Lines appear when exporting to a PDF

[Gazza59]

Hi, I'm new to this forum and fairly new to Indesign.

I have a problem in that when I export an Indesign brochure to a PDF I get these weird lines in the background of the PDF. Is there any way to make this not happen?

Thanks,
Dave

 

[jimoblak]

If you are using transparency, you are probably seeing 'stitching', which is not really a bug. A search of this forum will reveal plenty of discussion on this topic - - with options for resolution.

 

[Gazza59]

Thanks, I did figure out a way to get rid of them by editing my prefernce options. The problem now becomes that when I e-mail the file to someone else, the lines appear upon their opening.

 

[jmgalvin]

Try exporting to the Press quality setting. Whne you have the export window open take a look at Advanced and make sure that High is listed under tranparency flatten (should be under Press). See if you still get the lines.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[Gazza59]

Okay, thanks for the suggestions. I played around with my transparency and was able to solve the issue.