Adobe Pdf Conversion Settings - Adobe 22002420 - Acrobat Standard - PC User Manual

In authoring applications such as Adobe InDesign, use the Print command with the Adobe PDF printer to convert
a file to PostScript. The Print dialog boxes can vary from application to application. For instructions on creating a
PostScript file from your specific application, see the application's documentation.
Keep the following guidelines in mind when creating PostScript files:
• Use PostScript Language Level 3 whenever possible to take advantage of the most advanced features of PostScript.
• Use the Adobe PDF printer as your PostScript printer.
• (Windows) Send the fonts used in the document.
• Give a PostScript file the same name as the original document, but with the extension .ps. (Some applications use
a .prn extension instead.)
• Use color and custom page sizes that are available with the Acrobat Distiller 8.0 PPD file. Other PPD files may
cause inappropriate colors, fonts, or page sizes in the PDF.
• Send PostScript files as 8-bit binary data when using FTP to transfer the files between computers, especially if the
platforms are different, to avoid converting line feeds to carriage returns or vice versa.

Adobe PDF conversion settings

Choose an Adobe PDF preset for converting files
Do one of the following:
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• Start Acrobat Distiller 8.0.
• In an Adobe Creative Suite application, choose File > Print, select Adobe PDF as the target printer, and click
Properties.
• (Windows) In Office 2007 applications, choose Acrobat > Preferences.
• (Windows) In another authoring application or utility, choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings.
Choose a preset from the Default Settings (or Conversion Settings) menu.
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Note: All settings create PDFs that can be opened in Acrobat 5.0 and later, and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later, unless
otherwise described.
Adobe PDF presets
A PDF preset 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 applications, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. You can also create and share
custom presets for your unique output requirements.
A few of the presets listed below are not available until you move them—as needed—from the Extras folder (where
they installed by default) to the Settings folder for custom settings.
Typically, the Extras and Settings folders for default settings are found in (Windows) Documents and Settings/All
Users/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe PDF, (Vista) ProgramData/Adobe/Adobe PDF, or (Mac OS) Library/Appli­
cation Support/Adobe PDF. The default settings files installed with Distiller are Read Only and Hidden.
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