Create a PDF/E from InDesign/InDesign-server (LOCKED — Double Posting)

[Lounge76]

Hi!

I have discovered that the PDF-format PDF/E compresses PDFs to a pdf thats are very lightweigted and in a good quality compared to the size.

I wonder if there is a way to generate a PDF/E directly from InDesign. I can't find it in the Adobe PDF-settings, but maybe there is some other way?

Can you script it in some way?

Or is it some other way to make it more automated than to open a PDF in Acrobat and resave it?

Any external tools that you can recommend to make PDFs smaller. To use "save as Smallest file size" is not enought.

I'd be happy for all you inputs.

Kind regards, Fredrik

[Double post— please see Create a PDF/E from InDesign in the Creating PDFs forum]

[jane-e]

The short answer is no, not from InDesign.

In Acrobat DC I did a search for "standards" which brought up the PDF Standards toolbar and I could pick Save as PDF/E

I also looked in Preflight, but it did not include Engineering

If you have other questions, ask on the PDF forums, because InDesign does not do PDF/X directly.

[jane-e]

The Acrobat forum would be (I think):

Standards & Accessibility (tagged PDF)

[jane-e]

Oh, wait.

I just re-read your post. Are you putting your InDesign document into the Engineering PDF Standard in an attempt to make it a smaller file? Please read up on PDF standards or ask on the forum above to find out why you may not want to do this.

Try using Optimize instead.

These are Acrobat questions, by the way, and you can find them by search for PDF or Acrobat. There are multiple forums for subtopics.

I hope this helps!

[Dov Isaacs]

Please don't double post. Responses have been provided on your other posting!

          - Dov