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vp670
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May 18, 2012
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PDF output InDesign CS6

  • May 18, 2012
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When I try to export a document in IDCS6 to one of the Adobe PDF presets, I can't specify specific pages of the document there is a button that allows you to select "pages" but no box where you can type in the specific pages...this does not happen in CS5.5 or CS5 versions...the panel is different...I often export specific pages of a document to be sent out for review and can't do it in CS6 version of InDesign

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      Correct answer vp670

      Dov...If I select range, the box still says All Pages there is another option in the dropdown box with another option, "Custom V", but I still can't specify or type in the specific page numbers like I could in IDCS5.5 or 5...

      Vinnie


      Figured it out...had to select ranges and then the "Custom V" and then it let me type in the specific page numbers...thanks for the quick responses.

      Vinnie

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      IdamIndia
      Known Participant
      January 15, 2015

      This was at first difficult to figure out for me too. I too used to create full PDF and then extract pages!

      I was surprised (after discovering that I could type in it) that Adobe had such a UI.

      Another learning was that pages needed to be specified as actual page numbers of the book (in case the file was part of book) not the page sequence in the file. But that is Ok.

      It is discoverbility that "you can type in here" which I think Adobe should improve. (Maybe they have in CC I don't know, I am still happy with CS6)

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      Annie3amt
      Participating Frequently
      May 6, 2018

      I have the same problem now all of a sudden in CC.

      Barb Binder
      Community Expert
      Barb BinderCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      May 6, 2018

      Hi Annie:

      The dialog box has been updated but the answer remains the same: change the current range value to the desired range value.

      In my example, I'm exporting 2 through 3 and page 10.

      ~Barb

      ~Barb at Rocky Mountain Training
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        cakeswithfaces
        Participant
        December 10, 2014

        Thank for the answers! I was stuck on this too - mine said "A4 V" and didn't look like a box you can type in. Can't think what "A4 V" could mean - it really is n't clear in the UI.

          BobLevine
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          BobLevineCommunity Expert
          Community Expert
          May 18, 2012

          Can you show us a screenshot?

          Bob

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          vp670Author
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          May 18, 2012

          Dov Isaacs
          Dov Isaacs
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          May 18, 2012

          The pages versus spreads option is not for specifying particular pages, but rather you want each page of the InDesign document exported as a PDF page or each spread in the InDesign document exported as a single PDF page.

          Select Range and you should be able to specify the pages you want to export from there.

                    - Dov

          - Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
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