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Customize PDF presets

Although the default PDF presets are based on best practices, you may discover that your workflow, or perhaps your printer’s workflow, requires specialized PDF settings that aren’t available via any of the built‑in presets. If this is the case, you or your service provider can create custom presets.

  1. Choose Edit > Adobe PDF Presets.
  2. Do one of the following:

    • To create a new preset, click New. If you want to base the new preset on an existing preset, select the preset first.

    • To edit an existing custom preset, select the preset and click Edit. (You cannot edit the default presets.)

    • To delete a preset, select it and click Delete.

    • To save a preset in a location other than the default Settings folder in the Adobe PDF folder, select it and click Save As. Specify a location and click Save.

  3. Set the PDF options, and click OK.

Alternatively, you can create a custom preset when you save a PDF file by clicking Save Preset at the bottom of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box.

If you want to share your presets with a colleague, select one or more presets and click Export. The presets are saved to a separate .joboptions file, which you can then transfer to your colleague via e‑mail or over your computer network.