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• To remove AutoCAD layouts from the list of layouts to include, select the layouts in the Layouts In PDF list, and
click Remove.
• To reorder the PDF layouts, select a layout in the Layouts In PDF list, and click Move Up or Move Down.
To determine how the AutoCAD layers are converted, select one of the following, and click Continue:
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• Flatten All Layers.
• Retain All Or Some Layers. The Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box displays a screen in which you must choose which
layers to include in the resulting PDF.
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Choose a location in which to save the resulting PDF file in the Save In box, type a filename, and click Save.
Select AutoCAD layers to convert
If you choose to create a PDF file that retains some AutoCAD layers, you can specify which layers are preserved in
the PDF.
The Layers In Drawing list shows all the layers in the AutoCAD file. You transfer layers that you want to be present
in the PDF from the Layers In Drawing list to the Layers In PDF list. Only layers and objects of layers present in the
Layers In PDF list are present in the PDF.
In AutoCAD, start to convert an AutoCAD file and select the Retain All Or Some Layers option.
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To show AutoCAD layers in the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box, do any of the following:
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• Choose an option from the Named Layer Filters menu to list all layers that fit that criterion.
• Select the Invert option to list all layers except those that are described by the selected choice in the Named Layer
Filters menu.
• To change the sort order of the layers, click the headings.
Note: To change a layer's On, Frozen, or Plot properties, click Cancel Conversion, change the properties in the AutoCAD
drawing, and restart the procedure.
Do any of the following to select the AutoCAD layers from the Layers In Drawing list that you want to convert
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and include in the PDF:
• To select a set of layers you've already saved, choose a layer setting from the PDF Layer Settings menu.
• To select a single layer, click the name of the layer.
• To select more than one layer, Ctrl-click the desired layers.
• To select all layers, right-click and choose Select All.
Note: To navigate through the AutoCAD layers, use the Up and Down Arrow keys. Use the scroll bar at the bottom of
the column to scroll horizontally through the table.
To add the selected AutoCAD layers to the list of layers to convert to PDF, do one of the following:
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• To convert the selected AutoCAD layers to individual PDF layers within a PDF layer set, click Create Layer Set,
and optionally, type a layer name. (A PDF layer set is a folder for organizing layers in the Layers panel in Acrobat.)
• To convert the selected AutoCAD layers to individual layers, click the Add Layer(s) button.
The name of a layer in the Layers In Drawing list is unavailable if that layer is included in the Layers In PDF list. When
you select that layer in the Layers In PDF list, a bullet appears next to the layer's name in the Layers In Drawing list.
Optionally, do any of the following:
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• To reorder the layers in the Layers In PDF list, drag an item up or down in the list.
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