Adobe Creative Suite 5 Setup Manual

Brand: Adobe

Model: Creative Suite 5

Category: Desktop publishing software

Type: Setup Manual

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Adobe

Creative Suite 5

Setup Guide

Including

Pantone And Color Setup

Adobe Bridge Setup

PDF Creation Using InDesign

Democrat Printing & Lithographing Company

Quality.

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Service.

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www.democratprinting.com

Moving to InDesign?

InDesign CS5 has a host of new features (and features introduced in previous ver-

sions of InDesign) that may help you in your day-to-day operations. The ability to

place native PhotoShop (.psd) and Illustrator (.ai) ﬁ les as well is InDesign (.ind) ﬁ les

into your page layout is still supported which comes in very hand during the initial

design phases before all of the decisions are made. How many times have you ﬂ at-

tened that PhotoShop document to get it into a layout just to have to go back in and

recreate because something you forgot to save it in layers as a .psd along the way?

Or, you have an order form that is included in your catalog but it was created as a

stand alone piece? Place the InDesign ﬁ le in your layout–no recreation!

Some of the new productivity features of InDesign CS5 are pretty astounding and

have been long awaited! From Adobe’s website we ﬁ nd, “Produce sophisticated

page layouts using customer-inspired productivity features such as smart guides, rapid table creation, multiple-ﬁ le placement,

the ability to create pages of different sizes in a single ﬁ le, and streamlined object selection and editing.” Yes, you did read

that correctly! InDesign CS5 now has the ability to create multiple page sizes in one document! Doing extensive math and

hoping that it is correct on things such as roll folds, gate folds, spines and front covers of perfect bound pieces with an image

that crosses over on both is a thing of the past!

Adobe also tells about some of the new composition tools available to us now, “Create beautiful, sophisticated text for virtu-

ally any medium with professional typography features including styles, text wrap, the Paragraph Composer, OpenType®

support and drop caps. Include headlines that span or split columns without a separate text frame.”

You’ll also notice that when you export your PDF in InDesign CS5, you don’t have to wait for the export window to clear

before you can continue working. (I know, no more trips to the coffee machine under the premise of, “Well, I’m export-

ing!”) InDesign CS5 performs this now as a background task. Once you’ve set your export settings and the page range, it

will handle this in the background and let you get back to work.

For the entire listing of features in InDesign CS5, please visit http://www.adobe.com/products/indesign/features/

What you’ll  nd in this document

Setup Steps Special Features

Step 1—Setup Color Management, Page 3 Working In Color, Pages 10-11

Step 2—InDesign Setup, Pages 4-9 Working In Position, Pages 12-13

Step 3—Export PDF’s

Step 4—Check PDF’s

Step 1 — Setup Color Management

From the Adobe website - “What is Bridge? Adobe® Bridge CS5 software is a powerful media manager that provides

centralized access to all your creative assets.” There is a host of new and enhanced features in Adobe® Bridge CS5 so be

sure to visit http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/bridge/ and check them out! The main feature of Adobe® Bridge

CS5 that we are concerned with are the centralized color settings. “Set color preferences from a centralized panel in Adobe

Bridge for more consistent color in your projects and ﬁ les. This single set of preferences controls color settings for Photo-

shop CS5 editions, Illustrator CS5, InDesign CS5, and Adobe Acrobat® 9 Pro, so colors match closely onscreen as you work

across Creative Suite components.”

Color Management in CS5

Before using InDesign CS5 to create your

images or documents, its best to sync

your color settings

When you use Adobe’s Bridge, the color

settings in all CS applications are auto-

matically synchronized, ensuring that

the colors look and act the same in

all applications.

Democrat Printing recommends

North American Prepress 2.

Set it in Bridge (above) and check

that the settings have been applied

in InDeisgn, Illustrator and

PhotoShop or any other CS5

applications you are using (right).

Color Management in CS5

Before using InDesign CS5 to create your

images or documents, its best to sync

When you use Adobe’s Bridge, the color

Step 2 — InDesign Setup

Why are there two joboptions and what does  atten mean?

When you visit our website at www.democratprinting.com to download the DPL Standard

Presets you’ll ﬁ nd two sets of PDF screen captures and Job Option ﬁ les:

1) Standard (PDF 1.4 with transparency ﬂ attened by DPL)

2) Flattened (PDF 1.3 with IDCS5 ﬂ attened transparency)

The Standard setting allows the PrePress system at Democrat Printing, utilizing the Adobe

PDF Print Engine, to process “normal” transparency in the ﬁ le.

The Flattened setting is the lesser used export setting, where any transparency will be ad-

dressed by the application program upon export.

We ‘standardly” recommend allowing our prepress equipment to ﬂ atten normal transparency, so the Standard Job Options

will work for most users. However, since not all transparencies are created equal—some come from Quark, some from

“who knows where” and some from Adobe and some have incorrect color setup (just because you are behaving and utilizing

Pantone Process Colors doesn’t mean that your advertisers are paying as much attention)—we offer a ﬂ attened output for

personal preference or toubleshooting. (However, ﬂ attened ﬁ les make it more difﬁ cult for us to make corrections if they are

needed further along in the production process.)

As we mentioned, the difference between

the two settings options is how they handle

transparency ﬂ atting. See the Standard (right)

and the ﬂ attened (below) screen captures.

Flattened 1.3 Settings

Standard 1.4 Settings

InDesign Setup — Transparency

If you choose to use Flattened Files, you’ll need the transparency Flattening Presets

Sometimes the need may arise when it is desired to produce a PDF version 1.3 which would indicated that all transparency

and layers are ﬂ attened by InDesign. This is accomplished by utilizing the export parameter of DPL_IDCS5_Flatten. To aid

in the ﬂ attening process, InDesign CS5 utilize a ﬂ attener preset to give consistent results. The current saved ﬂ attener preset

ﬁ le is available on our website, www.democratprinting.com

The Flattener can be either installed by loading the Saved Flattener Presets (.ﬂ st) or by building the ﬁ le locally. The easiest

way is to load the ﬁ le. This is done by opening InDesign and under the edit menu, locate the Transparency Flattener Presets

item. (Below left) Once selected the Transparency Flattening Presets window opens where the .ﬂ st ﬁ le can be loaded by

selecting the Load... button and navigating to the saved ﬂ attener preset (.ﬂ st) (below center) The present can also be built

locally be selecting the New... button and recreating the ﬁ le as shown in the bottom right.

InDesign Setup — Job Options

OK, I know which job options I need to use, how do I get them loaded?

InDesign CS5 utilizes PDF Export parameters to produce Press Ready PDF’s. There are two ways to install/create these

export parameters.

The ﬁ rst (and easiest way) is to download the InDesign CS5 export parameter, which are called

.joboption ﬁ les and double-click on the job option ﬁ le. This will launch Acrobat Distiller and install

the export parameters in the entire Adobe Suite of products that are installed on the local machine.

The second method is, with InDesign open, go to the File>Adobe PDF Presets>Deﬁ ne (bottom left)

and choose “Load” (bottom right). Navigate to the options ﬁ le (that you downloaded for our web-

site) and “open”. You will now have our PDF Preset available for use in InDesign.

The ﬁ nal method which is more cumbersome is to recreate the export

parameter via the screen shots on the following pages. It is highly

recommended that the ﬁ rst method is used to install the export settings

as the chance of error is greatly diminished. If you choose the manual

method, choose Deﬁ ne... and follow the screen shots on the next couple

of pages for building this parameter set. When you have completed the

screen shots, don’t forget to click the “Save Preset” button!

The ﬁ nal method which is more cumbersome is to recreate the export

parameter via the screen shots on the following pages. It is highly

recommended that the ﬁ rst method is used to install the export settings

as the chance of error is greatly diminished. If you choose the manual

method, choose Deﬁ ne... and follow the screen shots on the next couple

of pages for building this parameter set. When you have completed the

screen shots, don’t forget to click the “Save Preset” button!

InDesign Setup — Job Options

Screen captures of presets for your reference.

InDesign Setup — Job Options

Screen captures of presets for your reference, continued.

Please Note:

The font subsetting

percentage has changed

from past settings due

to RIP upgrades!

InDesign Setup — Pre ighting

InDesign CS5 Live Pre ighting

InDesign CS5 (like CS4) provides enhanced tools for identifying problems in documents ear-

lier in the design and print production phases. The Live Preﬂ ight feature alerts designers-in

real time-to issues, based on the proﬁ le settings, as they assemble the pages. Continuous pre-

ﬂ ighting alerts you to potential production problems in real time so you can quickly navigate

to a problem, ﬁ x it directly in your layout and keep working. In addition, the redesigned

Links Panel offers more information about all linked assets, in a handy, integrated format.

Be default the [Basic] proﬁ le is applied to new and converted documents. This proﬁ le ﬂ ags missing or modiﬁ ed links, overset

text and missing fonts. Although you cannot edit or delete the [Basic] proﬁ le, you can create and use multiple proﬁ les. For

example, you can switch between proﬁ les when working on different documents, when using different print service provid-

ers, or when running a single document through a different production phases.

There are many affordable classes where to learn more about this fantastic feature in Adobe Creative Suite 5, including In-

Design. One great source, which we recommend is, www.lynda.com!

Loading a Pro le

Democrat Printing as created two Preﬂ ight Proﬁ les that you can

download from our website-one for 4/Color work and one for

5/Color work. If you need a speciﬁ c proﬁ le, please contact your

Account Executive.

After downloading the appropriate proﬁ le, open the Preﬂ ight Panel,

Windows>Output>Preﬂ ight, then choose Deﬁ ne Proﬁ les... from the

pop-out menu. Choose Load Proﬁ le... (navigate to the proﬁ le you

downloaded). Note, when the Preﬂ ight Proiﬂ e gets updated, the

name will change to reﬂ ect the new creation date. Please check to

verify you have our latest proﬁ le.

Tip:

To open the Preﬂ ight Panel,

double click on the Preﬂ ight

Status Bar. Green indicates no

errors-Red indicates errors.

Located at the bottom left corner of your

document window is the Preﬂ ight Status Bar.

InDesign Tips — Which Color Book to Use and Appearance of Black

Pantone—Your Best Tool For Choosing Color

• What books and software am I supposed to be using?

The best book to use is the Pantone Color Bridge.

Purchase a Pantone Book online at www.pantone.com or contact your

Account Executive for assistance.

• Pantone Color choice is key from design through printing

Always have a Pantone Book handy-write your name on it and when you

design, trust the Pantone Book over your monitor or previous printed pages.

• Remember to keep your Pantone Books updated

You will need to purchase new books and download software each time

Pantone introduced revisions.

• What do the letters indicate?

The letter codes indicate the intended paper type: C=Coated; U=Uncoated;

M=Matte. Try to avoid CV=Computer Video and CVC=Computer Video,

Coated Paper.

• How do I download the Pantone Color Book into my design software?

Pantone color bridge installer is offered as a free download. Please

Appearance of Black in InDesign

The settings for knockout/overprint of black are not with

the other settings. You must go into “Preferences” and

choose the settings for Appearance of Black.

(Our suggested settings are shown at right.)

Pantone Color Bridge set displays a side-by-side match

between the Pantone Solid Ink Color and the closest

CMYK simulation of the same color, for both coated and

uncoated paper. It includes 1,089 colors to choose from.

InDesign Tips — Adding Colors and Understanding Their Types

Adding Colors In InDesign

In the Swatches Panel, navigate to “New Color Swatch”. (Right)

The “New Color Swatch” window opens (Below)

Under Color Type:, change to “Spot” or “Process”.

(Depending upon the printing method for this ﬁ le.)

Under Color Mode, chose the correct Pantone book

or CMYK mix.

(If creating a spot color for printingas a separate

“Unit” on press, be sure to choose the correct

color book from the drop down window-you’ll

most likely be using Pantone Solid Coated or

Pantone Metallic Coated.)

Color Type At A Glance

This Icon Means Process Color

This Icon Means Spot Color

Color Type At A Glance

InDesign Tips — Working With Page Positions for Shingling

Shingling, Creep and Gutter Jumps

Shingling is a term used by printers to move individual pages into the gutter to allow for what is called “Creep”. “Creep” is

basically the thickness of a saddle-stitched book. If this process is new to you, just take your favorite magazine and unfold

it to the center spread, then take a ruler and measure the thickness of all the pages, from the outside the cover to the center

spread. This is the amount of creep the magazine contains. Perfect bound books do not have these issues.

Not all gutters are created equal

Shingling is determined by a formula based on paper thickness and number of signatures that make up a printed piece.

Alignment problems occur when items cross-over or “jump” the gutter, because of the shingling process, the images are

moved towards the gutter throughout the book.

To help alleviate the read-across problems, the following is a simple way to eliminate these read-across issues. The follow-

ing example uses a single, center spread. Your Account Executive can then tell you the amount of shingling that your piece

will require for each spread that contains a cross-over. (There is no need to worry about spreads that do not have an image

spreading across two pages.)

Design your spread as you normally

would, using the normal trim size of

your printed piece.

InDesign Tips — Working With Page Positions for Shingling

At this point in time, you can export your pages that contains the read-across as a spread or “group” the items in

your page layout program. (Hint: For ease of the next step, make sure that all picture boxes/art elements/items

stop at your bleed margin, i.e., -.125”)

Create a new document that is not facing pages. The trim size

needs to be the original trim size of your piece PLUS the amount

of bleed from your Account Executive X 2. If your original piece

measures 5.25 X 8.25” and you are shingling .25”, your new trim

size for the cross over is 5.75” (5.25 + (.25 X 2) = 5.75”) with your

height remaining constant. Only the width changes!

With the new document open, place your left-hand page at -.125”

(either the PDF or the grouped items) and then move to the next

page of your document and place the right-hand page (either PDF

or the grouped items) so that the bleed margins align.

Left-hand

page with

bleeds aligned

Right-hand

page with

bleeds aligned

Non-Facing Pages

and New Size

Step 3 — Export PDF

Once you’ve set up Bridge and InDesign, loaded the export pre-

sets and your document is ready, follow the steps below to create

the PDF.

Select File>Export

This brings up a screen where you choose the ﬁ le name, loca-

tion where to export your PDF and the type of PDF. The best

practice is to name the PDF with your publication and page or

page range. Be sure not to start the ﬁ le name with a space and

use only “legal characters” (a-z, A-Z, 0-9 “_”and “-”) Be sure to

choose Adobe PDF (Print) as the format.

In the Export Adobe PDF dialog box: Choose the DPL job options as

your PDF Preset.

Choose your page range (please only produce consecutive page ranges.)

All information that was entered while making the reset is now being

used. You will not need to make any changes to any of the tabs, but you

will need to check your Ink Manager if there are unwanted spot colors

in you Swatches panel. These usually come from advertisements/placed

content.

Ink Manager

You can utilize your Ink Manager during ﬁ le production, it can be

accessed through your Swatches Menu or in the Output Tab of PDF

Export.

You can see all the Spot Colors used and set your document to produce

“All Spots as Process” if you are working on a 4/Color job.

Please open your PDF’s and check that they represent the pages accu-

rately after exporting. Be sure that you print your review lasers from the

PDF ﬁ les, not your application ﬁ les to ensure ﬁ nal approval is accurate.

If you have decided to not utilize InDesign’s built in preﬂ ighting, you can

preﬂ ight your ﬁ les using Acrobat 8 or Enﬂ ocus PitStop. DPL settings for both are on our website.

(See Step 4 for “Checking PDF’s”.)

Step 4 — Check PDF’s

Before you upload...

Acrobat 8+ Professional has some very important tools that should be used for evaluating PDF ﬁ les. Utilizing these tools will

ensure the expected results are achieved on the ﬁ nal page proofs for your publication. Open the PDF ﬁ les you created using

the export method and check the following:

Ink Manager

Very similar to InDesign’s Ink manager, you can check that

your job uses (or doesn’t use) spot colors and convert spot

colors to process. You can also “map” multiple versions of

the same spot color (Ink Alias).

OverPrint Preview

Overprint Preview needs to be active. This will show you

the results of overprints. If you are having issues with a

complicated transparency (multiple layers, spot colors, other

application programs, excessive vector points, etc.) you

can toggle Overprint on and off for troubleshooting.

Pre ighting

Acrobat 8 and 9 have made great improvements in the

area of preﬂ ighting and we are happy to recommend this

program. We have our Acrobat Preﬂ ight available on our

website. You can download the Preﬂ ight ﬁ le, Import and

utilize it for preﬂ ighting. Please note that our Standard

Preﬂ ight DOES MAKE CHANGES to your ﬁ le just as

it would when processing through our prepress system.

(See the “PrePress Reports” ﬂ yer in the Portal Quick

Start Guide for details. Need one? Contact your

Account Executive!)

Adobe

Creative Suite 4

Setup Guide

Including

• Pantone & Color Setup

• Adobe Bridge Setup

• PDF Creation Using InDesign

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Model: Creative Suite 5

Category: Desktop publishing software

Type: Setup Manual

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