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                <div><div class="section"><p>A PDF <dfn class="term">preset</dfn> is
a group of settings that affect the process of creating a PDF. These settings
are designed to balance file size with quality, depending on how
the PDF will be used. Most predefined presets are shared across
Adobe Creative Suite components, including InDesign, Illustrator,
Photoshop, and Acrobat. You can also create and share custom presets
for your unique output requirements.</p>
<p>A few of the presets
listed below are not available until you move them—as needed—from
the Extras folder (where they are installed by default) to the Settings
folder. Typically, the Extras and Settings folders are found in
(Windows Vista) ProgramData\Adobe\AdobePDF, (Windows XP) Documents
and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe PDF, or (Mac&#160;OS) Library/Application
Support/Adobe PDF. Some presets are not available in some Creative
Suite components.</p>
<p>The custom settings are found in (Windows
XP) Documents and Settings/<var class="varname">[username]</var>/Application
Data/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings, (Windows Vista) Users/<var class="varname">[username]</var>/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe
PDF/Settings, or (Mac OS) Users/<var class="varname">[username]</var>/Library/Application
Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings.</p>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />Review your
PDF settings periodically. The settings do not automatically revert
to the default settings. Applications and utilities that create
PDFs use the last set of PDF settings defined or selected. </div><dl><dt class="dlterm">High Quality Print</dt>
<dd>Creates
PDFs for quality printing on desktop printers and proofing devices.
This preset uses PDF 1.4 (Windows) or PDF 1.6 (Mac&#160;OS), downsamples
color and grayscale images to 300 ppi and monochrome images to 1200
ppi, embeds subsets of all fonts, leaves color unchanged, and does
not flatten transparency (for file types capable of transparency).
These PDFs can be opened in Acrobat&#160;5.0 and Acrobat Reader
5.0 and later. In InDesign, this preset also creates tagged PDFs.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Illustrator Default (Illustrator only)</dt>
<dd>Creates a PDF in which all Illustrator data is preserved.
PDFs created with this preset can be reopened in Illustrator without any
loss of data.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Oversized Pages (Acrobat only)</dt>
<dd>Creates
PDFs suitable for viewing and printing of engineering drawings larger
than 200 x 200 inches. These PDFs can be opened in Acrobat and Reader
7.0 and later.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">PDF/A-1b: 2005 (CMYK and RGB) (Acrobat only)</dt>
<dd> Used for long-term preservation (archival) of electronic
documents. PDF/A‑1b uses PDF&#160;1.4 and converts all colors
to either CMYK or RGB, depending on which standard you choose. These PDFs
can be opened in Acrobat and Reader versions 5.0 and later.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">PDF/X‑1a (2001 and 2003)</dt>
<dd>PDF/X‑1a requires all fonts to be embedded, the appropriate
PDF bounding boxes to be specified, and color to appear as CMYK, spot
colors, or both. Compliant files must contain information describing
the printing condition for which they are prepared. PDF files created
with PDF/X‑1a compliance can be opened in Acrobat 4.0 and Acrobat
Reader 4.0 and later.<p>PDF/X‑1a uses PDF 1.3, downsamples color
and grayscale images to 300 ppi and monochrome images to 1200 ppi,
embeds subsets of all fonts, creates untagged PDFs, and flattens
transparency using the High Resolution setting.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>The PDF/X1‑a:2003
and PDF/X‑3 (2003) presets are placed on your computer during installation
but are not available until you move them from the Extras folder to
the Settings folder. </div>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">PDF/X‑4 (2008)</dt>
<dd>In Acrobat 8, this preset is called PDF/X‑4 DRAFT to reflect
the draft state of the ISO specification at Acrobat ship time. This
preset is based on PDF 1.4, which includes support for live transparency.
PDF/X‑4 has the same color management and <dfn class="term">International Color
Consortium</dfn> (ICC) color specifications as PDF/X‑3. You can
create PDF/X‑4-compliant files directly with Creative Suite 3 components
(Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop). In Acrobat 8, use the Preflight feature
to convert PDFs to PDF/X‑4 DRAFT.<p>PDF files created with PDF/X‑4
compliance can be opened in Acrobat 7.0 and Reader 7.0 and later.</p>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Press Quality</dt>
<dd>Creates
PDF files for high-quality print production (for example, for digital
printing or for separations to an imagesetter or platesetter), but
does not create files that are PDF/X-compliant. In this case, the
quality of the content is the highest consideration. The objective
is to maintain all the information in a PDF&#160;file that a
commercial printer or print service provider needs in order to print the
document correctly. This set of options uses PDF 1.4, converts colors
to CMYK, downsamples color and grayscale images to 300 ppi and monochrome
images to 1200 ppi, embeds subsets of all fonts, and preserves transparency
(for file types capable of transparency). <p>These PDF files
can be opened in Acrobat&#160;5.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and
later.</p>
<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Before creating an Adobe PDF file
to send to a commercial printer or print service provider, find
out what the output resolution and other settings should be, or ask
for a .joboptions file with the recommended settings. You might
need to customize the Adobe PDF settings for a particular provider
and then provide a .joboptions file of your own.</div>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Rich Content PDF</dt>
<dd>Creates
accessible PDF files that include tags, hyperlinks, bookmarks, interactive
elements, and layers. This set of options uses PDF 1.5 and embeds
subsets of all fonts. It also optimizes files for byte serving.
These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat&#160;6.0 and Adobe
Reader 6.0 and later. (The Rich Content PDF preset is in the Extras
folder.)<div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>This preset was called eBook in earlier versions
of some applications.</div>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Smallest File Size</dt>
<dd>Creates
PDF files for displaying on the web, an intranet, or for email distribution.
This set of options uses compression, downsampling, and a relatively
low image resolution. It converts all colors to sRGB and embeds
fonts. It also optimizes files for byte serving. <p>These PDF
files can be opened in Acrobat&#160;5.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0
and later.</p>
</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Standard (Acrobat only)</dt>
<dd>Creates PDF files to be printed to desktop printers or digital
copiers, published on a CD, or sent to a client as a publishing
proof. This set of options uses compression and downsampling to
keep the file size down, but also embeds subsets of all (allowed)
fonts used in the file, converts all colors to sRGB, and prints
to a medium resolution. Note that Windows font subsets are not embedded
by default. PDF files created with this settings file can be opened in
Acrobat 5.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />For more information about shared PDF settings
for Creative Suite components, see the PDF Integration Guide on
the Creative Suite DVD.</div></div>
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