Strange PDF presets just appeared???

Hi everyone
Anyone come across this before. Just installed Indesign 6 today, works beautiful.
However these strange PDF presets have just appeared from no-where???
Can't delete them in the PDF define panel any ideas to get rid of them????
Any suggestions would be great. (screen shot below)
Colum

I just purchased and downloaded InDesign CS6 from cloud on March 27, 2013. I see the exact strange Presets Colum in my newly purchase Adobe Indesign PDF presets
I use the same program on school computer (two different schools, two different compueters) and all of them have the usual/normal pdf presets.
I am in Canada and my primary language is English, so no, I definitly didnit use Japanese version. However starngely my presets show the same thing as yours does Colum! It was also crashing when exporting to PDF and in the pdf menu, it didn't give me the blank space to type pages I want to export. And also in that menu it showed something called Costume V!
I was on the phone with Adobe for an hour with no result (India, which frustrates me as anything as conversations on their call centre are not optimized and they are not trained well to know the latest changes in CS6 it seems!)
Then looking at Adobe online help I found one clue (Adobe didn't even upgrade the help to include them all! )
look at this page and search for worg Japan to see the Japan Magazine Preset mentioned! Did anybody found any other clues?
HDBZ

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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.

I need help convincing my workflow administrator on Illustrator PDF presets.

I need help convincing my workflow administrator on Illustrator PDF presets.
I work at a company which prints folding cartons, pressure sensitive labels, and film packaging. Esko Automation Engine 12 is our primary workflow. We use PDF files saved directly out of Illustrator as the primary file format. At times, the size of an art file can get fairly bloated from scaled images, effects, transparency, etc. The workflow and Ilustrator have a hard time dealing with the file size. It has been suggested to use the "export" function under the File Menu and save the art file as a "normalized PDF". I honestly believe Distiller isn't even remotely involved when you do this. I tried to make the case to use the settings in the dialog box which appears when you save a PDF out of Illustrator. I know for a fact that this dialog box isn't any different from what you see in Distiller. From my years of experience with Kodak Prinergy, I know things like bicubic downsampling, etc. will not hurt the file. The workflow administrator thinks otherwise. Can anybody point me in the direction of Illustrator PDF presets that would convince him otherwise?

Brian,
What is somewhat confusing in your post is your mentioning a capability to export PDF from the File Menu as a normalized PDF file. There is no such option in Adobe Illustrator, at least as it comes directly from Adobe. You may use the File=>Save As dialog to save the file as a PDF file, but PDF is not an option under File=>Export. Furthermore, in terms of the .joboptions provided by Adobe, there is no Normalized PDF joboptions settings.
You mention Esko. Is it possible that you have one of Esko's products installed that provides proprietary plug-ins to Adobe Illustrator? If so, that may be the source of this Normalized PDF option. Maybe some other participant in the is forum knows more about that, but at Adobe, we don't (for better or worse).
You mention problems with file bloat due to “scaled images, effects, transparency, etc.” Are you referring to the Illustrator .AI files or to PDF files created from same? If the issue is the .AI file size, the only thing you can do to fix that is to uncheck the save as compatible PDF file option when saving .AI. In terms of PDF files from Adobe Illustrator:
(1) Scaled images should not add anything to a PDF file size unless you take such images and attempt to upres them in Photoshop prior to creating PDF. There really is no benefit to be achieved by such upresing of the images; any competent RIP can do that itself just as well as Photoshop.
(2) Transparency only adds to the PDF file size if you create PDF with transparency already flattened, or what I would better describe as ruined. Flattening transparency often causes large raster bitmaps and/or very complex groups of vector objects to be created to simulate transparency in an opaque imaging model (such as is supported by PostScript).
You obviously need to produce PDF that can be accommodated by the rest of your workflow. Since we don't know what that is and whether it conforms to current best industry practices, we cannot make an absolute recommendation for you.
However, generally speaking, the most reliable PDF print publishing workflow would generally require that you create PDF/X-4 using the PDF/X-4 PDF preset from Adobe Illustrator (or for that matter, from InDesign as well). PDF/X-4 supports full ICC color management (including spot colors), the entire PDF imaging model, and live transparency.
- Dov

How do I scan & save a PDF in just ONE step?

How do I scan & save a PDF in just ONE step? I can easily scan a document to an OCR'd PDF, but it does not seem to save it until I manually select "save". Seems there should be a way to set up scans to a particular folder destination, with a naming convention & auto numbering, such as YYYYmmDD-0001, YYYYmmDD-0002, etc. I've looked thru the Create>PDF form scanner>configure presets, and no such item seems to exist. There IS a "add to existing document", but that's not what I want to do. I just want to select "scan", and have it create an OCR'd PDF file in a folder.

Hi,
You can achieve this via Action wizard. Auto Numbering is not possible however you can combine Scan and Save As in one action.
Click Tool>Action Wizard
Create New Action
See screenshot and set the options that i have highlighted in blue
Let me know if that helps.
~Pranav

PDF presets not showing up in indesign CC

Hi,
We have about 28 CC users on mac (mavericks), and we've just started using Indesign CC within the last month or so.
My problem is that we are 'deploying' via remote desktop, a standard set of PDF presets so everyone have the same settings. This works fine on cs3-cs6. But for some reason it does not work with indesign CC. CC wil only show the presets that are in the users/xxx/Application support/Adobe PDF/Settings folder and not the ones from the default folder /Library/Application support/adobe/adobe PDF/settings .
I can add them by either loading the presets in indesign one by one, on every single mac, or manually also on every single mac, put the presets in the users folder, but both options really suck. Mind you we change presets very often, so this is really not ideal for me.
Hope someone can help direct me to the master PDF preset folder for CC - The one folder who rules them all !!!

http://forums.adobe.com/community/indesign may be a better place to ask
This forum is actually about the Cloud as delivery, not about using individual programs
If you start at the Forums Index http://forums.adobe.com/index.jspa
You will be able to select a forum for the specific Adobe product(s) you use
Click the "down arrow" symbol on the right (where it says ALL FORUMS) to open the drop down list and scroll

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.
Regards,
Ethan Hua
TechNet Community Support
It's recommended to download and install
Configuration Analyzer Tool (OffCAT), which is developed by Microsoft Support teams. Once the tool is installed, you can run it at any time to scan for hundreds of known issues in Office
programs.

Adjusting the page information in pdf presets?

Hi,
Is there a way to adjust the information in the "Page information" when creating pdf-files from Indesign (i.e. in the pdf presets)?
As you know the defalt is file name and page number and date and time. I would like to include total page number, like page 1/100 or page 1 (100) or something like that.
Does anyone know if I can adjust the page information area to include things like this?
With kind regards,
- Johan.

In English it's called the Slug.
I'm not sure, though, that it will help you because there is still no easy way to get the absolute page x of n pages automatically. There are page number markers that deliver the current LOGICAL page number, and a Last Page Number text variable, which in theory can be set to use absolute page numbering, but you must also set the document prefs to use absolute numbering, and then you get logical page x of absolute n, which may work for you if your sections are all using unique number styles, or you have only one section, or you can set the doc to use Section Numbering, and set the variable to use sections as the scope and your variable will return the last page number of each section, so you get logical page x of section length n. If you don't start the section on page 1, it becomes even stranger.

Hello. May I ask: I am using Acrobat 6.0.2, and having trouble formatting a PDF created from multiple (jpeg) files. Each page is formatted to A4 size, portrait. But when I create the PDF, each sheet appears as tiny, in the middle of a huge white page.

Hello. May I ask: I am using Acrobat 6.0.2, and having trouble formatting a PDF created from multiple (jpeg) files. Each page is formatted to A4 size, portrait. But when I create the PDF, each sheet appears as tiny, in the middle of a huge white page. I cannot seem to find any controls to adjust this. Any advice appreciated.

Thanks CtDave, for the further info. Unfortunately, those suggestions are not working, which is strange.
....Until last week, I used to make multi-page PDFs straight from Photoshop: File > Automate > Make PDF. One simply choses the files, orders them, and creates a PDF. (Resolution doesn't matter; 300 DPI is no problem.) However, my new Photoshop CS5 does not have the option in Automate.
What I've done, seeing as Acrobat is letting me down, is use Bridge (new to me) to create the PDF. It worked without a problem, but seems like more work than the old PS method. I will download a newer version of Acrobat to see if that makes any difference.
.....Also, thanks Test Screen Name: I agree with you that jpeg is irrelevant, and that one can make a PDF from Photoshop (Print > Save As - pdf). But that only works for SINGLE PAGE pdf, not multiple pages as far as I can tell.
Kind regards,
Prince Nuada

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);

If I try to download a pdf document, it appears in the tab but not on screen. I am using Firefox. I tried it with Safari and the document appeared on screen but it wouldn't print.

If I try to download a pdf document, details appear in the tab but not on screen. I am using Firefox. If I use Safari it appears on the screen but the print is blank.

Hi...
Quit your browsers.
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Typs this exactly as you see it here: /Library/Internet Plug-Ins
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Relaunch either Firefox or Safarai and try downloading a PDF document.

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