Overprint Preview is not mentioned in the Help system

Hey Rob,

Thanks for that interesting detail. It seems like if the objects and document is in RGB mode, then InDesign should not be able to turn on Overprint Preview. Based on my limited experience, it should only operate on a CMYK project. Or at least it should message the screen and say that this is meant only for printing press CMYK work. I suppose the rare times I look at it, I'm only interested in rough approximation of ink interaction, and would depend on an accurate proof to judge accuracy of reproduction.

Hi @Mike Witherell , I”ve always thought the term Overprint Preview was a bit confusing—the setting also brings out-of-gamut color into the assigned CMYK profile’s space regardless of what overprint settings are applied. Overprint Preview would still have a significant affect on the display of out-of-gamut RGB color even though RGB colors can’t actually overprint.

Hi Mike Witherell,

Thank you for flagging this out! We’d love to incorporate your suggestion to improve the help article. Could you please let us know which specific section you believe would best highlight this setting?

Once we have that information, we’ll share it with our content team for review and potential updates.

Thanks again for your input!

Thanks,

Harshika