Indesign hidden junk
I use Indesign for a small web newspaper and export into PDF. For each edition I use the last edition, delete the old stuff and insert the new info. However, a 1.5 meg Indesign file becomes a 3.5 meg PDF. The Indesign file seems to retain hidden files or whatever. Is there a way of finding and deleting this build up?
Thank you, Geoff in rural Australia.
Thank you, Geoff in rural Australia.
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This is normal I think. Our PDFs for print come out at hundreds of MB sometimes but the Indesign files are much smaller. You can downsample your images to a lower DPI to save size but a 3.5MB PDF is pretty small.
Thanks Marvin. Unfortunately out here in bush many only have dailup. A 3.5 meg doc. is virtually impossible.
Thanks Marvin. Unfortunately out here in bush many only have dailup. A 3.5 meg doc. is virtually impossible.
Ah, I see. I don't suppose you will have a GPRS or 3G mobile phone either as you can sometimes tether those to your computer and get faster than dial-up speeds. If you have unlimited data, it should be cheaper than dial-up.
The only solution really if you are stuck to dial-up is to put the image DPI down. 72 DPI is ok for web publishing as that's screen quality.
Ah, I see. I don't suppose you will have a GPRS or 3G mobile phone either as you can sometimes tether those to your computer and get faster than dial-up speeds. If you have unlimited data, it should be cheaper than dial-up.
The only solution really if you are stuck to dial-up is to put the image DPI down. 72 DPI is ok for web publishing as that's screen quality.
Thanks Marvin, I think you've missed my question. The Indesign file keeps growing even when I delete. There must be hidden data which remains embedded somewhere in the file. I want to know if there is a way to get inside the file and clear the build up. Please read my original question.
Geoff.
Thanks Marvin, I think you've missed my question. The Indesign file keeps growing even when I delete. There must be hidden data which remains embedded somewhere in the file. I want to know if there is a way to get inside the file and clear the build up.
If it retains undo information, that could cause the build-up but it shouldn't affect PDF export as the PDF shouldn't contain any of that info.
To reset the Indesign file, you can make a new document and copy/paste the content over. Ideally, you'd probably setup a core template in Indesign and use that to start the newsletter instead of building on an old one.