: My outputted PDF looks different on a Mac to a PC I'm a bit concerned as my outputted PDF from InDesign CS5 looks different on Mac. This has happened a few times. It seems as though

@Phylliss782

If you want to make sure your PDF is "clean", you can always use the "/Save as/Optimized PDF" option in the Acrobat Pro "File" menu.

Then you can look at the options, and check every boxes in the sections "discard objects", "discard user data" and "clean up"; this will flatten your layers, remove the extra data that might be invisible and as it says, clean the PDF.

While you're there you can also see if the fonts are embedded.

Usually, by using this option, a user on PC, or Preview or on Apple will see the same exact PDF.

Be careful to not use any compression if it's not necessary! The compression for the images is found in the "images" section of the "save as/optmized PDF" option.

If you need to keep hyperlinks and some other data, simply explore the 3 sections I mentioned above, there is a way to selectively remove only some elements and keep others. One thing for sure, there is an option to flatten your layers and this way it will remove the layers you don't want your printer to see!

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