Wonder where that progress bar went when exporting a pdf from an InDesign document? As of CS5, it's now in the background!
That's great news for those who wish to keep working on something else while a document is being exported. Not only will it export one document in the background, but you can queue up several to export, one after another. Just know that there is no changing the order of which one goes first once the documents are queued up: the order in which they are exported is the order they are produced.
For those who want to see exactly what is going on in the background, go to Window > Utilities > Background Tasks to bring up a window that shows what background tasks are in use, what order they are in, and how far along they are in the process. It's also helpful to see when InDesign is done with a specific document so you can safely close it.
Right now, File > Export (or Cmd/Cntrl + E), Adobe pdf (print) runs in the background, but not File > Export, Adobe pdf (interactive). Also, exporting a pdf from a book document isn't a background task yet. Just plain printing (Cmd/Cntrl +P) from InDesign is also not a background task. However, exporting to IDML is a background task. (This is a useful format if you would like someone to be able to open your CS5 document in CS4.)
Hopefully, this new feature will free up some time that would otherwise be spent waiting and watching a progress bar.
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