Adobe InDesign CC 2015 - Manual (Page 576)

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Last updated 6/6/2015
Embed and unembed profiles
When you embed a profile, you make the profile part of the document. Embedding profiles is especially useful when
you’re sending the file to someone else. Just because a profile is embedded, it does not imply necessary use. For example,
if you send a document with an embedded profile to a print service, the printer can select a different profile to use with
the document.
You can embed only one profile. The [Basic] profile cannot be embedded.
1 To embed a profile, select it in the Profile list, and then click the Embed icon to the right of the Profile list.
You can also embed a profile in the Define Profiles dialog box.
2 To unembed a profile, choose Define Profiles from the Preflight panel menu, select the profile, and then choose
Unembed Profile from the Preflight Profile Menu on the left side of the dialog box.
Export and load profiles
You can export a profile to make it available to others. Exported profiles are saved with a .idpp extension.
Exporting a profile is a good way to back up your profile settings. When you restore preferences, your profile
information is reset. To restore preferences, you can load your exported profile.
You can also load a profile that someone else has made available to you. You can load a *.idpp file, or you can load the
embedded profile in the document you specify.
• To export a profile, choose Define Profiles from the Preflight menu. Choose Export Profile from the Preflight Profile
Menu, specify the name and location, and click Save.
• To load (import) a profile, choose Define Profiles from the Preflight menu. Choose Load Profile from the Preflight
Profile Menu, select the *.idpp file or document containing an embedded profile you want to use, and click Open.
Delete a profile
1 Choose Define Profiles from the Preflight menu.
2 Select the profile you want to delete, and then click the Delete Preflight Profile icon .
3 Click OK to delete the profile.
View and resolve preflight errors
In the error list, only the categories with errors are listed. You can click the arrow next to each item to expand or collapse
it.
When viewing the list of errors, note the following issues:
• In some cases, a design element such as a swatch or a paragraph style is causing the problem. The design element
itself is not reported as an error. Instead, any page item to which the design element is applied appears in the error
list. In such cases, make sure that you resolve the issue in the design element.
• Errors that occur in overset text, hidden conditions, or notes are not listed. Deleted text that is still available in
tracked changes is also ignored.
• A master page item with a problem is not listed if the master is unapplied, or if no page it is applied to is in the
current scope. If a master page item has an error, the Preflight panel lists it only once, even though the error is
repeated on every page to which the master is applied.
• Errors that occur in non-printing page items, in page items on the pasteboard, or in hidden or non-printing layers
appear in the error list only if the appropriate options are specified in the Preflight Options dialog box.