PDF Corrections help

[carlo_nicolaou@adobeforums.com]

The InDesign document is made into a PDF emailed to the other side of the world for corrections, then sent back. This is opened on a second screen and we traipse through it doing the corrections with both documents open. Is this the best way. Wouldn't it be amazing if you could just import the updated document from PDF into InDesign. Unbelievably amazing.

Carlo

Is there a better way of doing this?

[John_Slate@adobeforums.com]

Corrections should not be done to exported PDFs halfway across the world.

You should either be sending native files halfway across the world so corrections can easily be made, or you should do the corrections to YOUR native files, re-export and send a new PDF.

In the former scenario, you can either do the same corrections to your .indd that the supplier does, if the corrections are simple enough, or you can request that the supplier send back the corrected .indd.

PDF workflows are great but they suck when it comes to suppliers doing last minute corrections, which is often needed, and the last thing you want is to have a time-sensitive project miss a deadline because you sent a PDF that could not be edited.

If you must send PDF, among other things, do not subset fonts!

[brendan_lyons@adobeforums.com]

Carlo the situation you descirbe is one which I frequently encounter myself. ‘Traipsing through both documents’ is a good way to describe it, I have tried various methods and there is no magic bullet, working with both documents side by side is as good as it gets at present.

[carlo_nicolaou@adobeforums.com]

Do you cut and paste from the PDF? I find it takes 3 clicks and the whole thing is very sticky.

[atarifreak@adobeforums.com]

As said in the former post you should NEVER edit PDFs. Just use the original Indesign document to do your corrections. I'm not convinced PDFs are stable enough to actually "edit/correct" yet even though Acrobat has many exciting editing functions. I've been working with customers and their various PDFs from day one and I have never "corrected" them. Ever.

[Buko@adobeforums.com]

for simple misspellings editing a PDF is fine. I've done it with no problems. If they are using the note tool it should be easy to see where the corrections go and you make them to the ID file. Make new low rez PDF get it approved.

[carlo_nicolaou@adobeforums.com]

Sorry. I copy the corrections from the PDF then past into the indesign document. It's as convoluted to explain as to perform.