I want to email the actual indesign document so that the person can open it in indesign and change things. I don't want it to be a pdf. Right now it is to big of a file to upload to email. I need to reduce it.
How do you reduce the size of an indesign file so I can email it and not make it a pdf?
You should try exporting the document as a .jpg. low quality. (NOTE: This WILL make the document low quality and might look fuzzy/pixelated) E-mailing InDesign documents as any form is frowned upon just because most documents will be over 10MB. Most e-mail servers will only send under 10MB so try to keep your file size down to under 10.
Another tip to keep it down is to make sure your images used in the document are saved 'to size' meaning that they are saved at 100% scaled size in Photoshop prior to importing them into the InDesign doc. For example, you have a 5%26quot; x 5%26quot; image placed into InDesign and you want to keep it 5%26quot; x 5%26quot;. Make sure in Photoshop it's not like 40%26quot; x 40%26quot; at 300dpi. Make sure you save a copy at the 5%26quot; x 5%26quot; - and THEN import it in. That will reduce size of your doc.
Good luck!
How do you reduce the size of an indesign file so I can email it and not make it a pdf?
InDesign files are going to be big because of the nature of the file. You're working with a publishing software which has to hold a TON of data, especially if you're working with images and different fonts and such.
If you really need to get the file to someone else, I would suggest doing it in person (CD, Flashdrive, etc.) or using some sort of online storage space. Examples could be Dropbox which will give you 2GB of free space online and might come in handy for your collaborating efforts. Just Google for Dropbox.
