Reply To: Export to PDF not overwriting with updated file

FWIW I'm not seeing any diff in CS4 vs. 5.5 as far as saving PDFs is concerned. I think you might be having an operating system issue (it thinks a file is open when it's not?)

The behavior in InDesign is the same as always. If you export a PDF and tell InDesign to open it in Acrobat right after, it'll do that. If a (closed) PDF of the same name exists in the same location, you'll get a prompt from ID asking if it's okay to overwrite it before it creates and shows the PDF.

If the PDF is open, ID will churn for a while (if I recall correctly) and then give you an error alert because it can't overwrite an open file. In other words it doesn't bother asking if it's okay to overwrite, because if you said yes, it wouldn't be able to anyway.

AM