Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended - Manual (Page 487)

481 USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Preflight
Last updated 9/30/2011
For videos on preflight inspections, see these resources:
• Preflighting for creative professionals: www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4084_a9
• Assigning objects to layers using Preflight: http://tv.adobe.com/#vi+f1588v1748
More Help topics
“ About preflight profiles ” on page 489
“ Convert PDFs to PDF/X, PDF/A, or PDF/E ” on page 504
Preflight preferences
Use the Preflight Preferences dialog box to control how results are reported and to specify output intents when creating
PDF/X, PDF/A, or PDF/E files. A PDF can have an embedded output intent containing an ICC profile.
To open the Preflight Preferences dialog box, from the Preflight dialog box, choose Options > Preflight Preferences.
More Help topics
“ Create output intents ” on page 507
General tab
The General tab includes options for specifying how dialog box elements and preflight results are displayed:
Maximum Number Of Results To Be Displayed Per Type Of Check Specifies how many instances of a mismatch appear
in the Results list. Use the Per Page (Under “Further Matches”) option to nest additional results under the Further
Matches section in the Results list. The maximum number of results for a document is 25000.
Degree Of Detail When Displaying Results Specifies how much detail appears in the Preflight Results list. You can
specify no details, only important details, or all details.
Show “Display Settings Alert” If Display Is Not Set To Highest Quality Displays a Warning icon at the top of the
Preflight dialog box if the display is not set to the highest quality. You can click the Warning icon to see a list of the
alerts. Click Adjust to automatically adjust the settings for maximized reliability of the display of the selected PDF
document.
Output intent options
You can set the following options on the Output Intents tab of the Preflight Preferences dialog box. For more
information on using output intents, see “
Output intents ” on page 507.
Name The name of the output intent.
Output Intent Profile (ICC Profile) The ICC profile that describes the characterized printing condition for which the
document has been prepared and that is required for PDF/X-, PDF/A-, or PDF/E-compliance. Click Browse to select
one from the default Profiles folder.
Output Condition Identifier The reference name specified by the ICC registry of registered standard printing
conditions. Choose from the list of output conditions—the description appears in the Output Condition box—or
choose Custom and create your own.
Registry The URL giving more information about the output intent profile name. For the standard printing
conditions registered with the ICC, this entry must be http://www.color.org/.