Suppress Indesign layers when exporting to PDF

Forum|Forum|9 years ago
February 17, 2017
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Hi

I'm exporting Indesign files which have several layers to pdf. Is there a way to only output certain layers? Currently when i output to PDF i get all the layers within the document. The layers which are turned off are still turned off in Acrobat but would prefer they weren't there.

Many thanks

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vinny38

Legend

After reading all answers and commentaries, I would suggest a very simple process: Delete your layers!

Note: I would suggest you save your file as a .INDT first, in order to avoid fatal equation: "Deleting layers + Save = Aaaaargh!"

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Davis_XIAuthor

Known Participant

Hi Uwe

Thanks for the reply. This would work but unfortunately i do need to keep the pdf layered. I don't understand why selecting 'visible and printable layers' doesn't work.

Many thanks

Steph

BobLevine

Community Expert

That is how it works. All layers are exported.

If they’re turned off in InDesign they’ll default to off in the PDF.

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Davis_XIAuthor

Known Participant

I have and it still appears in pdf.

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Laubender

Community Expert

Hm. I think you are doing something wrong…

Here an example with an InDesign document with three layers where only one layer is printable, "Layer 1"

"Layer 1" is holding the Cyan rectangle. The names of "Layer 2" and "Layer 3" are in italic if you are looking close to the Layers panel. That is indicating the layers are not printable.