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Try export to IDML, then see Remove minor corruption by exporting Is this a new file, or one converted from a previous version? ... View more

Check to be sure that there is no character style being applied. ... View more

larger dimensions might be nice for billboard designers, though... ... View more

I don't know about the printers you use, but the ones I use would have a fit if I submitted the cover in the same file. I keep both in a single folder. ... View more

I can't address maximum document dimensions, but for a perfect bound book the cover almost always would be printed separately, on heavier stock, so the printer will want it in a separate file anyway. If you insist on putting it into the same file, there is no problem with left/right page ordering, or custom sizes. Left/right positioning is governed by the logical page number assigned to each page, and that is controllable in Numbering and Section Options. Custom page sizes can be built with the Page tool. ... View more

You really need to expect that third-party plugins will need to be updated (just as Adobe's own components are updated) when you install a new version. ... View more

I do think a call to Blurb, if anyone answers the phone there, would be in order. ... View more

rob day wrote: X-3 does allow RGB, it just forces you to flatten and the RGB has to be profiled. It's X-1a that forces CMYK. Well, that's something. RGB won't cut the file size in half, but it's a start if the images haven't already been converted. ... View more

The best advice would be to roll back to your previous version of ID. for directions see Download previous versions of Adobe Creative applications ... View more

Yes, the Blurb plugin specifies X-3, and it already sets the compression as your screen shot. And of course X-3 forces everything into flattened CMYK, so the PDF is already burdened with one extra color channel. ... View more

While I agree with Bob as far as asking the printer, I will confirm that you are going to want to send two files, one for cover and one for the body of the book, and both should be single pages, not spreads. If you are going to need bleed anywhere on the inside pages, see InDesignSecrets » Blog Archive » Breaking Pages Apart to Bleed Off a Spine. You only need to do this when the item to bleed does not cross the spine.  As for how much to allow for binding, my gut is about 15 mm in addition to what you want for an inside margin, but the printer should be able to tell you. You'll want to set up the body as facing pages, but the cover may be easier as non-facing. For two pages it really won't matter much. ... View more

Remove minor corruption by exporting ... View more

Are you sure Blurb is really the right choice for printing your book? ... View more

BobLevine wrote: Generally, stitching will not print on high end equipment. I'd be worried about it from Blurb, though. I don't know what they use, but I think it's a digital press, not offset, and the stitching can be a problem for laser output. ... View more

It's 98.94% images, so other than reducing the image quality there's really no place to reduce the file size. You didn't answer my previous question regarding using them at the dimensions they are saved after re-sampling. Does blurb require you to submit the files as CMYK? If not, leaving everything in RGB and letting them do the conversion in the RIP will save almost 25% of the file size. ... View more

And if you use preview, immediately Undo before you merge. Preview is buggy. Better to just run the merge and have some faith. ... View more

Willi, distiller was invoked by Acrobat during the audit process. ... View more

Dragging from Bridge does link the images. ... View more

Thanks, Rob. Jillian, you should install Acrobat and do this, and show us the result like Rob's screen capture. ... View more

Laubender wrote: I'm avoiding Acrobat Pro DC as best as I can. 😉 Me too.  And I thought you'd gone to sleep since you didn't answer in the other thread. I guess I should have locked this one -- it's pretty confusing to have the discussion split. ... View more

Rob, Uwe seems to have gone to sleep. Can you tell Jillian how to find the audit usage in newer versions of Acrobat? ... View more

And you are using all these images at about the new saved dimensions? ... View more

Did you downsample them as well as change the dimensions? What is the resolution? Doing a Save As will bring the file size down by removing the old change data, but the increase in file size you saw may also be due to image previews being larger. I wouldn't worry about that so much. File size in ID and file size of the PDF are not directly related. Huge files in ID -- 1gb or more -- usually indicate a problem of some sort, but a photo book with hundreds of linked images is also going to have hundreds of image previews that will take space. What is the current size of the .indd file? ... View more