Comments on: Converting Text to Outlines The Right Way

By: Veronica Reis

Veronica Reis — Tue, 22 May 2012 18:33:02 +0000

I have a similar problem that made me want to convert to outlines (or use this method).

By: Raghunathan

Raghunathan — Thu, 03 May 2012 08:03:42 +0000

Dear all,

Am creating the artwork in indesign5.5 and export as PDF.

The Printer(vendor) want to import the pdf in to the CorelDraw. While importing its req fonts.

Pls give me the solutions

Thanks in advance

Raghu

By: Nikki

Nikki — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:45:05 +0000

Followed all the steps but this didn’t change anything…

By: Craig Mason

Craig Mason — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:41:56 +0000

I couldn’t get this to work in Indesign but I managed to do it in Acrobat using this technique:

http://paragonmoon.com/outlines.pdf

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:21:38 +0000

I went through and made my way through the steps again and it just doesn’t work. This would be a real timesaver if I could get it to work…

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:52:55 +0000

Terri: if you can select the text when you open the pdf in acrobat, then something went wrong and it did not work.

By: Terri

Terri — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:59:09 +0000

After exporting the pdf, I can still select the text with the curser. When I convert to outlines, I can’t select the text (like an image). Did it not really flatten when I exported with flattened transparency like the directions say? help!

By: Rob B

Rob B — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:54:29 +0000

Thanks David. Sorry you’re right… the text box colour disappearing is happening when I select all and outline fonts – not with your flattening tip. I’d been doing this as a work around when I saw the fine white lines in my PDFs – but thanks again… your link to the above article has solved this problem too.

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:20:59 +0000

@Rob B: That is very strange about the text frame color disappearing. That should not happen. For info on the thin-white-line problem, see this article: http://indesignsecrets.com/when-you-see-thin-white-lines-in-your-pdf-files.php

By: Rob B

Rob B — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:24:21 +0000

I’ve been using this tip for a couple of years now and it is indeed a lifesaver – so thanks very much! I am however finding that there are some instances where this tip creates other problems and I was hoping someone might be able to help me out with this. Firstly, if a text box is coloured, flattening to make the PDF removes the colour of the text box. So, as a work around I’m having to take the colour out of every text box and place the text on top of a separate coloured box. Secondly, in some docs I’m finding that once flattened there are super fine white lines around images and objects that overlap and these fine white lines are visible once printed. This is also happening when drop shadows are used on a page – fine white lines around the shadowed items which are visible if the item is placed over an image or coloured background. I’ve had these issues in CS5 and 5.5 – has anyone else had these problems and worked out a fix?

I’m working into files created by other studios – so have no control over the initial set-up… just trying to work out faster ways of getting jobs to print perfectly. Thanks.