InDesign

Preview separation plates

  1. Choose Window > Output > Separations Preview.
  2. For View, choose Separations.
  3. Do any of the following:
    • To view a single separation and hide all others, click the name of the separation you want to view. By default, areas of coverage appear in black. To change this, deselect Show Single Plates in Black on the panel menu.

    • To view one or more separations, click the empty box to the left of each separation name. Each separation appears in its assigned color.

    • To hide one or more separations, click the eye icon  to the left of each separation name.

    • To view all process plates at once, click the CMYK icon .

    • To view all separations at once, click and drag the pointer across all of the eye icons (or empty boxes) next to the separation names.

The Separations Preview panel can also be controlled using keyboard shortcuts.
Previewing a single separation (left) and multiple separations (right)