Acrobat (.pdf) import options
InDesign preserves the layout, graphics, and typography in a placed PDF file. As with other placed graphics, you cannot edit a placed PDF page within InDesign. You can control the visibility of layers in a layered PDF file. You can also place more than one page of a multipage PDF.
When you place a PDF file that was saved with passwords, you’ll be prompted to enter the required passwords. If the PDF file was saved with usage restrictions (for example, no editing or printing), but no passwords, you can place the file.
When you place a PDF file (or a file saved with Illustrator 9.0 or later) and select Show Import Options in the Place dialog box, you’ll see a dialog box containing the following options:
Show preview Preview a page in the PDF file before you place it. If you are placing a page from a PDF file that contains multiple pages, click the arrows, or type a page number under the preview image to preview a specific page.
Pages Specify the pages you want to place: the page displayed in the preview, all pages, or a range of pages.
Crop to Specify how much of the PDF page to place:
Bounding box Places the PDF page’s bounding box, or the minimum area that encloses the objects on the page, including page marks.
Art Places the PDF only in the area defined by a rectangle that the author created as a placeable artwork (for example, clip art).
Crop Places the PDF only in the area that is displayed or printed by Adobe Acrobat.
Trim Identifies the place where the final produced page will be physically cut in the production process, if trim marks are present.
Bleed Places only the area that represents where all page content should be clipped, if a bleed area is present. This information is useful if the page is being output in a production environment. Note that the printed page may include page marks that fall outside the bleed area.
Media Places the area that represents the physical paper size of the original PDF document (for example, the dimensions of an A4 sheet of paper), including page marks.
