Tips for Outputting Your InDesign CS4 Work
Going to Press In each issue of Layers magazine I’ve focused on helping you learn new ways of using InDesign to lay out your pages. Now it’s time to take a look at getting all that beautiful layout work you’ve done to press. Although the title of this tutorial is “Going to Press,” these tips are aimed at outputting your InDesign work properly no matter what your actual printing process—even if all you do is make a PDF and put it on the Web. 1 [OPEN CURRENT INDESIGN PROJECT] To get the most out of this tutorial, you’re going to need a document open with some text and images on the page. If you’re brand-new and don’t have one, you can either create one from scratch or use one of the built-in templates by choosing Create New From Template on the Welcome screen. This will launch Adobe Bridge where you can choose your template. 2 [OPEN NEW PEFLIGHT PANEL] In InDesign CS4 you can take advantage of active Preflight, which will monitor your document constantly to make sure that it adheres to your preferences/constraints
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