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how to keep the same resolution of the document while exporting into pdf

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    • October 31, 2010 at 12:43 pm #57538
      danihel
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      Hi

      Is it possible to export document from indesign into pdf and keep the document's page size on the monitor the same when viewed at 100%?

    • October 31, 2010 at 2:50 pm #57539
      Theunis De Jong
      Member

      No.

      “100%” is 100% — according to the application you view it in. InDesign doesn't 'know' the size of your screen — or rather, the size of its window on that same screen. I think it just assumes 72 pixels per inch — it may also be 96, or something entirely else.

      Similarly, a PDF doesn't have a “pixel size” either. Per PDF specification, all measurements in a PDF are in points. Some PDF viewers may allow the user to set their own dpi value for their own screen (if I remember correctly, recent Acrobats have that), but not every user will have done that.

      PDF is just not designed to be “viewable at 100%” — on a screen; it's purely designed for output.

    • November 1, 2010 at 9:50 am #57543
      David Blatner
      Keymaster

      Right. Acrobat has a display resolution setting in its preferences. I believe by default it's something lik 96 ppi. If you change it to 72 ppi, the 100% should be the same in both Acrobat and InDesign.

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