The EPS file format always forces your document through the “transparency flattener,” and you can choose which flattener preset to use in the Advanced tab of the Export EPS dialog box… choose the “convert to outlines” preset you just made: If you have a bunch of pages, then put this on a master page so that it shows up on all the pages.

The easiest way to do this is make a tiny gray or black frame, put it near the edge of the page (it must be touching even if only a tiny bit), and set the Opacity to 0.1% in the Effects panel. If you don’t already have something transparent on your page or spread (such as a Photoshop image with transparency), then add something. Now give your preset a name and turn on the Convert All Text to Outlines checkbox.Ĭlick OK, then OK again to save your preset. Create a Transparency Flattener PresetĬhoose Edit > Transparency Flattener Preset, click the High Resolution preset, and click New. And please do not export a PDF or EPS and open it in some other program (such as Illustrator) and convert it there. Please, please do not choose Type > Create Outlines. Instead, I’m just going to assume that you have no choice or that you’re stuck in your ways, and you want to export an EPS with the text converted to outlines. I’m going to ignore the fact that I think this is crazy and that people should neither be exporting EPS files nor converting text to outlines.

Okay, you’ve been asked to provide your InDesign layout as an EPS file and with all the text converted to outlines.

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