Problem with hidden text in the exported PDF file
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Hi there.
In the exported pdf you can select texts hidden by the frames. An example in the image below.
Example of hidden texts selectable
I blocked the copy by protecting the document with a password, but I discovered that in some programs it remains allowed. The solution is to rasterize the whole document, but then the pdf becomes too heavy.
What can I do? Thank you all.
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Delete the text in the InDesign document before exporting.
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I can't delete the text because I imported another indesign page and limited the visibility through the frame.
I need to do this otherwise I would have to redo the whole catalog.
Why is the text that I "hidden" in the export selectable anyway?
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Because the item on top may be transparent.
So there is actual text underneath that image. For a regular text, you can set its color to [None] if you don't want to delete it. That will prevent InDesign from actually exporting it (although the 'invisible' characters will still appear in the font data inside the PDF).
But if this is a placed InDesign document, you are severly limiting your options. What if you de-select the layer with that text in Object > Object Layer Options...?
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Thanks for the reply. Yes, is a placed InDesign document.
The problem is that it's a table, so it's all one layer, I should split the columns of the table into different levels, but I wanted to avoid this step. But if there is no alternative, I will do. My troble is that I have a table and I want to limit the visible columns according to the purposes. To avoid having more documents to update, I placed an InDesign document and I limited the view of the columns by changing the frame. I truly was hoping there was a way to limit the appearance of these invisible texts when I export in PDF.
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Are you sure that your question about InDesign?

