Pack your publication using the Pack and Go Wizard:

On the File menu, point to Pack and Go, and then click Take to a Commercial Printing Service.

The Pack and Go Wizard will take you through each step of the packing process.

When prompted by the Pack and Go Wizard, save your publication for the printing service. If you pack multiple publications, save each packed publication to a separate folder, otherwise the Pack and Go Wizard will overwrite any preexisting packed publications.

Save files to removable media
If you’re taking your publication on disk to the printing service, when the wizard asks you to choose a location for saving your file, click the appropriate drive (usually A for a floppy disk, and D or E for other types of removable media, such as a Zip disk).
Note: If the Pack and Go Wizard splits up a large publication between two or more disks, the .puz extension for the packed publication will change to .pu1 for the second file in the series, .pu2 for the third, and so on. Save files to a hard drive, an external drive, or a network If you’re putting your files on an external drive, on a network, or on your computer’s hard drive, click Browse, choose the drive and folder you want, and then click OK.

Notes

• Unless your commercial printer tells you otherwise, always select Embed TrueType fonts and Include linked graphics in the Pack and Go Wizard.
• If you make changes to your publication after packing your files, be sure to run the Pack and Go Wizard again so the changes are included as part of your packed publication.

Printing a proof of your publication to send to the commercial printer for verification:

After the Pack and Go Wizard has completed packing your publication, you can print a composite proof of your publication or color separation: (The process of separating the colors in a color image so that they are printed on separate press plates for each process ink (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) and for any spot color inks used by a commercial printer.) Printing a composite is always selected by default; in addition, printing separations is selected if your publication is set up for spot or process colors in the Color Printing dialog box.

If you do not want to print a composite proof, clear Print a composite proof.
If you do not want to print a separations proof, clear Print separations.
Click OK