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Adobe Acrobat Help
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To set Distiller job options:
1 Do one of the following:
In Acrobat, choose Tools > Distiller.
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In Windows, choose Start > Programs > Acrobat Distiller 5.0.
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2 In the Acrobat Distiller dialog box, select one of the predefined job options from the
pop-up menu.
3 Click OK.
Note: The instructions for setting the Distiller job options are the same as for setting the
job options (conversion settings) from within PDFMaker and the Print Setup dialog box.
However, the names of the dialog boxes may vary somewhat.
To create custom job settings:
1 In the Acrobat Distiller dialog box, choose Settings > Job Options.
2 Modify settings for General, Compression, Fonts, Color and Advanced options.
3 To apply the changes to the current job options, click OK. (You cannot overwrite the
predefined sets of options.) To save the changes as a different job options file and make
that the new job options file, click Save As.Then enter a name and location for the new set,
click Save in the Save Job Options As dialog box. By default, these files are saved in the
Distillr/Settings folder (Windows) or Distiller/Settings folder (Mac OS) in the Acrobat
folder.
Setting the Distiller General job options
The General job options allow you to specify the version of Acrobat for file compatibility
and other file and device settings.
You can create Adobe PDF files that are compatible with Acrobat 3.0, Acrobat 4.0, or
Acrobat 5.0. If you create files with Acrobat 4.0 compatibility or later, the resulting Adobe
PDF files may not be compatible with earlier versions of Acrobat.These are some of the
differences between files created with Acrobat 3.0, Acrobat 4.0, Acrobat 5.0 and the
related versions of Distiller.
Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.2)
PDF files can be opened by Acrobat
viewers 3.0 and later.
Patterns display as 50% gray, but print
correctly.
Users can preserve, remove, or apply
Transfer functions.
All colors are converted to CalRGB.
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Acrobat 4.0 (PDF 1.3) and 5.0 (PDF 1.4)
PDF files can be opened by Acrobat view-
ers 3.0 and later. However, some or all of
the document may be unviewable if
opened with versions earlier than the ver-
sion used to create the file.
Patterns display and print correctly.
Users can preserve or remove Transfer
functions in 4.0, but not apply them. Users
can preserve, remove, or apply Transfer
functions in 5.0.
All colors are converted to sRGB.
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