Exported PDF looks different in...

Hi,

I'm relatively new to InDesign and experiencing all sort of problems. I'm trying to export PDF of my resume in a small size file to send it over the email. However, after exporting when I view PDF document in different applications, it looks different.

1) In Adobe Reader in 100% view the letters in bold are ''jumping''. Please see the screenshot below

2) The colors of the logo come out right when viewed in Adobe Reader. Which is 1st image:

However when viewed in applications such as Preview or just default Mac preview with space bar. The colors of the logo and the contact details comes out completely different then in Adobe Reader.

I export the PDF with the default settings that comes with smallest file size but I need to make sure it looks good as this resume is for my job and will be viewed most probably on the computer. The logo is linked to Adobe Illustator file in InDesign document.

Please help as I spend about 3 hours trying to figure it out. I would really appreciate your help!

Natalia

Exported PDF looks different in...

Natalia, you could try this:

1. Make sure all placed files are in RGB mode, including the one from Illustrator.

2. Make sure the InDesign document is RGB by clicking on Edit %26gt; Transparency Blend Space %26gt; RGB

3. Export to PDF and choose Smallest File Size (an RGB PDF outcome)

I can't guarantee you that lame old Apple Preview will display any PDF correctly. You might check to make sure your Mac OS is up to recent patches, just for good measure.

Mike Witherell in Maryland

Exported PDF looks different in...

Hi Mike,

Thank you for your answer. I've tried most of the thing you recommended but it doesn't work:

1) The file was originally created in CMYK and then I converted it to sRGB in InDesign. As well as chose transperency blend space as RGB. As for the logo then the option in Illustrator to convert the file into RGB mode seems to be disabled.

3). Exactly what I was doing.

I don't understand what I'm doing wrong... Is there a way to import all the links from illustrator into InDesign file?

Natalia:

As for the logo then the option in Illustrator to convert the file into RGB mode seems to be disabled

Doesn't seem to help with a color of the logo in Preview. It just seems very strange.

Do you think it's the font: Helvetica Neue that doesn't look good on the screen?Woudl you recommend a different font to displaypdf on the screen?

You can NEVER be assured that other users will see what you want them to see on their screens. Colors depend on the individual monitor type and how it is calibrated, or not calibrated, and adjusted, whether the viewer is color managed or not, and the indivuidual user's own preference settings. Type rendering also varies with monitor type, screen size, viewer, and operating system.

Peter

So is there a way to make it look at least similar colors like on the web? They might look different on different monitors but the changes are not THAT significant as in my example.

You could try exporting to sRGB, but I don't know if that will help...

I tried exporting to sRGB but you are right. It didn't make any difference. However If I open pdf in photoshop and then resave it from there then everything looks all right. However the text becomes a bit blurry.

Your text has been rasterized in Photoshop and is now just part of the image pixels.