254 Sharing and publishing
Exporting as PDF
The cross-platform Adobe PDF file format is a worldwide standard for
document distribution, which works equally well for electronic or paper
publishing. It excels as an electronic distribution medium as it is device- and
platform-independent.
To make sharing easy, you can export your project as a PDF file (Acrobat 4.0
compatible). In doing so, all the colours you've used will be output to an RGB
colour space, and all your pages will be rasterized (converted to bitmaps) on
export.
Exporting as a PDF file
1. Click File>Export>Export as PDF...
2. In the dialog, select a Print Range:
• Entire document: Exports the whole project.
• Current page: Exports only the page currently displayed.
• Pages: Enter a page range (e.g., 3-5) to export a limited selection
of pages (or individual page numbers, if separated by commas). If
you've set a range, you can further export just odd or even pages
in the range from the drop-down list.
For facing page spreads, enter the page number combination, e.g.,
2, 3.
3. (Optional) Set other options as follows:
• For more convenient on-screen viewing in Adobe Reader, specify
how your project will initially appear by selecting the Fit to
complete page or Fit to page width check box.
• By default, your PDF file will display in your currently installed
Adobe Reader immediately after export finishes. If you do not
want to preview your file immediately after export, clear the
Preview PDF file check box.
