I am having a devil of a time using linked .indd files in CS4 (Mac Intel), both with layers and with ink aliasing.
The project is several booklets each with their own cover.
First off, the layers don't display — or export to PDF — as they should. I have to randomly disable other layers (which fortunately are hanging off the pasteboard in this case so do not affect the part in view) for the other layers to reappear.
Then, a separate issue involving the ink aliasing. I would ideally like to export the entire book (from the book panel) as PDF and have the booklet covers appear in their aliased colors. Unfortunately they all go to the same color on export. To resolve this I created separate files just for the covers, to export independently as PDF and then replace pages in Acrobat. It doesn't work: the colors actually change in Acrobat.
It seems like I'm coming up against limitations in the Ink Manager functionality in Acrobat in this case. I would have thought the aliasing is over with upon export from InDesign (ie it is now 'fixed' in the PDF and no longer viewed as an alias) but now I suspect that's not the case — that indeed Acrobat still sees it as aliased and thus the colors change when those pages are integrated into the same PDF.
If anyone is feeling guru-like about these issues i'd be happy to email some sample files.
Thanks in advance,
Aaron
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