Files with layer overrides output correctly as long as the layers in the original files are not flattened or changed in a way that invalidates the existing layer override settings (such as deleting a layer that was made visible in Adobe InDesign CS2). Customers and prepress service providers can use the following guidelines to ensure that layer overrides output as the customer expects:
• Use the Links palette or the Preflight command to identify files with layer overrides, and then verify the appearance of those files on the layout (for example, by examining a proof) before packaging the job for handoff to the prepress service provider.
• Don’t flatten the original source files containing layer overrides. If your shop has historically advised flattening imported layered files, be sure to advise customers and staff not to flatten when layer overrides are used. Customers may see this as a positive change, because manual flattening is an extra production step that is not necessary for predictable output in
Adobe InDesign CS2. (During the output process, Adobe InDesign CS2 flattens individual objects automatically, and only when necessary).
• Consistently maintain the layer names, number of layers, stacking order, and layer comp definitions in each layered source file. When these layering attributes are altered in the original file after layer overrides are applied in Adobe InDesign CS2, the link becomes invalid in
Adobe InDesign CS2 and the appearance of the file in Adobe InDesign CS2 may change when the link is updated. This does not create an output issue when the resulting changes in appearance are intentional.
If the customer isn’t using layer overrides, the default behavior of the Place command and the
Object Layer Options dialog box simply preserves the layer settings of imported files as saved by the programs that created them, as in previous versions of Adobe InDesign.
Checking for differences if the file was converted from earlier versions of
Adobe InDesign
In general, opening a document created with an earlier version of InDesign will not cause text to reflow. However, if you open a document from a previous version and start editing text, minor changes in composition may result because it will now be recomposed using
Adobe InDesign CS2. For best results, print InDesign documents using the version of InDesign in which they were created.
If you use Adobe InDesign CS2 to open an Adobe InDesign 2 document containing placed PDF files, the PDF files may output as if printed from Adobe InDesign 2 because the PDF files are not parsed again during the conversion. If a customer still uses Adobe InDesign 2 and frequently places PDF files, you might recommend that they upgrade to Adobe InDesign CS2.
Adobe InDesign CS2 has the ability to export a document in Adobe InDesign CS format, using the Adobe Interchange Format (.INX). You may encounter this format if you work with a customer who uses Adobe InDesign CS2 and your shop has not yet upgraded from
Adobe InDesign CS. As with any situation where a file is saved to an earlier version, features used in the current version that are not supported in the earlier version may be altered in appearance or may not appear. For example, footnotes are an Adobe InDesign CS2 feature that are removed when opening Adobe InDesign CS2 content in Adobe InDesign CS format. As with any cross-version conversions, if you don’t have the version of InDesign that was used to create a document, compare the converted file to the customer’s proof to make sure there aren’t any unexpected changes, particularly regarding text composition.
Checking for differences if the file was converted from QuarkXPress or
Adobe PageMaker
InDesign can convert document and template files from Adobe PageMaker 6.0 or later and
QuarkXPress 3.3 or 4.1x. To convert documents created with QuarkXPress 5 or later, reopen the documents in QuarkXPress and save them in version 4 format. If you convert any file with the intention of creating prepress-quality output, preflight and proof the file to evaluate any changes that may have resulted from the conversion.
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When you open a PageMaker or QuarkXPress file, InDesign converts the original file information to native InDesign information. For example:
• Text is converted to InDesign text frames.
• Styles are converted to existing InDesign styles.
• Text and graphics links are preserved and appear in the Links palette. Embedded graphics—those added to the original document using the Paste command—are not converted. For more information on embedded graphics, see “Managing links and relinking imported files” on page 33.
Note: InDesign does not support Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) or Quark
XTensions. Consequently, when you open files that contain OLE or Quark XTensions graphics, those graphics will not appear in the InDesign document. If your
QuarkXPress document does not convert, check the original and remove any objects that were created by an XTension; then save, and try to convert again.
• Color profiles for PageMaker files are converted directly.
• Colors are converted exactly to InDesign colors, except in the following situations: PageMaker HLS colors are converted to RGB colors, and colors from the color library are converted based on their CMYK values; QuarkXPress 3.3 HSB colors are converted to RGB, and colors from the color library are converted based on their CMYK values; QuarkXPress 4.1 HSB and LAB colors are converted to
RGB, and colors from the color library are converted based on their RGB values;
QuarkXPress 4.1 colors from the color library are converted based on their CMYK values.
• All master pages and layers are converted to InDesign master pages and layers.
• By default, a new document (or one converted from QuarkXPress) contains just one layer, called Layer 1. InDesign converts Adobe PageMaker documents differently to accommodate the differences in PageMaker and InDesign layers.
In PageMaker, master page objects on layers always appear behind all objects on document pages. In InDesign, however, master objects on layers appear at the back of each corresponding layer.
• All master-page objects, as well as QuarkXPress guides, are placed on the corresponding InDesign master pages.
• PageMaker document guides are placed on the Default layer in InDesign.
• Grouped objects remain grouped except where nonprinting items are included in a group.
• All strokes and lines are converted to the line styles they most closely resemble.
Custom strokes and dashes are converted to custom strokes and dashes in
InDesign.
For information about other conversion issues, check the support documents on the Adobe website (www.Adobe.com).
To open a PageMaker or QuarkXPress document or template:
1 Make sure that the original application file is closed. To ensure that all links are maintained, copy all linked files to the same PageMaker or QuarkXPress document folder.
2 In InDesign, choose File > Open.
3 In Windows, choose PageMaker (6.5-7.0), or QuarkXPress (3.3 or 4.1x) in the Files of Type menu.
4 Select a file and click Open. If InDesign cannot convert a file or a specific part of a file, it displays a warning describing the reasons it cannot convert it and the results of the conversion.
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