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backgroundcolor inDesign to Acrobat

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April 18, 2025
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When in inDesign, a file with a coloured background frame, I export to a Acrobat pro (interactive), the coloured background does not show in Acrobat pro. But when I send it a recieving they see the coloured background in the file. Wat is wrong?

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Correct answer Dave Creamer of IDEAS

No problems with colors. Thank you for your effords. I hope it will be allright by the next updates.

I haven't heard about tis 'problem' from other people.

ps I resized the Photoshop file

Check your preferences. If you have Replace Document Colors under the Accessibility section, selected, turn it off.

JR Boulay

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Please share (part of) the PDF and the IDML, not a screenshot which doesn't allow files to be examined

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WJTM Wening van RaanAuthor

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Hello These are screenshots of the inDesign file and the pdf - no yellow background.

When I import this pdf in inDesign -, when I see the preview of the file -, when I open the pdf in Word, when I send the pdf to anybody, the yellow background shows.

It just don’t show in my Acrobat.

Screenshots.pdf

JR Boulay

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Please share (part of) the PDF and the IDML

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WJTM Wening van RaanAuthor

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So you may see the yellow backgroud in the pdf. I don't see it in Acrobat.

Thank you!

proef_2_indd.zip

proef_2_indd.pdf

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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Yes, I do see the yellow background.

What do you see when you open the files I attached? (Screenshots please)

Open the PNG in Photoshop or other raster-viewing program, not Acrobat.

David Creamer: Community Expert (ACI and ACE 1995-2023)

ColorTest.pdf

try67

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Do you mean the blue background color of fields? This is a setting of the application, not the file. You can enable (or disable) it in Acrobat via Menu (or Edit, if you're on the old UI) - Preferences - Forms and tick "Show border hover color for fields".

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WJTM Wening van RaanAuthor

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Thank you, no it is not that.
I keep searching
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Helga

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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I'm assuming that the recieving party is getting the PDF, not the InDesign file.

Can you look at the PDF on another monitor? It could the the settings on your monitor.

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WJTM Wening van RaanAuthor

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Thank you. It happened suddenly sice last week and not all the time. Only with a one-coloured surfaceframe background.
No problem on different screens.
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Helga

Dave Creamer of IDEAS

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If it looks ok on different screens, then it's a problem with the monitor or its settings. Have you calibrated the monitor? Have you tried a different cable?

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