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Adobe PDF presets
A
PDF preset is a group of settings that affect the process
of creating a PDF. These settings are designed to balance file size
with quality, depending on how the PDF will be used. Most predefined
presets are shared across Adobe Creative Suite components, including
InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. You can also create
and share custom presets for your unique output requirements.
A few of the presets listed
below are not available until you move them—as needed—from the Extras
folder (where they are installed by default) to the Settings folder.
Typically, the Extras and Settings folders are found in (Windows Vista)
ProgramData\Adobe\AdobePDF, (Windows XP) Documents and Settings\All
Users\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe PDF, or (Mac OS) Library/Application
Support/Adobe PDF. Some presets are not available in some Creative
Suite components.
The
custom settings are found in (Windows XP) Documents and Settings/[username]/Application
Data/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings, (Windows Vista) Users/[username]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe
PDF/Settings, or (Mac OS) Users/[username]/Library/Application
Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings.
 Review your PDF settings
periodically. The settings do not automatically revert to the default
settings. Applications and utilities that create PDFs use the last
set of PDF settings defined or selected. - High Quality Print
- Creates PDFs for quality printing on desktop
printers and proofing devices. This preset uses PDF 1.4 (Windows)
or PDF 1.6 (Mac OS), downsamples color and grayscale images
to 300 ppi and monochrome images to 1200 ppi, embeds subsets of
all fonts, leaves color unchanged, and does not flatten transparency
(for file types capable of transparency). These PDFs can be opened
in Acrobat 5.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later. In InDesign,
this preset also creates tagged PDFs.
- Illustrator Default (Illustrator only)
- Creates
a PDF in which all Illustrator data is preserved. PDFs created with
this preset can be reopened in Illustrator without any loss of data.
- Oversized Pages (Acrobat only)
- Creates
PDFs suitable for viewing and printing of engineering drawings larger
than 200 x 200 inches. These PDFs can be opened in Acrobat and Reader
7.0 and later.
- PDF/A-1b: 2005 (CMYK and RGB) (Acrobat only)
- Used
for long-term preservation (archival) of electronic documents. PDF/A‑1b
uses PDF 1.4 and converts all colors to either CMYK or
RGB, depending on which standard you choose. These PDFs can be opened
in Acrobat and Reader versions 5.0 and later.
- PDF/X‑1a (2001 and 2003)
- PDF/X‑1a
requires all fonts to be embedded, the appropriate PDF bounding
boxes to be specified, and color to appear as CMYK, spot colors,
or both. Compliant files must contain information describing the printing
condition for which they are prepared. PDF files created with PDF/X‑1a compliance
can be opened in Acrobat 4.0 and Acrobat Reader 4.0 and later.
PDF/X‑1a uses PDF 1.3, downsamples
color and grayscale images to 300 ppi and monochrome images to 1200
ppi, embeds subsets of all fonts, creates untagged PDFs, and flattens
transparency using the High Resolution setting.
Note: The PDF/X1‑a:2003 and PDF/X‑3
(2003) presets are placed on your computer during installation but
are not available until you move them from the Extras folder to
the Settings folder.
- PDF/X‑4 (2008)
- In Acrobat
8, this preset is called PDF/X‑4 DRAFT to reflect the draft state
of the ISO specification at Acrobat ship time. This preset is based
on PDF 1.4, which includes support for live transparency. PDF/X‑4
has the same color management and International Color Consortium (ICC)
color specifications as PDF/X‑3. You can create PDF/X‑4-compliant
files directly with Creative Suite 3 components (Illustrator, InDesign,
and Photoshop). In Acrobat 8, use the Preflight feature to convert
PDFs to PDF/X‑4 DRAFT.
PDF
files created with PDF/X‑4 compliance can be opened in Acrobat 7.0
and Reader 7.0 and later.
- Press Quality
- Creates
PDF files for high-quality print production (for example, for digital
printing or for separations to an imagesetter or platesetter), but
does not create files that are PDF/X-compliant. In this case, the
quality of the content is the highest consideration. The objective
is to maintain all the information in a PDF file that a
commercial printer or print service provider needs in order to print the
document correctly. This set of options uses PDF 1.4, converts colors
to CMYK, downsamples color and grayscale images to 300 ppi and monochrome
images to 1200 ppi, embeds subsets of all fonts, and preserves transparency
(for file types capable of transparency).
These PDF files can be opened
in Acrobat 5.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later.
Note: Before
creating an Adobe PDF file to send to a commercial printer or print service
provider, find out what the output resolution and other settings
should be, or ask for a .joboptions file with the recommended settings.
You might need to customize the Adobe PDF settings for a particular
provider and then provide a .joboptions file of your own.
- Rich Content PDF
- Creates
accessible PDF files that include tags, hyperlinks, bookmarks, interactive
elements, and layers. This set of options uses PDF 1.5 and embeds
subsets of all fonts. It also optimizes files for byte serving.
These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat 6.0 and Adobe
Reader 6.0 and later. (The Rich Content PDF preset is in the Extras
folder.)
Note: This
preset was called eBook in earlier versions of some applications.
- Smallest File Size
- Creates PDF files for displaying on the
web, an intranet, or for email distribution. This set of options
uses compression, downsampling, and a relatively low image resolution.
It converts all colors to sRGB and embeds fonts. It also optimizes
files for byte serving.
These
PDF files can be opened in Acrobat 5.0 and Acrobat Reader
5.0 and later.
- Standard (Acrobat only)
- Creates
PDF files to be printed to desktop printers or digital copiers,
published on a CD, or sent to a client as a publishing proof. This set
of options uses compression and downsampling to keep the file size
down, but also embeds subsets of all (allowed) fonts used in the
file, converts all colors to sRGB, and prints to a medium resolution.
Note that Windows font subsets are not embedded by default. PDF
files created with this settings file can be opened in Acrobat 5.0
and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later.
For
more information about shared PDF settings for Creative Suite components, see
the PDF Integration Guide on the Creative Suite DVD.
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