: Shaded area on pdf created from InDesign I have a shaded area in InDesign that is translucent and you can see the drawing area beneath it on the screen, but the pdf created from InDesign

@Eichhorn212

First, you have make sure that you at least save to Adobe PDF 1.4 Standard (Acrobat 5.0). Lower than PDF 1.4 won't support transparency.

Otherwise export a PDF/X-1a Standard. This will flatten your images before Export. REMEMBER that if you flatten your images and save the file, you can't change it back!!!

Also you can edit your Flattening-Options in the "Advanced" column in the Acrobat Export dialogue.

I hope this helps.

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