Indesign and filenames

[dazzer21]

In InDesign, if I produce a new artwork based on an existing file (ie just adapting the previous version and saving with a new filename), when I go to make a PDF of it, it maintains the filename of the PDF previously made from that file. To explain:

Open a new file and call it 'ad wc 8_12_08'. Make a PDF of the file called 'ad wc 8_12_08.pdf' and save to desired location.

Keep the same InDesign file open and adapt with required changes. Rename the file 'ad wc 15_12_08' and save. Go to make a PDF and the default filename is still 'ad wc 08_12_08.pdf' with the save location being as before.

Being used to Quark (Boo!), the default filename of the pdf file just apes that of the file I'm working on. Is there a way to stop inDesign doing this, as producing batch PDF files has become an absolute pain, having to manually change the PDF name each time.

Hope that all makes sense...

 

[Kwill]

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Yes, last PDF name is stored with document along with file path. So when duplicated, you will have to rename PDF. If, as I recall, the PDF shares the same name as the ID file, the PDF name may auto update if ID file is duplicated. (Can't verify on iPhone.)