Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS - Testing and Fixing a Document with Preflight

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C H A P T E R S I X Complying with PDF and Accessibility Standards
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Preparing a print job, whether intended for prepress or your company’s
annual report, can be a laborious and time-consuming process. Acrobat 9
Pro includes a suite of preight tools you can use to evaluate your les
for problems, compliance with standards, and analysis of objects like hid-
den text and transparency. The Preight dialog includes preight proles
(groups of settings), as well as individual checks and xups.
To test a document for compliance with a prole, follow these steps:
1. Choose Advanced > Preight or click the Preight button on the
Print Production toolbar to open the Preight dialog and load the
proles.
2. Click Select Proles on the Preight toolbar to load the existing
proles. Click Show All and choose an option from the pop-up menu—
view a list of the Preight categories in the sidebar “Preight Prole
Categories.”
3. Click the arrow next to a category label to view the prole list and
select the prole to apply (Figure 39a). You’ll see information about
the prole display in the dialog.
Figure 39a Select the profile you want to run from
the list in the dialog.
Testing and Fixing a
Document with Preight
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Preflight Profile
Categories
There are several basic cate-
gories of preflight profiles:
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Create PDF layers, used for
dividing content in a file
according to object type
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Digital printing and
online publishing, used
for basic printing and
online use (optimized for
either quality or size)
•
PDF analysis, which eval-
uates files for compo-
nents, such as hairlines,
color, or object types
•
PDF fixups, used for mak-
ing specific changes,
such as converting color
space, decreasing image
resolution, or managing
transparency
•
PDF/A compliance, used
to evaluate a document
for compliance with the
Archival standard and to
make repairs
•
PDF/E compliance, used to
evaluate a document for
compliance with the Engi-
neering standard and to
correct compliance errors
•
PDF/X compliance, used
to evaluate a document
for compliance with Print
standards and to make
repairs
From the Library of Daniel Dadian