Adobe 29500007 - Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Manual page 90

Acrobat
Features
Preflight
Use the Preflight tool to determine a document's validity for print
production. When you preflight a document, you validate that
the document contains everything needed for proper print output,
including images, fonts, colors, and formatting.
Preflight also not only finds problems, it also can fix them automatically.
For example, if you inadvertently leave an RGB image in your PDF
that must be converted to CMYK, the image is automatically converted.
Create a PDF Package
Because the PDF package is one file, you can share it with others
and be sure that they are getting all the component parts.
See Help for more information on PDF packages.
See Adobe Video Workshop topics:
• Preflighting files
• Printing documents
88 Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium and Standard Workflow Guide
Acrobat offers several tools that act as a final check of your job
when preparing for print production. Preflighting can catch
and even correct some common mistakes, such as neglecting
to convert RGB images to CMYK. A PDF package converts
To preflight a document, choose
Advanced > Preflight and select a
profile from the list. To correct errors,
select a profile that includes a fixup.
These are denoted by a wrench icon
next to the profile.
See Help for more information
on Preflight profiles.
You can create PDF packages when you
use the Combine Files wizard, starting
either from the Getting Started window,
the Tasks toolbar, or the File > Combine
Files command.
You will be prompted through the
necessary steps to choose and include
files in your package.