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March 28, 2011
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How to export pdf from indesign to single pages flowing in 1 pdf

  • March 28, 2011
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Hi!

First of all im using a swedish version of indesign so please forgive my bad translations.

I am trying to export my catalogue from a document setting with 2-page spread to a pdf-document with 1 page-flow.

I just would like 1 pdf, but i would like all the pages to be on 1-page setup - not 2-page-setup.

I build in indesign, and have a master page with for using right and left page.

When I do the export, no matter what I choose pdf-exporter always export the pdf as a 2-side double-paged pdf.

I've tried every setting in pdf exporter.

What would probably work should be the one called one-page-flowing (en sida löpande in swedish), but it still generates double pages.

I would be really thankful for a suggestion on how to solve this.


Best regards

Mattias Cederlund

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    lexies13668064
    Participant
    April 26, 2017

    I had this same problem too, since I'm currently working on a book whose PDF needs to be exported in pages, instead of spreads. And clicking/un-clicking the Facing Pages option in the Document Setup doesn't work. Clicking that option would end up rearranging the layout of your project.

    What I did was, I go to File -> Export

    Next, type in the name of your file, then press the drop down arrow, and click Adobe PDF (Print). Then hit Save.

    After clicking Save, a dark grey box will appear. This box shows the settings on how you want your file to be exported. If you look at the image below, you can see the words Pages and Spreads.  Click on Pages (see red box marked below), fix your other settings, then hit Export.

    Once the file is exported, check it by opening it in Acrobat.
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    This method worked for me, and my PDF was exported into Pages instead of Spreads, without rearranging the elements in the project. Hope this works for you guys!

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      Kerstin25183789gbr1
      Participant
      July 9, 2022

      Thank you! None of the previous answers were as clear as you in pointing out *where* we need to choose "Print"! This saved my day, thanks a million!

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      jkingscott
      Participant
      June 16, 2015

      An old thread but I'm trying to export a document as individual pdf images... say 10 page document to 10 individual pdfs... is there a way of doing this?

      JK

      Peter Spier
      Community Expert
      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      June 16, 2015

      There arfe, I think, scripts to do this floating around, but you can export as an ordinary multipage PDF, then split it into single pages in Acrobat.

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      guswustemann
      Participant
      July 12, 2011

      i dont get it

      i just want to export as pdf with no facing pages but my master pages are facing.

      can someone help pleae

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      guswustemann
      Participant
      July 12, 2011

      got it actually you can print as pdf

      Peter Spier
      Community Expert
      Peter SpierCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      July 12, 2011

      guswustemann wrote:

      got it actually you can print as pdf

      There are better answers than printing to PDF, but for us to help you we need to know what you are doing. Is the file set up as facing pages? Are you trying to export as interactive PDF?

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      Anonymous
      March 28, 2011

      Case closed! I was using "export as interactiv" rather than "export for print".

      In that way version it just didn't work, although "export for print" works just fine!

      Thanks for great support!

      Mattias Cederlund

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      Anonymous
      March 28, 2011

      Hi and thanks for you fast replys and great support!

      1. I try to change to single-page view in adobe reader - but unfortunately it still shows up like a 2-faced-page.

      2.

      Here are my settings. I know the swedish makes it almost not readable, but the "show" says standard, the "Layout" says one page flowing (or something like that). The page transitions says none.

      I cannot untick the facing-pages on document setup, because we need the pagenumbering to be different on right and left pages.

      If i untick it my document will only use right/left master pages.

      Here is how it shows:

      Thanks again for great support!
      Mattias

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      Legend
      March 28, 2011

      Did you see what Jongware wrote? I think he understood your question

      better than I did and that his answer is what you're looking for...

      MystiMac
      MystiMac
      Inspiring
      April 10, 2011

      I, too, am designing for print output - for a book, so facing pages are necessary for the designing, but in the export options, there is no option, in my version of InDesignCS5, for doing what Jong suggests. I have the export for print intent already set. Acrobat keeps showing the pdf as 2-up. Printer requires 1-up pdf.

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      Legend
      March 28, 2011

      Hi,

      First of all, you can change the view setting in Adobe Acrobat to single page view, so it shouldn't really make a difference how it was produced in InDesign.

      If you really want single pages in InDesign, go to File>Document Setup, and untick the "facing pages" checkbox.

      HTH,

      Ariel

      www.FreelanceBookDesign.com

        Jongware
        Community Expert
        JongwareCommunity Expert
        Community Expert
        March 28, 2011

        Perhaps you accidentally had "Export as spreads" checked? (Not sure what it says in your Swedish version -- it's the check box directly under the Page range entry field.)

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        Mckrea30944994d5g9
        Participant
        July 9, 2023

        Helped perfectly 

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