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Expert: InDesign Pro - 8/25/2009


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Hello!

Sometimes when I try to zip an InDesign package and send it to a printer, the links and fonts are there but the actual document itself is missing.  Any thoughts on why that happens?

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Hi Brandon, thanks for the question.

Honestly, I can't remember having that problem and I have been using InDesign on Mac since around 2001. If you're having this problem on a PC, I don't know what might be the problem... sorry. But since I'm sure that packaging files is not the bulk of the work you're doing, you can always double-check the folder before archiving it, or simply send them a copy of the original as a separate file.

But that answer brings me to another question: Why are you sending your InDesign packaged files to your printer? Your printer should be accepting print-ready PDFs and you won't have to worry about it.

Thanks, good luck!

Scott

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