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Clean Up Digital Files

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com

Declutter and clean up digital files before sending them out for printing. Delete unneeded blank pages. Remove extra text and artwork from the pasteboard. Remove unused colors from the color palette. If the document shows that fonts were used that don't actually appear in the document, look for stray spaces and unneeded text elements that may use that font and delete them. Check for any white boxes that may have been used to temporarily "crop" images on-screen and remove them. (Actual cropping should be done in a graphics program before the final digital file is saved.)
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