Comments on: Customizing PDF Presets

By: Vesa

Vesa — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:03:59 +0000

Not sure if I should post my comment here, but it is related. I would like my exported pdfs created in InDesign to include Author name (in the Document Properties>Description tab) and the JobOption I used to create the pdf, in the Attachments tab in the pdf.

I could get all that if I create a Postscript file and distill it with Acrobat Distiller, but can’t with the Export command in InDesign.

For the Job Option to appear in the attachments tab of a pdf file, I go to Settings>Edit Adobe PDF Settings, and in the Advanced tab, I tick Save Adobe PDF Settings inside PDF file. All this is within Adobe Distiller.

Does anyone know how to do this by exporting via InDesign?

Thank you,

Vesa

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:12:52 +0000

@Rudi: Perhaps this is possible as an Acrobat action, so you could set up a “hot folder” and drop the PDFs in there?

By: Rudi

Rudi — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:50:53 +0000

First of all thanks for the article. There is one thing that I really would like to know.

I work for a big company with a total of 24 designers. With so many designers it has become hard to protect our artwork. So I thought of making a preset that would be password protected, but after a couple of articles I got to the Adobe forum and they mentioned that a PDF preset will not save the security section. Which would mean that every designer will have to be in control of there own PDF password permissions.

So is there anyway around this. So that every time a designer exports a PDF that it would be protected by one password which we can have one person managing it?

Sorry I know this is a very difficult question, but I really do need to make something like this happen. Our artwork is flying around and our competitors are capitalizing on it.

If anyone has any solution please let me know.

Thanks
Rudi

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:22:06 +0000

@Judy, perhaps this new blog post would be helpful? http://indesignsecrets.com/creating-postscript-files-in-snow-leopard-for-older-print-workflows.php

By: judy Hungerford

judy Hungerford — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 04:18:46 +0000

All very helpful, but I can’t find more recent info for this subject (it’s now November 2010).
Steve, do you have updated info please?
I am on Snow Leopard/Quark 8.1.6.2/CS4/Acrobat Pro 9.4.
I need to be able to create files for prepress/high res PDF.
As you will know, Adobe PDF Printer is not available on Snow Leopard, which has changed the way I have to make high res PDFs through Quark etc. I am used to making a .ps file then go to PDF from that.
Thanks.

By: Emily A.

Emily A. — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:44:08 +0000

Any suggestions for creating a PDF Preset for PDFs that will be posted online, but printed by the online user?

By: Lucian Marin

Lucian Marin — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:44:41 +0000

ofcourse that was right in front of me thanks!

By: Anne-Marie Concepcion

Anne-Marie Concepcion — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 14:22:18 +0000

Lucian, go to File > Adobe PDF Presets > Define, and when the Define dialog box opens, you can see and select your custom presets and click the Delete button.

By: Lucian Marin

Lucian Marin — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 08:25:24 +0000

please can anyone advise on how to clean up my pdf presets in indesign cs4, as shown in the export to pdf dialog menu?

there are many i don’t use anymore but i’m unable to find a way to delete some of them. thanks!

By: David Blatner

David Blatner — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 17:01:04 +0000

Troy, it sounds like something may be wrong with your PDF/X1a preset. When I try it, it forces the color conversion popup menu (on the Output pane) to Convert to Destination (Preserve Numbers), which should convert all the RGB images to CMYK.