How about converting Text to Outline using this Transparency feature without exporting it. If the file has been converted to EPS (using this technique), then it will export the images as well and changing them will be a challenge for a Client. Moreover, the InDesign file doesn’t only contain the text, it also contains the images, which might get replaced by client at his end either by some other picture or with some better one. I think some client will avoid unnecessary burden of relinking extra EPS files. What I currently do to achieve this, that I keep two versions of the file: one with editable text for myself and the second with Outline Text for client.īy following your idea, which is good, I then have to create another Indesign file, import all the EPS files page by page and then send it to client with EPS links files. I have couple of clients who strictly ask to return the InDesign file with Text into Outline. However, if the text needs to be converted to Outlines in InDesign itself, what will you suggest. The text in your InDesign document is still editable, even after you export! You know you’re going to have to make an edit sooner or later this technique keeps everything “live” so you can quickly change the file and export again.īy the way, this also works when exporting PDF files, as long as you’re using the Acrobat 4 setting.

This method ensures that the result is exactly what you created in InDesign.

Exporting to some other format (like PDF) and then opening and converting to outlines in some other program (such as Illustrator) may work, but it may also introduce changes to your file.

This method keeps all that, so you lose nothing.

When you use Create Outlines in InDesign, you’ll lose your paragraph rules, bullets, and other “extra” elements.

That’s it, you’re done! Here’s the original image in InDesign:Īnd here it is, EPS opened in Illustrator just to prove that everything is converted to outlines without me doing anything: The EPS file format always forces your document through the “transparency flattener,” and you can choose which flattener preset to use in the Advanced tab of the Export EPS dialog box… choose the “convert to outlines” preset you just made: If you have a bunch of pages, then put this on a master page so that it shows up on all the pages. The easiest way to do this is make a tiny gray or black frame, put it near the edge of the page (it must be touching even if only a tiny bit), and set the Opacity to 0.1% in the Effects panel. If you don’t already have something transparent on your page or spread (such as a Photoshop image with transparency), then add something. More after the jump! Continue reading below↓įree and Premium members see fewer ads! Sign up and log-in today.Ĭlick OK, then OK again to save your preset.

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