it uses, the
first page on which a font appears, and print settings.
The Preflight dialog box (File > Preflight) lets you check a document for problems that may prevent a document
from printing as desired.
Packaging files for delivery
Like the Save For Service Provider feature in PageMaker, the Package command (File menu) in
InDesign CS2 lets you save your document with the fonts and linked files needed to correctly
print the document. Then you can package your InDesign CS2 documents for print, supply them
as content for web publishing, or export them as PDF files.
When you create a package, in addition to gathering files, InDesign CS2 also generates a custom-
ized report. This report, which is saved in the default text editor format, includes a list of all used
fonts, links, and inks required to print the document according to the print settings.
The Create Package Folder dialog box provides several options that let you control which files are collected
when you package a document.
