Acrobats Preflight tools are powerful and complex. But you can simplify your preflight life by creating a standalone droplet. Then, any PDF you drop onto it will be tested against specific project requirements, and can then be automatically moved into a different folder and a report generated.

A few of the choices are:

• List all images
• List non CMYK objects
• List text using non-embedded fonts
• Document creates more than four plates
• PDF/X-1a compliant
• PDF/X-3 compliant
• Magazine ads
• Sheetfed offset
• Web offset
• List images below 250 ppi
• Compatibility with Acrobat 3 (or 4, 5, 6 or 7)

To create a droplet, do this:

In Acrobat 7 and earlier, choose Tools> Print Production> Preflight. In Acrobat 8, choose Advanced> Preflight. Click Options and choose Create Preflight Droplet.

Choose an appropriate preflight Profile from the Run Preflight Check Using pull-down menu or create a new one by clicking the Edit button. Choose options for what Acrobat should do when a file passes the test or fails the test. Click Settings to specify the details of the report. Click Save and choose a location for your new droplet.

When prompted to choose a report type, choose the default PDF report. This tells Acrobat to create a new PDF document that highlights any problems with your PDF.

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