Settings in InDesign

[Mozzer27]

Hi

Can someone please tell me what settings to apply prior to exporting my file so that the PDF I create can be opened outside of a web browser?

Thanks

[BobLevine]

You’re going to need to explain that a bit better. Any settings you use will have nothing to do with what application a PDF opens in.

[Geоrge · Accepted solution]

unfortunately it is impossible (nor InDesign, nor another soft can't do this). User needs to specify on his PC default PDF-reader, and sometime needs to check settings in browser too for this.

[Mozzer27]

The problem I have is that the person I am going to email this PDF to is not very computer savvy and she lives miles away. I suppose I could try emailing to myself to see what I come up against. It is embarrassing when you email something out to someone and they can't access it - especially when you don't know them too well. There are millions of PDF documents all over the internet and I've never had a problem using any of them - you just download Adobe Acrobat and away you go, how are these set? I have another email account as well so I'll try emailing them between them to see what happens at the email the document is received at.

[Mozzer27]

Then again my computer will be able to read it!

[Mozzer27]

Hi guys, this is what I wanted to know.

How do I open a PDF in Acrobat instead of the browser?

Thanks to everyone who commented. I hope that it's what I wanted to know. I'll find out when I get home from work!!

[Mozzer27]

When I set up InDesign to export the file I will have to look more carefully at the check box settings to see if there are options that must be applied for this to happen though.