Difference between Illustrator and InDesign layers when exported to PDF

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December 6, 2022
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Hi all!

Anybody know if there is a way to export the layers from Indesign in the same format as for Illustrator when saving as PDF. In the screenshot you can see that when exporting an InDesign file I always get this top "layer" marked in yellow. This is what is causing another tool that I use not to be able to read the PDF correctly when uploading so I would like to have it in the same way as when exporting an Illustrator file to PDF without this top "layer".

I use the Creative Cloud newest versions for all software.

Would be greatful for help. A simple "no" would also be sufficient 😄

Best regards

Lukas

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Steve Werner

Community Expert

Bob is correct. When you export PDF with Acrobat layers turned on, InDesign always add a layer at the top with the title of the file. No way to change that.

Luke Jennings3

Community Expert

If you have only one or two pages to work with, one work-around would be to convert your InDesign layers to InDesign pages (copy- paste in place, one page per layer) export to a multipage pdf. Create a blank pdf in Acrobat, use the layers fly-out menu to import as layer. Import each page of the InDesign pdf into a new Acrobat layer, the first page imported will be at the bottom of the stack.

BobLevine

Community Expert

No

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