Adobe InDesign - Manual (Page 675)

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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. Adobe PDF presets are saved as .joboptions files.
1. Choose File > Adobe PDF Presets > Define.
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. Set PDF options, and
click OK. (See
Adobe PDF presets .)
To edit an existing custom preset, select the preset and click Edit. (You cannot edit the default presets.) Set PDF options, and click OK.
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.
Alternatively, you can create a custom preset when you save a PDF file by clicking Save Preset at the bottom of the Export Adobe PDF dialog box.
Enter a name for the preset and click OK.
Load Adobe PDF presets
New PDF presets (.joboptions files) that you create are stored in the Settings folder in the following locations:
Documents and Settings\[username]\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe PDF
Users\[username]\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe PDF
User/[username]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF
These presets automatically appear in the Adobe PDF Presets menu.
Supplementary InDesign PDF presets are installed in the system’s Adobe PDF\Extras folder. Use your system search utility to locate additional
.joboptions files. You may also receive custom PDF presets from service providers and colleagues. For these presets to be listed in the Adobe PDF
Presets menu, they must be moved to the Settings folder either manually or by using the Load command.
Load PDF presets
The Load command is useful if you want to load PDF presets that someone sent you, or to load PDF presets from InDesign CS2.
1. Choose File > Adobe PDF Presets > Define.
2. Click Load and select the .joboptions file you want to load.
The .joboptions file is copied to the Settings folder where new PDF presets are stored.
To make a .joboptions file available in the Adobe PDF Presets menu, you can also drag it to the Settings folder where your PDF presets are
stored.
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