InDesign Tip: Export Document as Separate PDF Pages

It’s true—sometimes it’s the small improvements that can have a great impact. With the release of InDesign CC 2018 version 13.1, you can now export an InDesign document to PDF and select an option that will create separate PDFs for each page or spread. No longer do you need to open the resulting PDF in Acrobat and split it into multiple files.

To Create Separate PDF Files

  1. Choose File>Export and choose either the Adobe PDF Print or Interactive format. You can also select File>Adobe PDF Presets and choose a predefined or custom preset.
  2. In the Export Adobe PDF dialog, select the option Create Separate PDF Files.
  3. Use the Suffix field to define what information gets added to the end of the exported PDF filename. The options are to add Incremental Numbers, the actual Page Number, or Page Size information. The filename field is automatically propagated with the InDesign filename, but it can be selected and edited if necessary.

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Posted by: Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy

Monica Murphy has worked in the publishing industry for over 30 years supporting publishing operations of various sizes. In her role as Technical Product Manager for Technology for Publishing, she shares her publishing application expertise supporting a broad range of publishing clients in InDesign best practices, cross-platform content workflows, and InDesign Template strategies. Her weekly tip and blog posts have a committed following in the InDesign community, and as a long-time participant in the InDesign pre-release community, she regularly analyzes and provides feedback for upcoming features. Monica manages the authoring and publication of Technology for Publishing’s handbooks on InDesign, InCopy, and other associated titles.

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