Saved PDF presets

Hello Adobe enthusiasts,
When I'm saving as a PDF I am giving the option to manufacture my own sized PDF by going to Print > Adobe PDF > Setup > Preferences > Edit. The trouble is I've created so many now that it's starting to look a mess.
How do I go about removing some of my old presets?

oh, I thought you are adding more presets, but looks like you are adding page sizes.
On the same dialog that appears after you click add, you can select a previously added page size and press the delete button.

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Error loading/saving PDF presets

Error loading/saving pdf presets
I am using CS4 and Windows 7. I have a .joboptions file I want to load in InDesign, but when I try, I get the error message: Cannot create the file. The folder may be write protected.
I am a local administrator on the computer.
I have tried manually copying the .joboptions file into the folder C:\Users\<my profile>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\Adobe PDF\Settings, but it doesn’t show up in the list of available presets.
I used the same version of InDesign with Windows XP and was able to load and save presets this way just fine.

Thank for the tip. But unfortunately it is only a partial solution.
When I 'run as administrator' in Windows 7 I have no problems, that is a bit of a solution, but for me it is a mere workaround.
I want to find out how I can load and save PDF export settings without running as Adminstrator, since we have 7 people using the presets and they don't want to run InDesign everytime as an Administrator.
I have all the rights (local admin) to all folders, therefore I was hoping somebody already fixed this in his/her system...
Hope Adobe comes up with some sort of solution for this apperently Windows 7 problem.

Adobe PDF presets...

I have an ID file open... I go to File... Adobe PDF presets... smallest file size. The Save As dialog box comes up with a different file name than the file that I have open and trying to convert to a PDF. This happens occasionally... most the time the file name in the Save As dialog box is the same as the file I am working on. I've got 32 files to convert to PDFs and I don't want to type the file name in the Save As dialog box. How do I get it to work properly?

This happens because the file was previously exported with a name that didn't match and was subsequnetly saved, burning that name into the file. You can fix it so it defaults to the file name again by exporting to .inx or .idml and outlined in Remove minor corruption by exporting (but it isn't really a file corruption).

System wide PDF presets location is not working in CC

On both Mac and PC, the system wide location for PDF settings (.joboptions) does not work anymore.
/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings (on a Mac)
It is illogical to remove this feature. Even if that folder does not store the main default presets, which are now stored in each application, it still needs to be looked at and loaded from. It's actually illogical to store the same preset in multiple locations (i.e. each application). If there is a preset that is only for a certain application (e.g. Illustrator Default), this could be put in the application folder, but all others like High Quality, Prepress, PDF/X should be in a central location, i.e. where they used to be.
I know that each user can manually load into their own PDF presets, which then do appear in all suite apps, but this has to be done every time a new user logs into a computer.
The central location meant that all suite apps would see a custom set of presets automatically across the entire suite and across multiple versions of the suite. The other advantage to the central location is that the presets would appear in square brackets, in other words read only, so they cannot be changed by the user without saving as a new file.
Having users manually load and be able to change the presets kind of defeats the purpose of having a preset, certainly in our environment, where we need these settings to be consistent across all apps, all computers and all users.
Please put this feature back or at least honour the central location that used to be used.

Hi,
As per the description, I understand that your Office 2013 cannot open files through a network share directly.
I would like to know that how many clients/users are affected by this in your environment. It could be some specific user account settings, that the Office applications are being affected by.
I'd first suggest you try with a new Windows user profile, then verify result.
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Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support
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Advanced "Save as PDF" script that saves 2 PDF presets with 2 different Names

HI Everyone,
I am looking to improve a save as pdf workflow and was hoping to get some direction. Here is the background...
I routinely have to save numerous files as 2 separate PDFs with different settings (a high res printable version and a low res email version). Each file has to be renamed as follows...
Original filename = MikesPDF.ai
High Res PDF Filename = MikesPDF_HR.pdf
Low Res PDF Filename = MikesPDF_LR.pdf
I was able to alter the default "SaveAsPDF" script to save the files to my desired settings and to add the suffix to the name. So with these scripts here is how the workflow operates...
1. Open all files I wish to save as pdfs
2. Select script to save files as high res pdfs
3. Illustrator asks me to choose a destination.
4. Illustrator adds the appropriate suffix and saves each file as a pdf to my desired setting. ("Save As" not "Save a Copy").
5. Now all of the open windows are the new pdfs, not the original ai files.
6. Now I have to close each window. For some reason Illustrator asks me if I want to save each document when I tell it to close window, even though the file was just saved. I tell it to not save and everything seems to be fine.
7. Reopen all the files I just saved as high res pdfs.
8. Repeat the entire process except I run the script specifically designed for the low res pdfs.
What I would like to do is to combine these two processes so that there will be one script that saves both pdfs. From what I understand, the script can't support "Save A Copy" so the workflow would go as follows...
1. Open all files I wish to save as pdfs
2. Select single script to save files as both high res and low res pdfs
3. Illustrator asks me to choose a destination.
4. Illustrator saves each file as a High Res PDF and adds the the "_HR" suffix.
5. Illustrator then re-saves the open windows as a Low Res PDF and replaces the "_HR" suffix with "_LR".
Here is the code for the High Res script, The Low Res script is pretty much the same except for a different preset name and different suffix. Any pointer that anyone could give me would be most appreciated. I am pretty much a noob to this stuff so please keep that in mind.
Thanks!
Mike
---------------------------CODE----------------------------
/** Saves every document open in Illustrator
as a PDF file in a user specified folder.
// Main Code [Execution of script begins here]
try {
// uncomment to suppress Illustrator warning dialogs
// app.userInteractionLevel = UserInteractionLevel.DONTDISPLAYALERTS;
if (app.documents.length > 0 ) {
// Get the folder to save the files into
var destFolder = null;
destFolder = Folder.selectDialog( 'Select folder for PDF files.', '~' );
if (destFolder != null) {
var options, i, sourceDoc, targetFile;
// Get the PDF options to be used
options = this.getOptions();
// You can tune these by changing the code in the getOptions() function.
for ( i = 0; i < app.documents.length; i++ ) {
sourceDoc = app.documents[i]; // returns the document object
// Get the file to save the document as pdf into
targetFile = this.getTargetFile(sourceDoc.name, '.pdf', destFolder);
// Save as pdf
sourceDoc.saveAs( targetFile, options );
alert( 'Documents saved as PDF' );
else{
throw new Error('There are no document open!');
catch(e) {
alert( e.message, "Script Alert", true);
/** Returns the options to be used for the generated files. --------------------CHANGE PDF PRESET BELOW, var NamePreset = ----------------
@return PDFSaveOptions object
function getOptions()
{var NamePreset = 'Proof High Res PDF';
// Create the required options object
var options = new PDFSaveOptions();
     options.pDFPreset="High Res PDF";
// See PDFSaveOptions in the JavaScript Reference for available options
// Set the options you want below:
// For example, uncomment to set the compatibility of the generated pdf to Acrobat 7 (PDF 1.6)
// options.compatibility = PDFCompatibility.ACROBAT7;
// For example, uncomment to view the pdfs in Acrobat after conversion
// options.viewAfterSaving = true;
return options;
/** Returns the file to save or export the document into.----------------CHANGE FILE SUFFIX ON LINE BELOW, var newName = ------------------
@param docName the name of the document
@param ext the extension the file extension to be applied
@param destFolder the output folder
@return File object
function getTargetFile(docName, ext, destFolder) {
var newName = "_HR";
// if name has no dot (and hence no extension),
// just append the extension
if (docName.indexOf('.') < 0) {
newName = docName + ext;
} else {
var dot = docName.lastIndexOf('.');
newName = docName.substring(0, dot)+newName;
newName += ext;
// Create the file object to save to
var myFile = new File( destFolder + '/' + newName );
// Preflight access rights
if (myFile.open("w")) {
myFile.close();
else {
throw new Error('Access is denied');
return myFile;

Thank you for the reply Bob!
Am I correct in assuming that these few lines of code replace all of the lines that I posted above?
Also, When populating the PDFSaveOptions lines, would the end result look like this? FYI, LowRes preset name = "Proof Low Res PDF - CMYK". HighRes preset name = "Proof High Res PDF"
#target illustrator
#targetengine "main"
for (x=0;x<app.documents.length;x++)
     var workingDoc = app.documents[x];
     var workingDocFile = workingDoc.fullName;
// populate these with your settings
     var lowResOpts = new PDFSaveOptions(Proof Low Res PDF - CMYK);
     var highResOpts = new PDFSaveOptions(Proof High Res PDF);
     var lowResFile = new File(workingDocFile.toString().replace(".ai","_LR.pdf"));
     workingDoc.saveAs(lowResFile,lowResOpts);
     var highResFile = new File(workingDocFile.toString().replace(".ai","_HR.pdf"));
     workingDoc.saveAs(highResFile,highResOpts);
     workingDoc.close(SaveOptions.DONOTSAVECHANGES);

Lost Ability to Choose PDF presets in all CS5 Suite

I am no longer able choose a pdf preset when saving a pdf from any application in the creative suite (Print, Screen, etc.) I can choose "Program Default" and custom. I don't recall if I've even tried to save at any of these sizes since installing CS5, so maybe they are just gone?
I also don't recall what updates may have happened to start this problem. I seem to remember doing a Mac system update that had an acrobat/reader update, but I'm not 100%.
Has anyone else encountered this? Fixes?

Are plug-ins enabled?
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Web content:
Put a check mark in the box next to "Enable plug-ins"
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How to prevent PDF presets to alter image quality

In experimenting with various PDF presets, I noticed that with grayscale images in Photoshop, saving as PDFs using different presets, alters image quality, specifically the contrast.
Therefore, it seems like saving an image in the "wrong" PDF preset could undo a lot of prepress work. Is there a better way/format?
To get a crude idea: there is an 8.7% decrease in the percent black between 10% and 50% values (the range) on a step wedge between the original in Photoshop and the HighQuality PDF, which showed the same values, and the PDF/X-1a, which compressed the range by 4 percentage points (approximately a 8.7% decrease).
A visual, and idiosyncratic, assessment of four versions of the same image (Photoshop grayscale, High Qualtiy PDF, PDF/X-1a, and PDF/X-3), which included a step wedge and color ramp, would rank the fidelity to the original from best, HighQuality, to worst, PDF/X-1a.
The same grayscale image in Photoshop CS6 was distilled (File > Print > Adobe PDF) to PDFs using unmodified PDF presets in Acrobat XI distiller.
The following composit screen shot (all four images on the screen, screen print, reorganizing them, then reducing the image to a 120 dpi at 4.2" wide (including text) gives some idea of the differences, but a lot got lost getting it here.
Walton

I do a lot of work with print-on-demand books (design and formatting), and I am active on the CreateSpace (the p-o-d division of Amazon.com). Although CS will accept work in virtually any PDF preset or origin (doPDF, cutePDF, etc.), PDF/X-1a is the recommended format, and for other companies it is the only accepted preset.
Here is the dumb question:
On the monitor (as the screen shot shows) the four images (PS, HQ PDF, PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-4) appear quite different: i.e. my video/monitor system is representing the images differently.
A screen shot of all four images on the screen at the same time, then with the info window open in Photoshop, I assessed their CMYK values in the exact same places on each image (lining the images up, using the measure tool and guidelines, measuring at high magnification); here (the color original followed by the original grayscalse conversion) are the black values (C00 M00 Y00 K1-100):
The images display differently, and those displays measure differently.
When I view the PDF images, they appear differently, but if i measure them (Output Preview set to Dot Gain 20%) the K values are the same.
When the same image is prepared using different PDF presets (a previous set of test using different images and looking for something different) they will print (printed in a black & white book by CreateSpace) differently.
How can one predict how a grayscale image will print? How can one prepare it and safely convert it to PDF?
Walton

Intermittent Bug when saving pdf files in Illustrator CS6

I save a pdf file in Illustrator CS6 with a specific art board size. When I open it in Acrobat the size is off. When our print's RIP's the file, it is off the same amount. I will re-open it in Illustrator and re-save it and just change the name, the artboard is then correct. This is very intermittent. It has happened on two copies of CS6. Both prograns are current with the updates. I am on a iMac running OS 10.6.8.

Document size is: 36.01 x 98.12
I can open up both documents in Illustrator and they are identical.
We have been using these presets for a couple of years without issue. The problem started happening about 3 weeks ago on 2 seperate computers. We have not seen the problem with CS5.5 and earlier.
Below are the preset settings summary:
Warnings
Adobe PDF Preset: CCC High Res PDF
Compatibility: Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5)
Standard: None
Description
          [Based on 'CCC High Res PDF'] [Based on 'CCC High Res PDF
          04-28-08'] PDF Workflow For Custom Color Corporation Output
General
          Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities: On
          Embed Page Thumbnails: On
          View PDF File after Saving: Off
          Optimize for Fast Web View: Off
          Create Acrobat Layers from Top-Level Layers: Off
Compression
          Color Bitmap Images:
                    No Sampling Change
                    Compression: None
          Grayscale Bitmap Images:
                    No Sampling Change
                    Compression: None
          Monochrome Bitmap Images:
                    No Sampling Change
                    Compression: None
          Compress Text and Line Art: Off
Marks and Bleeds
          Trim Marks: Off
          Registration Marks: Off
          Color Bars: Off
          Page Information: Off
          Printer Mark Type: Roman
          Trim Mark Weight: 0.25 pt
          Offset from Artboard: 0.083 in
          Use Document Bleed: On
Output
          Color:
                    Color Conversion: No Conversion
                    Profile Inclusion Policy: Include Tagged Source Profiles
Advanced
          Subset embedded fonts below: 100 %
Security
          Document Open Password: Off
          Permissions Password: Off
          Encryption Level: High (128-bit RC4) - Acrobat 5 and later
on: Off
          Printer Mark Type: Roman
          Trim Mark Weight: 0.25 pt
          Offset from Artboard: 0.083 in
          Bleed Left: 0 in
          Bleed Right: 0 in
          Bleed Top: 0 in
          Bleed Bottom: 0 in
Output
          Color:
                    Color Conversion: No Conversion
                    Profile Inclusion Policy: Include Tagged Source Profiles
Advanced
          Subset embedded fonts below: 100 %
Security
          Document Open Password: Off
          Permissions Password: Off
          Encryption Level: High (128-bit RC4) - Acrobat 5 and later

Include Security Settings in PDF Presets

Boy does Illustrator go out of its way to make saving a PDF painful. No export, so we have to Save a Copy. Then we have to change the filename, directory, and pick a preset because it always defaults to Illustrator Default. And if we want to add security features we need to set all of them each time we export.
There needs to be a PDF export, and the presets need to be more robust.
Actually, there needs to be a replacement for Illustrator, jsut as inDesign replaced PageMaker.

Ok I understand your point.
you have tons of Illustrator files that need to be saved as pdf format with a specific pdf preset and encrypt it as well.
What i do is to create/record an action saving my Illustrator file to the pdf format with the preset i need(Do not encrypt yet, that's another step ahead), then use the batch dialog box, located in the action flyout menu, this dialog box lets you select the action you just recorded, select a Source folder where all your Illustrator files to be converted need to be and a Destination folder where your new pdf will be created,be aware that the check fields "override actions open" as well as "save" need to be selected in order to avoid a dialog box asking you what file to open and where to save it, after all this click Ok to play the action over the files in the source folder, wait some seconds and voilá.
Check your pdf files in your destionation folder.
Now we'll use Acrobat Pro to encrypt the files in the destination folder.
You need to create your own sequence to automate this process by going to the Advanced>Document Processing>Batch Processing... menu.
A new dialog box appear, click on new sequence, type a name for this new sequence(ie. encryption test), click on select commands... button, Select the Security action from the Document Set then click add>>, then select the new added action in the right click edit and set up the encryption you want in all your documents then click ok.
leave run commands on to ask... and select output location to same folder as originals.
click Ok and test it, i know the setup time is long but this technique will save you time.

PDF Preset - making a custom PDF preset the "default" selection

Hello- I always use the same PDF preset when saving pdfs at my job. But every time I go to save a document as a pdf I have to use the drop down menu to choose my preset. Is there anyway to make the program default to my custom preset? This seems to happen automatically in Indesign, but I cannot get it to work in illustrator.
thanks!
liz

I'm having the same issue. The Adobe PDF Presets window (from the Edit menu) lets you add/delete and import/export. However, I see no method to designate a specific preset as the default. So as you describe, I'm having to choose the Preset from the drop-down menu each time. While I can make AppleScripts that utilize the preset I need, it's a pain to have to make the drop-down selection when I'm working on just one file. Since I use a particular PDF Preset +90% of the time, it would be great to have the option to set it as the default. If I find any work around, I'll post it here. Thanks - Josh

InDesign CS2 PDF presets not loading

I have none of the predefined joboptions for PDF listed and cannot load them - I get an error message "Cannot import presets from this file". The joboptions are all correctly in the Library/application support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings folder. Also it will not even allow me to create a new file - it says "Cannot create the file. The folder may be write protected". I have gone through and made sure all folders are unlocked etc.
What is happening? Anybody else had this happen?

I have just discovered what was wrong. I have CS2 but also Acrobat Professional 8. I have just found a forum called InDesignSecrets.com and there I found that in CS2 the folder the joboptions are kept in is in a slightly different place - see below:
"Finally, where are PDF preset files saved? I left the technicalities of this until the end because most of you wont know or care (you dont need to know this location to use PDF presets in InDesign). However, for the techies among us, here is where PDF presets (both the default and customized settings) reside in Adobe Creative Suite 2 and Distiller 7:
Macintosh: Library > Application Support > Adobe PDF > Settings
Windows: Documents and Settings > All Users > Shared Documents > Adobe PDF > Settings
One other technical note is that this location has changed for Acrobat 8 Professional (and presumably Adobe Creative Suite 3). The file format for the .joboptions file hasnt changed, however. The default settings are stored in these locations:
Macintosh: Library > Application Support > Adobe > Adobe PDF > Settings
Windows: Documents and Settings > All Users > Application Data > Adobe > Adobe PDF > Settings"
Note that for CS2 the Adobe PDF is in the Application Support folder not in the Adobe folder in the Application Support folder. So I just copied the Adobe PDF folder and dropped it straight into the Application Support folder leaving the original where it was (as I need it there for Acrobat 8). I then restarted InDesign and hey presto the preset job options came in automatically - hooray!

Modifying the default .pdf presets

Using CS3
I've made my own preset for saving .pdf proofs from Illustrator. However it always defaults to the 'illustrator default' .pdf preset.
Is there a way to either;
- Make my preset the default so that I don't have to select it every time.
OR
- Modify the existing 'illustrator default' preset to be my own settings permanently.
99% of the time I'm using my preset and it sucks having to go to the dropdown every time and choose it.

Record an action, it remembers the preset you chose. I like to send mine to the desktop, and then I put them in the correct folders afterwards.
Tip: I record a save prior to teh save as pdf, so I don't accidentaly make a pdf and not save my revisions to the .ai file. I do get a false positive saying that save is not available (if this has already been saved) but to me that is worth not losing track of work/revisions.
The action is fast, and occasionally crashes illustrator sometimes(have found this true on different computer at different agencies I work at), so set your flyout menu playback settings to 1 sec delay.

Adobe PDF Preset: Save Presets

I'm trying to locate where this data is kept for this preset. I want to save PDF files on several machines with the same PDF preset settings. I will do this manually if there is no other way.

These are actually .joboption files.Try setting one up as you want in the PDF options panel of the Save dialog and give it a name. It should be saved to HD>Users>yourname>Library>Application Support>Adobe>Adobe PDF>Settings. Try looking there. You can then put copies of the preset in the same place on any computer you want to use the same preset.

Setting a Default PDF Preset

I have made a custom PDF Preset for my students to use. It is loaded in all the programs fine, but I can't figure out how to make it the Default when saving/exporting from the various programs (inDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, AutoCAD, etc). I don't want to delete the other options available but I would like the one I have made to be the Default.
As a side note, does anyone know if there's a way to add metadata to a preset so I can see in Acrobat Pro which preset was used? Right now I just have to assume that they've used the correct one.

This is the answer I got via someone who knows way more about PDF's than me:
There is no way to make a specific Adobe PDF Preset a default selection across all applications. Silly, I know, but they are only shared and you have to make sure you select the proper setting when creating a PDF.
As for the metadata that contains the preset, the only way to include the PDF preset that was used to create the PDF file is to create PostScript and go thru Distiller (making sure that “Save Adobe PDF Settings Inside PDF File” is checked under the “Advanced” tab when you edit the PDF setting in Distiller. When exporting directly from CS applications, I’m not aware of any way to embed the preset.

Illustrator actions stopped remembering pdf preset in CS6

Hi guys,
I used to have my actions set up so i could easily save PDFs with different pdf presets, depending what the work was for (print, magazine ad with bleed, newspaper ad without bleed etc).
Now when I try CS6 and set up these actions in Illustrator it seems like the action wont use the preset I set it up with, and just defaults to the last one used.
Is there something I'm missing or is this indeed a flaw in CS6? Its pretty time-saving for me so it would be a big deal-breaker upgrading to CS6.
thanks

I had pdf actions that saved them to my desktop in CS5. Imported them into CS6, they did not work so rerecorded them in CS6 and they work.

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