Specifications

PDF2DTP® for InDesign® Manual - 57
PDF2DTP for InDesign and Threshold Limits
There are limits to certain attribute settings of objects due to thresholds dictated by an application. Some
values which are possible in a PDF drawing are not legal settings according to the application thresholds. For
example, the widest tracking value allowed by InDesign is 1000 ems. Therefore a converted document will
need to use a Tab setting rather than a tracking value to separate characters if the distance between
characters is greater than 1000 ems.
PDF2DTP and InDesign Threshold Limits
Minimum Point Size --- .1 points
Maximum Point Size --- 1296 points (18 inches)
Minimum Leading --- 0 points
Maximum Leading --- 5000 points (69.44 inches)
Minimum Horizontal/Vertical Scale --- 1 percent
Maximum Horizontal/Vertical Scale --- 1000 percent
Minimum Baselineshift --- -5000 points
Maximum Baselineshift --- 5000 points
Minimum Tracking/Kerning --- -100 ems
Minimum Character Spacing --- -100 points
Maximum Character Spacing --- 500 points
Minimum Word Spacing --- 0 points
Maximum Word Spacing --- 1000 points
Minimum Left/Right Indent --- 0 points
Maximum Left/Right Indent --- 8640 points (120 inches)
Minimum First Indent --- -8640 points (-120 inches)
Maximum First Indent --- 8640 points (120 inches)
Minimum Space Before/After --- 0 points
Maximum Space Before/After --- 8640 points (120 inches)