designcraft/docs/user/guides/export-a-pdf.md

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Export a PDF	Export your DesignCraft document as a PDF for desktop printing, a print shop, screen or archive.	40	0.7.1

Choose File, then Export PDF…, pick a Preset, click OK and name the file.

Shortcuts on this page use Ctrl. On macOS, use Cmd instead of Ctrl.

Steps

1. Open the File menu and choose Export PDF….
2. In the Export PDF dialog, pick a Preset: (see the table below).
3. Under General, leave Page Range: as all, or type the pages you want, for example 1-3,5. Spreads is a checkbox in the same section.
4. Under Compression, tick or clear Compress images.
5. Under Marks and Bleeds, tick Include document bleed, Crop Marks, Bleed Marks or Page Information as your printer asks. Weight: and Offset: set the marks.
6. Under Advanced, pick a Standard: (None, PDF/X-4 or PDF/A-2b) and decide on Tagged PDF.
7. Click OK, then choose where to save. The file name starts as your document's title with .pdf. The save dialog opens in your document's folder, or, if the document has never been saved, in the folder you last saved or exported to.

Presets

Picking a preset fills in the other settings. Changing any setting by hand switches the preset to Custom.

Preset	Standard	Compress images	Crop marks	Bleed marks
Desktop Printing	None	off	off	off
Commercial Printing	None	on	on	on
Screen and Email	None	on	off	off
PDF/X-4	PDF/X-4	off	on	on
PDF/A-2b	PDF/A-2b	off	off	off

Screen and Email also sets the transparency flattener to low resolution, which draws pages with transparency at 72 ppi. DesignCraft remembers your last settings for next time.

Other exports

The File menu also has Export Page as PNG… (Ctrl+E), Export IDML…, Export EPUB…, Export EPUB (Fixed Layout)…, Export PDF (Interactive)…, Export HTML…, Export XML…, Export Text… and Print Booklet….