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                <br clear="both" /><div id="minitoc"><div class="t"><div class="b"><div class="l"><div class="r"><div class="bl"><div class="br"><div class="tl"><div class="tr"><div><h3>Contents [<a href="#" onclick="return toggleMiniToc('minitoc-links', this);" class="hideLink">Hide</a>]</h3><ul id="minitoc-links"><li><p><a href="#WS30DA36BE-5F0F-4ef5-9C03-FB2AE6CC4309a"><h4 class="topictitle4">Load PDF presets</h4>
</a></p></li><li><p><a href="#WS64B7CC23-8BEE-4f73-941F-5060BF3D89FAa"><h4 class="topictitle4">Convert PDF presets from InDesign CS</h4>
</a></p></li></ul></div></div><br clear="both" /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br clear="both" /><div><div class="section"><p>New
PDF presets (.joboptions files) that you create are stored in the
Settings folder in the following locations:</p>
<dl><dt class="dlterm">Windows XP</dt>
<dd>Documents and Settings\<dfn class="term">[username]</dfn>\Application Data\Adobe\Adobe
PDF (Windows)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Windows Vista</dt>
<dd>Users\<dfn class="term">[username]</dfn>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\InDesign\Adobe PDF</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Mac&#160;OS</dt>
<dd><dfn class="term">[username]</dfn>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe
PDF (Mac&#160;OS)</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
<p>These presets automatically
appear in the Adobe PDF Presets menu.</p>
<p>Supplementary InDesign
PDF presets are installed in the 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.</p>
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<div id="WS30DA36BE-5F0F-4ef5-9C03-FB2AE6CC4309a" class="nochunk"><a name="WS30DA36BE-5F0F-4ef5-9C03-FB2AE6CC4309a"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Load PDF presets</h3><div><div class="section"><p>The Load command is useful if you want to
load PDF presets that someone sent you, or to load PDF presets from
InDesign CS2.</p>
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<ol><li><span>Choose File&#160;&gt; Adobe PDF Presets&#160;&gt;
Define.</span></li>
<li><span>Click Load and select the .joboptions file you want to
load.</span></li>
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<div class="section"><p>The .joboptions file is copied to the Settings folder
where new PDF presets are stored.</p>
<div class="para"><div class="tip"><img src="images/tip_help.png" />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.</div></div>
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<div id="WS64B7CC23-8BEE-4f73-941F-5060BF3D89FAa" class="nochunk"><a name="WS64B7CC23-8BEE-4f73-941F-5060BF3D89FAa"></a><h3 class="topictitle3">Convert PDF presets from InDesign CS</h3><div><div class="section"><p>InDesign CS and earlier export PDF presets
with .pdfs extensions, while InDesign CS2 and later export PDF presets
with .joboptions extensions. Importing a PDFS file converts it to
a .joboptions file, and overrides settings as necessary. For example,
if Monitor RGB was selected as the destination profile in the Output area
in InDesign CS, it is automatically changed to Document RGB in InDesign CS4.</p>
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<ol><li><span>Choose File&#160;&gt; Adobe PDF Presets&#160;&gt;
Define. </span></li>
<li><span>Click Load.</span></li>
<li><span>Choose Previous-version PDF Settings Files (.pdfs) from
the Files Of Type menu (Windows) or All Files from the Enable menu
(Macintosh).</span></li>
<li><span>Double-click the file you want to convert.</span></li>
</ol>
<div class="section"><p>The file becomes selected in the list of Adobe PDF presets.</p>
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