Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended - Manual (Page 77)

71 USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Creating PDFs
Last updated 9/30/2011
2 Choose Adobe PDF from the printers menu.
3 Click the Properties (or Preferences) button to customize the Adobe PDF printer setting. (In some applications,
you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box to open the list of printers, and then click Properties or
Preferences.)
4 In the Print dialog box, click OK.
Note: By default, your PDF is saved in the folder specified in the printer port. The default location is My Documents. The
filename and destination are controlled by the Prompt For Adobe PDF Filename setting in the dialog box.
Create a PDF using the Print command (Mac OS X)
The method for creating PDFs using the Print command changed in Mac OS v10.6 Snow Leopard with Acrobat 9.1
and later. The following procedure describes the method in both Snow Leopard and earlier versions of Mac OS X.
1 Open the file in its authoring application, and choose File > Print.
2 Do one of the following, depending on which version of Mac OS X you are using:
• (Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard) Choose Save As Adobe PDF from the PDF menu at the bottom of the dialog box.
• (Mac OS X v10.5 and earlier) Choose Adobe PDF from the Printer menu. Then choose PDF Options from the pop-
up menu beneath the Presets menu (it may show Copies & Pages by default).
3 For Adobe PDF Settings, choose one of the default settings, or customize the settings using Distiller. Any custom
settings that you have defined are listed.
For most users, the default Adobe PDF conversion settings are adequate.
4 For After PDF Creation, specify whether to open the PDF.
5 Click Print.
6 Select a name and location for your PDF, and click Save.
Note: By default, your PDF is saved with the same filename and a .pdf extension.
For more information on Save As Adobe PDF in Snow Leopard, see the TechNote at
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/509/cpsid_50981.html . This TechNote also includes how to remove the Adobe PDF printer
from the Printer list.
Adobe PDF printing preferences (Windows)
Printing preferences apply to all applications that use the Adobe PDF printer, unless you change the settings in an
authoring application by using the Page Setup, Document Setup, or Print menu.
Note: The dialog box for setting printing preferences is named Adobe PDF Printing Preferences, Adobe PDF Printing
Defaults, or Adobe PDF Document Properties, depending on how you access it.
To access printing preferences:
• Open the Printers window from the Start menu. Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and choose Printing
Preferences.
• In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Print. Select Adobe PDF as the printer, and click
the Properties (or Preferences) button. (In some applications, you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box
to access the list of printers, and then click Properties or Preferences to customize the Adobe PDF settings.)
PDF-specific options appear on the Adobe PDF Settings tab. The Paper Quality tab and Layout tab contain other
familiar options for the paper source, printer ink, page orientation, and number of pages per sheet.