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1. e By comparing their respective edit log reports as shown below Enfocus Ensured Workflow Edit Log Navigator Edits logged between snapshots for the current Cont has hespo O ee see Timom Color has been changed to RGB Currently showing first snapshot Toggle Comparing sessions At some point in your PDF workflow you may want to compare two versions of your Certified PDF document You may wish to do this for example to detect minor Comparing sessions visually side by side Comparing two versions of your PDF document visu changes You can do this in two ways ally is useful to see visible changes ata glance The idea is that you select two sessions and click a Compare Visu ally button Enfocus PitStop Professional will then generate two snapshots showing the state of the PDF document at the end of the respective sessions and present these snapshots side by side on screen To compare sessions visually side by side 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Show History 2 Select a first session from the session list The Visually side by side button is enabled Enfocus Certified PDF History m Document Sessions Session User End Date and Time Original document Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe August 31 2001 15 04 32 September 3 2001 12 26 01 Enfocus Certified PDF September 14 2001 05 14 50 efi A Enfocus Certified PDF John
2. General colors Tools New Objects Color Management Editing behavior Mumber of undos Show center selection handle Change cursor over object Alt rectangle selects overlapped items contained items mat Show text greeked in wirefrane mode Warn when Y Starting to edit a report document J Switching to single page layout mode IV Exporting a profile without password V Editing text that uses a subsetted font Language Current Language Same as Acrobat Requires restart Same as Acrobat English Francais Espa ol Selecting a language of the Enfocus PitStop Professional user interface 3 Quit and restart Adobe Acrobat The Enfocus PitStop Professional interface will now appear in the selected language Viewing a PDF document You can view a PDF document in either one of the following two modes e Preview mode e Wireframe view mode You can use the button to toggle between these two modes If you look at a PDF document in preview mode you will see the pages of the document as they will print Enfocus PitStop Professional 25 User Guide If you look at a PDF document in wireframe view mode the document will be displayed as follows e The objects will appear in outline form e Text can be greeked i e it can appear on screen as a gray bar rather than displaying the individual characters You can select this option in the En
3. Mo Move Lower Right Shrink to Fit Do one of the following to define the size to which the selected page box has to be changed To resize the selected page box to another page box select the respective box from the page box list and click Grab A as shown below To resize the selected page box to any object on the page select the respective object first using the amp tool Then select the appropriate side from the list B and click Grab A IC from other box From page box From selection Select absolute or offset coordinates Enfocus PitStop Professional 49 User Guide The example below shows the difference between the two options Offset Absolute e X 10 mm e Left 10 mm e Y 30 mm e Right 190 mm e Width 180 mm e Bottom 30 mm e Height 230 mm e Top 260 mm Offset versus absolute coordinates 8 In the Apply to area select the part ofthe PDF docu ment to which you want to apply the change The selection The current page One or more page ranges indicated by a hyphen and separated by a comma The complete document Click Apply or Save as Action List if you wish to create an Action List with these changes See also Creating an Action List on page 104 50 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents Setting the trim box based on a selection You can select any object in your PDF doc
4. A Media box B Bleed box C Trim box D Art box Media box The media box is the largest page box The media box corresponds to the page size e g A4 A5 US Letter etc that you selected when you printed your document to a PostScript or PDF file In other words the media box determines the physical size of the media on which the PDF document is displayed or printed Bleed box If you use bleed in your document the PDF document will also have a bleed box Bleed is the amount of color or any other artwork that extends beyond the edge of a page You can use bleed to make sure that when the document is printed the ink will be printed to the edge of the page Trim box The trim box indicates the final size of a document after printing and trimming Art box The art box is the box drawn around the actual contents of the pages in your documents This page box is used when importing PDF documents in other applications Crop box The crop box is the page size at which your PDF document is displayed in Adobe Acrobat In normal view only the contents of the crop box are displayed in Adobe Acrobat Use of page boxes Page boxes are particularly useful to resize objects or pages in your PDF document Enfocus PitStop Profes sional offers you the tools to do this by means of global changes or PDF Profiles Thus you can easily resize your document from A4 size to US Letter or to a custom page size for example without having t
5. Status Icon Vv The Certified PDF Profile must match one of the profiles in the PDF Profile database Highlight Colors ja Primary highlight color Secondary highlight color Cancel 2 In the Status Icon area specify whether or not the status button on the Adobe Acrobat toolbar should indicate a match between the PDF Profile included in your Certified PDF document and one of the profiles on your system 3 Change the highlight colors if necessary by clicking either one of the two colored rectangles in the dialog box above The Color Picker appears where you can select a new highlight color by clicking in the circle and move the slider to change the brightness Color Picker E Cancel 4 Click OK ES oo o UM U UM U U U U U U U EAE SEs mu MM MU MU MU MU MU MU MO MO MO amp a a a a ra EN na a mi j m pa sivi u po u u j ra ET u u i nm a z j a bii A MI 5 i o i l i I I I I J U I ne EP oO O _ O O i l o I I m g m I 21 Chapter 2 Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional Work Area sional commands in the menus provide all of the tools you need to work with PDF documents nfocus PitStop Professional has a number of dedicated buttons added to the default Acrobat toolbars Furthermore dedicated PitStop Profes Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional work area in Adobe Acrobat In Adobe Ac
6. To Repository Color Sky Blue Selection Color Device CMYK C RGB range R from 0 00 G from 0 00 B from 0 00 Load Grab Kill Grab Stroke CMYK range to 1000 to 100 0 to 1000 Repository Color zi Company Green Load Selection Color Grab Kill Grab Stroke C RGB C CMYK C 0 00 Save M 0 00 Y 0 00 k 0 00 Apply to Current Page y Save as ActionList Apply The Object tab and Color tab are displayed by default 39 40 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents 2 Do one of the following in the left From pane e To change a color from the repository click the Load button in the Repository Color area Then select a color from the repository which you wish to change in the PDF document Make sure this color is used in the current PDF document e To change the color of a specific text segment or object select the text segment or object using the Select Objects tool k and click Grab Fill or Grab Stroke to copy the fill or stroke color respectively e To change all colors within a specific RGB or CMYK range click the respective option and specify the range in the text boxes 3 Do one of the following in the right To pane e To change a color to a color from the repository click the Load button in the Repository Color area and select th
7. 30 u d og u E Shearing an object in fixed angles as defined in the Prefer ences e Hold down the ALT key Windows or Option key Macintosh while dragging to shear a copy of the selected object Transforming an object by specifying exact values If you want to transform an object more accurately than by dragging and using one of the transform tools 1118324 you should use the Enfocus PitStop Inspector The Enfocus PitStop Inspector allows you to transform any object in your PDF document by speci fying exact values Transforming an object can include one or more of the following actions e Moving e Scaling e Stretching e Flipping e Rotating To transform an object by specifying exact values UA Shortcut Choose Window gt Show PitStop e AM Inspector gt Position tab 1 Click the Select Objects tool amp E i A ES Da Ls Select Objects 5 l Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Select the object that you want to transform 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 4 Display the Position tab Enfocus PitStop Inspector E3 1 Textline Selected Color Filistroke Text Image Prepress Postion statistics Numeric Transforms F 100 x2 200 2 50 EJ left EJ right horiz Position amp Size Lower Left Size Upper Right xl 32 87 92 17 1
8. 4 If necessary change the angle constraint for SHIFT shear the cross hair color or the measure ment units in the Preferences area 2 Select the object which you want to shear Click the object or drag a dotted rectangle called a marquee UA In the Numeric Feedback area you can find exact around the object RS information about the shearing action you are about to perform 5 Click the selected object Dragging a dotted rectangle around the object to select the entire graphic 138 Chapter 8 Editing Objects The object s point of origin from which it will be sheared is indicated The point of origin is in the center of the selected object 6 Do one of the following e Drag the object into a random direction to shear the object while keeping the center point as the point of origin e Double click on another position inside or outside the object to move the point of origin Then drag to shear the object using the object s new point of origin For example to create a parallelogram from a rectangular object place the point of origin on any of the corners of the object Placing the point of origin on the corners of an object to create a parallelogram from a rectangular object e Hold down the SHIFT key while dragging to limit the shear movement to a fixed angle of constraint e g 15 You can set this angle in the Preferences area of the Enfocus PitStop Inspector
9. 0 00 0 00 pt C Flip Contents Measurement Units Points s odd pages by even pages by C Scale Contents Anchor point Center y Shrink to Fit Flip Horizontal Flip Vertical Scale to Fit C Rotate Contents Angle 90 00 deg Scale contents to X 100 00 Anchor point Center Y 10000 Apply to Current Page Save as ActionList Apply Enfocus PitStop Professional 47 User Guide 3 If necessary select a different measurement unit than points which is displayed by default 4 Doone of the following If you want to Proceed as follows move the page Select Move Contents contents Enter a value for the odd and or the even pages in the respective X and or Y fields scale the page Select Scale Contents contents Select an Anchor Point and one of the three Scaling options flip the page Select Flip Contents contents Select either of the Flip options Hori zontal or Vertical rotate the page Select Rotate Contents contents Enter the Angle around which you want to rotate and select an Anchor point 5 Inthe Apply to area select the part of the PDF docu ment to which you want to apply the change e The selection e The current page e One or more page ranges indicated by a hyphen and separated by a comma e The complete document 6 Click Apply or Save as Action List if you wish to create an Action
10. 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Select the PDF Profile with which you want to preflight the document from the list 3 Select the Certified Preflight option 4 Click Create Report UA Depending on the Certified PDF status of your RS document you may need to enter information in one of the Enfocus Certified PDF dialog boxes and choose whether to continue with the preflight or not See Preflighting and Certified PDF status on page 96 Interpreting preflight reports The report generated by Enfocus PitStop Professional is a PDF document that consists of the following chapters Errors amp Warnings potential problems according to the selected PDF Profile information about the current PDF document such as title author profile used data format etc General File Infor mation all fonts used in the PDF document along with their attributes type of font embedded or subset etc Font Information Color Information all color spaces RGB CMYK etc used in the PDF document with additional information where required all images in the PDF document along with additional information e g phys ical and effective resolution page angle custom color functions etc OPI usage in the PDF document The first chapter is by far the most important one because it warns you if your PDF document does not comply with the settings you specified in the PDF Profile and consequently may no
11. 1 Click either one of the following tools e The Edit Text Line tool Aj to add a new text line e The Edit Paragraph tool A to add a new para graph e The Edit Vertical Text Line tool to add new vertical text k El dE A Da Edit Text Line A Edit Paragraph Al Edit Vertical Text Line Expand This Button Your cursor changes into 1 2 Move your cursor to an area that does not contain text Your cursor changes into I 3 Click in the PDF document where you want to add new text Depending on the tool you selected either of the following will happen e Ifyou chose to add a new text line only a blinking cursor appears e Ifyou chose to add a new paragraph a new red box appears indicating the width of your paragraph This is a new text line This is a new paragraph To adjust the width of the paragraph box move your cursor over the right hand vertical line of the box and drag it to the desired position a e Ifyou chose to add a new vertical text line only a blinking cursor appears 4 Type the new text Enfocus PitStop Professional 153 User Guide Changing font properties Font properties are e The name of the font family e g Times Roman e The size of the font e g 10 point pt e The style of the font e g Times Bold Use the Font Picker to change the font properties of selected text You can select text in two ways e Using the Select Objects tool
12. 56 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents Alignment The alignment of the page number determines the posi tion ofthe page number text segment which will remain fixed as the page number increments This position is indicated by the little red triangle 25 Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Position Page Boxes Remove Page Numbers r Page Numbers to Apply Sample Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 Grab sample from selection Alignment Left Center C Right First number ho Wariable number sequence 0 You will see that the little red triangle shifts depending on which of the three options left center right you select gy Alignment does not refer to the physical position of BM the page number text segment on the page as shown in the illustration below Chapter 4 Page 1 of 9 Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 Chapter 4 Page 1 of 9 Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 a lt gt Chapter 4 Page 1 of 9 Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 A Left aligned page numbering B Centered page numbering C Right aligned page numbering First number First number enables you to specify the first page number of your PDF document For example some PDF documents have to start at a given page number other than 1 You may have created a separate PDE document for each chapter in a book and you want the page numbering to continue over the various chapters Suppose your docum
13. Colors that fall within the gamuts of both input and output device are left unchanged Colors that fall outside the gamut of the output device are clipped to a color on the edge of the output gamut This may lead to a loss of detail in some regions Over most of the tonal range a close match is obtained This method is suited for spot colors Absolute colorimetric remapping clips colors outside of the gamut to a color on the gamut boundary B Colors which cannot be displayed in the target color gamut will be lost Spot colors Spot colors are colors which are printed with their own premixed inks You can choose from several spot color systems and from hundreds of different spot color inks In spot color offset printing each spot color is repro duced using a single printing plate In contrast process color printing uses four inks only CMYK cyan magenta yellow and black to reproduce all colors If you print a spot color at 100 a solid opague color appears on your page nota dot pattern A tint ofa spot color 1 e a lightened spot color is created by printing smaller halftone dots of the base color Spot colors can provide excellent results when used for offset printing For digital output or monitor display however spot colors are less well suited and should be used with caution Enfocus PitStop Professional 171 User Guide Enfocus PitStop Professional enables you to perform the following spot col
14. Press Optimized Print Optimized Screen Optimized CD ROM Publication Checking Managing Description PDF Profile name CD ROM Publication Author Edit Customer Support Company Enfocus Software Password Import Lock with Password Export Remove Duplicate Last Changed September 20 2001 Predefined profiles in Enfocus PitStop Professional UA See also Editing a PDF Profile or creating a new JE PDF Profile on page 91 Setting the processing properties of a PDF Profile A PDF Profile has two types of properties e Profile properties e Processing properties The profile properties are the name author and company of the PDF Profile together with a brief description The processing properties relate to fixes which have to be made or not and to the information that you would like to see in the preflight report For example you can choose to log fixes and include the following information pages in the preflight report e Fonts e Images e Color e OPI Furthermore you can enable or disable all fixes in the PDF Profile Indeed an Enfocus PDF Profile can do more than just a preflight check of PDF documents it can also fix detected problems You can however also create a PDF Profile in which you specify a number of fixes and disable these fixes You may want to do this if you just want to check PDF documents but not change them now maybe later To set the processing pr
15. amp or the Select Similar Objects tool i e Using one of the text editing tools 4 or A The font families available depend on which fonts are installed on your system You can also use the Font Picker to get a list of all the fonts installed on your system To change the font properties of selected text 1 Click the Select Objects tool x or one of the text editing tools A or A 2 Select one or more text segments in the PDF docu ment which you want to change 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 154 Chapter 9 Editing Text The Enfocus PitStop Inspector appears and shows 5 Click Font Picker the current color settings of the selected text as shown below Font Picker Helvetica Adobe Type 1 Embedded Helvetica Bold Adobe Type 1 Embedded T2 Adobe Type 3 Embedded Times Bold Adobe Type 1 Embedded Times Roman Adobe Type 1 Embedded 4 Inthe Enfocus PitStop Inspector click the Text tab The Font Picker dialog box appears and lists all the Enfocus PitStop Inspector displays the properties of fonts which are the currently selected text e Used on the current page in the PDF document e Used in the current PDF document and transparent to your reader ATEK also is the company that can assist you in making every technical illustration and animation imaginable and not no matter what the medium is We design your technical docum
16. gt lt w Shortcut Choose Edit gt Pitstop Global Change gt Page Numbers tab gt Apply Do one of the following If your PDF document does not have page numbering yet select the Edit Text Line tool 4 Click at the position in your document where you want the page numbering to appear and type the page numbering in the appropriate order e g Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 If your PDF document already has a page number proceed with step 2 Click the Select Objects tool R and double click the complete text segment of the page number apra gas 3 Choose Edit gt PitStop Global Change and display the Page Numbers tab of the Show PitStop Global Change dialog box Enfocus PitStop Global Change Grab sample TOM selection Ka 4 Click the Grab Sample from Selection button to copy the selected page numbering e g Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 from your PDF document into the Sample box Enfocus PitStop Global Change Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 _ Grab sample from selection o al om NG Page v If necessary specify the following Alignment Variable number seguence First number Page number options See also Page number options on page 57 6 In the Apply to area select the part of the PDF docu ment to which you want to apply the change The selection The current page One or more page ranges indicated by a hyphen and separated by a comma The complete document Click A
17. r N pra See also Creating a PDF Profile on page 88 To edit or create a PDF Profile 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 3 Do one of the following e To create a new profile click New Select a template profile from the list and click OK e To edit an existing PDF Profile select the profile from the list and click Edit The Enfocus PDF Profile Editor appears 4 Click the respective category to display the proper ties you wish to edit Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide 5 Make sure that the category is enabled Enfocus PDF Profile Editor CD ROM Publication Problems to detect IV RGB is used General Document Format Documert Info Security Page Box Layout Page Size Page Info IV Calibrated Gray or Calibrated RGB is used 6 Make the desired changes to the checks and fixes of the selected properties The name of the profile you are currently editing is displayed in the title bar of the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor Document Format Document Info Security Page Box Layout Page Size Page Info Color Management General Problems to detect IM Colors other than gray or RGB are used IV Colors other than callibrated gray or callibrated RGB are used Process Color Spot Color CO Calnr A List of problem categories B Name of the PDF Profile which you are currently editing 7 Repeat steps 4 through 6
18. 5 0 mm horizontally This change moves the page contents 5 mm to the right Further automation As explained in the introduction to this chapter you can use Action Lists to automate repetitious tasks You can group these tasks into an Action List and apply this Action List to one or more PDF documents But if you have a large number of PDF documents to which you want to apply the same Action List s you may feel the need for further automation Indeed you would repeatedly have to e Open each individual PDF document e Execute one or more Action Lists e Close and save the PDF document This task in itself may become repetitious and may thus be eligible for automation Enfocus PitStop Server offers further automation of PDF processing tasks It is a standalone application which you can use to create so called Hot Folders In these Hot Folders you can include one or more Action Lists and if necessary even a PDF Profile These Action Lists and profiles will be executed automatically upon arrival of PDF documents in a user definable input folder More information about Enfocus PitStop Server is available on our Web site at www enfocus com ES oo oo o U UM U U U U U U MU ESE Es EHREEEEE MM MO EE CC 4 2 E E E E E MO MO OM O U O U OM EEE ee u ie Ni o I pr KS pa a la E p m Ly ST pona u man Ka n u u msa a meni ke made EH I I 7 u P l i I I I I I J J J I L
19. Change Into Gray RGB CMYK Spot color Yellow 4 Tochange the fill color do one of the following e Tochange the fill color of the object within the same color model e g CMYK move the slider of the respective color to the left or to the right or type a percentage in the text box e To change the color of the object to another color model Gray RGB or CMYK click the respective button and if necessary move the respective slider to the left or to the right or type the percentage in the text box e Ifyour PDF document contains spot colors and you wish to change the color of the selected text to one of these spot colors click the Spot Color button Select one of the available spot colors in the Spot Color Picker and click OK Enfocus PitStop Inspector x 1 Path Selected Color Fivstroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Fil Fil Color Stroke Color CMYK Color Cyan OU OHM 00 Magenta 100 0 O TJfrooo Yellow Spot Color Picker Select Spot Color All Charcoal PANTONE 179 CVU PANTONE 1795 CYU C 65 1 M 0 0 Y 100 0 K 0 0 New edt cancer ok EA Ifnecessary you can change the fill method of the line art object in the Fill Stroke tab You can choose between standard fill X and EOFill 7 See Filling line art objects containing polygons and loops below for more information 5 To change the stroke color of the selected path do
20. System Info Login name yb Network name 00087 Ethernet address 00 10 a4 ba 95 2b Cancel 4 Click OK Adding a session comment The Certified PDF mechanism in Enfocus PitStop Professional enables you to enhance the quality of your PDF workflow by adding comments to the edit log Before sending your PDF document to the publisher for example you may want to explain why given changes have been made You can add comment per editing session A session is the time in which you edit and save a PDF document To add a session comment 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Edit Properties 2 Add a new session comment or change the comment of the current session 3 Click OK The Certified PDF document status button Enfocus PitStop Professional adds a dedicated Certified PDF status button MH to the Adobe Acrobat File toolbar This button changes depending on the status of the PDF document that you are working with pon ney The current PDF document is not a Certified PDF document Click this button to start the Certified PDF work flow The current PDF document is a Certified PDF document which was successfully preflighted Click this button to see the document status The current PDF document is a Certified PDF document which was not successfully preflighted The Certified PDF Profile does not match any of the PDF Profiles in the list which you see in the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor Click this button to s
21. any You can fill this in so that people know how to reach you if they should have any questions about edit or preflight actions done in the PDF document e The system information consists of the details of the person who registered Enfocus PitStop Professional and information taken from your operating system network and computer This information cannot be changed and is therefore a reliable source to pinpoint responsibility for example If people claim or disclaim responsibility for a given change made in the PDF document the system information will provide incontestable proof This information will be used in the edit log to show who made which changes in a given session 68 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents To set the personal identification 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Show Personal Info 2 Fill in your personal information Fill in as much information as possible A message is optional 3 Click OK To view the system information 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Show Personal Info 2 Display the System tab 3 Ifyou have more than one Enfocus product installed click Enfocus PitStop Professional in the Application list Enfocus Certified PDF Personal Info X Personal System m Certified PDF Registration Info Application Enfocus PitStop Professional y Enfocus Instant PDF Name PRI we spaja y Enfocus PitStop Professional eee Company ATEK Registration info 01409529520140 m
22. e g by adding or changing text You can edit text on a single text line or in an entire paragraph Editing a single text line Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to edit separate text lines This is particularly useful to make minor adjustments such as correcting typing errors To edit a single text line 1 Click the Edit Text Line tool Aj k EN 15 A St Da Edit Text Line a Edit Paragraph AL Edit Vertical Text Line Expand This Button Your cursor changes into 2 Click on the text line you want to edit and make the necessary changes WWW You can only select the text on the current line If AM you need to edit more than one text line use the paragraph editing function described below Editing a text paragraph Ifyou need to make more comprehensive changes which span across multiple text lines you should use the paragraph editing tool This tool allows you to select a logical text entity A logical text entity is generally a chunk of text between two punctuation marks or spaces or with different font properties To edit a text paragraph 1 Click the Edit Paragraph tool A k E al A We Edit Test Line A Edit Paragraph AL Edit Vertical Text Line Expand This Button Your cursor changes into 2 Click in the paragraph you want to edit The selected paragraph appears in a red box with a single anchor in the bottom left corner How Does In or
23. files e Exporting an Action List means that you save it to a regular disk file e Importing an Action List means that you load it into the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel You may want to export an Action List for a number of different reasons for example e To re use this Action List later on e To create a backup copy of this Action List e To share the Action List with other users e To send an Action List to your service provider or any other recipient or supplier of PDF documents Enfocus PitStop Professional 111 User Guide UA For example service providers may be using BM Enfocus PitStop Professional and may want to include one or more Action Lists in their Hot Folders to run automatically on multiple PDF documents See also Further automation on page 118 If you export an Action List to be used by others we recommend that you secure the settings of the Action List with a password For more information see Locking an Action List with a password on page 112 To import an Action List 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 3 Click Import 4 Select the Action List to import Ul Click Open The imported Action List appears at the bottom of the left pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel To export an Action List 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 Inthe Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel select the A
24. for example to create a spot varnish To duplicate a spot color 1 Open the PDF document in which you want to create a new spot color based on the shape of a selected object 2 Click the Select Objects tool R_ mi T A ES Da Ls Select Objects 5 lg Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 3 Select an object of which you wish to copy the shape 4 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector WA Click the button Keep to keep the selected spot color as is or click the button Keep all to keep all the spot 5 8 9 Click the Prepress gt Duplicate tab Ho Objects Selected Color FiliStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Summary Overprint Halftone OPI Duplicate Overprint New Delete Edit Mame New Spotcolor I Overprint Apply Click the New button Fill in a name for the new spot color in the Edit area e g Varnish Select Overprint Click Apply Working with a color repository Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to work with a color repository This color repository is a list or data base of colors which you use freguently You can build a repository of new or existing colors use colors from the repository to apply to text or objects in your PDF documents remove colors from the repository Building a repository of colors You can build a repository of colors which you freguent
25. gt Fonts 4 Write down the name of the font s using the exact spelling capitalization and hyphenation of the name as it appears in the Font Info dialog box 5 Click OK if u ra m i M J le NM sa Zi le A ka m m u E u i dl m Eu m Nm u u u mu u RH Nm MU U O MO A O i l o I I m g m I 167 Chapter 11 Managing Color his chapter offers a brief introduction to color management and color basics It explains how you can use Enfocus PitStop Professional to obtain an accurate high guality reproduction of the colors in your PDF documents About Color Management Color monitors and color printers reproduce color in completely different ways A color management system CMS is a collection of tools designed to reconcile the different color capabili ties of scanners monitors and printers to ensure consistent color throughout the creation display and print process Ideally this means that the colors displayed on your monitor accurately represent the colors of the final output It also means that different applications monitors and operating systems will display colors consistently Color models The RGB color model A monitor uses red green and blue RGB light to create colors Combining the full intensities of all three colors makes white RGB colors are used for lighting video and monitors Your
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27. 20 25 137 94 pt 507 46 41 25 548 71 pt Cross hal m Cross hair x 308 00 pt Color Position i Y 413 00 pt Measurements Units Rotate Angle 0 00 deg Points z In this example the Constrain Angle Crosshair Color or 3 Do one of the following Measurement Units preferences can be modified e In Adobe Acrobat 4 choose File gt Preferences gt To set your Enfocus PitStop Professional prefer Enfocus PitStop Professional ences for new objects e Jn Adobe Acrobat 5 or 6 choose Edit gt 1 Click the Select Objects tool R Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional gt Select Objects 5 4 Click the New Objects tab l Select Similar Objects m a Expand This Button Enfocus PitStop Preferences x General Colors Tools New Objects color Management k A hk If you want to change the current line art attributes select a line art object and click the Grab button a dae i If you want to change the current text attributes select 2 Select any existing text or line art object in your Grab text object and click the Grab button PDF document For example if you will have to add new text and you want this text to be 11 point Times Roman you select text with the corresponding properties first as shown below ATEK offers you those solutions that make your technical content comprehensible and transparent to your reader ATEK also is the company that ca
28. 4 Click on a random position in the PDF document If you clicked on the LW layer the Enfocus PitStop Inspector dialog box will display both the source and target color similar to the illustration below B Enfocus PitStop Inspector A Rectangle area selected Color Retouch Posttion Selection Replace with CMYK Gray Magenta CJ TM oo veaow foo Overprint C On off C Unchanged Replace in Document Replace on Page Replace in Area 72 9 Cyan Magenta 63 1 Yellow 47 1 Black 0 0 Overprint Off Enfocus PitStop Inspector when clicked on the LW layer source color A and target color B are displayed If you clicked on the CT layer the Enfocus PitStop Inspector dialog box will display only the color of the current selection meaning that you can only make color retouches in the LW layer of PDF2Go M documents Enfocus PitStop Inspector xj Rectangle area selected Color Retouch Posttion E CMYK C Gray 25 5 Magenta Yellow 14 9 Black 0 0 Overprint Off Overprint On off Unchanged Replace im Document Replace on Page Replace in Area Enfocus PitStop Inspector when clicked on the CT layer only the color of the current selection is displayed 5 Click on the color you want to change in the LW layer The selected source color will appear in the
29. 75 76 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents To view the Edit Log File The following dialog box appears Choose Certified PDF gt Show Edit Log Document Sessions The edit log rep ort app ears Session User End Date and Time Original document Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe August 31 2001 15 04 32 Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe September 3 2001 12 26 01 Enfocus Certified PDF September 14 2001 08 14 50 Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe September 14 2001 08 16 34 Bi Adobe Acrobat Edit Log pdf o x Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe Still running E File Edit Document Tools Certified PDF View Window Help laj x SABA mas HAEA Malaria Sho Pelo Sipe Double click on a session to view its details gt E Boskmakr Session 4 September 14 2001 comia L General File Info Use these buttons to compare the state of the document Use this button to save a snapshot of the document as it L Session 1 August 31 2001 at the end of the selected session with another point in was at the end of the selected session LJ Session 2 September 3 2001 the workflow L Session 3 September 14 200 Session Info z mmm mm E I Visually side by side Save Snapshot for End of Session LJ Edit Log Summary Name John Doe Using the Edit Log o Department Enfocus Software K Comments Thumbnaiis Contact johnd enfocu
30. Acrobat so you must start the program from within Adobe Acrobat To start Enfocus PitStop Professional 1 Start Adobe Acrobat UA Make sure you do not hold down the SHIFT key MM immediately after you start Adobe Acrobat If you do Adobe Acrobat will start without loading plug ins and Enfocus PitStop Professional will not be accessible 2 Choose File gt Open 3 Locate the PDF document you want to open and click Open 4 Click any button on one of the Enfocus PitStop Professional toolbars The Enfocus PitStop Professional splash screen appears and remains displayed for a couple of seconds enfocus PitStop Professional Enfocus PitStop Professional splash screen Once you have registered Enfocus PitStop Professional or clicked the Run Trial button you can use Enfocus PitStop Professional to edit preflight or automatically correct your PDF documents See also Buying and registering Enfocus PitStop Professional below Enfocus PitStop Professional 11 User Guide Buying and registering Enfocus PitStop Professional About buying and registering After testing the trial version of Enfocus PitStop Profes sional you can purchase a fully functional version from our Web site at www enfocus com or from any of our authorized dealers Moreover it is necessary to register your version of Enfocus PitStop Professional This enti tles you to free technical support and to information on updates if any Buyi
31. CreoScitex Brisque DFE 145 Editing Text 151 Editing a single text line 151 Editing a text paragraph 151 Editing Vertical Text 152 Adding new text 152 Changing font properties 153 Changing the color of text 155 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Managing Fonts 159 Types of fonts and their usage 159 PDF font substitution 162 Embedding versus subsetting fonts 163 Managing Color 167 About Color Management 167 Color models 167 Color gamuts and color spaces 168 Rendering Intents 169 Spot colors 171 Working with a color repository 174 Using ICC profiles with pixel images 177 u ie Ni o I pr KS US la E p m Ly ST pona u man Ka n u u msa a meni ke made EH l I 7 u P l i I I I I I y J J I I mu E mm EP A s O i l o I I m g m I Chapter 1 Getting Started purchased Enfocus PitStop Professional checking your system reguirements installing the plug in and starting it from within Adobe Acrobat T his chapter puts you on the track after you have About this User Guide The Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide provides step by step instructions to preflight edit and correct PDF documents using Enfocus PitStop Professional It has been subdivided into the following sections Chapter 1 Getting Started Contains the instruc tions to install and start Enfocus PitStop Professional This chapter also briefly lists the new feat
32. Doe September 14 2001 08 16 34 Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe Still running Double click on a session to view its details Compare Save Use these buttons to compare the state of the document Use this button to save a snapshot of the document as it at the end of the selected session with another point in was at the end of the selected session the workflow Visually side by side Save Snapshot for End of Session Using the Edit Lo i A Selected session B Visually side by side button made available 3 Click Visually side by side A second list of sessions appears This list of sessions is identical to the list in the previous dialog box Select Session to Compare With x m Select Session to Compare With Session User Original document Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe Enfocus Certified PDF Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe End Date and Time August 31 2001 15 04 32 September 3 2001 12 26 September 14 2001 08 1 September 14 2001 08 1 Still running Cancel Select Session A Select a second session from the session list This session will be used to compare the first session with The Select Session button is disabled as long as you do not select a second session from the list or if you select the same session as in the previous dialog box 5 Click Select Sessio
33. Expand This Button mask with 2 Click the line art object from which you want to remove an anchor point 3 Click the anchor point that you want to remove The respective anchor point will appear selected and display its direction points if any and will Selecting two objects for masking 2 Choose Edit gt PitStop Mask gt Make 144 Chapter 8 Editing Objects The outline of the top object is used to mask the 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to objects underneath it display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector Enfocus PitStop Inspector No Objects Selected Color Fivstroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Fill Color Stroke Color Repository Load Change Into Creating the mask with the top object aa P oe ra jeza Viewing the properties of a pixel 4 Click the Image tab to view the properties of the selected pixel image The Properties tab is displayed image P 8 P play by default The Enfocus PitStop Inspector gives you a summary of the properties of a pixel image including Color FilfStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics e Image size Summary Downsample Remap Image Size pixels 595 x 1413 Resolution dpi 124 x 124 2 Resolution Bits per Channel 8 Image Type Regular Number of Channels 1 e ICC profile if any sa ois Base Color Space 2 Spot Colors Duotone a E Spot Color Name PANTONE 179 CYU To view the properties ofa pixel i
34. If you change the language of the Enfocus PitStop BM Professional interface you will have to restart Adobe Acrobat 5 Click OK when done To set your Enfocus PitStop Professional color preferences 1 Do one of the following e Jn Adobe Acrobat 4 choose File gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional e In Adobe Acrobat 5 or 6 choose Edit gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional 2 Click the Colors tab Enfocus PitStop Preferences x General Colors Toots New Objects Color Management Editing related colors m Wireframe object color E Selected object color zaj Selected clipping mask color m Paragraph editing color Special page box colors m Media box color E Crop box color p gt Bleed box color m Trim box color E Art box color E New box color coa 3 Specify the editing related colors and special page box colors in the respective areas UA Ifyou want to change the default colors of the KM Preferences dialog box just double click one of the color boxes and the Color Picker will appear in which you can easily specify a new color Color Picker 4 Click OK when done Enfocus PitStop Professional 15 User Guide To set your Enfocus PitStop Professional tool preferences 1 Do one of the following e Jn Adobe Acrobat 4 choose File gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional e In Adobe Acrobat 5 or 6 choose Edit gt Prefer
35. List with these changes See also Creating an Action List on page 104 48 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents Changing the page boxes The underlying physical structure ofa PDF document is made up of page boxes Pages boxes are hidden frames in your PDF document but they do have a function They define e g how your PDF document will be displayed in Adobe Acrobat and how it is going to be printed There are five types of pages boxes e Media box which is the physical size of the media on which the PDF document is displayed or printed The media box corresponds to the page size you selected when you printed your document to a PostScript or PDF file For example if you printed an A5 booklet onto A4 pages the media box will have the size of the A4 page i e 210 x 297 mm e Crop box which is the page size at which your PDF document is displayed in Adobe Acrobat For example if you toggle between the crop box view and the media box view by clicking the Gi button on the command bar e Bleed box which is an imaginary box drawn around the objects on a page that extend beyond the trim marks on a page e Trim box which is the final size of a document after printing and trimming e Art box which is the box drawn around objects to define the artwork area within the page Used when importing PDF documents in other applications WA See also Viewing page boxes looking at a PDF e BM document
36. Ouick Access buttons 24 changing the general information 110 changing the name 110 changing the page layout 117 creating 104 105 creating a report 108 duplicating 110 editing 109 examples 115 executing 113 explained 63 101 exporting 111 guidelines for creating 105 importing 111 locking with password 112 managing 109 removing 110 to change the font properties 115 undoing 114 action types in Action Lists defined 102 adding anchor point 142 new text 152 adjusting page numbering 58 alignment 56 alternate images speeding up image display 28 anchor point adding deleting 142 defined 123 AND operator using in Action Lists 105 annotations showing hiding 28 art box changing 48 explained 48 automating tasks running Action Lists automatically 118 using Action Lists 63 101 using hot folders 118 background adding in page numbering 57 bicubic downsampling explained 44 bitmap image See pixel image black generation information viewing 125 black text overprint changing settings 41 black text making overprint 41 bleed viewing 26 bleed box changing 48 explained 48 blended comparison 79 blending modes transparency selecting 127 bringing objects forward 130 button status tool button 68 button command Speed Up Image Display 23 View Annotations 23 View Page Boxes 23 View Problems 23 View Wireframe 23 buying Enfocus PitStop Professional 11 C categories of problems 86 center selection handles displaying 14 s
37. PDF document against the PDF Profile and automati cally fix a number of detected problems 86 Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents 4 Enfocus PitStop Professional generates a preflight report 5 Ifnecessary interactively resolve detected problems which were not fixed automatically in the PDF document 6 If necessary use Action Lists to perform a number of advanced automated corrections in the PDF document 7 Hand off the verified PDF document to your service provider 8 The service provider receives an output ready PDF document and takes it to the final output stage e g for print press or online viewing Designer Creator Preflight check I a KE KK RK El El El el Automated correction PDF document f PDF Profile O Interactive PDF editing O Preflight report Hand off of PDF document to service provider Ere provider Final output imi Verified PDF document gt N CD ROM publishing Typical preflight workflow with Enfocus PitStop Profes sional Properties of PDF documents Groups of properties The Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile Editor gives you access to and control over a large number of properties in PDF documents These properties have been subdi vided into a number of categories and are represented as such in the Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile Editor A preflight c
38. PDF document now or later e Your PDF document has an attached PDF Profile but has not been preflighted yet or it was changed since the time it was last preflighted Click Preflight amp Save Now e Your PDF document has been preflighted but the preflight report contains errors Click Show Report and check the errors If necessary change the PDE Profile to fix the detected errors See Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents on page 85 e Your PDF document has been successfully preflighted Click OK or Show Report to view the results of the preflight check Viewing the edit log file The Certified PDF mechanism in Enfocus PitStop Professional keeps a record of every editing session of a Certified PDF document Thus all the changes made to the PDF document are logged chronologically in the PDF document The changes can be logged in two different ways depending on the tool they were made with e Ifyou edit your PDF document with any of the Enfocus Certified PDF compliant plug ins such as Enfocus PitStop Professional or Enfocus PowerUp PDF the changes are immediately saved in the edit log file The edit log file will contain a detailed entry for each of the changes e Ifyou edit your PDF document with non compliant third party PDF editing tools Enfocus PitStop Professional will intercept and log them However the edit log file will contain no details on the changes nor on the product with which the changes were made
39. Profile to be used by other people we recommend that you secure the settings of the profile with a password For more information see Locking a PDF Profile with a password on page 94 To export a PDF Profile 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 3 Inthe Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel select the PDF Profile you wish to export 4 Click Export EA If the PDF Profile is not secured with a password LE the following message will appear PDF Profile has no password x This PDF Profile is not protected with a password Any user of this PDF Profile will be able to edit it Do you want to continue anyway carcer Dont show this message again See Locking a PDF Profile with a password below 5 Specify the profile s file name and location Save in SI pdf y e Kal ex File name Frontage pprl Save as type Enfocus PDF Profiles ppp y Cancel A 6 Click Save 94 Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents Locking a PDF Profile with a password You can secure your PDF Profile with a password to prevent others from changing its settings This may be convenient when the profile is shared among multiple users You can lock a PDF Profile with a password when you first create the profile or you can add a password afterwards The password can include e Uppercase and lowercase letters e Any character on the keyboard e Spaces T
40. Profiles 90 copying pasting object attributes 31 creating Action Lists 104 105 paths 140 shapes 139 creating a PDF Profile 88 crop box changing 48 explained 48 deleting anchor point 142 direction point defined 123 disabling all fixes 88 displaying the Enfocus PitStop Server Profile Control Panel 90 displaying images faster 28 distance measuring 32 document consistency 64 document history 76 double byte font defined 162 downsampling average 44 bicubic 44 subsampling 44 duplicating Action Lists 110 PDF Profile 92 spot colors 174 duplicating a PDF Profile 92 E edit log file 75 editing Action Lists 109 behavior preferences 14 path 141 single text line 151 text color 155 text paragraph 151 vertical text 152 editing a PDF Profile 91 editing a session comment 68 editing objects displaying center selection objects 14 specifying to use center selection handles 14 embedding fonts 163 embossing 174 enabling all fixes 88 Enfocus Certified PDF document explained 67 Enfocus Certified PDF workflow explained 63 Enfocus PDF Profile Editor using 89 Enfocus PitStop Professional buying 11 registering 11 12 Enfocus PitStop Server 118 buying 11 Enfocus PitStop Server Profile Control Panel displaying 90 error reporting 87 error severity levels defined 87 example 87 evaluation copy 12 examples of Action Lists 115 Enfocus PitStop Professional ili User Guide executing Action Lists 113 exporting a P
41. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each potential problem you wish to check and fix 7 Click OK Enfocus PDF Profile Editor CD ROM Publication General Document Format Document Info IV RGB is used Security Page Box Layout Page Size Page Info Fi Problem Categories A o inn i C Problems to detect Report as Fix this problem oj o IF Convert to CMYK a D C Error E IV Calibrated Gray or Calibrated RGB is used f Information V Convertto CMYK Error Color Management Screen Color Process Color IV Lab color is used Information V Convert to CMYK C Error Image Resolution Image Compression A Spot Color TU ICC based color is used information P Convento CMYK ICC Color Error Color Remap E Spot Color Remap IF Ink coverage is higher than 340 Information Rendering Parameters I S C Error Transparency Restrict to elements within crop box Font Type IV Pattern is used Information Font Name Error Font Style Font Embedding IV Indexed color is used Information Text C Error Line Art Image Position IV RGB gray or CMYK gray is used Information 7 Replace with gray space gray C Error OPI IV RGB black or CMYK black is used Information Annotations C Error Metadata Move the mouse pointer over the item you want information about F Cancel A Select a category of properties B Enable the se
42. Selec tion area in Enfocus PitStop Inspector Hold down the ALT key Windows or Option key Macintosh and click on a target color i e a color into which you want to change the selected color You can click on a color ofa CT or a LW layer The selected target color appears in the Replace with area of Enfocus PitStop Inspector If necessary change the target color by moving the sliders and select overprint on or off Do one of the following To replace the source color with the target color in the entire document click Replace in Document To replace the source color with the target color on the current page only click Replace in Page Enfocus PitStop Professional 147 User Guide To replace the source color with the target color in a specific area zoom in on the area and draw the area using the OI or Y tool Then click Replace in Area 148 Chapter 8 Editing Objects ES oo oo o EEEEREREE HE A BOB MU MM UM UM UM MU HEHEHE amp E E E E E OM OM OM NE OM OM OM OM u E E u ie Ni o I pr KS pa a la E p m Ly ST pona u man Ka n u u msa a meni ke made EH I I 7 u P l i I I I I I J J J I L l l pasi A s O i l o I I m g m I 151 Chapter 9 Editing Text diting text using Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to change the formatting of the text or to change the text content of your PDF documents
43. Select Objects tool R Es Select Objects 5 Es select Similar Objects 2 Click the text of which you want to change the color If you want to select a complete text line double click it 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 156 Chapter 9 Editing Text The Enfocus PitStop Inspector appears and shows the current color settings of the selected text as shown below Enfocus PitStop Inspector 4 Do one of the following To change the color of the text within the same color model e g CMYK move the slider of the respective color to the left or to the right or type a percentage in the text box You will see the color of the text change gradually as you move the slider To change the color of the text to another color model Gray RGB or CMYK click the respective button and if necessary move the respective slider to the left or to the right or type the percentage in the text box Ifyour PDF document contains spot colors and you wish to change the color of the selected text to one of these spot colors click the Spot Color button Select one of the available spot colors in the Spot Color Picker and click OK Praeterea splendor quicumc u Spot Color Picker Company Green j m m i Ma B m E m S Do m m il gt F m il m i i i l i j I i A o m a a SS m gt e be
44. The report will be displayed as soon as the Action List is completely executed The selected changes checks and informs will be included in the report as shown in the example below Errors amp Warnings Severity Description Caution Color spaces found that are not allowed in a PDF X 1 file 532x Caution Changed Font to Frutiger Cn 532x Managing Action Lists Editing an Action List You can edit an Action List to change any of the following Add selections changes and operators to the Action List The order of the actions in the list The attributes of a selection or a change Enfocus PitStop Professional 109 User Guide e pr See also Creating an Action List on page 104 Tr w To edit an Action List 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel select the Action List you wish to edit 3 Click the Managing tab 4 Click Edit Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Add Confidential Stamp Add Enfocus Background Add Penquin Arial To Helvetica Change non black objects to ye Knockout Light Objects Overprint Dark Objects Remove objects outside CropBi Delete Footers All Red To Company Red Move region contents Move page contents Add Cropmarks Convert Color to CMYK Executing Managing Description Action list name New All Red To Company Red Edit Author Enfocus Customer Support Remove Co
45. UA You are now about to remove an Action List It will BN also be physically removed from your hard disk Make sure that you do not need this Action List anymore because removing an Action List cannot be undone 4 Click Remove The selected Action List is immediately removed from the list and deleted from your hard disk Changing the general information of an Action List The general information of an Action List includes e The Action List s name which should be a descrip tive name for the Action List If you export this Action List later on this name will be suggested as the file name e The author which is the name of the person who created the Action List e The company which is the name of the company related to the Action List e A brief description of the Action List itself To change the general information of an Action List 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 Inthe left pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel select the Action List which you want to change 3 Place the cursor in the respective text box and change the author company or Action List name The name will be changed as soon as you remove the cursor from the text box Duplicating an Action List Duplicating an Action List means that you save a copy of this Action List You may want to do this to create a new Action List based on an existing one For example if you have an Action List that change
46. are about to perform e Hold down the ALT key Windows or Option key Macintosh while dragging to create a copy of the 6 Do one of the following object in the new location e Drag the selected object to a new location Holding down the ALT key Windows or Option key Macintosh while dragging the object creates a copy of the object in its new location Moving the selected object to a new location by dragging Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide Shearing an object 3 Click the Shear Selection tool k Shearing an object sets the object askew very much like w you would push any of the corners of a rectangular ap Move Selection M frame to turn it into a parallelogram A a Scale Selection e Rotate Selection De gt Shear Selection Create New Rectangle Create New Ellipse Expand This Button The Enfocus PitStop Inspector changes accordingly Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Path Selected Shear Mumeric Feedback Preferences Lower Left Size Upper Right Constrain Angle 15 deg E X 84 70 686 75 602 05 pt To shear an object Y 328 23 540 27 868 49 pt i Cross hair mi Cross hair X 258 67 pt Color u 7 Position Y 598 36 pt 1 Click the Select Objects tool gt Shear Alfa 0 00 dey Measurements Units Shear Beta 0 00 deg Points E Select Objects 5 i Select Similar Objects Expand This Button ao gt
47. be notified of changes to one or more of these specifica tions and can be sure that you are using the latest versions You can also specify the interval at which this check has to be done The status of a specification you subscribed to is displayed in Enfocus PitStop Professional through the CertifiedPDF net button B in the Acrobat Toolbar The button changes color depending on the status CertifiedPDF net button color Status New The specification you have subscribed to has been modified by its owner You need to check the details of these speci fications download and install the changed files or documentation If a specification has the status New and you view the specification detail page its status will change to Read 82 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents CertifiedPDF net Status button color Green Confirmed Once you have read and installed the files and documentation of a spec ification you need to manually confirm you did so by clicking the Confirm link in the Actions column of that specification To set the updating preference options 1 Choose Edit gt Preferences gt Enfocus Certified PDF and click the CertifiedPDF net tab 2 Fillin your user name and password Your user name is the e mail address you used when you registered on CertifiedPDF net 3 Select the interval at which you wish to check for updated specifications 4 Click OK To check the
48. bottom of the Attributes pane Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Change Fill to Off and Stroke to Off xi Action List Attributes for Change Fill and or Stroke Select Fill and Stroke Color Change Fillto Off and Stroke to Off IF Set Fil COn e Off IF Set Stroke COn e Off Report Log Up Down Add Remove L Grab Unda Cancel e To include checks and informs in your report click the respective tab and select the appropriate checks or informs Click Add gt Close The check or inform will be included in the Action List as shown below Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Change Fill to Off and Stroke to Off x Action List Attributes for Check for Spot Color Ambiguity u Select Fill and Stroke Color Change Fillto Off and Stroke to Off Check for Spot Color Ambiquity 5 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor click OK when you have added all the required changes checks and informs 6 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel click the Fxecute tab Select Create Report Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Executing Managing Description Change Fillto Off and Stroke ti Document PitStop4 5_annot_jdb pdf Action List Change Fillto Off and Stroke to Off Execute on Current page C Page 1 to E Complete document IV Create Report Status idle Execute Click the Execute button
49. by selecting the H tool and clicking in the document New anchor points and segments will be added upon each click You can create an open or a closed path To create a new path 1 Click the Create New Path tool HE Jy Edit Path Adad Anchor Point Remove Anchor Point Create Mew Path PaPa Expand This Button 2 Position the pointer in the PDF document where you want to create the first anchor point and click 3 Position where you want the first segment to end and click again You have now drawn a segment between the two anchor points ATEK offers you those solutions that make your technical content comprehensible and transparent to your reader ATEK also is the company that can assist you in making every technical illustration and animation imaginable and not no matter what the medium is A A We design your technical locumentation add a finishing touch and print it when you and your reader need t most A B C A First anchor point B Segment C Center point D Second anchor point and pointer 4 Click at other positions to add new anchor points and thus create additional segments UA Tocreate a curved segment click at a position hold BM down the mouse button and drag 5 To complete the path click any tool other than the M tool Editing a path Enfocus PitStop Professional enables you to change the shape of a path of a line art object You can do this by
50. changed In the same process you may want to check given properties of the PDF document and gather information about given topics You can generate all of the above mentioned informa tion in an Action List report An Action List report can include e Changes i e what has been changed by the Action List and how many times e Checks e g is the PDF document contains embedded fonts or rotated objects e Informs e g information about fonts images colors and filters The following procedure gives an example of how you can execute an Action List and generate a report in the same run To create a report with an Action List 1 Create a new Action List or edit an existing one UA See also Creating an Action List on page 104 and ME Editing an Action List below 2 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor click the Add button 3 Locate the Changes Checks and Informs tabs This is where you find the elements which you can include in your Action List report New Action Type Selection Changes checks Informs Add Simple Object Center Page Contents Change Art Box Change Bleed Box Change Character Spacing Change Document Info Change Extended Graphic State Change Fill and or Stroke x Elements which can be included in the Action List report Changes Checks and Informs 4 Do one of the following e To log changes in your Action List report add a change and select Log at the
51. from the list of Action Lists in the left pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Even though it is password secured Enfocus PitStop Professional will not prompt you to confirm first See also Removing an Action List on page 110 e Ifyou duplicate the password secured Action List the copy will be locked with the same password as the original Action List See also Duplicating an Action List on page 110 UA We recommend that you lock an Action List with a BM password before exporting it to guarantee that the settings of the Action List remain intact See also Importing and exporting Action Lists on page 111 Enfocus PitStop Professional 113 User Guide Executing an Action List When you execute an Action List the actions will be applied to your PDF document in the order in which they appear in the list You can apply an Action List to e The current page e A range of pages e A complete PDF document You can also generate a report as the Action List is carried out This report will list the checks and informs which you may have specified when you created the Action List gumu To apply one or more Action Lists automatically to RE a multiple PDF documents you can use Enfocus PitStop Server See also Further automation below To execute an Action List 1 In Adobe Acrobat open the PDF document which you want to edit 2 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel The E
52. global font change 40 Changing the overprint settings of black and white text on colored backgrounds 41 Changing the minimum line weight of objects 43 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Resampling pixel images 43 Changing the size position or orientation of the page contents 45 Changing the page boxes 48 Setting the trim box based on a selection 50 Working with page box templates 51 Removing objects inside or outside a selected area 54 Adding or changing page numbering 55 Working with Certified PDF Documents 63 About Certified PDF 63 Guaranteed preflighting 63 Document consistency 64 Responsibility 65 The Certified PDF workflow explained 66 What is an Enfocus Certified PDF document 67 Setting the Certified PDF user identification 67 Adding a session comment 68 Starting a Certified PDF workflow for a PDF document 69 Providing a Certified PDF document with job information 70 Verifying the original source document 71 Replacing the PDF Profile of a Certified PDF document 71 Preflighting and saving Certified PDF documents 72 Viewing the preflight report 73 Checking the Certified PDF status 73 Viewing the edit log file 75 Viewing the document history 76 Saving snapshots 77 Comparing sessions 78 Checking for updated specifications on CertifiedPDF net 81 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents 85 What is preflighting 85 Properties of PDF documents 86 Problem reporting 87 Creating a PDF Profile 88 Managing PDF Profiles 9
53. gt About 3rd Party Plug Ins gt Enfocus PitStop Professional The About Enfocus PitStop Professional dialog box appears 2 Click the Support Info tab You can now view all the details on the version of Enfocus PitStop Professional installed on your system and on your system configuration 3 Click Copy to Clipboard 4 Do one of the following Paste the information in a text file or e mail message and send it to support enfocus com Choose Help gt Plug In Help gt Enfocus PitStop Professional gt Report a Problem and paste the support information in the Support Information text box in the online form Fill out the remaining form fields and click Submit Entocus PitStop Professional User Guide 13 14 Chapter 1 Getting Started Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to specify the following categories of preferences Category Related to editing behavior and warnings Color Tools colors which appear when editing text or objects and page box colors the PitStop Inspector window which will appear automatically if certain tools are predefined Also you can specify the measurement unit of your choice here the default properties which will be used when creating new objects text and line art You can select text or a line art object and make its respective properties the default properties for new objects you will be creating New O
54. however is smaller than the file size of its TrueType counter part The file size of the PostScript font may some times even be as little as half of the size of the corre sponding TrueType font e You can recognize a PostScript Type 1 font by the icon in Windows and the icon on a Macin tosh operating system EN PostScript Type 3 fonts PostScript Type 3 fonts are primarily decorative orna ments fonts with a lot of tonal variations and filled and stroked objects in the same character Indeed Type 3 fonts can have grayscale fills and strokes and other special effects whereas Type 1 or TrueType fonts are entirely black Consequently Type 3 fonts have the following characteristics e Their file size is bigger than the corresponding of Type 1 or TrueType fonts e They may take longer to print or output e They look worse than Type 1 or TrueType fonts in very small point sizes and when printed at low reso lutions TrueType font The TrueType font format was developed by Apple Computer as an alternative to the Adobe Type 1 stan dard It is used both on Macintosh and Windows computers Like PostScript Type 1 fonts TrueType fonts also use outlines to describe the letter shapes TrueType fonts have the following characteristics e Their use is widespread and they are integrated in almost every desktop office software program for Microsoft Windows or Macintosh systems e TrueType fonts can print well on both non
55. is a multitude of possibilities to make your message clear i s Of course you want yaur documentation to perform Whether your age avritine fon a broad audience a small group of specialisis or a yen specific marketniche there isa multitude of possibilities pto make yourmessage CIEI e e Clicking on a compound path selects only the segment of the path that was clicked upon Double clicking on such a compound path selects the complete object A Single click on a compound path B Double clicking a compound path to select the complete object e You can select an object that is masked by clicking on the invisible part of the object outside of the mask The layering of objects is retained This means that an overlaying invisible masked rect angle will be selected instead of an underlying visible object when clicked The mask itself can be selected by clicking on its invisible outline If you Enfocus PitStop Professional 129 User Guide move the cursor over an invisible mask the pointer will be inverted Double clicking the mask selects the entire mask group If you double click a masked image the first mask belonging to the image is selected Selecting similar objects The Select Similar Objects tool lets you select multiple objects on the same page which have the same attributes This tool can be useful if you want to change objects in your PDF document which are simi
56. it is password secured Enfocus PitStop Professional will not prompt you to confirm first See also Removing a PDF Profile on page 92 e Ifthey duplicate the password secured PDF Profile the copy will be locked with the same password as the original profile See also Importing a PDF Profile on page 93 e We recommend that you lock a PDF Profile with a password before exporting it to guarantee that the settings of the profile remain intact See also Exporting a PDF Profile on page 93 Generating preflight reports If you are sure the PDF Profile of your choice contains all the necessary checks and fixes you can generate a preflight report You can specify the scope ofthe preflight check to apply the PDF Profile to the current page only to a page range or to the entire PDF document A more funda mental choice to be made is whether you want to execute a regular preflight check or a Certified preflight check These options are all available from the Checking tab of the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel 4 Color Press Monochrome Laser Printer Web Publishing Press Optimized Print Optimized Screen Optimized CD ROM Publication Checking Managing Description Document PROF3_work pdf DF Profile CD ROM Publication Customer Support Enfocus Software m Regular Preflight Certified Preflight Check what Current page C Page to s Comple
57. kB i RO bb E O i l o I I m g m I Chapter 10 Managing Fonts hat are the implications of using Times Roman instead of Times New Roman in a document Can I use these fonts inter changeably and if not when do I use which font How do the various types of fonts affect the output of my PDF document onscreen and in print This chapter provides the answers to these guestions together with some more theoretical background information about fonts Types of fonts and their usage Standard 14 fonts When working in PostScript and PDF environments you may come across the notion standard 14 fonts or base 14 fonts What exactly are these standard 14 fonts Actually the term is derived from the standard set of 13 PostScript fonts which are resident in all PostScript output devices These fonts are listed in the table below Times Times Roman Font family Times Italic Times Bold Times Boldltalic Helvetica Helvetica Helvetica Oblique Helvetica Bold Helvetica BoldOblique Courier Courier Courier Oblique Courier Bold Courier BoldOblique For PDF environments ZapfDingbats i e is added to this standard font set Dor PostScript Type 1 fonts PostScript Type 1 fonts were originally developed by Adobe Systems for use in PostScript printers PostScript Type 1 fonts are outline fonts They use lines and cubic B zier curves to define let
58. l l pasi A s O i l o I I m g m I 121 Chapter 8 Editing Objects his chapter outlines the main differences For example a slanted line can be described as a line between line art and pixel images and shows you drawn from coordinate h0 to coordinate a8 with a how to use Enfocus PitStop Professional to edit specific line thickness and a specific angle of inclination these objects You can easily change the shape ofline art objects in your PDF documents or even create new line art 0123 45 67 8 A Draw line from B HO m m m C to About line art and pixel images D AS E line thickness 2 F There are two main categories of computer graphics G H e Lineart e Pixel images A vectorized representation of a slanted line These types of graphics behave differently in PDF docu You can edit line art by moving and resizing the entire ments and you can manipulate each of these graphics graphic or the lines and segments that compose the differently Understanding their different characteris graphic tics will help you understand their different behavior when working with PDF documents Line art is resolution independent you can scale the graphic to any size or print it on any output device at any resolution without losing quality detail or clarity Line art l l l Line art is also known as object oriented graphics or l l i vect
59. object of which you want to change the transparency 4 You can do the following e To change the transparency move the Alpha Stroke or Alpha Fill slider Enfocus PitStop Professional 127 User Guide To change the way in which the colors of the trans parent object on top blend with the colors of under lying objects display the Blend tab and add the required blending modes Enfocus PitStop Inspector Za xj 1 Image Selected Color FilvStroke Text mage Prepress Position Statistics Summary Overprint Haittone OPI Duplicate Transparency Alpha Blending Remove Selected Available Mormal Remove IL i I Add Replace For more information about blending modes Visit the Adobe Web site www adobe com To remove transparency from a selected object ora page click the Remove tab and the respective Remove button 128 Chapter 8 Editing Objects Selecting objects To select an object in your PDF document you can use one of the two selection tools e The Select Objects tool e The Select Similar Objects tool IX D a A o UC Ls Select Objects 5 Es Select Similar Objects Expand This Button Selecting one specific object The Select Objects tool amp works almost completely the same in preview mode and in wireframe view mode The only difference is that in wireframe view mode you can only select line art and vector images o
60. of Color Plates Attributes for Select Font by Name Select Font Times Roman Select Font Courier Font Courier Font Picker Up Down Add Remove Grab Undo Cancel The Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor the Enfocus PitStop Professional tool to create Action Lists Guidelines for creating Action Lists Basically you create an Action List using the following steps 1 Make one or more selections 2 Specify operators AND NOT OR for your selec tions 3 Specify the required changes for the selections Observe the following guidelines when creating Action Lists e Changes only apply to selections Therefore make sure that you make the proper selections in your Action List first If you have made no selections some changes will be applied to everything in your PDF document e g fonts or changes will not be applied at all e The operators AND NOT OR must not be entered between two or more selections but after these selections postfix notation These operators apply to preceding selections e The operators AND NOT OR are logical opera tors which means that they have to be used in a strictly logical way For example if you want to select the fonts Times Roman Adobe Type 1 and Times New Roman TrueType you should not use the AND operator but the OR operator a font cannot be both Times Roman and Times New Roman at the same time You could use the AND operat
61. prepress settings of an object and changing its overprint settings The Enfocus PitStop Inspector also allows you to view the prepress settings of a PDF document To view the prepress settings of an object UA Shortcut Choose Window gt Show PitStop BM Inspector gt Prepress tab 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 125 126 4 Chapter 8 Editing Objects Display the Prepress tab To view the prepress information of the selected object click any one of the four tabs Summary Overprint Halftone OPI Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Image Selected Color Filistroke Text image Prepress Position Statistics Summary Overprint Halftone OPI Duplicate Transparency Overprint fill off stroke Stroke adjustment Transfer Default Halftone Type 5 Black generation Default Undercolor removal Default Smoothness 0 02 If necessary change the fill or stroke overprint settings I on E off Overprint Fill E Changing or removing the OPI information of objects Ifyour PDF document contains objects with OPI infor mation you can change or remove this information using the Enfocus PitStop Inspector To change the OPI information of objects Click the Select Objects tool kr PD El A A We Es Select Objects 5 Es Select Similar Objects Expand This Button Choose Window gt Sh
62. provide a Certified PDF document with job information 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Show Job Info 2 Fill in the name company address and contact details of the recipient of the PDF document 3 Inthe Message text box type additional comments or remarks for the recipient of the PDF document 4 Click OK Verifying the original source document You can add references in your Certified PDF document to one or more source files on which the PDF file was based This does not only offer you or the PDF recipient a convenient way to find the respective source files it also enables you to check whether these source files have changed since the time at which the Certified PDF workflow was started for this PDF document Indeed if you wish to synchronize the source file with the edited PDF document you will use the edit log report to apply the changes from the PDF document in the source document It is then crucial to know that you are working in the correct version of the source file To verify the original source document 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Verify Original Document The following dialog box appears Enfocus Certified PDF Verify Original Document Original document Status y Missing Different Identical Document info Creation date August 31 2001 15 41 49 Modification date August 31 2001 14 08 02 Type Adobe FrameMaker Document Browse 2 Check the status of the original docum
63. remapping spot colors 172 viewing attributes 144 viewing the ICC profile 144 viewing the resolution 144 pixel images resampling explained 43 position of page contents changing 45 PostScript font name finding 164 PostScript fonts finding font names 162 163 Type 1 159 Type 3 160 Predefined PDF Profiles 88 Preferences speed up image display 14 preferences 17 color 14 color management 17 editing behavior 14 language 14 24 measurement units 17 new objects 14 16 setting 14 specifying number of undos 14 tools 15 warning 14 preflight Certified 95 Certified and status 96 Certified running 96 generating reports 94 regular 95 regular running 95 preflight and save 72 preflight profile See PDF Profile preflight report 73 interpreting 97 preflight reports generating 94 preflighting defined 85 definition 85 guaranteed 63 in a Certified PDF workflow 64 issues 63 mechanism 85 preflighting and saving the PDF document 72 prepress settings changing 125 principles creating Action Lists 105 problem categories 86 processing properties setting 88 properties viewing with eyedropper 33 Q Quick Access buttons Action Lists 24 PDF Profiles 24 raster image See pixel image redoing operations 32 registering Enfocus PitStop Professional 12 registration marks viewing 26 regular preflight running 95 regular preflighting defined 95 relative colorimetric remapping 170 remapping absolute colorimetric 170 perceptual 1
64. s trim and bleed on page 26 To change page boxes UA Shortcut Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global RS Change gt Page tab gt Page boxes tab 1 Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global Change to display the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box 2 Click the Page gt Page boxes tab of the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box as shown below nfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Position Page Boxes Remove Page Numbers Media Box Set Trimbox Margins X 0 00 pt A pt Right 708 00 pt m 0 00 Y pt Top 901 00 pt Use the Set Trimbox menu command to set the trimbox of the current page to the bounding box of the selection with the following margins Moving page contents to Mo Move Use from other box Crop Box Grab Grab Measurement Units Coordinates Points Absolute Apply to Current Page From page box From selection All Save as ActionList Apply B A Page box which you will change B Page box which size the changed page box will adopt 3 Select the box from the list which you want to change 4 If necessary specify its coordinates If you selected to change the Media box specify what has to happen to the page contents Move to a given direction Shrink to fit Left 0 00 lt mm Right 249 77 mm Bottom 0 00 lt mm Top 317 85 mm Moving page contents to
65. selecting one or more anchor points of the path and moving these anchor points or their direction points See also About paths anchor points and direction points on page 122 Enfocus PitStop Professional 141 User Guide To edit a path Click the Edit Path H tool ip u za A a ES Da y Edit Path Le Add Anchor Point Remove Anchor Point la Create Mew Path Expand This Button Click the line art object of which you want to edit a path The anchor points of the path become visible but are not selected yet Anchor points are visible but not yet selected 3 Do one of the following Click a specific anchor point a second time Hold down the SHIFT key and click a number of anchor points a second time Drag a dotted rectangle marquee around one or more anchor points The anchor points will be selected only if you click them a second time or if you draga marquee around 142 Chapter 8 Editing Objects them A selected anchor point will appear larger and its direction points will become visible A B A Visible anchor points which are not selected B Selected anchor points with their direction points and direction lines visible 4 Drag the anchor point or its direction point to the required position to change the shape of the segment Dragging a direction point to change the shape of a segment Adding or removing an anchor
66. snapshot Toggle 6 Select one of the changes in the list The document will show where the changes occurred by adding a transparent overlay to the object on the page as shown below About line art and pixel images 1 Line art 2 Pixel images gt u UA You can change the color of the transparent overlay JE in the Preferences Choose Edit gt Preferences gt Enfocus Certified PDF and click the colored rect angle of the primary highlight color 7 Click the Toggle button to switch views between the first and the second snapshot The Edit Log Navigator displays only the changes for the current page in the document If you go to another page in your PDF document the Edit Log Navigator adjusts the list of changes to match the new page Checking for updated specifications on CertifiedPDF net What is CertifiedPDF net CertifiedPDF net is the next step in the development of Enfocus Software s Certified PDF technology The main objective of CertifiedPDF net is to ensure that both document creators and document receivers use up to date PDF specifications when creating and checking PDF files A specification determines the requirements to which PDF documents must comply before they can be Certified A specification can include e PDF Profiles e Action Lists e PPDs for use in QuarkXPress e InDesign Print Styles e Documentation relevant to the specification CertifiedPDF net contains a range of support tools arou
67. specific market niche there is a multitude of possibilities to make your message clear Introduction ATEK offers you those solutions that make your technical content comprehensible and transparent to your reader ATEK also is the company that can assist you in making every technical illustration and animation imaginable and not no matter what the medium is We design your technical documentation add a finishing touch and print it when you and your reader need it most Changing the font properties of the main title A gt A of a collection of PDF documents 116 Chapter 7 Automating Tasks To create an Action List that changes the font Enfocus PitStop Professional will apply the Action List properties of a PDF document in the following steps 1 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Step Action create an Action List that looks as follows 1 eslora Verlans Bold Action List Select Font Verdana Bold ATEK Unbcking Yalr Bcholay and Pocedires Change Font to Helvetica Bold man o Change Fill to On and Stroke to On 2 Select Font Helvetica Bold Select if Line Weight is gt 0 3 pt AND Change Fill Color 3 2 Inthe Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel select the respective Action List and click Execute ATEK Unlocking Your Technology and Procedures TO R ERE O a Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Remove TrueType fonts Executing Managing Description 4 Select font H
68. them Two differently colored cross hairs appear at the positions where you clicked point 1 and point 2 The Enfocus PitStop Inspector displays the distances in the given measurement unit for example Point 2 gt A Enfocus PitStop Inspector x Click to Set Point 1 Measure Preferences Measurement units Millimeters v Measurements 47 77 mm 77 44 mm 60 96 mm 51 9 deg Crosshair Positions Measurement axes C No sign Y axis points up O Y axis points down Point 1 X 33 77 mm y 29 84 mm Crosshair colors Point 1 Point 2 X 81 54 mm a Point 2 Ne 90 80 mm mai 17 Paka s e Ss w If required you can change the color of the cross hatrs Click the respective cross hair color field in the Enfocus PitStop Inspector and select another color as shown below Color Picker x Enfocus PitStop Professional 33 User Guide Viewing object properties with the eyedropper tool With the eyedropper tool you can view the following properties of any object e Object type e Color space e Color settings e Overprint settings To view the properties of any object with the eyedropper tool 1 Click the EyeDropper tool Ig De Copy and Paste Attributes TI EveDropper am Guides Cho Measure Expand This Button The PitStop Inspector appears if you have predefined it to do so See Setting your Enfocus PitStop Pr
69. 0 Generating preflight reports 94 Regular preflighting 95 Certified preflighting 95 Interpreting preflight reports 97 Checking a PDF document using the PitStop Navigator Panel 97 Automating preflighting 98 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Automating Tasks 101 Action Types 102 Using the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel 103 Creating an Action List 104 Creating a report with Action Lists 108 Managing Action Lists 109 Executing an Action List 113 Action Lists in practice 115 Further automation 118 Editing Objects 121 About line art and pixel images 121 About paths anchor points and direction points 122 Changing the color of a line art object 124 Filling line art objects containing polygons and loops 125 Viewing the prepress settings of an object and changing its overprint settings 125 Changing or removing the OPI information of objects 126 Changing the transparency of objects 127 Selecting objects 128 Hiding and showing selected objects 130 Changing the stacking order of objects 130 Replacing an object 131 Rotating an object 132 Scaling an object 133 Moving an object 135 Shearing an object 137 Transforming an object by specifying exact values 138 Creating new shapes 139 Creating a new path 140 Editing a path 141 Adding or removing an anchor point 142 Masking objects 143 Viewing the properties of a pixel image 144 Viewing statistics of selected objects 145 Editing PDF2Go documents from
70. 25 05 mm y 55 06 138 28 19335 mm Aspect Ratio amp Angle Aspect Ratio 2 000 Angle 0 00 deg 5 Move or scale the selected object by changing the values in the Position amp Size area distance between the lower left point of the object and the lower left corner of the page Lower Left Size height and or width Upper Right distance between the upper right point of the object and the lower left corner of the page Entocus PitStop Professional 139 User Guide 6 Stretch or rotate the selected object by changing the values in the Aspect Ratio amp Angle area rm Aspect Ratio stretched vertically h gt w stretched horizontally h lt w rotated clockwise rotated counterclockwise 7 Scale rotate or flip the selected object by changing the values and clicking the buttons in the Numeric Transforms area Scale an object Angle Do one of the following e Enter a value in the percentage box e Click 2 to double or _ 2 to halve the object s size Rotate an object Do one of the following e Entera value in the degrees box and click gl e Click E or EJ to rotate in 90 increments Flip an object Do one of the following e Click to flip the object left or right down Creating new shapes Using Enfocus PitStop Professional you cannot only edit existing objects but also draw new basic shapes such as ellipses or rectangles For example you might want to d
71. 69 relative colorimetric 170 saturation 169 remapping spot colors 172 removing Action Lists 110 guides 35 PDF Profile 92 removing objects inside or outside a selected area 54 rendering intent 169 replacing an object 131 report Action List 108 interpreting 97 reports preflight generating 94 repository color building 174 removing a color 176 using a color 175 resampling pixel images explained 43 responsibility 65 issues 65 responsibility in a Certified PDF workflow 65 RGB color model 167 rotating objects by dragging 132 rotating the page contents 45 Enfocus PitStop Professional vil User Guide S saturation remapping 169 scaling objects by dragging 133 scaling the page contents 45 Scitex Brisque DFE editing PDF documents from 145 security locking with a password 94 segment defined 123 selected area removing objects 54 selecting object 128 selecting similar objects 129 selections action type in Action List 102 sending objects backward 130 session comment adding 68 editing 68 setting preferences 14 shapes creating new 139 shearing object 137 showing 130 showing objects 130 side by side comparison 78 similar objects selecting 129 size of page contents changing 45 smoothness of objects viewing 125 snapshots 77 blended into one document 79 comparing 78 comparing side by side 78 explained 77 saving 77 viewing 77 specifications 81 Speed up image display preferences 14 speeding
72. 74 Remapping spot colors of a pixel image Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to remap spot colors of the DeviceN color space of a pixel image to any other color in the PDF document or the color reposi tory Remapping spot colors can be useful if you have to make color separations of your PDF document In that case you can leave the original pixel image with the spot colors unchanged but remap a specific spot color to a corresponding color in the CMYK color space To remap spot colors 1 Open the PDF document in which you want to remap a spot color 2 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector Enfocus PitStop Inspector Ho Objects Selected Color ravstroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics CMYK Spot Color 3 Click the Image gt Remap tab Enfocus PitStop Inspector Ho Objects Selected Color FilfStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Summary Downsample Remap Remap spotcolors Keep Keep All Apply 4 Click the Select Objects tool and select a pixel image in your PDF document which contains DeviceN spot colors U EN A ES Ta E Select Objects 5 i Select Similar Objects Expand This Button Enfocus PitStop Professional 173 User Guide 5 Select one of the spot colors that appear in the Remap Spot Colors area Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Image Selected Color FiliStroke Text Ima
73. DF Profile 93 Action Lists 111 eyedropper viewing object properties 33 F finding PostScript font names 162 163 first number in page numbering explained 56 fixes disabling all 88 enabling all 88 logging 88 flipping the page contents 45 font Action List 116 117 fonts changing properties 153 changing properties using an Action List 115 finding PostScript font names 162 163 global change 40 managing 159 Multiple Master 162 PostScript Type 1 159 PostScript Type 3 160 standard 14 fonts 159 TrueType 160 G gamut 168 general information of a PDF Profile changing 92 global change color 39 general 32 position of page contents 32 global changing font 40 grayscale color model 168 greeking text 25 guaranteed preflighting 63 guidelines for creating Action Lists 105 guides inserting 34 removing 35 halftone information viewing 125 hiding objects 130 highlight colors 17 18 high resolution images speeding up display 28 history of the document 76 hot folders using 118 I ICC profiles applying 177 checking 144 177 image See pixel image Image display preferences 14 image display speed up 28 importing Action Lists 111 PDF Profiles 93 informs action type in Action List 102 inserting guides 34 installation system requirements 10 intent rendering 169 interpreting a preflight report 97 introduction to Enfocus Pitstop Professional 9 K knock out white text changing settings 41 knock out white tex
74. DF document click the Informs tab and select the appropriate informs from the list Click Add and Close when you are finished Click OK to save your Action List The Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor is closed and you will return to the Enfocus PitStop Action List Entocus PitStop Professional User Guide Control Panel Here the Action List you just created will be listed in the left hand pane Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Change Font to Univers Executing Managing Action list name N Change Font to Univers Author Edit ew Remove Company Duplicate Password Import Lock with Password Export Last Changed June 22 2000 new Action List 19 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel fill in the names of the Action List the author and the company The name of the Action List will be changed accord ingly as soon as you remove the cursor from the text box Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Executing Managing Action list name New KO Overprint Author Edit John Doe Remove Company Enfocus Software Duplicate Password Import Lock with Password Export Last Changed June 22 2000 107 108 Chapter 7 Automating Tasks Creating a report with Action Lists When you execute an Action List it can be convenient to know exactly what has changed in your PDF docu ment and maybe even how many times something has been
75. PDF Documents Preflighting in a Certified PDF workflow A Certified PDE workflow supports the preflight process by e Offering the PDF document provider a simple and streamlined way to preflight a PDF document with a PDF Profile supplied by the PDF document recip ient e Including the PDF Profile and the corresponding preflight report in the PDF document This way there can be no doubt about the preflight status of the PDF document e Offering a straightforward user interface that enables the recipient of the PDF document to verify that the document has been preflighted successfully with a profile he or she provided The above mentioned features help to e Motivate the PDF document provider to actually preflight his or her PDF documents e Dramatically reduce the number of problems in files received from PDF document providers Document consistency PDF editing Issues PDF editing tools such as Enfocus PitStop Professional are very convenient for making intermediate or last minute corrections in PDF documents This saves you both time and money because you do not have to go back to the original application program to re create the PDF document Sometimes it may even be more effi cient to make the changes directly in your PDF docu ment Enfocus PitStop Professional for example allows you to make global color changes throughout your PDF document See also Automating Tasks on page 101 However PDF editing also i
76. PDF Profile Selection 2 PDF Profile Selection 3 PDF Profile Selection 4 PDF Profile Selection 5 Add PDF Profile Selection a Ego g ls ee e Select Similar Objects U select Objects FI TA e Select Polygonal Area MS Select Rectangular Area Move Selection Scale Selection Rotate Selection the unavailable toolbars by selecting the corre sponding menu command Enfocus PitStop Action List Toolbar Action List Selection 1 Action List Selection 2 Action List Selection 3 Action List Selection 4 Action List Selection 5 k Add Action List Selection Enfocus PitStop Undo amp Redo ik Undo a Redo Enfocus PitStop Page Box Tools Page Box Tools U Create New Ellipse Apply Page Box Tools Create New Rectangle Enfocus PitStop Editing Tools Shear Selection IT U Edit Vertical Text Line Edit Paragraph Edit Text Line Edit Path Add Anchor Point Enfocus Certified PDF Toolbar CertifiedPDF net status Certified status Ay Je e Create New Path ra E Remove Anchor Point Copy and Paste Attributes Eyedropper yedropp TI zla Lul e Measure A Guides j Start Certified New iS m PDF workflow Read fii w OK Confirmed a Not OK The Enfocus PitStop Professional toolbars in detail The Enfocus PitStop Tools toolbar You can select a basic tool from the Tools toolbar by clicking the respective button All the tools on this toolbar have a black arrow
77. Post Script and PostScript output devices However to print well on a PostScript device the TrueType font must be converted to PostScript outlines which may affect the visual quality of the resulting font This is why many prepress service providers are reluctant to support TrueType fonts e On Windows based systems a TrueType font is physically stored in a single file the name of which has the ttf extension On Macintosh it is stored as a single Suitcase e A TrueType font is represented by the EJ icon in Windows environments and the icon ona Macintosh operating system Enfocus PitStop Professional 161 User Guide e A TrueType font or a combined use of TrueType and PostScript fonts in one document may be trou blesome in high end PostScript devices especially imagesetters HA atekbro pdf EA atekbro pdf lea als Pra rada _ L CUILILLI11U E Ll CUILLLLLIU S most OI S most OI now hov now hov yerson to yerson to A Times as PostScript Type 1 Single Master font on screen C Times as PostScript Type 1 Single Master font printed B Times New Roman as TrueType font on screen D Times New Roman as TrueType font printed 162 Chapter 10 Managing Fonts Multiple Master font The Multiple Master font format is an extension of the PostScript Type 1 format Multiple Masters are fonts offering design variations at the extremes of the design axis This design axis represents a given variable prop erty for
78. Profile you selected in the list does not match the profile embedded in the Certified PDF document and you proceed to generate a report nevertheless the properties of the Certified PDF file are modified For more information on matching PDF Profiles see Checking the Certified PDF status on page 73 The PDF Profile you selected now replaces the PDF Profile that was originally embedded After you have entered the new session details in the Edit Enfocus Certified PDF Properties dialog box the preflight is executed with the new PDF Profile Preflight OK The PDF document has already been preflighted with the PDF Profile you selected In this case generating a new preflight report will simply repeat the preflighting process Not Preflighted If the document has not yet been preflighted or if it has been modified since the last preflight report was generated its status displays as Not Preflighted Generating a report will set the document s status to Preflight OK or to Preflighted with Errors depending on the results of the preflight Preflighted with Errors This status is given to documents that have been preflighted with the selected PDF Profile resulting in a preflight report containing errors If you remove the cause of the errors and create a new preflight report the status of the Certified PDF docu ment will change to Preflight OK Running a Certified PDF preflight check To perform a Certified PDF preflight check
79. Resample above 108 dpi To resample multiple images globally throughout the document choose Window gt Show PitStop Global Change and click the Object gt Image tab Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Color Font Prepress Image JW Color Bitmap Images Average Downsampling at 72 dpi IV Resample above 100 dpi WV Grayscale Bitmap Images Average Downsampling at 72 dpi JV Resample above 100 dpi JW Monochrome Bitmap Images Average Downsampling at 72 dpi JV Resample above 400 dpi Apply to Current Page y Save as ActionList Apply 4 Select the appropriate downsampling method from the list e Average downsampling at e Subsampling at e Bicubic downsampling at 5 Specify the required resolution dpi to which the image should be resampled 6 Change the Resample above dpi value if necessary The Resample above value is a threshold value images with a resolution below this value will not be resampled For example if the resample above value is 100 dpi and the selected image has a resolution of 96 dpi it will not be resampled You can use this feature to avoid that the image would lose too much detail in the resampling process 7 Ifyouare using the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box to resample image globally throughout your PDF document specify the pages to which resampling should be applied 8 Click Apply The imag
80. Suppose you have a preflight profile entitled 4 color press and you have selected this profile in the Enfocus PitStop Preflight Control Panel as shown in the illustra tion below Screen Optimized Checking Managing Description CD ROM Publication Document Print Optimized Web Publishing I PDF Profile 4 Color Press Preflight profile 4 color press selected in the Enfocus PitStop Preflight Control Panel 98 Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents One of the color settings of this profile is that the checked PDE document must not use RGB color as shown in the illustration below Enfocus PDF Profile Editor 4 Color Press IV Calibrated Gray or Calibrated RGB are used S information Ja Convento CMYK Information C Error IV Lab color is used T Convert to CMYK One of the color settings in the 4 color press preflight profile If you check a PDF document containing an RGB image the PitStop Navigator Panel will appear when an RGB image is detected Enfocus PitStop Navigator Panel x Warning RGB color is used for image 14 4 gt LI An RGB color image in the PDF document is prohibited by the active preflight profile To check a PDF document using the PitStop Navigator Panel 1 Open the PDF document which you want to check 2 Click the A button The PitStop Navigator Panel appears and indicates the detected problems Aut
81. User Guide o U za focus Enfocus PitStop Professional O 2003 Enfocus Software n v All rights reserved Enfocus PitStop Professional 6 0 User Guide Certified PDF is a registered trademark of Enfocus Soft ware patent pending Enfocus PitStop Professional Enfocus PitStop Server Enfocus Instant PDF and StatusCheck are product names of Enfocus Software Adobe the Adobe logo Acrobat PDEWriter Distiller the Acrobat logo FrameMaker Photoshop PageMaker and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc Macintosh Mac OS and TrueType are registered trade marks of Apple Computer Inc Microsoft Windows Windows NT and Microsoft Word are registered trade marks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and or other countries PDF2Go is a trademark of CreoScitex Corporation Ltd OPI is a trademark of Aldus Corporation Other brand and product names may be trademarks or registered trade marks of their respective holders All specifications terms and descriptions of products and services are subject to change without notice or recourse PANTONE Colors displayed in the software application or in the user documentation may not match PANTONE identified standards Consult current PANTONE Color Publications for accurate color PANTONE and other Pantone Inc trademarks are the property of Pantone Inc Pantone Inc 2003 Pantone Inc is the copyright owner of color data and or software which are lice
82. You can rotate an object in two ways By dragging it see below By specifying a fixed degree using the Enfocus PitStop Inspector See Transforming an object by specifying exact values on page 138 To rotate an object by dragging Click the Select Objects tool R_ h ut A s LIJE Select Objects 5 ae 47 Select Similar Objects Expand This Button Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector Select the object which you want to rotate See also Selecting objects on page 128 Click the Rotate Selection tool 3 i5 U EJ A ES Ll de Move Selection MH al Scale Selection i Rotate Selection gt Shear Selection m Create New Rectangle Create Mew Ellipse Expand This Button 5 6 The Enfocus PitStop Inspector changes accordingly Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Path Selected Rotate Mumeric Feedback Preferences 15 deg Measurements Units 0 00 deg Points v Size Upper Right 686 75 602 05 pt 540 27 868 49 pt Lower Left Constrain Angle X 84 70 VE 2 Cross hair 258 67 pt Color 598 36 pt Cross hair x Position y Rotate Angle If necessary change the angle of constraint for SHIFT rotate the cross hair color or the measure ment units in the Preferences area In the Numeric Feedback area you can find exact information about the rotating action you are about to perform Click the selec
83. adata i e information about the document itself The Document Summary dialog box of Adobe Acrobat for example contains the following metadata Document Summary X File C PROGRAM FILES ADOBE ACROBAT 5 0 Help ENU AcroHelp pdf Title adobe Acrobat Help Subject Adobe Acrobat Author adobe Systems Incorporated Keywords Adobe Acrobat 0 Binding lete y Creator FrameMaker 6 0 Producer Acrobat Distiller 5 002000 12 07 00 for Macintosh Created 28 02 01 9 08 09 Modified 14 06 01 8 25 20 File Size 5 95 MB 6 238 887 Bytes Security None PDF Version 1 4 Acrobat 5 x Fast Web View No Page Size 8 25 in x 11 in Tagged PDF No Number of Pages 287 i Entocus PitStop Professional 67 User Guide An Enfocus Certified PDF document can be enriched with the following metadata e A reference to one or more source documents on which the PDF document was based e A PDF Profile e A preflight report e User and system identification e An edit log listing all the changes done in the PDF document per editing session the time in which the PDF document was opened edited and saved e Session comments Setting the Certified PDF user identification An Enfocus Certified PDF document can contain two types of user identification personal information and system information Each of these serves its own purpose e The personal information is your name and company contact details together with a message if
84. an Action List e Edit an Action List e Remove an Action List e Duplicate an Action List e Import an Action List e Export an Action List e Rename an Action List e Lockan Action List with a password or unlock pass word protected Action Lists A Select an Action List from the list in the left pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel B Click the Managing tab C Click New to create a new Action List D Click Edit to change the properties of the selected Action List E Click Remove to remove the selected Action List from the list F Click Duplicate to make a copy of the selected Action List G Click Import to add Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel A Add Confidential Stamp Executing E A B Add Enfocus Background I Add Penguin Action list name E C Arial To Helvetica Add Confidential Stamp Change non black objects to Je I Knockout Light Objects Author Edit D Overprint Dark Objects Enfocus Customer Support Remove objects outside Crop j Remove E A Delete Footers Company All Red To Company Red Enfocus Software Duplicate l F Move region contents a Move page contents Password import G Add Cropmarks z AAA Convert Color to CMYK IE oe i Export H Last Changi d January 20 2000 an Action List to the list H Click Export to save the selected Action List as a file I Click Lock with Password to protect the
85. ange see Changing the page boxes on page 48 but this would not be trivial because e You would have to do this repetitively for each type of page box i e once to set the media box once to set the bleed box and so on e The absolute position of the page boxes would have to be different depending on the original design of the ad 51 52 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents Example of a page box template A page box template is a plain text file which contains code keys to define the width and height of the page boxes and their relative positions in your PDF docu ment The illustration below shows an example of a page box A Key 100 Name of the template You will see this name in Adobe Acrobat when you choose Tools gt Page Box Templates B Key 101 and 102 Fixed keys don t change them C Key 1 and 2 Coordinates of the lower left corner of the page box D Key 3 and 4 Coordinates of the upper right corner of the page box E Key 1000 Remove objects outside the bleed box F Key 1001 Draw the center lines of the trim box G Key 1002 Dim the area outside the trim box H Key 1003 Unit of measure ment default points 1 picas 2 inches 3 centimeters 4 millimeters I Key 1004 Modify the internal PDF structure so that the media box starts at 0 0 Using page box templates You can use page box templates in Enfocus PitStop Professional as f
86. as the original preceded by Copy of This copy will also appear in the list of PDF Profiles in the left pane of the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel You may want to rename this PDF Profile Importing a PDF Profile You can import existing PDF Profiles to add them to your list of profiles in the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel Also previous versions of PDF Profiles can be imported and edited Once they have been edited however they cannot be used by previous versions of Enfocus PitStop Professional or other Enfocus products anymore UA See also Editing a PDF Profile or creating a new Sl PDF Profile on page 91 To import a PDF Profile 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 3 Click Import 4 Select the profile to import 5 Click Open The imported profile is added to the list of profiles in the left pane of the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel Exporting a PDF Profile Exporting a PDF Profile means that you save it as a sepa rate file You may want to do this for a number of different reasons for example e To re use this PDF Profile later on e To create a backup copy of the PDF Profile e To share the PDF Profile with other users e To senda PDF Profile to a service provider or any other recipient or supplier of PDF documents See also Working with Certified PDF Documents on page 63 Entocus PitStop Professional 93 User Guide If you export a PDF
87. aser Printer Web Publishing Press Optimized Print Optimized Screen Optimized CD ROM Publication Document PROF3_work_temp pdf PDF Profile 4 Color Press Customer Support Enfocus Software C Regular Preflight Certified Preflight Certified Different PDF Profile Status Status idie Create Report A Select the Certified Preflight option PDF status is displayed B The Certified Wy For more information on the status of a Certified MM PDF file see Checking the Certified PDF status on page 73 96 Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents Preflighting and Certified PDF status Not Certified If the document you want to preflight is not a Certified PDF document the Certified PDF workflow is started You are prompted to enter all the session information as explained in Starting a Certi fied PDF workflow for a PDF document on page 69 Start Enfocus Certified PDF Workflow FT General Personal Info Job Info m Certified PDF Properties PDF Profile Session comment Original Document s Add Remove Creation date Modification date Type Cancel After entering this information you can either preflight the document now or later If you choose to run the preflight check immediately the status changes to Preflight OK or Preflighted with Errors Otherwise it changes to Not Preflighted Different PDF Profiles If the PDF
88. bjects Color Management Enabling color management and the color models which you wish to manage To set your Enfocus PitStop Professional general preferences 1 Do one of the following e Jn Adobe Acrobat 4 choose File gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional e In Adobe Acrobat 5 or 6 choose Edit gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional The Enfocus PitStop Preferences dialog box appears and the General tab is displayed by default 2 In the Editing behavior area you can specify e The number of undos but remember that a higher number of undos requires more memory e Whether or not you want to display center selection handles when editing objects e Whether or not you want the cursor to change into a filled black arrow when you move the cursor over an object e Whether or not you want your selections made with the Select Objects Tool kx to be overlapping or containing e Whether or not you want to have text greeked i e displayed as gray bars in wireframe view e Whether or not you want Adobe Acrobat to speed up image display when you open PDF documents which contain alternate images See also Speeding up image display on page 28 3 In the Warn when area indicate when you want Enfocus PitStop Professional to display a warning message 4 In the Language area select the language in which you want the Enfocus PitStop Professional menus and dialog boxes to appear EA
89. book PDF document with annotations shown or hidden To show or hide all annotations in a document Click the View Annotations El button to toggle between annotations shown or hidden Annotations may be created with Adobe Acrobat or with several third party plug ins Speeding up image display If you work with PDF documents which contain high resolution images you may want Adobe Acrobat to display these images faster You can do this by clicking the Speedup Image Display button E provided that the images in your PDF document have alternate images at a lower resolution Ifthey don t you can easily add alternate images using an Action List To create alternate images in your PDF docu ment 1 Open your PDF document which contains high resolution images 2 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 3 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel click the Managing tab and then the New button 4 Click Add 5 Inthe New Action Type dialog box click the Changes tab and select the action Add Alternate Images 6 Click Add and then Close 7 Specify the attributes for this action e The resolution of the alternate images e Whether or not the alternate images have to be in RGB colors 8 Click OK 9 Inthe Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel click the Executing tab 10 Select the option Execute on complete document and then click the Execute button To speed up image di
90. c guides to facilitate aligning objects which you move See Inserting guides in a PDF document on page 34 1 Click the Select Objects tool Rk a El A we Y w E Select Objects 5 k Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 3 Select the object which you want to move You can hold down the SHIFT key and click the left mouse button to select multiple objects 4 Click the Move Selection tool or hold down the CTRL key i Te A 2 Ta 6 Move Selection M a Scale Selection f Rotate Selection oo shear Selection Create New Rectangle Create New Ellipse Expand This Button The pointer changes from into 136 Chapter 8 Editing Objects The Enfocus PitStop Inspector changes accordingly e Hold down the SHIFT key and drag the selected object confined to a horizontal or vertical direction Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Path Selected Move Mumeric Feedback Preferences Lower Left Size Upper Right Measurements Units X 84 70 686 75 602 05 pt Points Us 328 23 40 27 868 49 pt 5 If necessary change the measurement units in the Preferences area Holding down the SHIFT key while dragging moves the Ka In the Numeric Feedback area you can find object along a fixed vertical or horizontal axis BM exact information about the move you
91. ch you have to do a number of times either within a single PDF document or in multiple PDF documents To simplify repetitious tasks you can group a series of tasks into an Action List Once you have created an Action List you can reuse it Enfocus PitStop Professional will automat ically carry out the respective tasks in the defined seguence For example suppose you have a line art object in several PDF documents You want to change the following properties of this object in all of your PDF documents e Fill colors of a number of areas in the object e Lines in the object which are thinner than a given line weight Changing multiple properties of an object in multiple PDF documents This job may consist of a number of sequential tasks as outlined in the illustration These individual tasks can be grouped into one Action List which can then be applied to a range of pages in one or more PDF docu ments or to complete PDF documents 1 Selecting the fill color of an object m2 List Select Fill Color Change Fill Color Select Fill Color Change Fill to Off and Stroke to Off Select if Line Weight is lt 0 30 pt Change Line Weight to 2 00 pt 2 Changing the selected fill color of an object Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Action List L Select Fill Color Change Fill Color Select Fill Color Change Fill to Off and Stroke to Off Select if Li
92. computer monitor creates color by emitting light through red green and blue phosphors RGB color model The CMYK color model A printing press uses a CMYK color model in which three colors of transparent ink cyan C magenta M and yellow Y are combined along with black noted as K derived from key color in varying amounts to create different colors CMYK inks filter the white light that reflects back from the paper and subtract some of the red green and blue light from the spectrum The color we see is what s left In theory pure cyan magenta and yellow pigments should combine to absorb all color and produce black But because all printing inks contain impurities these three inks actually produce a muddy brown and must be Chapter 11 Managing Color combined with black ink to produce a true black Combining these inks to reproduce color is called four color process printing In theory mixing cyan magenta and yellow yields perfect black in practise the key color black has to be added The Grayscale model The Grayscale model uses shades of gray to represent objects In this case every pixel of a grayscale image has a brightness value ranging from 0 black to 100 white The maximum number of grays that most output devices can produce is 256 Color gamuts and color spaces The visible spectrum contains millions of colors but color devices such as scanners monitors and color
93. ction List you wish to export 3 Click the Managing tab 112 Chapter 7 Automating Tasks 4 Click Export Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Remove TrueType fonts Copy of Remove TrueType fon UA If the Action List is not secured with a password ME the following message will appear Action List has no password Ed This Action List is not protected with a password Any user of this Action List will be able to edit it Do you want to continue anyway al TU Don t show this message again Executing Managing Description Action list name Edit Logo Author John Doe Company Enfocus Software Duplicate Import Export November 18 1999 New Edit Remove Password Lock with Password Last Changed ceni See Locking an Action List With a password below 5 Specify the Action List s file name and location Save the action list as Save in action lists it File name Edi Logo eal Save as type Enfocus PitStop Action Lists eal y Cancel 6 Click Save Locking an Action List with a password You can secure your Action List with a password to prevent others from changing its settings This may be convenient when the Action List is shared among multiple users You can lock an Action List with a pass word when you first create the Action List or you can add a password afterwards The password can include e Upperca
94. cu ment to which you want to apply the change The selection e The current page e One or more page ranges indicated by a hyphen and separated by a comma e The complete document 7 Click Apply or Save as Action List if you wish to create an Action List with these changes See also Creating an Action List on page 104 Changing the minimum line weight of objects When creating a PDF document containing very thin lines e g hair lines of 0 03 pt there is a risk that these lines will disappear when the document is output at very high resolutions e g when offset films are produced using a laser imager To avoid problems like this you can specify a minimum line weight of e g 0 25 pt for all objects in PDF document To change the minimum line weight of objects NA Shortcut Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global AM Change gt Object tab gt Prepress tab 1 Open the PDF document in which you want to specify the minimum line weight of objects 2 Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global Change to display the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box 3 Display the Object gt Prepress tab of the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Color Font Prepress image Overprint C Line Weight gt 5 U Overprint black text Force minimum line weight to I Knock out white text 4 00 pt Measurement Units Points 4 If necessary selec
95. der to communicate your technical conte ATEK Work structures it together with you using a metho e collaborative authoring e single sourcing e modularity 3 Change the selected paragraph as required 152 Chapter 9 Editing Text 4 Ifnecessary drag or resize the red box to change the position of the selected paragraph x llaborative authoring A UE e collaborative authori gt A Using the anchor to drag the paragraph box to a different position B Resizing the paragraph box Editing Vertical Text You can use the Edit Vertical Text Line tool to edit a line of vertical text Font type Adobe Type 1 CMYK 0 cyan 100 magenta 100 yellow 0 black Fill color On stroke weight 0 5 pt A line of vertical text To edit a vertical text line 1 Select the Edit Vertical Text Line tool Aly k E al A De Edit Text Line A Edit Paragraph AL Edit Vertical Text Line Expand This Button The cursor changes into I 2 Click in the vertical text line you want to edit and make any necessary changes Adding new text Besides editing text you can also add new text to your PDF document Using the text editing tools you can add e A new horizontal text line e A new paragraph e A new vertical text line UA You can set the default font properties for new text MM See Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 To add new text
96. e PDF Profile depending on the output format To replace a PDF Profile in a Certified PDF docu ment 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Edit Properties 2 Do one of the following Select a PDF Profile from the PDF Profile list 71 72 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents 3 17 A1 w Click Browse Select a PDF Profile file in a given folder and then click Open as shown in the example below Look in E Profiles ej ga ex ZH 4 color ppp A Black amp White ppp ZH NotRGBenforce ppp File name Display ppp Files of type Enfocus PDF Profiles ppp y Cancel Z Click OK Ifyou replace the PDF Profile and then click OK in order to save the changes a warning appears which prompts you to preflight the PDF docu ment now or later It is recommended to click Now Your PDF document will be preflighted and saved immediately with the newly chosen PDF Profile Enfocus Certified PDF Preflight Required 1 You changed the PDF Profile for this certified PDF document Do you want to preflight now Later Now Preflighting and saving Certified PDF documents If a PDF document is Certified and has a PDF Profile embedded you can preflight and save it in one single step Even people who do not have Enfocus PitStop Professional but another Certified PDF compliant tool such as Enfocus Instant PDF can still do this if they receive such a PDF document To pre
97. e appropriate color e To change a color to a color of a specific text segment or object select the text segment or object using the Select Objects tool amp and click Grab Fill or Grab Stroke to copy the fill or stroke color respectively e To change a color to all colors of a specific RGB or CMYK value click the respective option and specify the values in the text boxes 4 Inthe Apply to area select the part of the PDF docu ment to which you want to apply the change e The selection e The current page e One or more page ranges indicated by a hyphen and separated by a comma e The complete document 5 Click Apply or Save as Action List if you wish to create an Action List with these changes See also Creating an Action List on page 104 Making a global font change Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to change one or more fonts on a selection on a page on a selection of pages or in the entire document You can change any of the following properties e Font e Point size e Character spacing e Word spacing To make a global font change UA Shortcut Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global AM Change gt Object tab gt Font tab 1 Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global Change to display the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box 2 Display the Object gt Font tab of the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Color Fo
98. e position upwards or downwards in the stack e Bring to Front or Send to Back moves the selected object to the top or the bottom of the stack Replacing an object Enfocus PitStop Professional enables you to replace an object with another object in a single copy and paste action The new object will automatically adopt exactly the same size and position as the object which it Enfocus PitStop Professional 131 User Guide replaces It will also adapt its proportions to the previous object The result will be a distorted rectan gular object Ni A Copy an object B Select the object which is to be replaced C Past the new object over the old one and resize in one single step To replace an object 1 Click the Select Objects tool amp E El T A s We Es Select Objects 5 l Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Select the new object i e the object which you want to use to replace another one 3 Choose Edit gt Copy 4 Select the old object i e the object which is to be replaced 5 Choose Edit gt Replace The copied object will replace the old object and will assume its exact size proportions and position 132 Chapter 8 Editing Objects Rotating an object If you rotate an object it is important to know the posi tion of the axis around which this object will rotate This axis is indicated by the point of origin
99. e s contents Shrink to fit scales down the page contents proportionally 45 46 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents Flip the contents Enfocus PitStop Professional offers you the possibility to flip your page contents around an imaginary axis The two options are illustrated below A Flip the page contents horizontally left right over a vertical axis B Flip the page contents vertically up down over a horizontal axis Rotate the contents You can use Adobe Acrobat s standard functionality to rotate one or more pages in your PDF document However both the page and the content will be rotated in that case If you want to rotate the contents of the page only you can use the rotate contents feature of Enfocus PitStop Professional For example you might have changed the crop or media box first and may then wish to rotate the content to fit onto the page again To change the size position or orientation of the page contents RS Change gt Page tab gt Position tab 1 Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global Change to display the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box wg Shortcut Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global 2 Click the Page gt Position tab Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Position Page Boxes Remove Page Mumbers r2 Move Contents Move contents of x ty 0 00 0 00 pt
100. e will be resampled to the specified resolu tion Changing the size position or orientation of the page contents Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to manipulate the page contents in the following ways e Move the contents e Scale the contents e Flip the contents e Rotate the contents Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide Move the page contents Suppose you would like your PDF document which is originally in US letter paper size to fit onto a regular A4 without altering the actual Page Setup of your document Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to change the physical position of the page contents of odd and even pages throughout your entire PDF document by entering new values for the X and Y axes Moving the page contents along the X and Y axes Scale the contents Suppose you have a A4 size PDF document 210 x 297 mm However you need your document to be in a narrower format Consequently you need to scale the contents of your page s propor tionallly Enfocus PitStop Professional offers you the shrink to fit option for this purpose And vice versa you can scale up any given page contents of a PDF docu ment to fit the media size For example if you have an A5 publication on A4 media box you can select the scale to fit option to enlarge your publication to fit the A4 media box size You can also use a scale factor expressed in percentages relative to the current size of the pag
101. ed Certified PDF Profile can either match one of the profiles in the PDF Profiles database or not The PDF Profiles match of the following conditions are met 73 74 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents e The PDF Profile names must be identical The PDF Profile name is the name stored in the PDF Profile not the file name of the profile 4 Color Press CD ROM Publication Monochrome Laser Printer Frontage Black amp White Digital Frontage Black amp White Digital Output Save the PDF Profile as X Ga dejan Frontage ppp Enfocus PDF Profiles ppp 4 A PDF Profile name B File name of the profile e PDF Profiles created with earlier versions of Enfocus PitStop Server also known as preflight profiles must have the same settings except for differences between Do and Do amp Log Enfocus PitStop Preflight Profile E di Frontage Black amp White Digital Output Caution C B A Enfocus PitStop Akeflight Profile Edit 4 Frontage Black amp White Digital Output AAA AAA aes Caution Example of two matching profiles viewed 1n a previous version Enfocus PitStop Professional the same profile name A and the same profile settings B with the excep tion of differences between Do and Do amp Log C e PDF Profiles created with the current version of Enfocus PitStop Professional must have the same settings for Problems to detect and Report as Different sett
102. ee the document status Starting a Certified PDF workflow for a PDF document Starting a Certified PDF workflow for a PDF document means that you stamp the document You provide it with the information necessary to enjoy the benefits of the Certified PDF workflow for that particular PDF document As soon as you have started a Certified PDF workflow for a document any change made to the document will be recorded per editing session and can be traced in the edit log See also Viewing the edit log file on page 75 start Certified PDF workflow ili PDF 1 Certified source file PDF 1 Starting a Certified PDF workflow for a PDF document When starting a Certified PDF workflow you can e Specify one or more source documents on which your PDF document was based and save a reference to these documents in your PDF document e Select a PDF Profile that you want to attach to your PDF document The profile is stored in the Certified PDF document for later use e Enter a session comment This comment will be stored in the Certified PDF document To start a Certified PDF workflow 1 Open the PDF document for which you want to start a Certified PDF workflow 2 Choose Certified PDF gt Start or click the amp button Enfocus PitStop Professional 69 User Guide UA Ifyou have made any changes to your PDF docu BM ment you should save it before you start the Certi fied PDF work
103. elect All Expand Selection Enfocus PitStop Professional 145 User Guide 5 If necessary change your selection in the Selection area UA Pressing Expand Selection has the same result as y double clicking an object See Selecting objects on page 128 Editing PDF2Go documents from CreoScitex Brisque DFE PDF documents generated in CreoScitex Brisque DFE via the Brisque PDF2Go M module consist of line work LW and continuous tone CT layers Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to change colors in the line work layer of these PDF documents For example you might want to make the color of a selected area in a line work layer match a specific color in the continuous tone layer You can use any one of the two dedicated tools h A A Da LI Select Rectangular Area A Select Polygonal Area Expand This Button Dedicated Enfocus PitStop Professional tools used to edit PDF2Go documents gy You can edit the continuous tone CT layer via MM the regular Edit Image option in Adobe Acrobat To edit PDF2Go documents from CreoScitex Brisque DFE 1 Open a PDF2Go document 2 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 146 Chapter 8 Editing Objects 3 Click the Select Objects tool amp ES El T A a Se o Ls Select Objects 5 l Select Similar Objects Expand This Button The cursor changes into an eyedropper A
104. elected image if any Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Image Selected Color FiliStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Properties Resample Remap Image Size pixels 561 x 841 Resolution dpi 72 72 Bits per Channel 8 Image Type Regular Number of Channels 3 Indexed He Base Color Space ICC Profile ICC Profile Name sRGB IEC61966 2 1 Alternate Color Space RGB Pixel image provided with an ICC profile 177 178 Chapter 11 Managing Color To tag an image with an ICC profile ma Reversibly you can also remove ICC profiles from MM images Simply select the image display the 1 Select the image which you want to tag with an ICC Enfocus PitStop Inspector and click the Untag profile Image button 2 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector 3 Click the Color gt Fill Color tab The Enfocus PitStop Inspector displays a list of ICC profiles which you can use 4 Select a profile from the list and click Tag Image The image will be tagged with the selected profile and the ICC name of the profile will appear in the Enfocus PitStop Inspector En s PIS imago ad or ICC name of a tagged image Index A about the Enfocus Certified PDF workflow 63 absolute colorimetric remapping 170 accelerate image display 28 Action List Control Panel displaying 103 overview of the main parts 103 using 103 Action List Editor displaying 104 using 104 Action Lists assigning to
105. elvetica Bold Edit Logo Copy of Remove TrueType f0n Document Report pdf All but Frutiger to Courier Action List Change main title ATEK Unlocking Your Technology and Procedures John Doe Enfocus Software n i Execute on Current page aE z C page un 5 Select if Line Weight is gt 0 3 pt Complete document Status Finished Execute s This AND operator relates to steps 4 and 5 7 Change fill color ATEK Unlocking Your Technology and Procedures AN ct me E A i m ND Creating an Action List that changes the page layout of a PDF document Suppose you have PDF documents of booklets that are almost press ready The pages are to be printed double sided folded and trimmed You want to make sure that the page numbers which are close to the edge of the page do not get trimmed off Indeed when pages are folded for saddle stitch binding the printed area slightly moves outward This is known as creep in the publishing world The more pages in a booklet the larger the shift of the area of the inner pages will be i I coco MM Creep moves the printed area of the inner pages outwards which may cause page numbers near the outer edges of the pages to be trimmed off To compensate for this creep you can create an Action List that does the following e Shift the printed area of the left hand even numbered pages 5 mm to the right e S
106. ences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional 2 Click the Tools tab Enfocus PitStop Preferences x General Colors Tools New Objects Color Management m Tool Behavior Show the PitStop Inspector when selecting the following tools Object editing tools Object creation tools Copy and Paste attributes tool Eyedropper tool Guides tool Measure tool agdgdaad 11 Select similar tool Measurement Units Points v Cancel 3 Specify the tools with which you want the Enfocus PitStop Inspector to appear by selecting deselecting the respective boxes 4 Click OK when done For a full explanation of the various tools available in Enfocus PitStop Professional see The Enfocus PitStop Professional toolbars on page 22 UA Preferences which are related to specific tools are MM integrated in the Enfocus PitStop Inspector You can set these preferences as you are using the respective tool For example if you are using the B tool to 16 Chapter 1 Getting Started rotate an object the Enfocus PitStop Inspector will display Alternatively if you have to add new line art objects the following preferences with a given stroke and fill you select a line art object with the corresponding properties as shown below Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Image Selected Rotate m Numeric Feedback CG Preterences gt Lower Left Size Upper Right Constrain Angle 15 deg X 117 69
107. ent see Pag BM also Managing Color on page 167 4 Click OK when done Enfocus PitStop Professional 17 User Guide To set the measurement units used in Enfocus PitStop Professional 1 Do one of the following In Adobe Acrobat 4 choose File gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional In Adobe Acrobat 5 or 6 choose Edit gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional Click the Tools tab Specify the measurement unit of your choice by selecting it from the list in the Measurements Units area The following options are available Points Picas Inches Centimeters Millimeters Click OK Setting your Enfocus Certified PDF preferences Enfocus Certified PDF preferences relate to The status icon Enfocus PitStop Professional adds a Certified PDF status button to the Adobe Acrobat toolbar This button changes depending on the state of the current PDF document You can select the highlight colors which will be used when you view the changes that were made with the edit log or when you compare two snap shots 18 Chapter 1 Getting Started To set your Enfocus Certified PDF preferences 1 Do one of the following e In Acrobat 4 choose File gt Preferences gt Enfocus Certified PDF e In Acrobat 5 choose Edit gt Preferences gt Enfocus Certified PDF The Enfocus Certified PDF Preferences dialog box appears Enfocus Certified PDF Preferences X
108. ent will consist of the following chapters e Chapter 1 Page 1 of 25 PDF document 1 e Chapter 2 Page 10 of 25 PDF document 2 e Chapter 3 Page 20 of 25 PDF document 3 Consequently the second PDF document will have to start at page 10 and the third PDF document will start at page 20 You can fill in the first number of your PDF document in the box as shown below Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Position Page Boxes Remove Page Numbers r Page Numbers to Apply Sample Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 from selection Alignment Left e Center Right Variable number sequence 0 Variable number seguence The variable number seguence can be used if you have a sequence of numbers e g Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 You can then define which number should be variable Enfocus PitStop Professional 57 User Guide and which is fixed In the example 1 is the variable This page numbering consists of three numbers Logi whereas 4 and 25 are fixed This means that 4 and cally you want only the second number to be variable 25 will not increment as shown below Therefore you put 2 in the variable number sequence box This means that only the second number in the sequence will change The first and third numbers will not increment Variable number sequence Page number options C h apte r El Pag el 1 lof 25 The Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box also all
109. entation add a finishing touch and print it when o Available to Adobe Acrobat on Your system you and your reader need it most 6 If necessary sort the list by clicking the Font Name Type or Status button above the list Enfocus PitStop Inspector One Object Selected U 7 Select a font from the list in the Font Picker dialog box The selected font in your PDF document is changed interactively Of course you want your documentation to perform Whether your are writing for a broad audience a small group of specialists or a very specific market niche there is a multitude of possibilities to make your message clear ATEK offers you those solutions that make your technical content comprehensible and transparent to your reader ATEK also is the company that can assist you in making every technical illustration and animation imaginable and not no matter what the medium is We design your technical documentation add a finishing touch and print it when you and your reader need it most ocus PitStop Inspector x 0 e Object Selected Chlor Fill Stroke Text mage Prepress Position Statistics Font lame Frutiger ExtraBlackCn size 1104 pt Font Picker Font Type Adobe Type 1 Embedded Font Picker Ea Page Document System Font Name Type Frutiger Bolditalic Adobe Type 1 a Frutiger Cn Adobe Type 1 Frutiger ExtraBlackCn Ad
110. ents You find details on their respective creation date modi fication date and type in the Document Info area 3 Do one of the following e Ifthe source document status is Identical it means that the source document has not changed since the Certified PDF workflow was started You can apply the changes listed in the edit log file to the source document Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide e Ifthe source document status is Different it means that the source document has changed since the time when a Certified PDF workflow was started for the PDF document If possible check the various versions of the source document first before you synchronize any of these source documents with the PDF document e Ifthe source document status is Missing it means that the source document is moved renamed or deleted Select the missing source document and click Browse Locate the corresponding source document at its new location or with its new name and click Open The source document will reappear in the list with the status Identical or Different 4 ClickOK Replacing the PDF Profile of a Certified PDF document As soon as a PDF document is Certified it can have a PDF Profile attached You can replace this PDF Profile by another one at any stage in the document s Certified PDF workflow Suppose your PDF document is intended for printing as well as for online viewing You can then attach the appropriat
111. er these operators after the selections to which they should apply See also Guidelines for creating Action Lists on page 105 9 Click Add 10 Click the Changes tab 11 In the Changes list select a change and click OK New Action Type x Selections Changes Checks intorms Change Art Box Change Bleed Box Change Character Spacing Change Color Change Crop Box Change Dash Pattern Change Document Info Change Fill and or Stroke Change Fill Type Change Flatness Change Layering Change Line Cap l 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 If necessary adjust the attributes of your change in the right hand pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor aeea a UU r Attributes for Change Font Select Font Courier Select Font Times Roman Fort Univers OR Change Font to Univers Font Picker Report Log v Up Down Add Remove Grab Undo Cancel Click Add Repeat steps 9 through 12 to add all the necessary changes to your Action List If necessary click a selection change or operator and click the Up or Down button to change the order of the actions Do one of the following If you want to include checks in the report as the Action List is being carried out click the Checks tab and select the appropriate checks or detects If you want to gather information about e g fonts color and images in your P
112. ere the PDF document is viewed e Available as embedded fonts which means that the fonts are included in the PDF document e Not available either in the document or on the system If the font is not available it will have to be replaced by a font which is available on the recipient s computer This process is called PDF font substitution Finding PostScript font names If you need to enter a font name manually in the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor you can use a PDF file to find the exact spelling of the name To find a PostScript font name 1 Use any application to create a one page document with the PostScript font 2 Create a PDF file from the document 3 Open the PDF file with Acrobat and choose File gt Document Info gt Fonts If the file contains more than a single page and the font you re interested in is not on the first page click List All Fonts 4 Write down the name of the font using the exact spelling capitalization and hyphenation of the name as it appears in the Font Info dialog box 5 Click OK to close the dialog box Embedding versus subsetting fonts Embedding fonts Using the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor you can specify in a PDF Profile whether a PDF document should e Embed all fonts e Embed all fonts except the standard 14 fonts e Embed all fonts that can t be emulated for viewing e Embed all fonts that can be emulated for viewing Embedding a font implies that the entire font
113. f the Color Picker dialog box as shown below Color Picker x Cancel e Display or hide the guides by selecting or deselecting the appropriate box e Make the guides magnetic so that objects you move snap to them and define the magnetic area around the guides e Set the measurement units Removing guides from a PDF document If you have a PDF document that contains guides and you wish to remove one or more of these guides you can simply do so by using the Guides Tool Enfocus PitStop Professional 35 User Guide To remove guides from a PDF document 1 Click the Guides tool E eed ar o gt ae hk te Copy and Paste Attributes EveDiropper E Guides Coo Measure Ta Expand This Button Move your cursor over the guide you wish to remove The cursor changes into H H when it is positioned exactly over a guide Drag the guide off the page to remove it P Introduction Wicas D Andee Viana ii m po ie oz nues rial hs to On er Adol im ie POr ties perra Aca foe Drive eat Dress i op Depa toring applicute are fees booklet that cove et waske sliny Adobe Poradi De PEET e Ausra tically aone DOF Sa mets ing the unitaz Listikor idad to anal PDF ma d related Thi ln es y Chae cnescies prodala nlati Poblers facto poa can va Adobe tr PET cd rl Ec ls Lo these skupa Wiel tad oj gt convert any dau po fies are ihal Gor archaval sad mr sonata on dead mani zene ca your o
114. f the following In Windows press CTRL ENTER On the Macintosh press ENTER Click OK The Certified PDF workflow has now been started for this PDF document The following message appears Enfocus Certified PDF Preflight Required Do you want to preflight your document with the selected A PDF Profile now Later Now Do one of the following Click Now to preflight your PDF document imme diately If necessary fill in a session comment in the Preflight and Save dialog box and click OK The document is preflighted and the preflight report is displayed afterwards Click Later if you do not want to preflight your PDF document now e Click Browse Select a PDF Profile file in a given EA For more information about preflighting see MB Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents on page 85 Providing a Certified PDF document with job information About job information Certified PDF documents can be provided with job information Job information can be any kind of infor mation about the PDF document which you would like to share with the person who will receive the PDF docu ment This can include for example e The name company address and contact details for whom the PDF document is ultimately intended e Any additional remarks which the recipient of the PDF document has to know This can be e g details about how the PDF document should be printed or what should happen next with the PDF document To
115. f the path Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide 123 Anchor points A B and C define the beginning and the end of each segment Direction points Curved segments have beside their anchor points two additional points of control called direction points These direction points are attached to the anchor points of a curved segment by means of direction lines If you move any of these direction points you will change the shape of the curve B Direction points give you control over the shape of curved segments 124 Chapter 8 Editing Objects Changing the color of a line art object You can change the fill or stroke color of line art objects or you can stroke a path You can also switch from one color model to another You use the Enfocus PitStop Inspector to do this To change the color of a line art object 1 Click the Select Objects tool R_ E mi a A y Ta E Select Objects 5 i Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Click the object which you want to change 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector The Enfocus PitStop Inspector displays the current color settings of the selected object as shown below Enfocus PitStop Inspector x 1 Path Selected Color Fivstroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Fil Fil Color Stroke Color CMYK Color Magenta TI 100 0 I
116. flight and save your Certified PDF docu ments 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Preflight and Save The following dialog box appears e Ifthe PDF document already has a PDF Profile embedded Preflight and Save X Certified PDF Workflow Properties PDF Profile 4 Color Press Session comment E e Ifthe PDF document has no PDF Profile embedded Select a PDF Profile from the list or click Browse to search for a PDF Profile Preflight and Save X m Certified PDF Workflow Properties PDF Profile No PDF Profile Browse Session comment Cancel 2 Change or complete the session comment if neces sary 3 Click OK to preflight your PDF document with the PDF Profile and save it The preflight report will be displayed as soon as the preflight check is completed Viewing the preflight report When you receive a Certified PDF document that has been preflighted with an embedded PDE Profile you can view the preflight report without having to redo the preflight To view the preflight report Choose Certified PDF gt Show Preflight Report The preflight report is generated from the stored data base and is displayed as shown in the example below Errors amp Warnings Severity Description Error Document is not optimized for page by page viewing X Error Font Helvetica Light is embedded and can be emulated for viewing 2x X Error Font Minion Regula
117. flow If you do not save it the following warning appears Start Enfocus Certified PDF Workflow X The document has been changed t needs to be saved before the Enfocus Certified PDF Workflow can be started coca The following dialog box appears Start Enfocus Certified PDF Workflow X General Personal into Job into Certified PDF Properties PDF Profile No PDF Profile Browse Session comment Original Document s Add Remove Creation date Modification date Type Cancel 3 Click Add to add a reference to one or more source files on which your PDF document was based UA lt is recommended to add a reference to the source lt file s at this stage This information cannot be added later on in the workflow 4 If necessary specify a PDF Profile against which your PDF document should be preflighted Select a PDF Profile from the PDF Profile list The PDF Profile list contains the same PDF Profiles as in your Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile Control Panel or 70 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents folder and then click Open as shown in the example below Look in E Profiles Al Al e A Black amp White ppp A Display ppp ZH NotRGBenforce ppp File name 4 color ppp Files of type Enfocus PDF Profiles ppp y Cancel Z Enter a session comment if necessary To start a new paragraph do one o
118. focus PitStop Preferences dialog box Wireframe view of a PDF document objects are outlined A and text can be greeked B You may want to look at a PDF document in wireframe view in order to e View and select objects which are partly covered by other objects See also Changing the stacking order of objects on page 130 e View and edit masks See also Masking objects on page 143 e Make pages display more quickly if they contain many or large pixel images To view a PDF document in preview or wire frame view mode Click the 21 button to toggle between preview mode and wireframe view mode Chapter 2 Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional Work Area Viewing page boxes looking at a PDF document s trim and bleed Page boxes defined When you design a document and create a PDF docu ment of it it will contain a number of page boxes Page boxes are imaginary rectangles drawn around the various objects on a page and around the page itself You cannot see these page boxes if you look at a PDF document in Adobe Acrobat without Enfocus PitStop Professional or any other PDF editing tool They are a sort of description behind the scenes of the layout of your PDF document Types of page boxes The illustration below shows the various types of page boxes i is an e a A i ee 1 S A gore dea ta aa oe Pri I Airborne B c
119. font You may wish to do one or more of the following Select Font and pick or grab a selected font just like you did before in the From area Select Point Size and specify the appropriate value in the text box Select Character or Word spacing and specify the em value in the respective box An em space is the same width as the point size of the font you use For example if you use a 10 point Times the em space will be 10 points wide Entocus PitStop Professional 41 User Guide 6 Inthe Apply to area select the part of the PDF docu ment to which you want to apply the change e The selection e The current page e One or more page ranges indicated by a hyphen and separated by a comma e The complete document 7 Click Apply or Save as Action List if you wish to create an Action List with these changes See also Creating an Action List on page 104 Changing the overprint settings of black and white text on colored backgrounds Making black text overprint Text especially fine text or text set at a small point size on colored backgrounds is extremely difficult to print in register The slightest misregistration can become noticeable as small gaps can appear between the text and the underlying colored elements 42 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents To avoid this problem you can specify that all black text should print on top of any colored backgrounds This technigue is known as over
120. for each potential problem you wish to check and fix 8 Click OK Changing the general information of a PDF Profile The general information of a PDF Profile includes e The PDF Profile s name which should be a descrip tive name for the profile If you export this profile later on this name will be suggested as the file name 92 Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents e The author which is the name of the person who created the profile e The company which is the name of the company related to the profile To change the general information of a PDF Profile 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 3 Inthe list of PDF Profiles in the left pane of the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel select the PDF Profile of which you want to change the general information 4 Place the cursor in the respective text box and change the author company or profile name The name will be changed as soon as you remove the cursor from the text box or press ENTER Removing a PDF Profile When you remove a PDF Profile it will no longer appear in the list of profiles in the left pane of the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel To remove a PDF Profile 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 3 Inthe list of PDF Profiles in the left pane of the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel select the profile you wish to remove EA You are n
121. ge Prepress Position Statistics Properties Resample Remap compress Remap Spot Colors Magenta Keep ATEK Yellow Keep Black Keep Remap to Cyan From Document From Repository Keep Keep All Aaa 6 Do one of the following e Toremap the selected color to a CMYK color or any other spot color present in the selected object select the appropriate color from the Remap to list as shown below Enfocus PitStop Inspector Color FiliStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Properties Resample Remap compress Remap Spot Colors Magenta Keep ATEK Yellow Keep Black Keep Remap to From Document From Repository Cyan A Magenta Keep All al Yellow Black Magenta ATEK Yellow Black A CMYK colors B Spot colors in the selected object e e To remap the selected color to any other spot color found in the PDF document click From Document e Toremap the selected color to any other color in the color repository click From Repository For more information on color repositories see Working with a color repository on page 174 7 Click Apply 174 Chapter 11 Managing Color e lt colors as they are Duplicating spot colors Enfocus PitStop Professional enables you to duplicate objects containing a spot color and to create a user defined spot color with the same shape of the copied object You can do this
122. having to assume responsibility if anything goes wrong This includes issues that can be totally unrelated to the small correction applied Responsibility in a Certified PDF workflow The Certified PDF workflow settles responsibility issues by e Providing a detailed log file of all the changes made to a PDF document e Keeping track of the PDF editing process i e who applied which change and when e Implementing a robust roll back mechanism which allows you to easily return to a previously saved state a snapshot of your PDF document e Offering the possibility to compare any two of these snapshots visually to detect and examine the differ ences Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide 65 66 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents The Certified PDF workflow The Certified PDF workflow incremental explained ana The Certified PDF workflow is based on the following ln the Certified PDF workflow all the modifications principles done in a PDF document are logged per session and saved in an edit log file Also the edited PDF documents are saved incrementally This means that the changes done in version 3 for example are saved on top of the changes done in version 2 but you keep one physical e The incremental save principle e A robust roll back mechanism PDF file A conventional PDF workflow IN In a conventional PDF workflow the PDF document goes through the hands of different partie
123. heck verifies and fixes these properties of a PDF document These relate to the following categories e The document s digital format e Security e Pages e Fonts e Color e Images e OPI e Text e Line art e Transparency e Annotations e Metadata e PDF X Problem reporting Problem severity levels defined If any of the properties in a PDF document does not comply with the settings as specified in the PDF Profile it will be logged in the preflight report You can select how these deviations should be reported e As Information e As Error These two labels indicate severity levels of the detected problem If a property does not comply you can define how severe the detected problem is e You can label deviating properties as Information if it is not a real problem in the strict sense of the word but just something you would like to be informed about e You can label deviating properties as Error if you really want them to be as specified in the PDF Profile before you send them to output Entocus PitStop Professional 87 User Guide Problem severity levels example Suppose that some of the PDF documents you work with contain RGB colors First you want to print them on a black and white output device such as a laser printer for proofing purposes In that case RGB colors are not really a problem However you would like to know which PDF documents contain objects in RGB co
124. height to Y 328 23 540 27 868 49 pt width ratio of the object Measurements Units Cross hair x 258 67 pt Position Y 598 36 pt Points Scale X 1 00 Scale 1 00 e 5 If necessary change the cross hair color or the measurement units in the Preferences area e Double click on another position of the object to move the point of origin Then drag to scale the object using the object s new point of origin For example you may want to place the point of origin ononeofthe cornersofa rectangular object to keep two sides of the object at a fixed position when scaling Scaling an object towards a point of origin other than the object s center point e Hold down the SHIFT key while dragging to scale the object proportionally 1 e to keep the height to width ratio of the scaled object identical to the orig inal s e Hold down the ALT key Windows or Option key Macintosh while dragging to create a scaled copy of the selected object Moving an object You can select any object in a PDF document and move this object to a new location You can move an object in two ways e By dragging it see below e By specifying a given distance and direction using the Enfocus PitStop Inspector See Transforming an object by specifying exact values on page 138 Enfocus PitStop Professional 135 User Guide To move an object or a copy of an object by dragging WHY You can use magneti
125. hen you purchase Enfocus PitStop Professional To qualify for product upgrades and free technical support you must register Enfocus PitStop Professional You can register offline or online e To register offline fill out and mail the registration card found in the software box e To register online follow the instructions below To register Enfocus PitStop Professional 1 Start Adobe Acrobat 2 Choose Help gt Plug In Help gt Enfocus PitStop Professional gt Register Online 3 Fill out the online registration form 4 Click Submit Getting Support When you work with registered Enfocus products you are entitled to free technical support When contacting the Enfocus Support Department it is Important that you can provide our support engineers with the neces sary information about the configuration of your computer system and the Enfocus product s you are using To this end we have included this support infor mation in the dialog box about Enfocus PitStop Profes sional which you find in the Help menu You can easily copy this information and paste it in a text file or an e mail message which you can then send to our Support Department Furthermore you can also consult the Enfocus Knowl edge Base or use the Enfocus Support Site to report a problem To consult the Enfocus Knowledge Base 1 Choose Help gt Plug In Help gt Enfocus PitStop Professional gt Knowledge Base To report a problem 1 Choose Help
126. hift the printed area of the right hand odd numbered pages 5 mm to the left closer to the binding e Leave the first page unchanged e g because this page is not numbered Enfocus PitStop Professional 117 User Guide A visual representation of the changes is shown in the illustration below x UM Changing the page layout move the printed area of the inner pages B and C towards the binding to compensate for creep but leave the first page A unchanged To create an Action List that changes the font properties of a PDF document 1 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel create an Action List that looks as follows Action List Select odd pages Select objects inside region Attributes Use Box gt Trim Box Select objects inside region AND Select first page NOT AND Move page contents horizontal 5 0 mm vertical 0 0 mm Select even pages Select objects inside region Attributes Use Box gt Trim Box Select objects inside region AND Move page contents horizontal 5 0 mm vertical 0 0 mm Chapter 7 Automating Tasks 2 Click the G button to view the pages on the complete media size and to see e The trim size e The page s trim marks if any e The page s registration marks if any e The page s bleed if any e Color control
127. history 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Show History Saving snapshots Snapshots and roll back mechanism explained In a Certified PDF workflow a PDF document can go through various editing sessions done by various users A Certified PDF document remembers all the changes that were made during a given session and stores the information about these changes per session incre mentally as you save your PDF document This way of managing and saving changes has a big advantage You know exactly which changes have been made in which session and by whom Moreover these changes can be presented to you in the form ofa snapshot a view of the status of the PDF document at the time it was saved at the end of a session And you can do even more You cannot only view the state of the PDF document in a given previous editing session you can also save this snapshot as a separate PDF document This is called the roll back mechanism When editing PDF documents you may have experi enced one change too far situations in which you made a change got a undesired result but also saved the PDF document No problem in a Certified PDF work flow you can revert to any previously saved state ofa PDF document Viewing a snapshot You can view snapshots ofa Certified PDF document in the following ways e By saving the snapshot with a different name and opening it as a regular PDE document e By comparing two different snapshots For m
128. i e every single character of the font is copied into your PDF document This is particularly useful if your document needs to be displayed and printed on a different computer which may not have the same fonts installed Furthermore if the entire font is embedded you can still edit the text in the PDF document on a computer that does have the font installed Note that embedding an entire font a standard roman font typically contains 256 characters will increase the file size of the PDF document by 30k to 40k for PostScript Type 1 fonts or more for TrueType fonts Entocus PitStop Professional User Guide Subsetting fonts Using the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor you can specify in a PDF Profile whether a PDF document should Subset all fonts e Subset all except the standard 14 fonts Subset all fonts that can t be emulated for viewing e Subset all fonts that can be emulated for viewing Instead of embedding an entire font you may want to embed only a subset of the font i e the characters of the font that are actually used in the text Subsetting a font allows you to keep a file as small as possible which is recommended especially if you do not plan to add more text and hence more font characters to the file Note that when you combine two or more PDF docu ments that have the same font subset duplicate char acter information is not deleted from the merged sets This will result in a considerably larger file Ho
129. ick OK The specified color will now be saved in your color repository and can be re used later see below Using a color from the color repository Once you have stored a number of colors in your repos itory you can apply these colors to objects or text in your PDF document To apply a color from the repository to text or objects 1 Click the Select Objects tool amp E my A s Ta Es Select Objects 5 Es Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Click any text or line art object in the PDF docu ment to which you want to apply a color from your repository 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 176 Chapter 11 Managing Color The Enfocus PitStop Inspector appears and shows the current color settings of the selected text or object as shown below Enfocus PitStop Inspector x 7 Objects Selected Color FilStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Fil Fil Color Stroke Color CMYK Color a el of Magenta EJ a oo velow 00 Change Into Gray RGB CMYK Spot color 4 Under Repository click Load 5 Select a color in the Color Names list 6 7 Load Color from Repository Ea Color Names cor p orate color ripe banana Remove Cancel You will see the color of the selected text or object change interactively as you select the color Click OK If necessary adju
130. ils OM of page box templates see the Enfocus Knowledge Base www enfocus com gt Support gt Knowledge base and search for page box template at O Using a page box template you can set the safety box A trim box B bleed box C crop box and media box D simultaneously You can position them all at once in your PDF documents while their size and relative positions remain fixed Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide What s the use of page box templates Page box templates are particularly useful if you have a collection of similar PDF documents in which you have to set page boxes and where the size and the relative positions of these page boxes is fixed Relative posi tions meaning the position of the various types page boxes compared to each other For example the bleed box should be 5 mm larger on either side than the trim box and the media box should be 5 mm larger on either side than the bleed box The absolute position of these boxes 1 e their exact position on a page in a PDF docu ment is not relevant because you can move these page boxes on screen For example suppose you receive advertisements in PDF format You have to set the page boxes in these PDF documents and the size and relative positions of these page boxes is fixed The exact position on the page in the PDF documents may vary however depending on the original design You could try to change the page boxes using a Global Ch
131. in the bottom right corner which means that they have hidden tools as indicated below To select one of the hidden editing tools click the current tool in the toolbar and hold down the mouse button All the related tools will then become visible and you can now select the tool of your choice The Enfocus PitStop View Buttons toolbar The Enfocus PitStop Professional View Buttons toolbar buttons enable you to toggle between the different views available Clicking any of the tools will display the PDF document in one view clicking the tool a second time will revert the display to the original view Enfocus PitStop Professional offers you the following buttons on the View toolbar View Annotations View Wireframe View Problems View Page Boxes Speed Up Image Display Enfocus PitStop Professional View Buttons toolbar buttons Entocus PitStop Professional 23 User Guide The buttons and their respective functions are the following a Click to show or hide all annotations in a docu ment See To show or hide all annotations in a docu ment on page 28 Click to view a PDF document s trim and bleed Ku Ex See To view a PDF documents trim and bleed on page 27 E KE Click to view a PDF document in preview or wire frame view mode See To view a PDF document in preview or wire frame view mode on page 25 E Click to view alternate images in your PDF docu ment and to speed u
132. ings for fixes are not taken into account Enfocus PDF Profile Editor 4 Color Press i Problems to detect Report as A IV Colors other than gray or RGB are used C Information Y Convert all colors to gray and ROD Example of two matching PDF Profiles viewed in the current version of the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor the same profile name the same problems to detect and the same severity levels to report A Fixes however can be different B UA The Certified PDF Profile does not necessarily have BM to match one of the Profiles in the PDF Profile database You can clear this selection in the Certi fied PDF Preferences See also Setting your Enfocus Certi fied PDF preferences on page 17 To check the Certified PDF Profile status Choose Certified PDF gt Show Status The Certified PDF Profile can have either one of the following statuses e It matches a profile in the Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile database e It does not match any of the profiles in the Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile database The reason can be for example that there is simply no profile with the same name in the profile database or that the settings of the profile are different Entocus PitStop Professional User Guide The status of your Certified PDF document can be one of the following e Your PDF document cannot be preflighted because no profile was attached to it Click Select PDF Profile and attach a PDF Profile Preflight the
133. ist and click Set Enfocus Action List Toolbar Setup X Hr Action List Color to Enfocus Purple Crop to size of screen shot All Black to Rich Black Move Page Contents to Lower Left Invalid Action List m w NN Select an Action List and click Set to associate it with the selected tool button All Black to Rich Black Make UltraThin Proof Non black text to knockout Switch ATEK for Enfocus Remove Meta Information Change Point Size to 10 00 pt Move Page Contents to Lower Left Add Simple Line Color to Enfocus Purple Crop to size of screen shot 3 Repeat step 2 to assign all the Action Lists or PDF Profiles of your choice to Quick Access buttons 4 Click OK Specifying the language of the Enfocus PitStop Professional interface Like in multiple language versions of Adobe Acrobat you can specify the language of the Enfocus PitStop Professional user interface You can have all Enfocus PitStop Professional menus and dialog boxes appear in your native language To specify the language of the Enfocus PitStop Professional user interface 1 Do one of the following e In Adobe Acrobat 4 choose File gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional e In Adobe Acrobat 5 or 6 choose Edit gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional 2 Select the language in which you want the Enfocus PitStop Professional menus and dialog boxes to appear Enfocus PitStop Preferences x
134. ition them on the page in your PDF document UA To position the page boxes precisely you can use MM the arrow keys and nudge them i e move the page boxes by one pixel at the time While positioning the page boxes you can use the following shortcuts a case center the page boxes based on existing page boxes in the PDF show a gray transparent zone Tor objects that lie outside the bleed box show a white opaque zone for objects that lie outside the bleed box don t hide objects outside the bleed box show a cross hair in the middle of the page boxes override template settings remove objects outside the bleed box overrides template settings keep objects outside the bleed box 5 Click the button or press ENTER to apply the page box templates to the page 54 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents Removing objects inside or outside a selected area This feature enables you to remove both text and object areas from your PDF document To remove objects inside or outside a selected area UA Shortcut Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global AM Change gt Page tab gt Remove tab 1 Open the PDF document in which you want to remove an area 2 Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global Change to display the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box 3 Click the Page gt Remove tab Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Position Page Boxes Remove Page Numbers r Area o
135. ive slider to the left or to the right or type the percentage in the text box Ifyour PDF document contains spot colors and you wish to change the color of the selected object to one of these spot colors click the Spot Color button Select one of the available spot colors in the Spot Color Picker and click OK Praeterea splendor quicumc Spot Color Picker Select Spot Color Company Green C 100 0 M 76 0 Y 0 0 K 28 7 Enfocus PitStop Inspector 7 Objects Selected Color Fivstroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Fill Fill Color stroke Color Spot Color PANTONE 1795 CYU Alternate Color Space CMYK Alternate Color Value C 00 M 941 Y 1000 kK 0 0 Change Into Gray RGB CMYK Spot Color Repository Load Save Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide Using ICC profiles with pixel images You can check whether a given pixel image has been provided with an ICC profile or not If not you can still apply an ICC profile to this image To use ICC profiles with pixel images 1 Click the Select Objects tool l ls Select Objects 5 II h Select Similar Objects e Expand This Button A Sn We 2 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 3 Select the object of which you want to check whether it has an ICC profile 4 Click the Image tab The Summary is displayed by default and shows the ICC profile of the s
136. l Panel B Click the Description tab to view or type additional information about the selected PDF Profile C Click New to create a new PDF Profile from scratch D Click Edit to change or view the properties of the selected PDF Profile E Click Remove to remove the selected PDF Profile from the list F Click Duplicate to make a copy of the selected PDF Profile G Click Import to add a PDF Profile to the list of profiles H Click Export to save the selected PDF Profile as a file I Click Lock with Password to protect the selected PDF Profile with a password so that others cannot change its properties without entering the password first J In the text boxes you can change the name of the PDF Profile the author or the company The names will change immediately as soon as you remove the cursor from the text box or press ENTER Editing a PDF Profile or creating a new PDF Profile Creating a new PDF Profile or editing one are basically the same tasks Even if you wish to create a new PDF Profile from scratch you will always have a number of predefined template profiles available which came with the installation of Enfocus PitStop Professional These template PDF Profiles cover the most common output media You can create a generic PDF Profile based on a template profile first and fine tune your settings of this profile later on When you edit a PDF Profile you change some of the properties of that profile
137. lar To select similar objects 1 Click the Select Similar Objects tool ti If specified in the Preferences the Enfocus PitStop Inspector will appear See also Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 2 Select an object in your PDF document This can be either a part of a graphic or a text segment 130 Chapter 8 Editing Objects 3 The PitStop Inspector will change accordingly and display the relevant attributes of the selected object Path Attributes on Pasteboard Select Similar T Stroke IZ Fill IV Prepress FF Color IF Color IF Fill Overprint I Line width IF Filtype IV Stroke Overprint I Line Cap IV Stroke Adjustment I Line Join JV Transfer Curve TU Miter Limt To Text IZ Halftone U Flatness U Font JV Black Generation TU Dash Pattern TU Size IZ Undercolor Removal I Spacing I Smoothness IF Color Rendering Intent Select similar objects 4 If necessary deselect one or more properties to expand your selection 5 Do one of the following to select similar objects e Click the Select Similar Objects button e Double click the selected object All similar objects i e objects with the same selected attributes will be selected Hiding and showing selected objects Once you have selected one or more objects be it text or line art or pixel images you can hide the selection You may wish to do this e g if you wi
138. lected category or disable it temporarily C In a given category select one or more properties to check in the preflight process D Specify how to fix the problem if necessary E Select how the detected problem should be listed in the preflight report Information or Error F View integrated help on the checks and fixes 89 90 Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents Managing PDF Profiles Using the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel To manage your PDF Profiles use the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel This control panel enables you to e Create a new PDF Profile e Edit a PDF Profile e Remove a PDF Profile e Duplicate a PDF Profile e Import a PDF Profile e Export a PDF Profile e Rename a PDF Profile e Locka PDF Profile with a password To display the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel B Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel Checking Managing Description shi PDF Profile name aw i C Press Optimized CD ROM Publication Print Optimized Screen Optimized Author Edit J D A CD ROM Publication gm Customer Supot Support i Remove E je Company Enfocus Software Duplicate l F i Password import G Lock with Password I Export l H i pt Last Changi d September 20 2001 J A Select a PDF Profile from the list in the left pane of the Enfocus PDF Profile Contro
139. list of changes includes almost anything which professional PDF editing tools like Enfocus PitStop Professional can do including e Adding objects or page numbers e Changing a wide variety of properties including page boxes e Color conversions e Removing objects e Rotating and scaling page contents e Font and color related changes Checks Action Lists do not necessarily have to change PDF documents They can also be created to check various properties in PDF documents or detect specific objects or elements For example an Action List can check font related properties or detect empty pages in a PDF docu ment Each check or detect action can be logged as Warning or Error in the preflight report Informs Action Lists can also gather information from PDF documents This can be information about fonts colors OPI etc The corresponding chapters will be included in the preflight report Using the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel You use the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel to create manage and execute Action Lists This control panel is made up of the following parts e A left pane displaying Action Lists by name e An Executing tab e A Managing tab e A Description tab You use the Executing tab to apply a selected Action List to a page a range of pages or a complete PDF document Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide The Managing tab enables you to e Create
140. lor because at a later stage you might want to print these documents on a color press You could then use two different PDF Profiles to preflight these PDF docu ments e A PDF Profile for the laser printer which reports RGB colors as Information e A PDF Profile for the color press which reports RGB colors as Error See also PDF Profiles and labeled properties on page 26 Process results and labeled properties previous versions Previous versions of Enfocus PitStop Professional or previous versions of Action Lists or PDF Profiles may use different labels for deviating properties The termi nology of these labels has been made more consistent in Previous versions Preflight profile option Appearance in report PDF Profile the current version of Enfocus PitStop Professional The table below gives an overview of how the labels have been changed Current version Action List Error Error Error Error 88 Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents Creating a PDF Profile Predefined PDF Profiles Enfocus PitStop Professional provides a number of predefined profiles Rather than creating PDF Profiles from scratch you can create your own PDF Profiles based on these predefined profiles The predefined profiles shown below serve as an example They may vary as Enfocus PitStop Professional is updated Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel 4 Color Press Monochrome Laser Printer Web Publishing
141. ly reuse in your environment You can even create new colors and add these to your color reposi tory The repository can contain any color space defined in PDF 1 3 including spot colors and color spaces such as DeviceN and Patterns To build a color repository 1 Click the Select Objects tool k_ ES En E A a Se Ta Ls Select Objects 5 l Select Similar Objects Erpand This Button 2 Click any text or object in the PDF document which has the color which you want to add to your repos itory 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector The Enfocus PitStop Inspector appears and shows the current color settings of the selected text or object as shown below CI Enfocus PitStop Inspector E 1 Path Selected Color Fill Stroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Fill Fill Color Stroke Color 55 CMYK Color Stroke Magenta m 100 0 Yellow mr 650 Change Into 4 If necessary change the color using the sliders or select another color model Gray RGB or CMYK or spot color See also Changing the color of text on page 155 5 Under Repository click Save Entocus PitStop Professional 175 User Guide 6 Type a descriptive name for the color in the dialog box as shown below Save Color into Repository x Save Color with Name corporate color cod KI 7 Cl
142. mage Ato 2 MM oom m 780 Y 940 k 00 UA Shortcut Choose Window gt Show PitStop QM Inspector gt Image tab gt Properties tab 1 Click the Select Objects tool BI The properties of OPI objects are not displayed in Ls Select Objects 5 k Select Similar Objects Expand This Button E EN A A Da 2 Select a pixel image the Image gt Properties tab To view the properties of OPI objects click the Prepress gt OPI tab Viewing statistics of selected objects You can view statistical information about the selected objects in Enfocus PitStop Inspector The Enfocus PitStop Inspector also allows you to change your selection To view statistics of selected objects UA Shortcut Choose Window gt Show Enfocus MM PitStop Inspector gt Statistics tab 1 Click the Select Objects tool k ut A U We Select Objects 5 SH S Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Select the object s 3 Choose Window gt Show Enfocus PitStop Inspector 4 Display the Statistics tab of the Enfocus PitStop Inspector to view the statistics of the selected paths text segments and or pixel images Enfocus PitStop Inspector 40 Paths Selected Color FilliStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Graphics Total Maximum Mumber Length Path 40 5 Anchor Points Textline 0 0 Characters Image 0 0 Bytes Shading 0 Selection Select All Des
143. mpany Enfocus Software Duplicate Import Export Password Lock with Password Last Changed March 10 2000 5 Do one of the following e To add selections or changes checks or informs click Add Select the required change or selection from the respective list and click OK The added action will appear at the bottom of the list e To change the order of the actions in the list select the respective action and click Up or Down e To change the attributes of an action select the action and change its attributes in the right hand pane KE If you want to change the attributes of multiple BM actions do not click OK after you have made a change to an action When you have changed the attributes of an action just select another action to change The changes you made will be applied as soon as you select another action If you click OK the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor will close and you will return to the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel 6 Click OK 110 Chapter 7 Automating Tasks Removing an Action List When you remove an Action List it will no longer appear in the left pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel and it is deleted from your hard disk To remove an Action List 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 Inthe left pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel select the Action List you wish to remove 3 Click the Managing tab
144. n Page Low Left Size X 0 00 215 90 pa 0 00 279 40 e pp Use the Area Tool 7 to draw a rectangular area on the page or make a 245 90 mm Selection then press 279 40 mm Up Right Grab selected area r Remove Object Measurement Units Inside area Text only Outside area All object types Millimeters U Overlapping the area Apply to Current Page Save as ActionList Apply 10 Click the Select Rectangular Area tool H A u A O LEI LI Select Rectangular Area TA Select Polygonal Area Expand This Button Draw a rectangular area on the page Press the Grab selected area button Select the option Inside area or Outside area You can also select Overlapping the area if you want to include overlapping text segments or object segments Select the objects you wish to remove Text only All object types including text In the Apply to area select the part of the PDF docu ment to which you want to apply the change The selection The current page One or more page ranges indicated by a hyphen and separated by a comma The complete document Click Apply or Save as Action List if you wish to create an Action List with these changes See also Creating an Action List on page 104 Enfocus PitStop Professional 55 User Guide Adding Or changing page The page numbering properties are the following numbering e Alignment Enfocus PitS
145. n assist you in making every technical illustration and animation imaginable and not no matter what the medium is We design your technical documentation add a finishing touch and print it when you and your reader need it most Ul Click the Grab button in the Line Art or Text area depending on the object you selected previously m Click OK when done The next time you add new text or create a new line art object Enfocus PitStop Professional will apply the above mentioned properties by default UY See also Adding new text on page 152 and RS Creating new shapes on page 139 To set your Enfocus PitStop Professional prefer ences for color management 1 Do one of the following e Jn Adobe Acrobat 4 choose File gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional e In Adobe Acrobat 5 or 6 choose Edit gt Preferences gt Enfocus PitStop Professional 2 Click the Color Management tab Enfocus PitStop Preferences x General Colors Tools New Objects Color Management v Enable Color Management Default Profiles Gray Source uwotswricm o Target uwctsm7icm O da RGB Source B261SMKM O Sl Target e22cism7icm a CMYK Source APLWCOBIIM e Target APLWCOBICM gl Lab Source Psiappcsiom Cancel 3 After enabling Color Management you can select various default color profiles for grayscale images RGB and CMYK images or Lab EA For more information on Color Managem
146. n their outlines See also Viewing a PDF document on page 25 A Selecting an object in preview mode can be done by clicking anywhere on the object B Selecting an object in wireframe view mode is possible only by clicking on the object s outlines To select an object 1 Click the Select Objects tool amp bh El A s Da Select Objects 5 a S Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Click the object or drag a dotted rectangle called a marquee around the object Dragging a marquee around the object to select the entire graphic e Ifyou select a line art object or a pixel image you will see that the object s outline is drawn on top of it together with the anchor points for line art If you enabled the center selection handle in the Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences a point of origin on the center of the object s bounding box will appear as well as in the above graphic e Ifyou select text you will see that an outline is drawn along its baseline with an extra anchor at the left of the text line These anchors are not active they cannot be used to resize the object If you double click on a text segment the entire logical text line is selected Introduction Of course you want your documentation to perform Whether your are writing for 3 i a broad audience a small group of specialists or a very specific market niche there
147. n to compare the two sessions you have selected Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide Enfocus PitStop Professional compares the two versions and displays them next to each other on screen indi cating the differences as shown in the example below Comparing sessions using the edit log You can also use the edit log to compare two versions of your Certified PDF document This is recommended if you know that changes have been made that are hardly visible on screen such as overprint or trapping settings or changes in hidden layered objects To compare sessions using the edit log 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Show History 2 Select a first session from the session list 79 80 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents The Using the Edit Log button is enabled Enfocus Certified PDF History Document Sessions Session User End Date and Time Original document Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe August 31 2001 15 04 32 Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe September 3 2001 12 26 01 Enfocus Certified PDF September 14 2001 08 14 50 Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe September 14 2001 08 16 34 Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe Still running Double click on a session to view its details Compare Save Use these buttons to compare the state of the document Use this button to save a snapshot of the document as it at the end of the selected session with a
148. nd bleed on page 26 for more informa tion on viewing a PDF document s page boxes BREE U EEE U U O U U BEE EBE MU UM MU UM ONE MO UM EBE amp E E E E MO EE O MU O MO U O U O MU U NE OREB u ie Ni o I pr KS pa a la E p m Ly ST pona u man Ka n u u msa a meni ke made EH I I 7 u P l i I I I I I J J J I L l l pasi A s O i l o I I m g m I Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDE Documents object or page related global changes in your PDF document You use the Enfocus PitStop Global Change panel to do this You can change the following throughout a complete PDF document F nfocus PitStop Professional allows you to make e Color e Font e Overprint settings e Minimum line weight of objects e Image resolution e Size position or orientation of the page contents e Page boxes e Remove objects inside or outside a selected area e Page numbering Making a global color change You can change any color throughout your entire PDF document For example this could be the color of selected text or a color from your color repository See also Working with a color repository on page 174 To make a global color change 1 Choose Edit gt PitStop Global Change to display the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object page From Color Font Prepress Image
149. nd these specifications CertifiedPDF net is an online resource for PDF specifi cations accessible to all members of the graphic arts community e Contributing members printers publishers creative companies or industry organizations publish the PDF specifications they advocate on the Web site as well as all related documentation Moreover contributing members can present their company or organization on their personal page They pay a yearly fee for the right to publish their specifications e Subscribing members can query on these specifica tions and subscribe to them CertifiedPDF net will automatically notify them using a link between CertifiedPDF net and the Enfocus products when ever there is an update to a subscribed specification CertifiedPDF net is free for subscribing members Enfocus PitStop Professional 81 User Guide Other resources are available to the visitors e A database of tips solutions to commonly encoun tered problems and other useful resources will make life easier for Certified PDF users e A forum will allow all players in the Certified PDF initiative to communicate and exchange informa tion For more information about CertifiedPDF net see e www certifiedPDF net e www enfocus com Checking for updated specifications If you have subscribed to one or more specifications on CertifiedPDF net you can have Enfocus PitStop Profes sional automatically check for updates You will then
150. ne Weight is lt 0 30 pt Change Line Weight to 2 00 pt 3 Selecting another fill color of the object F Enfocus PuStop Action List Editor Action List Select Fill Color Change Fill Color Select Fill Color Change Fillto Off and Stroke to Off Select if Line Weight is 0 30 pt Change Line Weight to 2 00 pt 4 Removing the selected fill color of the object Action List Select Fill Color Change Fill Color Select Fill Color Change Fillto Off Select if Line Weight is 0 30 pt Change Line Weight to 2 00 pt 5 Selecting lines of an object with a given line weight Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Action List Select Fill Color Change Fill Color Select Fill Color Change Fillto Off and Stroke to Off Select if Line Weight is 0 30 pt Change Line Weight to 2 00 pt 6 Changing the selected line weight Action List Select Fill Color Change Fill Color Select Fill Color Change Fill to Off and Stroke to Off Select if Line Weight is lt 0 30 pt Change Line Weight to 2 00 pt 102 Chapter 7 Automating Tasks Action Types About action types Action Lists can be created with Enfocus PitStop Profes sional a plug in for Adobe Acrobat Basically when you create an Action List you select something in the PDE document and you change it into something else For example you select the spot color Company Green and change it into Compa
151. nfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel appears Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Remove TrueType fonts Edit Logo Copy of Remove TrueType fon All but Frutiger to Courier Executing managing Document Report pdf Action List Remove TrueType fonts John Doe Enfocus Software Execute on Current page C Page to E Complete document Status die Exe ute B Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel displaying the PDF document name A and the Action List which will be executed B 114 Chapter 7 Automating Tasks EA For more information about creating and MM managing Action Lists see Creating an Action List on page 104 and Managing Action Lists on page 109 3 Select the Action List which you wish to execute 4 Select the range of pages to which you wish to apply the Action List i Execute on Current page C Page to E Complete document Status fale Execute Applying the Action List to the current page a specific range of pages or the complete PDF document 5 Make sure that the correct PDF document and the correct Action List are displayed in the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel 6 Click Execute to apply the changes in your PDF document Enfocus PitStop Professional changes the PDF docu ment and displays the progress of the change in the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Status ofan Action List in progress a
152. ng Enfocus PitStop Professional You can purchase Enfocus PitStop Professional from our Web site at www enfocus com or from any of our authorized resellers A current list is available on our Web site To buy Enfocus PitStop Professional 1 Start Adobe Acrobat 2 Choose Help gt Plug In Help gt Enfocus PitStop Professional gt Buy Now 3 Follow the instructions on our Web site 12 Chapter 1 Getting Started Registering Enfocus PitStop Professional When you start Enfocus PitStop Professional for the first time after it has been installed the following dialog box appears About Enfocus PitStop Professional About Copyrights Support into FA Enfocus 5 Software Product otaca enfocus Enfocus PitStop Professional 5 0a2 PitStop Professional fglibtomentoous con Enfocus Software NY Enfocus Software Inc Kleindokkaai 3 5 3 Waters Park Drive B 9000 Gert Belgium Suite 210 San Mateo Phone 32 9 2691690 CA 94403 USA Fax 3292691691 Phone 1 650 358 1210 Fax 1 650 358 1211 Copyright O 1997 2001 Enfocus Software Trial version 27 days remaining You have the following options e You can use Enfocus PitStop Professional for evalu ation purposes during a 30 day trial period e Youcanuse the fully licensed and registered version of Enfocus PitStop Professional To register Enfocus PitStop Professional you need a registration key You receive this registration key w
153. nother point in was at the end of the selected session the workflow Visually side by side Save Snapshot for End of Session Using the Edit Lo a A Selected session B Using the Edit Log button made available 3 Click Using the Edit Log A second list of sessions appears This list of sessions is identical to the list in the previous dialog box Select Session to Compare With x Select Session to Compare With Session User End Date and Tine Original document Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe August 31 2001 15 04 32 Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe September 3 2001 12 26 Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe September 14 2001 08 1 Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe September 14 2001 08 1 Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe Still running Cancel Select Session A Select a second session from the session list This session will be used to compare the first session with UA The Select Session button is disabled as long as you RS do not select a second session from the list or if you select the same session as in the previous dialog box 5 Click Select Session to compare the two sessions you have selected The first snapshot is opened and the Edit Log Navi gator dialog box appears as shown below Enfocus Certified PDF Edit Log Navigator xi Edits logged between snapshots for the current page Remove Selection Remove Selection Currently showing second
154. nsed to Enfocus Software to distribute for use only in combination with PitStop Professional PANTONE Color Data and or Software shall not be copied onto another disk or into memory unless as part or the execution of PitStop Professional Contents Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Getting Started 9 About this User Guide 9 System requirements 10 Memory requirements 10 Installing Enfocus PitStop Professional 10 Starting Enfocus PitStop Professional 11 Buying and registering Enfocus PitStop Professional 11 Getting Support 12 Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences 14 Setting your Enfocus Certified PDF preferences 17 Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional Work Area 21 Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional work area in Adobe Acrobat 21 The Enfocus PitStop Professional toolbars 22 Specifying the language of the Enfocus PitStop Professional interface 24 Viewing a PDF document 25 Viewing page boxes looking at a PDF document s trim and bleed 26 Showing or hiding annotations 28 Speeding up image display 28 Working with PDF Documents 31 Copying and pasting object attributes 31 Undoing or redoing actions 32 Measuring the distance between two points in the work area 32 Viewing object properties with the eyedropper tool 33 Inserting guides in a PDF document 34 Removing guides from a PDF document 35 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents 39 Making a global color change 39 Making a
155. nt Prepress image r From Font Picked Font Times Roman Picker C Selected Font Times Roman Grab Any Font Picked Font CourierNew Bold Picker Selected Font ew U Point Size To 12 000 Point By 1 000 Point I Character Spacing To 0 000 em Limit to point size between 0 000 ana 4 000 points FT Word Spacing To 0 000 em Apply to Selection Save as ActionList Apply Do one of the following in the From area To change a font which is present on the displayed page or in the PDF document click the Picker button select a font from the list in the Page or Document tab and click OK To change a font of which you don t know the exact name display a page containing that font and select a text segment using the Select Objects tool k_ Then click the Grab button The name of the font will appear in the text box To change any font in the PDF document select Any Font If necessary limit the change to a given point size range For example you may have a document in which all the text isin Times The main titles are in 16 point Times and should be left unchanged whereas all of the body text should be changed to Helvetica In that case you could specify that only Times in a font size ranging from 0 to 15 points should be changed to Helvetica In the To area specify the font properties to which you want to change the
156. ntents changing 45 original document choose 69 verifying 71 output size viewing 26 overlapping text removing in page numbering 57 overprint settings changing 41 125 overprint black text 41 Enfocus PitStop Professional v User Guide P Page box templates creating 53 page box templates applying 53 defined 51 example 52 positioning 53 purpose 51 page box viewing 26 page boxes changing 48 types 48 page contents 45 change position 32 changing orientation 45 changing position 45 flipping 45 moving 45 rotating 45 scaling 45 page layout 117 changing using an Action List 117 page numbering adding 55 adjusting 58 alignment 56 changing 55 options explained 57 specifying the first number 56 variable number sequence 56 page numbers 56 password locking Action Lists 112 to lock a PDF Profile 94 path creating new 140 defined 123 editing 141 PDF editing in a Certified PDF workflow 64 issues 64 PDE Profile changing general information 91 creating 88 definition 85 duplicating 92 editing 91 error level options 87 exporting 93 importing 93 locking with a password 94 managing 88 managing using the Enfocus PitStop Server Profile Control Panel 90 password locking 94 predefined 88 removing 92 replacing 71 PDF Profile Editor displaying 89 using 89 PDF Profiles assigning to Ouick Access buttons 24 PDF properties groups 86 PDF2Go documents editing 145 perceptual remapping 169 pixel image 144 defined 122
157. nvolves a risk as soon as you edit and save a PDF document you create a version of a document that is different from the original docu ment you made using a word processor or a desktop publishing software These inconsistencies are hard to manage and may introduce problems in archiving or when the document is republished at a later date PDF editing in a Certified PDF workflow To help reduce document consistency problems the Certified PDF workflow features a mechanism that e Logs all the changes that are made to a Certified PDF document e Stores these changes inside the Certified PDF docu ment Based on this information an edit log a human read able PDF report can be generated If consistency between the PDF document and the source file s is very important you can use the edit log to change the source file s accordingly To assist in this process a Certified PDF document can also keep a reference to the source file s from which the PDF document was created You can use this reference to make sure that the source file has not been edited since the PDF document was created Responsibility Responsibility issues In addition to causing inconsistencies changing a PDF document that was created by someone else can create ambiguity about who is ultimately responsible for the final result Many printers service providers etc are extremely reluctant to make any changes to their customer s docu ments for fear of
158. ny Gray However an Action List can do more It can consist of the following types of actions e Selections e Changes e Checks e Informs The illustration below shows how these categories of action types are presented in Enfocus PitStop Profes sional Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Switch ATEK for Enfocus r Action List Select Gray Fill Color Attributes for Select Color Range i Select CMYK Fill Color Select IZ Fill Color OR Stroke Color Select RGB Fill Color OR Color Space cv Set Fill Overprint to Off Select All Select Gray Stroke Color Cyan Select CMYK Stroke Color OR Select RGB Stroke Color OR Set Stroke Overprint to Off from 00 to 200 00 to 200 00 to 20 0 oo to 200 Magenta from Yellow from Black from New Action Type X Selections changes Checks Informs Up Down Add Select Color Select Color Range Select Embedded Fonts Select External Link Annotations Select Font by Mame Select Fonts that can be Emulated Select Forms Select Image Type Close Add cose Categories of action types in Enfocus PitStop Server Selections Before you can change something in a PDF document you evidently have to select it Anything which can be selected in a PDF document is listed in the Selections category together with the logical operators AND NOT OR Changes The
159. o lock a PDF Profile with a password 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 3 Inthe Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel select the PDF Profile you wish to lock with a password 4 Click Lock with Password The Password dialog box prompts you to enter a password Type Password Cancel 5 Type your password in the text box 6 Click OK The general information about the locked profile name author and company and the Edit button appear dimmed in the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel The Password button now reads Unlock with password Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel 4 Color Press Checking Managing Description Monochrome Laser Printer PDF Profile name Copy of CD ROM Publication Author Eeli Customer Support Remove Duplicate Import Screen Optimized Company Enfocus Software Password Unlock with Password Export Last Char yed September 20 2001 A B C Appearance of a PDF Profile that is locked with a pass word A General information appears dimmed B Password button reads Unlock with password C Edit button appears dimmed Apart from editing the password secured profile other users can still export remove or duplicate the profile e Ifthey click Remove the profile will be immediately removed from the list of PDF Profiles in the left pane of the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel Even though
160. o make often cumbersome and time consuming modifications in your source document Page boxes example Suppose you create a cover for a magazine in the following steps e You decide that the size of the cover after printing and trimming will be A5 148 x 210 mm This will be the size of the trim box e You are also using a background color which extends to the left right and bottom edge of the page To this end you use 5 mm of bleed on either side Consequently the size of the bleed box will be 158 x 220 mm e You place this artwork on a blank page in a desktop publishing program The size of the blank page is 180 x 260 mm This will become the crop box in Adobe Acrobat e Finally you print this file to a PostScript file and create a PDF document of it later When selecting a printer driver you specify that the page size has to be A4 210 x 297 mm because printer and regis tration marks have to fit on the page This will be the size of the media box Viewing information outside of the crop box A new feature of PDF 1 3 is the ability to define a docu ment that has information beyond its final trim size In the graphic industry this information usually includes bleed registration marks and other print and color control strips Using the View Page Boxes button you can easily preview the information outside of the final trim size of your document This information is defined in the application that was
161. obe Type 1 Frutiger ttalic Adobe Type 1 Frutiger Light Adobe Type 1 Frutiger LightCn Adobe Type 1 Frutiger Lightitalic Adobe Type 1 Frutiger Roman Adobe Type 1 Frutiger UltraBlack Adobe Type 1 Futura Adobe Type 1 Futura Bold Adobe Type 1 IF Embed Font Futura BoldOblique Adobe Type 1 y did Selecting another font in the Font Picker dialog box changes the font in the PDF document interactively 8 If necessary select the Embed Font check box UA For more information about embedding fonts see AM Embedding fonts on page 163 9 Click OK 10 If required choose another font size 11 You can do one of the following e In the Spacing area adjust the word and or char acter spacing e If you selected text using the button you can split the selected text segment into words or charac ters by clicking the corresponding button Enfocus PitStop Professional 155 User Guide e If you selected text using the text editing tools A or you can set the alignment of the selected text segment Spacing Paragraph Character 0 000 em Word 0 145 em Alignment gy You can set the default font properties for new text A RS See Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 Changing the color of text You can change not only the color of text but also the color model from Gray to CMYK to RGB to spot color To change the color of text 1 Click the
162. ofessional preferences on page 14 2 Click any text or object in the PDF document The Enfocus PitStop Inspector displays the properties of the selected text or object Enfocus PitStop Inspector EyeDropper Object Type Path Color Space CMYK Color 0 0 Cyan 100 0 Magenta 80 0 Yellow 20 0 Black Overprint 34 Chapter 3 Working with PDF Documents Inserting guides in a PDF document With the PitStop Inspector you can insert guides in your PDF document You can also adjust the settings of the guides Understanding guide position When reading the guide position indication from the Feedback area of the Enfocus PitStop Inspector you should keep in mind that the position is calculated starting from the bottom left corner of the page 724 19 One Horizontal and One Vertical Guide Selected s Guides go des r New Guides Preferences New Horizontal Guide Guide colors Horizontal zi New Vertical Guide Vertical I IV Guides are shown r Feedback S Guides are magnetic Horizontal Guide 724 19 pt Magnetic Area 5 00 pt A Vertical Guide 78 08 pt l l Measurement units 78 08 rots I I Guide position is calculated starting from the bottom left corner of the page To insert and adjust guides 1 Click the Guides tool HE iS El T A EN Ta Da Copy and Paste Attributes TI EveDropper E Guide
163. ollows 1 You create a page box template and save it in the Page Box Templates folder in the Enfocus Prefs Folder 2 Youopena PDF document in Adobe Acrobat select this page box template and position the page boxes on the page then you apply the page box template These steps are explained in detail below To create a page box template 1 Copy the contents of a sample page box template and paste it in a new blank plain text file ENE You can find sample page box templates in AM Example of a page box template on page 52 or at www enfocus com gt Support gt Knowledge base and search for page box template 2 Adjust the keys according to your needs See also Example of a page box template on page 52 3 Locate the Page Box Templates folder on your hard disk You can use the Search or Find command in Windows Explorer or in the Finder in Mac OS respectively 4 Save the page box template as a pbt file in the Page Box Templates folder 5 Quit and restart Adobe Acrobat 6 Choose Tools gt Page Box Templates You should now see the name of the page box template you have just created and the two page box template buttons a To position and apply a page box template 1 Open a PDF document Enfocus PitStop Professional 53 User Guide 2 Choose Tools gt Page Box Templates and select a page box template 3 Clickthe button 4 Clickin the displayed page boxes and pos
164. olors Saturation remapping Reproduces the original image color saturation vivid ness when converting into the target device s color space In this approach the relative saturation of colors is maintained from gamut to gamut This render intent is primarily designed for business graphics where the 169 170 Chapter 11 Managing Color exact relationship between colors such as in a photo graphic image is not as important as are bright satu rated colors Saturation remapping scales all colors to the brightest saturation possible B The saturation also called chroma will remain the same but some colors will appear lighter or darker Relative colorimetric remapping Colors that fall within the gamuts of both input and output device are left unchanged Colors that fall outside the gamut of the output device are usually altered to colors with the same lightness but different saturation This method may reduce the total number of colors in the image considerably if many different input colors map to the same output color But this matching method is useful when combining 2 output profiles for proofing Since the color gamut of the proofing device 2 should be bigger than the color gamut of the destination profile 1 Relative colorimetric remapping replaces colors outside of the gamut by colors with the same lightness but different saturation B Absolute colorimetric remapping
165. omating preflighting If you have a large number of PDF documents which you have to check against a specific PDF Profile you may have the need to automate this process Enfocus PitStop Server offers automated preflighting of PDF documents You can create hot folders in which you include a given PDF Profile and if necessary Action Lists see also Automating Tasks on page 101 Enfocus PitStop Server will then monitor a user defin able input folder at regular intervals and automatically check each PDF document which is put into this folder Valid and invalid PDF documents will automatically be moved to a respective folder together with a preflight report if required More information about Enfocus PitStop Server is available on our Web site at www enfocus com BRE UM U U U U U U U U U U SEBE MU MM MU UM MU EH MU UM OBE OSE E E E E E O MO MU OM O U O U O MU EEE EH U MM MU UM MU MM MM EEE ESE u t sez ka ie I pr KS pa a la E p m Ly ST pona u man Ka n u u msa a meni ke made EH I I 7 u P l I I I I I m J J J y k Sa u J I m 2 z m EM m O i l o I I m g m I 101 Chapter 7 Automating Tasks ne of the main reasons for using Enfocus PitStop Professional is editing PDF docu ments For example you can perform tasks such as changing text or its formatting or objects There may be seguences of tasks however whi
166. one of the following e Ifthe object is not stroked click the Fill Stroke tab select Stroke On and specify the stroke settings Enfocus PitStop Inspector x 1 Path Selected Color FilliStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Stroke On Off EE Gray Join lA A A Width 2 000 mm Miter Limit 10 00 Fil On Off Spot x Al Fill Eofill Dash Pattern mm Phase 4 00 e Ifthe object is stroked and you want to change the stroke color click the Color tab and repeat step 4 Filling line art objects containing polygons and loops Polygons and loops can be distinguished from other line art shapes in that they are compound paths with inter secting lines To determine whether a point is part of the shape or not different rules can be applied the standard Entocus PitStop Professional User Guide rule or the even odd EO rule These rules determine the filling method of the shape as the illustration below demonstrates A Polygon with EOFill B Polygon with standard fill C Loop with EOFill D Loop with standard fill The even odd rule supposes that you draw a line between a point inside the shape outline x and a point y outside its outline If that line crosses the line of the shape an odd number of times the shape area to which the point x belongs is filled If the number of cross ings is even the area is not filled as in the illustration above Viewing the
167. ool o gt ens a per in EveLITOpper alles Guides Cho Measure Expand This Button The PitStop Inspector appears if you have predefined it to do so See Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 The cursor changes into m and the Enfocus PitStop Inspector dialog box changes accordingly 2 Hold down the CTRL key and click an object to copy its attributes The cursor changes into 2 32 Chapter 3 Working with PDF Documents The copied attributes appear selected in the Enfocus PitStop Inspector Enfocus PitStop Inspector Path Attributes on Pasteboard Copy and Paste IV Fill IV Prepress U Color IF Color IF Fill Overprint I Line width IF Filtype I Stroke Overprint I Line Cap TU Stroke Adjustment I Line Join A NA Transfer Curve 7 merce T Tet IZ Halftone I Flatness F Font IV Black Generation U Dash Pattern I Size IZ Undercolor Removal I Spacing I Smoothness TU Color Rendering Intent Press the control key and click an object to copy its attributes 3 If necessary deselect the attributes that you do not wish to paste 4 Click the object onto which you wish to paste the selected attributes Undoing or redoing actions You can undo any unsaved changes you have made with one of the PitStop Professional tools After undoing one or several actions you can redo them again UA Ifyou are working with Certified PDF documents MN y
168. operties of a PDF Profile 1 Choose Window gt PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Select a PDF Profile from the list 3 Click the Managing tab 4 Click Edit The Enfocus PDF Profile Editor appears 5 Select the required options in the Processing Prop erties pane Processing Properties PF Disable all fixes T Log fixes Pages to show in the preflight report Fonts Images Color F opi 6 Click OK Using the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor Creating a PDF Profile implies that you specify all the properties which have to be checked reported and if necessary fixed To do this you use the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor To display the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Select a PDF Profile from the list 3 Click the Managing tab 4 Click Edit The Enfocus PDF Profile Editor appears To use the Enfocus PDF Profile Editor 1 Click a problem category in the list Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide 2 Select the Enable category check box 3 Select one or more properties or potential problems to check UM The integrated help at the bottom of the Enfocus JE PDF Profile Editor provides background informa tion on the respective check or fix Move the mouse pointer over the item you want information about 4 Specify how to fix the problem if necessary 5 Select how the detected problem should be listed in the preflight report Information or Error 6
169. or for example to select all text in Times Roman and the color of which is blue Your Action List would then look as follows Action List Select Font Times Roman Select Fill Color RGB 100 Blue AND Change Font to Times Bold Enfocus PitStop Professional 105 User Guide The OR and AND operators only apply to two preceding selections Therefore if you want to make more than two selections you have to insert multiple operators at the appropriate places in the stack of selections For example if you want to select the fonts Times Roman Adobe Type 1 Times New Roman TrueType and their bold vari ants your Action List should look as follows Action List Select Font Times Roman Select Font Times Bold Select Font Times New Roman Select Font Times New Roman Bold The NOT operator applies only to the preceding selection and can be used to exclude something from a selection Unlike the OR and AND opera tors the NOT operator only requires one selection For example if you want to change all fonts but Times Roman in a PDF document to Times Bold your Action List would look as follows Action List Select Font Times Roman NOT Change Font to Times Bold In the above example the Action List will change all fonts in the PDF document to Times Bold but leave Times Roman regular unchanged To create an Action List 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 106 2 Chapter 7 Automating Ta
170. or graphics Line art is made up of mathematically defined curves sap and line segments called vectors These vectors describe graphics according to their geometric characteristics and as a series of lines in a x y coordinate system of the lines origins and endings Line art describes shapes according to its geometric charac teristics and 1s resolution independent 122 Chapter 8 Editing Objects Pixel images Pixel images are formed by a rectangular grid also known as a bitmap or raster of small sguares known as pixels Each pixel in a pixel image has a specific location and contains data that describes whether it is black white or a specific color value For example a slanted line of a pixel image is composed of a collection of pixels in a specific location of which pixels A7 and A8 are black B6 and B7 are black etc 0 1 23 4 5 6 _ 7 8 1 black A7 1 A8 1 B6 1 B7 1 C5 1 C6 1 IQ TITO OVU gt etc A bitmap representation of a slanted line You can edit a pixel image by altering or manipulating pixels or groups of pixels To do this you need image editing software such as Adobe Photoshop Pixel images are resolution dependent because the number of pixels that describe the graphic is fixed Scaling a pixel image will not change the absolute number of pixels but will change the number of pixels per square unit of mea
171. or related tasks e Creating or editing spot colors e Remapping spot colors of a pixel image e Duplicating spot colors Creating or editing spot colors You can use Enfocus PitStop Professional to create new spot colors in Adobe Acrobat or change their names or CMYK values This approach has the advantage that it is easier to keep these colors consistent throughout your complete document compared to managing the spot colors in the source files and your authoring and design programs Graphics which you import into a desktop publishing program for example may have mutual differences in their spot color definitions Or the spot color definitions in these graphics may differ from those which you have defined in your desktop publishing program To create or edit spot colors 1 Create or open a PDF document with a colored object or text 2 Select the object or text with the Select Objects tool JR 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector 4 Click the Spot Color button 172 Chapter 11 Managing Color The Spot Color Picker appears Spot Color Picker X Select Spot Color Selection CG 27 1 M 0 0 Y 100 0 K 14 9 New Edit Cancel 5 Do one of the following e To create a new spot color click New e To change the name or CMYK values of a spot color select the spot color and click Edit 6 Fill in or change the name of the spot color and its CMYK val
172. ore information on comparing snapshots see Comparing sessions on page 78 Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide Saving a snapshot A snapshot is a visual representation of the state of a PDF document at the time it was saved after an editing session You save a snapshot to revert to a previous version of your PDF document However you do not necessarily have to save this snapshot at the end of each session You can simply select any session from a list and save its snapshot at any stage in your workflow Consider the following example You have created a Certified PDF document in which you use only black text and one spot color The document has been designed to be printed on an offset press At some point in the workflow however you also want to print this PDF document on a digital four color press and there fore you change the spot color into its CMYK counter part throughout your entire PDF document You may use Enfocus PitStop Professional for example to do this This means that the latest version of your PDF document contains only CMYK colors But you also need to reprint this PDF document on an offset press using the spot color You can then simply select a version which still has the spot colors save its snapshot as a separate PDF document and send this PDF file to your offset printer To save a snapshot 1 Choose Certified PDF gt Show History The following dialog box appears Enfocus Certified PDF Histor
173. ou can even undo actions after you have saved the file See also Saving snapshots on page 77 Suppose you have made the following changes to a text segment e You moved the text segment to a different position on the page e You rotated it 45 degrees counterclockwise To undo and redo your last action 1 Choose Edit gt Undo Rotate or in Acrobat 5 click the button The name of your last action appears in the menu command If you moved an object the menu will read Undo Move 2 To redo the action you have undone choose Edit gt Redo Rotate or in Acrobat 5 click the button Measuring the distance between two points in the work area You can measure the distance between two points in the work area of your PDF document You can do this for example to align objects or to check the positioning or size of objects You use the Measure tool in combination with the PitStop Inspector to measure a given distance To measure the distance between two points in the work area 1 Click the Zoom In tool and drag the area where you want to measure the distance between two points 2 Click the Measure tool De Copy and Paste Attributes TI EveDropper JE Guides Coo Measure Expand This Button The PitStop Inspector appears if you have predefined it to do so See Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 3 Click the two points to measure the distance between
174. ow PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector Select an object in your PDF document for which you want to change the OPI information oculorum luce repleuit atque patefecit quas uo rerum sin luce n cum pro pior caligir or poste rior caligni plendida porro tueri sol etiam cae at purium grauiter si os turban tia composi licumque est acer adurit dolorem oculis qua Click the Prepress gt OPI tab to display the OPI information of the selected image Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Form Selected Color FilfStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Summary Overprint Halftone OPI Duplicate Transparency Type OPI 1 3 S OPNH_Res_300dpikpple_300dpi if Change Crop Rectangle 0 0 236 118 Color Type Spot Position 136 0 248 0 136 0 308 0 255 0 308 0 236 118 pixels Remove OPI Information Filename Image Size Ma More Into 5 Put your cursor in the Filename box and make the reguired changes For example you may wish to change the file name or path of the image 6 Click the Change button Changing the transparency of objects You can make objects transparent or change their trans parency settings Furthermore you can remove trans parency from a selected object or from an entire page To change the transparency of objects 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector 2 Display the Prepress gt Transparency tab 3 Select the
175. ow about to remove a profile from the MN list It will also be physically removed from your hard disk Make sure that you do not need this profile anymore because removing a profile cannot be undone 4 Click Remove The selected PDF Profile is immediately removed from the list and deleted from your hard disk Duplicating a PDF Profile Duplicating a PDF Profile means that you create a copy of a profile You may want to do this to create a new profile based on an existing one For example if you have a PDF Profile for a four color press and you need a new profile with slightly different settings you can duplicate the four color press profile rename the profile and change the required properties To duplicate a PDF Profile 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 3 In the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel select the PDF Profile you wish to duplicate 4 Click Duplicate Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel 4 Color Press Checking Managing Description Monochrome Laser Printer _ pr file name Eras Publication Aunor Customer Support Remove Company New Screen Optimized Edit CD ROM Publication Copy of CD ROM Publication Enfocus Software Duplicate Password Import Lock with Password Export September 20 2001 Last Changed Enfocus PitStop Professional creates a copy of the selected PDF Profile with the same name
176. ows you to specify a certain number of page number 1st fixed 2nd variable 3rd fixed A f options which are explained in the table below Remove any overlapping text Suppose you want to have your page number on the bottom from under new page number corner of your page Enfocus PitStop Professional will then automatically omit any overlapping text 10 May 2000 1 25 This can be the case with footers that already contain page numbers E Cidalutay 20B8ge 1 61225 Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 Only number pages that If your document contains pages which do not have page already have a page number numbers for example Enfocus PitStop Professional will include these pages in the re numbering process but will not place a number on those pages N Add white background This option can be useful to cover page numbers in PDF documents which consist of scanned pages Page numbers Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 on these pages are not text Consequently you cannot use the above mentioned option of removing overlapping text You can however make them invisible by placing a white background behind the new page numbering 58 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents Adjusting the page numbering Adjusting the page numbering can also mean that you add new page numbers if a PDF document does not have page numbering yet To adjust the page numbering 1
177. p image display See Speeding up image display on page 28 JA Click to view problems in the PDF document See Checking a PDF document using the PitStop Navigator Panel on page 97 The Enfocus PitStop Window toolbar You can click any of the buttons in the Enfocus PitStop Windows toolbar to show or hide the main dialog boxes of Enfocus PitStop Professional 8 0B A Enfocus PitStop Inspector B Enfocus PitStop Global Change C Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile Control Panel D Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Chapter 2 Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional Work Area The Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile and Enfocus PitStop Action List toolbars The Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile and Enfocus PitStop Action List toolbars feature Ouick Access buttons to your top five preferred PDF Profiles and Action Lists respectively You can link these buttons to the PDF Profiles or Action Lists you use most freguently and later execute these PDF Profiles or Action Lists by simply clicking the corresponding button 5 E A BBBBA A Enfocus PitStop Action List toolbar B Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile toolbar To assign preferred PDF Profiles or Action Lists to Quick Access buttons 1 Click the Select PDF Profiles or Select Action Lists g button on the respective toolbar 2 Inthe respective Toolbar Setup dialog box select an Action List or PDF Profile from the l
178. pecifying whether to use or not 14 Certified document status tool button 68 Certified PDF workflow explained 66 PDF editing 64 preflighting in 64 responsibility in 65 Certified preflight running 96 status 96 Certified preflighting defined 95 Certified workflow status 73 CertifiedPDF net checking for updated specifications 81 defined 81 change global font 40 changes action type in Action List 102 changing font size and style 116 117 prepress settings of an object 125 text color 155 the general information of a PDF Profile 92 the page layout of a document 117 changing global position of page contents 32 changing size 45 checking 81 checking for updates on CertifiedPDF net 81 checks action type in Action List 102 choose original document 69 CMYK color model defined 167 color building a repository 174 device independent 169 making a global change 39 removing a color from the repository 176 spot 171 using a color from the repository 175 color management defined 167 setting preferences 17 system requirements 10 color models CMYK 167 grayscale 168 RGB 167 color preferences 14 setting 14 color space See also gamut colorimetric remapping absolute 170 relative 170 comparing snapshots 78 blended into one document 79 side by side 78 consulting the Certified workflow status 73 consulting the document history 76 consulting the edit log file 75 consulting the preflight report 73 Control Panel managing PDF
179. point You can add anchor points to or remove anchor points from any path of a line art object e Ifyou add anchor points you will have more control over the shape of the path e Ifyou remove anchor points you will make the path simpler and automatically change the shape of the path To add an anchor point 1 Click the Add Anchor Point tool R i a A Sa Edit Path Ta ae Add Anchor Point Ay Remove Anchor Point la Create Mew Path Expand This Button 2 Clicktheline artobject to which you want to add an anchor point Enfocus PitStop Professional 143 User Guide 3 Click at the position on a segment of the path where then disappear The shape of the path will then you want to add the anchor point change New anchor points will be added to the segment upon each click Deleting an anchor point from a path segment changes the shape of the path Adding a new anchor point A to a path segment To remove an anchor point Masking objects 1 Click the Remove Anchor Point tool KZ You can create a mask over one or more objects in your U PDF document and release any existing mask ql iect TE To mask an object A 2 Pa Bat an Shortcut Choose Edit gt PitStop Mask gt Make e Add Anchor Point T y Remove Anchor Point SQ Create New Path 1 Select at least one object in your PDF document and one line art object or text segment to create the
180. pply or Save as Action List if you wish to create an Action List with these changes See also Creating an Action List on page 104 Click Apply or Save as Action List if you wish create an Action List with these changes Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide 59 60 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents BRE UM U U U U U U U U U U BE OBE EEE UM MU MU UM MO MO BEE amp E E E E E OM O MU OM O U O U O U EEE EH u ie Ni o I pr KS pa a la E p m Ly ST pona u man Ka n u u msa a meni ke made EH I I 7 u P l i I I I I I J J J I L l l pasi A s O i l o I I m g m I Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents nfocus Certified PDF is a PDF workflow F concept from Enfocus Software You can use it to create exchange and edit PDF documents with confidence About Certified PDF Certified PDF is a PDF workflow concept developed by Enfocus Software based on customer requests and feed back from industry experts The Certified PDF concept has been designed to address three fandamental issues faced by the majority of users implementing a PDF workflow e How to guarantee that a PDF document was successfully preflighted with a specific PDF Profile e How to maintain consistency between the source document s and the PDF document when minor changes can be applied to the PDF document throughout the
181. printers can only re produce a subset of this spectrum This subset is called a color gamut The gamut of a device defines the color space it can re produce For example a monitor can display a wider range of colors than an offset press can print using CMYK colors while some of the CMYK colors cannot be accurately displayed on the monitor Each device has a different color gamut A RGB color gamut B CMYK color gamut For more information on color gamuts and color spaces see the on line Acrobat Guide by choosing Help gt Acrobat Guide Device dependent color Device dependent colors relate to the settings of the device on which the image was created or output Device dependent colors require all devices in the workflow to be calibrated to obtain consistent color reproduction In other words the input devices e g scanners or digital cameras monitors and output devices e g digital color printers have to be tuned to each other to make the colors match Differences may even occur between devices of the same type or model because they may have different settings Monitors may have different brightness or contrast for example For more information on device dependent color see the on line Acrobat Guide by choosing Help gt Acrobat Guide Device independent color To eliminate or at least minimize color differences between devices you can use a color management system Color management systems use a s
182. printing Overprinting preserves the legibility of the text Overprinting black text compensates for misregistration You can specify overprinting only for 100 black text because printing text of any color other than solid black over any other colored background might cause the overlapping inks to blend which could produce unde sirable colors Making white text knock out When printing white text the colors behind the text should not print In other words the white text should knock out the colors on the other separations To change the overprint settings of black and white text KE Shortcut Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global RM Change gt Object tab gt Prepress tab 1 Open the PDF document in which you want to change the overprint settings 2 If necessary select black and or white text on a colored background using the Select Objects tool MI 3 Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global Change to display the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box 4 Display the Object gt Prepress tab of the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Color Font Prepress image Overprint U Overprint black text TU Knock out white text Line Weight Force minimum line weight to 400 pt Measurement Units Points 5 Select one or both of the overprint options for black or white text 6 Inthe Apply to area select the part of the PDF do
183. r is embedded and can be emulated for viewing 253x X Error Font Minion Italic is embedded and can be emulated for viewing 43x Warning Effective resolution of color or grayscale image is larger than 96 dpi 3x Warning Not all pages in the document have the same size For more information about the symbols and informa tion in the preflight report see Interpreting preflight reports on page 97 Checking the Certified PDF status Enfocus PitStop Professional enables you to check the Certified PDF status ofa document and the PDF Profile The Enfocus Certified PDF Status dialog box gives you the following information e The name author and date of the Certified PDF Profile e The status of the Certified PDF Profile Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide e The status of the Certified PDF document Enfocus Certified PDF Status m Certified PDF Profile Name Press Optimized Author Customer Support Date August 30 2001 Certified PDF Profile Status The Certified PDF Profile matches a profile in the PDF Profile database m Certified PDF Document Status The document has been preflighted with the Certified PDF Profile without errors Show Report Certified PDF Profile Statuses Enfocus PitStop Professional determines the status of the PDF Profile embedded in the PDF document by comparing it to the PDF Profiles in your Enfocus PitStop Professional PDF Profiles database The embedd
184. ration marks 26 trim box 26 View Annotations button 23 View Page Boxes button 23 View Problems button 23 View Wireframe button 23 wireframe mode 25 viewing a snapshot 77 viewing alternate images Speed Up Image Display button 23 viewing the image size 144 W warning messages specifying when to appear 14 warning preferences 14 white background adding in page numbering 57 white text knock out 42
185. raw a rectangle or an ellipse around a text frag ment to highlight the text 140 Chapter 8 Editing Objects Dy Ifyou have to create several new shapes with iden RS tical fill and stroke properties you may wish to set these properties as default first See Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 To create a new shape 1 Click the respective tool to create a new rectangle Ef or ellipse y A 2 Da d Move Selection M fz Scale Selection i Rotate Selection gt Shear Selection Create New Rectangle Create Mew Ellipse Expand This Button 2 Position the pointer on a page of the PDF document and do one of the following e To draw a new rectangle or ellipse drag diagonally e To draw a square or circle hold down the SHIFT key while dragging e To draw a rectangle or ellipse starting from its center and not from its side hold down the ALT key Windows or Option key Macintosh while drag ging ES SS B lt A Drawing from side keeps the sides of the shape in a fixed position along the x and y axis B Drawing from center keeps the center point in a fixed position e To draw a square or circle starting from its center hold down both the SHIFT key and the ALT key Windows or Option key Macintosh while drag ging Creating a new path You can create new paths from scratch in your PDF document simply
186. robat 5 and 6 the Enfocus PitStop Profes sional tools can be accessed through the buttons on one ofthe Enfocus PitStop Professional toolbars or through the Edit Certified PDF and Window menus as indi cated below A Menu bar B Acrobat File toolbar C Enfocus PitStop Undo amp Redo toolbar D Enfocus PitStop View toolbar E Enfocus PitStop Tools toolbar F Enfocus PitStop Window toolbar B C D E F G H Thumbnails PitStop T ext PitStop PfaL PitStop Maske PitStop Ebene L G Enfocus PitStop PDF Profile toolbar H Enfocus PitStop Action List toolbar I Dedicated PitStop Professional MA 1of1 gt Pitstop Aublenden Auswahl CtsAlteH 1 Neues Dokument PitStep alle anzeigen EFES v 2 Copy 2 of proof pu PitStop dupiizlereri Ei FEID PitStop Endformat Rahmen setzen Ctrl Alt T 215 9 x a mm K commands J Document pane K Status bar L Navigation pane g Eigenschaften bearbeiten Cascade Ctrl ShitteJ E Heda iZ Preflight durchfuhren und speichern Ctrl Alt C Tile gt x R Close All Ctr Altew E Riickg ngig Neues Rechteck erstellen Ctri Alt Z Status anzeigen wiederholen nicht m glich CtrheAlteY Preflight Bericht anzeigen Toolbars k 7 Bearbeitungsprotokoll anzeigen Hide Menu Bar F9 2 Cut Ctrl x Verlauf anzeigen Show Clipboard g Cop
187. roke Off Font style Font type Fill color You know that the font Verdana is used for the main title only It is not used anywhere else in the document Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide sma You can check these properties using the Enfocus BM PitStop Inspector For more information see Changing font properties on page 153 For all of these PDF document you want to create an Action List that changes the font properties of this main title as follows CMYK 0 cyan 100 magenta 100 yellow 0 black On stroke weight 0 5 pt A visual representation of the changes is shown in the illustration below Fill color A ATEK Unbcking Yair Techinolgy and Pocedires Introduction Of course you want your documentation to perform Whether your are writing for a broad audience a small group of specialists or a very specific market niche there is a multitude of possibilities to make your message clear ATEK offers you those solutions that make your technical content comprehensible and transparent to your reader ATEK also is the company that can assist you in making every technical illustration and animation imaginable and not no matter what the medium is We design your technical documentation add a finishing touch and print it when you and your reader need it most Of course you want your documentation to perform Whether your are writing for a broad audience a small group of specialists or a very
188. s Coo Measure Expand This Button The PitStop Inspector appears if you have predefined it to do so See Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 The PitStop Inspector changes accordingly Enfocus PitStop Inspector One Horizontal and One Vertical Guide Selected Guides m Mew Guides Preferences New Horizontal Guide Guide colors Horizontal au New Vertical Guide Vertical IV Guides are shown m Feedback V Guides are magnetic Horizontal Guide 601 88 pt Magnetic Area 5 00 pt Vertical Guide 61 11 pt Measurement units Points To create a new horizontal or vertical guide click the corresponding button in the New Guides area The new guide appears centered on your screen Click on the guide to select it and drag it to the desired position If you have both a horizontal and a vertical guide you can move both by clicking on the intersection For precise positioning drag the guides while looking at the Feedback area in the Enfocus PitStop Inspector See Understanding guide position on page 34 for more information on reading guide positions 4 If necessary adjust the guides preferences in the Preferences area You can e Set the color for the horizontal or vertical guides by clicking the color button selecting a new color optionally you can also modify the brightness for the selected color by using the slider on the right o
189. s a TrueType font in a PDF document into the equivalent Adobe Type 1 font and you need a new similar Action List to change an Adobe Type 3 font into its Adobe Type 1 equivalent you can duplicate the Change Font Action List rename the Action List and change the respective attributes To duplicate an Action List 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 Inthe Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel select the Action List you wish to duplicate 3 Click the Managing tab 4 Click Duplicate Enfocus PitStop Professional creates a copy of the selected Action List with the same name as the orig inal preceded by Copy of This copy will also appear in the left pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel You may want to rename this Action List Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Executing Managing Description Action list name Overprint Author Edit Zaoa i John Doe Remove Company Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor x r Action List Attributes for Select by Font Type Change Font to Helvetica Select TrueType Font Select Text Lines using a TrueType v Font Up Down Add Remove Grab Unda Cancel UA To change the attributes of actions see Editing an MM Action List on page 109 Importing and exporting Action Lists You can import and export Action Lists and then handle them as regular
190. s be Certified PDF Registration Info Name Company Registration Key Trial version System Info User Name yb Network Name 00087 2 Double click any of the sessions to see all available Ethernet Address 00 10 a4 ba 95 2b details on that session Session Start September 14 2001 08 14 52 Session End September 14 2001 08 16 34 Certified Preflight Profile Press Optimized The following dialog box appears Preflight Profile Status Match Failed Document Status Not Preflighted y m aj Session Info General User System Example of one of the pages of an edit log report Session start September 3 2001 12 25 35 Session end September 3 2001 12 26 01 Certified PDF Profile Press Optimized PDF Profile status Match Failed Document status Preflight OK Viewing the document history u sam Comments The Certified PDF mechanism in Enfocus PitStop Professional allows you to consult the history of your PDF document This means that you can view a chrono logical list of all the sessions that your Certified PDF document has run through The chronological list of sessions contains the following information 3 Click the User or System tab to view the corre e The Certified PDF product that stamped the sponding information for this particular session session 4 Click Close e The person or company responsible for the session e The end date and time of the session To view the document
191. s shown in the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel UA If the result of the Action List is not what you had BM expected you can undo the actions To do so choose Edit gt Undo Execute PitStop Action List Edit Undo KETA Undo Execute PitStop Action List Ctrl Alt Z Pant Hedo aca Cut Ctrl x Copy Ctrl C Paste style Delete Action Lists in practice Let s look at a couple of examples of how Action Lists work in practice The purpose of these examples is to illustrate which selections to make which operators to use and which changes to apply The examples are the following e Creating an Action List that changes the font prop erties of a PDF document e Creating an Action List that changes the page layout of a PDF document see page 117 UA The examples aim to show the PDF documents BM before and after the Action Lists have been applied and the necessary selections and changes to obtain the required result To be able to create these sample Action Lists you should know how to add the necessary selections changes and operators For a step by step description of how to create an Action List see Creating an Action List on page 104 Creating an Action List that changes the font properties of a PDF document Suppose you have a number of PDF documents and the main title in each of them has the following font prop erties Property 16 pt Font size Truelype RGB 100 red 100 green 100 blue St
192. s who can each edit it if necessary The original PDF document is replaced by the edited one as shown in the graphic i below PDF version 1 PDF editing amp preflighting PDF preflight Profile report source document e PDF version 1 PDF editing y PDF version 1 PDF editing amp preflighting PDF preflight Profile report PDF version 2 PDF editing J PDF version 2 PDF editing amp preflighting PDF preflight Profile report PDF version 3 PDF version 3 The incremental save principle does not necessarily increase the file size of your PDF document drastically because Adobe Acrobat only saves the changes made during the different sessions The difference in file size may become apparent however if you delete a large number of objects because these objects are maintained in one or more versions Roll back mechanism The Certified PDF workflow also offers you a robust roll back mechanism Each time you save your PDF document a snapshot will be included in the file You may think ofa snapshot as an image of the state ofthe PDF documentat the time it was saved This allows you to revert to any previous stage in the Certified PDF workflow and to compare different versions of your PDF document even though you maintain one physical PDE file See also Saving snapshots on page 77 What is an Enfocus Certified PDF document Any regular PDF document contains met
193. scale an object by dragging 1 Click the Select Objects tool xr E m A Ta E Select Objects 5 ie Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 134 Chapter 8 Editing Objects 3 Select the object that you want to scale Click the UA ln the Numeric Feedback area you can find exact object or drag a dotted rectangle called a marquee BM information about the scaling action you are about around the object to perform 6 Click the selected object The objects point of origin towards which it will be scaled is indicated Dragging a marquee around the object to select the entire graphic 4 Click the Scale Selection tool E The point of origin 1s in the center of the selected object 7 Do one of the following Move Selection M ap 7 Scale Selection Ta e To scale the object disproportionally drag the Rotate Selection i d i d selected object into a random direction Teo kui rr Shear Selection Create New Rectangle Create New Ellipse Expand This Button The Enfocus PitStop Inspector changes accordingly Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Path Selected Scale Numeric Feedback n Preferences Lower Left Size Upper Right Cross hair o Xo 8470 686 75 60205 pt Color Scaling an object disproportionally changes the
194. se and lowercase letters e Any character on the keyboard Spaces To lock an Action List with a password 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 Inthe Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel select the Action List you wish to lock with a pass word 3 Click the Managing tab 4 Click Lock with Password The Password dialog box prompts you to enter a password Type Password Cancel 5 Type your password in the text box 6 Click OK The general information about the locked Action List name author and company and the Edit button appear dimmed in the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel The Password button now reads Unlock with password Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Remove Truely Edit Logo Copy of Remove TrueType fon Action list name Executing Managing Description New Remove TrueType fonts eli l Author Zeli j John Doe Remove Company Enfocus Software Duplicate Import Password Unlock with Password Last Chanc 2d Export November 19 1999 A B C Appearance of an Action List which is locked with a pass word A General information appears dimmed B Password button reads Unlock with password C Edit button appears dimmed Apart from editing a password secured Action List you can still export remove or duplicate the Action List e Ifyou click Remove the Action List will be immedi ately removed
195. selected Action List with a password so that others cannot change its properties J In the text boxes you can change the name of the Action List the author or the company The names will change immediately as soon as you remove the cursor from the text box To display the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel and the Managing tab 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 Click the Managing tab 104 Chapter 7 Automating Tasks Creating an Action List Basically there are three ways in which you can create an Action List e From scratch using the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor This means that you start from a blank page and add selections changes and operators to your Action List e Using the Grab Undo button in the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Each time you click this button the last action you did in the PDF document and which appears in the Edit gt Undo menu will be listed in the left pane This is a very intuitive way of creating an Action List you open a PDF document you perform a number of tasks and include them one by one in your Action List by clicking the Grab Undo button Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Change Fill Color m Action List No Action Selected Select Fill Color Change Fill Color Select Stroke Color Change Stroke Color Change Matrix Flip Contents Horizontally No Attributes Available Cancel Grab Undo b
196. sh to edit objects which are difficult to select because they are in part or completely by other objects Hidden objects will not be visible in wireframe view For more information on wireframe view see Viewing a PDF document on page 25 You can hide one object at a time and make hidden objects all at once visible again To hide selected objects 1 Click the Select Objects tool amp BR El A s Ta Es Select Objects 5 Es Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Select one or more objects 3 Choose Window gt PitStop Hide Selection The selected object s will be hidden To make all hidden objects visible Choose Edit gt PitStop Show All Changing the stacking order of objects Sometimes your PDF document may contain objects which are placed on top of each other If you wish to edit one of the underlying objects you may have to bring this object to the front first to be able to do so For situ ations like this Enfocus PitStop Professional enables you to change the order in which the objects are stacked Changing the stacking order of objects the red background of the top half of the page has been brought forward To change the stacking order of objects 1 Select the object which you want to bring forward or send backwards 2 Choose Edit gt PitStop Layer and select one of the options e Bring Forward or Send Backward moves the selected object respectively on
197. sks In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel click the Managing tab Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Executing Managing Description Action list name New Author Edit Remove Company Duplicate Password Import Unlock with Password PEELE Export Last Changed Click New The Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor appears Click Add The New Action Type dialog box appears listing all available selections changes and operators AND NOT OR in alphabetical order Click the Selections tab In the Selections list click the selection of your choice and click OK New Action Type x Selections changes Checks informs Select by Font Type Select by Line Weight Select by Mumber of Color Plates Select Color Select Color Range Select Embedded Fonts Select Font by Mame Select Fonts that can be Emulated Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor Select Font Courier Font Courier Font Picker Up Bown Add Remove Grab Undo Cancel If necessary adjust the attributes of your selection in the right hand pane of the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor RR RR SP TR Attributes for Select Font by Name Attributes pane in the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor 8 Repeat steps 4 through 7 to add all the necessary vl7 Pad selections and operators to your Action List If you add operators to your Action List make sure you ent
198. splay Click the Speed Up Image Display button E in the Enfocus PitStop View Buttons toolbar to toggle between high resolution and low resolution image display UA You can also set your Enfocus PitStop Professional OM preferences to speed up image display automati cally each time you open a PDF document which contains high resolution images See Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 BRE MU U U U U U U U U EES Es Oo o oo o o o MO MU BEE amp E E E E E E NE NE O MU EEE EH u ie Ni o I pr KS pa a la E p m Ly ST pona u man Ka n u u msa a meni ke made EH I I 7 u P l i I I I I I J J J I L l l pasi A s O i l o I I m g m I 31 Chapter 3 Working with PDE Documents his chapter details some of the basic PDF editing features offered by Enfocus PitStop Professional You will find all the information you need on copying and pasting attributes measuring distances between points in a document adding and removing guides and of course using the undo and redo buttons Copying and pasting object attributes You can easily copy an object s attributes and apply all or some of these attributes to another object in your PDF document as illustrated in the example below ss To copy and paste an object s attributes 1 Click the Copy and Paste Attributes fx t
199. st the selected color using the sliders in the Enfocus PitStop Inspector Removing colors from the repository You can easily remove colors from the repository e g colors which you will no longer use To remove colors from the repository 1 Click the Select Objects tool R_ E my a A ES Ta Es Select Objects 5 Lao Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Select any text or object in the PDF document 3 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector to display the Enfocus PitStop Inspector 4 Under Repository click Load 5 Select the color in the Color Names list which you want to remove You will see the color of the selected text or object change interactively as you select the color 6 Under Selected click Remove Load Color from Repository Ea Selected Remove x Cancel Lo Color Names cor p or at ec ol or 7 Click Cancel The color will be removed from the repository and the selected text will be restored in its original color Do one of the following To change the color of the object within the same color model e g CMYK move the slider of the respective color to the left or to the right or type a percentage in the text box You will see the color of the text or object change gradually as you move the slider To change the color of the object to another color model Gray RGB or CMYK click the respective button and if necessary move the respect
200. status of your CertifiedPDF net account e Click the CertifiedPDF net button Enfocus PitStop Professional will check whether your CertifiedPDF net account is up to date BRE MU U U U U U U U U MM ESD Es U MU UM MU EE MM MO MO MON MO E E E E E O MO U U NENE NE hE BE u ie Ni o I pr KS pa a la E p m Ly ST pona u man Ka n u u msa a meni ke made EH I I 7 u P l i I I I I I J J J I L l l pasi A s O i l o I I m g m I 85 Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents conveniently check your PDF documents before you output them either onscreen or in printed form You can easily create and manage PDF Profiles and see whether the properties of your PDF documents match the properties as specified in the respective profile The result of this check is presented in a preflight report E nfocus PitStop Professional enables you to What is preflighting Preflighting defined Preflighting is a term derived from the airline industry The pilot has the responsibility to determine the airwor thiness of the aircraft before take off This means that he or she has to perform a number of checks prior to each flight Preflighting PDF documents basically means the same thing the pilot in command i e the person who creates or processes a PDF document has to make sure that the document is airworthy or ra
201. strips if any 3 In the Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel select the respective Action List and click Execute Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel Remove TrueType fonts Edit Logo Copy of Remove TrueType fon Document pagelay pdt All but Frutiger to Courier Change main title Change page layout Executing Managing Description Action List Change page layout John Doe Enfocus Software Execute on Current page E DI C Page 1 Complete document Execute Status idle Enfocus PitStop Professional will apply the Action List in the following steps Step Action 1 2 Select objects inside region Select odd pages In the Attributes pane specify Use Box gt Trim Box Select objects inside region For more information about page boxes see Viewing page boxes looking at a PDF document s trim and bleed on page 26 3 AND Select first page 5 NOT You use the operator NOT to exclude the first page from your selection because it should remain unchanged AND You use the operator AND at this point to combine the selections of steps 1 and 2 with the exclusion of Step 4 Step Action Move page contents 5 0 mm horizontally This change moves the page contents 5 mm to the left 8 Select even pages 9 Select objects inside region In the Attributes pane specify Use Box gt Trim Box Select objects inside region 10 AND 11 Move page contents
202. surement Consequently pixel images can appear jagged or lose detail if they are enlarged or printed at a higher resolution than they were created for Pixel images are also called raster images oy 3 3 1 S 24 1 la Pixel images describe shapes in pixels About paths anchor points and direction points In the next sections you will learn how you can create and edit line art Line art consists of a number of typical elements and it is important to have a good under standing of what these elements are before you start editing or creating line art These elements are e Paths e Anchor points e Direction points You will find a brief explanation of each of these elements below Paths A path isany line or shape in a line art object A path can have any shape including e Acircle e A rectangle e A straight line The individual elements that make up a path are called segments Sometimes a path can be just one segment but it can also consist of multiple segments A path A made up of two segments B and C Anchor points If you draw a line or a segment on a piece of paper you start at a given point i e where you put your pencil on the paper and you stop at another point where you remove the pencil from the paper In line art these points are called anchor points Logically if you move these anchor points you will change the path segment and perhaps the shape o
203. t 42 L language of the Enfocus PitStop interface selecting 14 24 line art defined 121 line weight changing the minimum line weight of objects 43 locking a PDF Profile with a password 94 logging fixes 88 M managing Action Lists 109 PDF Profiles 88 masking object 143 measurement units setting 17 measuring the distance between two points 32 media box changing 48 explained 48 minimum line weight of objects changing 43 moving objects by dragging 135 moving the page contents 45 Multiple Master fonts 162 name changing the of Action Lists 110 new objects setting default properties 14 setting preferences 16 node See anchor point NOT operator using in Action Lists 105 numbering pages 58 O object copying and pasting attributes 31 flipping 138 masking 143 moving by dragging 135 moving by specifying exact values 138 replacing 131 rotating by dragging 132 rotating by specifying exact values 138 scaling by dragging 133 scaling by specifying exact values 138 selecting 128 shearing 137 stretching 138 view properties with eyedropper 33 viewing statistics 145 object oriented graphics See line art objects 130 bringing forward 130 changing the stacking order 130 hiding 130 removing 54 selecting similar 129 sending backward 130 operators using in Action Lists 105 OPI information changing 126 removing 126 OPI objects viewing properties 144 OR operator using in Action Lists 105 orientation of page co
204. t a different measurement unit from the list Line weights are typically expressed in points Entocus PitStop Professional 43 User Guide Select Line Weight and specify the minimum value in the text box In the Apply to area select the part of the PDF docu ment to which you want to apply the change The selection The current page One or more page ranges indicated by a hyphen and separated by a comma The complete document Click Apply or Save as Action List if you wish to create an Action List with these changes See also Creating an Action List on page 104 Resampling pixel images Downsampling images means reducing their resolution number of pixels and consequently reducing their file size You may choose to do this for a number of reasons To increase the processing speed when editing or printing PDF documents containing pixel images To adjust the resolution of images dpi to their final output screen ruling expressed in lines per inch lpi To publish your PDF documents on the Internet A good rule of thumb to specify the optimal resolution is the following screen ruling e g 150 Ipi x 2 image resolution 300 dpi Using Enfocus PitStop Professional you can resample images in either one of the following ways Average downsampling Subsampling 44 Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents e Bicubic downsampling These resampling methods are explained in detail belo
205. t output correctly Image Information OPI Information A typical Enfocus PitStop Professional report contains two types of hyperlinks e The cross sign x takes you to the object and opens the Enfocus PitStop Navigator Panel e The star takes you back to the original PDF document Enfocus PitStop Professional 97 Errors amp Warnings Severity Description Error Document is not optimized for page by page viewing X Error Font Helvetica Light is embedded and can be emulated for viewing 2x X Error Font Minion Regular is embedded and can be emulated for viewing 253x X Error Font Minion Italic is embedded and can be emulated for viewing 43x Warning Effective resolution of color or grayscale image is larger than 96 dpi 3x Warning Not all pages in the document have the same size Example of a typical Enfocus PitStop Professional preflight report listing errors and warnings preceded by two types of hyperlinks Checking a PDF document using the PitStop Navigator Panel In addition to the Enfocus PitStop Preflight Control Panel you can also use the View Problems tool A PitStop Navigator Panel to check PDF documents If you check PDF documents this way you will not have a preflight report but you will be guided through each problem detected The PDF document will be checked against the active profile which is the profile currently selected in the Enfocus PitStop Preflight Control Panel
206. tandard device independent color model such as CIELab Images are associated with a profile which contain information about the input and or output devices Thus if images are to be output on a specific device it will be associated or tagged with a profile for that device For more information on device independent color see the on line Acrobat Guide by choosing Help gt Acrobat Guide Rendering Intents A color management system allows you to remap colors so that they best match the intended use Remapping means that colors from one output device s color space are mapped to the color space of another device This remapping is done according to a specific remapping method also known as rendering intent There are four remapping methods or rendering intents e Perceptual remapping e Saturation remapping e Relative colorimetric remapping e Absolute colorimetric remapping Perceptual remapping The human eye is sensitive to the relationships between colors Perceptual mapping alters all the colors in the original color space to bring them into the gamut of the Enfocus PitStop Professional User Guide destination color space but preserves the relationships between the colors As the relationships are preserved the change in colors will hardly be perceivable Perceptual remapping rescales the original gamut A within the gamut of the destination color space B but preserves the relationships between c
207. te document Status idle Create Report A B C A Selected PDF Profile information indicator C Preflight scope options B Status Regular preflighting If you select the Regular Preflight option the PDF Profile you selected in the list is applied without any changes to the Certified PDF status of the document YA With regular preflighting the PDF Profile y embedded in Certified PDF documents is not removed even 1f you preflight the document with another profile using the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel See Different PDF Profiles on page 96 for more information To perform a regular preflight 1 Choose Window gt Show PDF Profile Control Panel 2 Select the PDF Profile with which you want to preflight the document from the list Entocus PitStop Professional User Guide 3 Select the Regular Preflight option 4 Click Create Report The document is preflighted using the selected PDF Profile as indicated by the status indicator and in the Acrobat status bar Certified preflighting If you select the Certified Preflight option the Certified PDF Status of the document is checked and displayed in the Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel Depending on the status of the file creating a preflight report will have different effects The following paragraphs outline the possible results of executing a Certified preflight check Enfocus PDF Profile Control Panel Checking Managing Description Monochrome L
208. ted editing issues including text changes and formatting and describes how to change the color of text or how to obtain the best results when your PDF document is printed Chapter 8 Editing Objects Explains the difference between line art and pixel images and describes the respective changes you can make on these objects Chapter 10 Managing Fonts Provides a more theoretical insight into types of fonts and their usage You will also learn how to change fonts or their proper ties Chapter 11 Managing Color Offers the necessary background information to those who re design color PDF documents for output on distinctive media It introduces you to basic color theory and shows you how to work efficiently with color in PDF documents 10 Chapter 1 Getting Started System requirements Enfocus PitStop Professional requires e Adobe Acrobat 4 05 5 05 or Adobe Acrobat 6 0 some Enfocus PitStop Professional buttons may not be available in Acrobat 4 x e Windows NT 4 with Service Pack 6a or later Windows 2000 or Windows XP Or e Mac OS 9 x or Mac OS X 10 2 or later To enable color management you must have a color management enabled operating system such as Windows 2000 or the Mac OS with Apple ColorSync 2 5 or later Memory requirements Enfocus PitStop Professional requires a minimum of 64 MB RAM In Mac OS 9 increase the memory alloca tion of Adobe Acrobat to 64 MB or more Depending on the type of documen
209. ted object The object s point of origin around which it will be rotated is indicated The point of origin is in the center of the selected object 7 Dooneofthe following e To rotate the object around its center point drag the selected object in a circular motion Rotating an object around its center point e Double click on another position to move the point of origin Move the pointer away from the center point and drag in a circular motion to rotate the object around its new point of origin Rotating an object around its point of origin placed outside the object e Hold down the SHIFT key while dragging to rotate the object in fixed angles You can set this angle in the Preferences area of the Enfocus PitStop Inspector dialog box e Hold down the ALT key Windows or Option key Macintosh while dragging to create a rotated copy of the selected object Enfocus PitStop Professional 133 User Guide Scaling an object You can scale an object to enlarge or reduce it horizon tally or vertically or in both directions simultaneously You can also use the scale selection tool to change the shape of an object or to create a scaled copy of the selected object You can scale an object in two ways e by dragging it see below e by specifying a scaling factor using the Enfocus PitStop Inspector See Transforming an object by specifying exact values on page 138 To
210. ter shapes or glyphs see also About line art and pixel images on page 121 A glyph is the shape in a font that is used to represent a character code on screen or paper Examples of glyphs are the letters of the alphabet or the symbols in a font like ITC ZapfDingbats i e Y or Y Type 1 fonts have the following characteristics e They are smaller in file size than TrueType fonts which means that they occupy less space on your system s hard disk e Being outline fonts Type 1 fonts are scalable to almost any size They remain sharp and smooth on any platform and in print and their legibility remains good even when printed at small point sizes on low resolution laser printers e PostScript Type 1 fonts are commonly used in professional publishing environments and are supported by most high end output devices because most of these devices use PostScript as their page description language Chapter 10 Managing Fonts e A PostScript Type 1 font is stored in two separate files one which contains the character outlines and one which contains the font metric data In Microsoft Windows you can recognize these by their extensions pfb Printer Font Binary file for the character outline and pfm Printer Font Metrics file for the one containing the metric data The former pfb is commonly called the printer font the latter pfm is also known as the screen font The combined file size of both files
211. that font such as e Weight light vs bold e Width condensed vs expanded e Optical size The mechanism of Multiple Master fonts is that the two masters at the extremes of the design axis have a fixed design but you can create any variation between these masters Typically Multiple Master fonts have two design axes which require four masters These masters can be considered the cornerstones of the matrix light condensed light expanded GI I gt GY EON GN GD J JUBIOM UJ GONNA O DP PIPPIP PE G e GEZ a Width 9 black condensed B DODODDADDAO DOSDODODA AYA AMAA AAG AADAAAAAG PADAADAAGD GOOD Bass black expanded A Master B Font property C Design axis D User defined variant in between To create the in between variants you require Adobe Type Manager Double byte font Double byte character sets are needed if you are working with Asian languages such as Japanese Chinese and Korean These languages have many characters and require hard and software that support the double byte format Double byte characters use 16 bit or two byte charac ters instead of 8 bit or one byte characters PDF font substitution If you transfer PDF documents across computers or computer platforms the fonts in the document may be in any of three conditions They may be e Available as system fonts i e the fonts in the PDF document are also installed on the computer wh
212. ther outputworthy before sending it for output Outputworthy means that the PDF document is fit for use for example e That a PDF document to be printed on a four color printing press contains only CMYK images and that all the necessary fonts are included e That a PDF document intended for online viewing contains only RGB images Moreover properties of a PDF document which do not meet the requirements of the preflight check can be reported as a problem and fixed in the same process PDF Profiles To preflight PDF documents you use PDF Profiles A PDF Profile is a collection of criteria which a PDF docu ment should meet to be outputworthy For each crite rion you can specify e Ifitshould be checked or not e How it should be listed in the preflight report i e Information or Error if a deviating property is detected in the PDF document Moreover some criteria allow you to specify how detected problems if any should be fixed An example of a criterion is RGB colors If you do not want RGB colors in your PDF documents you can check this and have all RGB colors converted to CMYK Preflighting mechanism How exactly does preflighting work in Enfocus PitStop Professional The typical stages in a preflight check are the following 1 Open the PDF document which has to be checked 2 Create a new PDF Profile or specify an existing one 3 Have Enfocus PitStop Professional check your
213. top Professional allows you to adjust the page numbering of a PDF document This means that you can do one of the following e Variable number sequence e First number e Renumber existing page numbers e g after you have inserted or deleted pages in your PDF docu ment e Prevent new page numbers from overlapping existing text e Only number pages that already have a page e Add new page numbering to your PDF document ae The Page Numbers tab in the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box gives you access to and control over a variety of properties of the page numbering in your PDF document e Add white background Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Position Page Boxes Remove Page Numbers Page Numbers to Apply Sample Chapter 4 Page 1 0f 25 Chapter 4 Page 1 of 25 _ Grab sample from Cien e Let cener IA Calignmerit Left Center C Right Variable number seque Remove any overlapping text from under new page number U Only number pages that already have a page number TU Add white background mm og m Apply to Current Page Save as ActionList Apply A Page number alignment B Page number in the sequence which is variable C Number at which the page numbering should start D Prevent page numbers from overlapping existing text e g footers E Skip pages without any page numbering F Place the page numbers on a white background
214. ts you work with and the types of changes you make more memory may be needed Installing Enfocus PitStop Professional You can install Enfocus PitStop Professional while Adobe Acrobat is running on your computer However on Microsoft Windows you will not be able to use Enfocus PitStop Professional until you restart your computer On the Macintosh you need to restart Adobe Acrobat only If you install Enfocus PitStop Professional while Adobe Acrobat is not running restarting your computer is not required To install Enfocus PitStop Professional in Microsoft Windows 1 Insert the Enfocus Software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive The Installer starts automatically UA Alternatively download Enfocus PitStop Profes RS sional from the Enfocus Software Web site www enfocus com 2 Select the Enfocus product which you want to install 3 Follow the on screen installation instructions UA lf the Installer does not start automatically in KM Microsoft Windows find and double click the Installer in Windows Explorer To install Enfocus PitStop Professional in Mac OS 1 Insert the Enfocus Software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive A window displays the contents of the CD ROM 2 Open the folder of the Enfocus product which you want to install 3 Double click the Installer 4 Follow the on screen installation instructions Starting Enfocus PitStop Professional Enfocus PitStop Professional is a plug in for Adobe
215. ues Edit Spot Color X Color CMYK Color Cyan is 992 Magenta COO 527 m mu 2 Black I 00 coca C Color Mame Company Color 1 UA tis recommended to give your spot colors a generic BM name to make them update proof For example a corporate style guide can state that a company color has to be changed from green to blue In that case you will only have to change the company color s CMYK values All references to the name of this company color can stay as they are and all objects which use this color will immediately be updated to appear in the new color 7 In the Repository area click Save Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Textline Selected Color Fivstroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Fil Fil Color Stroke Color e Spot Color Company Color 1 Stroke Alternate Color Space CMYK Alternate Color Value C 99 2 M 434 Y 209 K 00 Repository Load Change Into Gray RGB CMYK Spot Color 8 Save your color into your color repository with exactly the same name Saving the color in the color repository will make the color available for other Enfocus PitStop Professional tasks such as performing global color changes You will then be able to retrieve this color from the repository and reuse it See also Working with a color repository on page 1
216. ument and set the trim box based on this selection To set the trim box based on a selection 1 Click the Select Objects tool A El A y Da E Select Objects 5 i Select Similar Objects Expand This Button 2 Select one or more objects gy For more information see Selecting objects on OM page 128 3 Choose Edit gt Show PitStop Global Change to display the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box 4 Click the Page gt Page Boxes tab 5 Ifnecessary specify the inside x and y margins of the trim box the x margin is the horizontal distance from the selected object the y margin is the vertical one 6 Choose Edit gt PitStop Set Trimbox The trim box is set to the selection including the margins if any and displayed in a given color To change the color of the trim box see Setting your Enfocus PitStop Professional preferences on page 14 Working with page box templates What are page box templates A page box template defines the width and height of the page boxes and their relative positions in your PDF document On top of this the following page box related options can be set in a page box template e Remove objects outside the bleed box e Draw the centerlines of the trim box e Dim the area outside the trim box e Units of measurement points picas inches centi meters millimeters e The internal PDF structure UVA For more information about and technical deta
217. up image display 28 spot color defined 171 Vili spot colors duplicating 174 remapping 172 stacking order of objects changing 130 standard 14 fonts 159 starting a workflow 69 starting an Enfocus Certified workflow 69 starting Enfocus Pitstop Professional 11 statistics viewing 145 subsampling explained 44 subsetting fonts 163 system reguirements 10 T tagging images with ICC profiles 177 tasks automating using Action Lists 63 101 automating using hot folders 118 text adding new 152 changing color 155 editing a paragraph 151 editing a single line 151 greeking 25 making black text overprint 41 making white text knock out 42 setting default font properties 16 vertical editing 152 tool preferences setting 15 transfer information viewing 125 transparency of objects changing 127 trial version 12 trim box changing 48 explained 48 setting based on a selection 50 viewing 26 TrueType fonts 160 U undercolor removal information viewing 125 undoing Action Lists 114 operations 32 undos specifying the number on undos in the preferences 14 units setting 17 untagging images ICC profiles 177 updates on CertifiedPDF net 81 using Enfocus PDF Profile Editor 89 V variable number sequence explained 56 varnish layer creating 174 vector graphics See line art verifying the original document 71 viewing annotations 28 bleed 26 object statistics 145 page box 26 pixel image attributes 144 preview mode 25 regist
218. ures in Enfocus PitStop Professional Chapter 2 Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional Work Area Indicates where you can find the specific Enfocus PitStop Professional tools inte grated into the Adobe Acrobat interface This chapter also describes the various ways of viewing your PDF document and explains switching between these viewing modes Chapter 3 Working with PDF Documents Provides generic advice to customize PDF documents to fit your specific working environment and requirements Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Docu ments This chapter presents the Certified PDF concept and outlines how you can perform a number of Certified PDF related actions on documents coming from or going to Enfocus Certified PDF environments Chapter 4 Making Global Changes in PDF Documents Allows you to make object or page related global changes in your PDF document You use the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box to do this Chapter 6 Preflighting and Checking PDF Documents Shows you how to use one of the key features of Enfocus PitStop Professional preflighting Here you will find a detailed explanation of how you can create a PDF Profile and check your PDF document against this profile This chapter explains how you can manage multiple profiles Chapter 7 Automating Tasks Explains the purpose of Action Lists and guides you through the process of setting up an Action List Chapter 9 Editing Text Deals with text rela
219. used to create the original PDF file for example Adobe FrameMaker or Adobe PageMaker Once they are made visible using Enfocus PitStop Professional these elements can be edited added or removed just like any other graphic object Enfocus PitStop Professional 27 User Guide Some PDF documents are generated without any bleed registration marks or other print and color strips When you choose the View Page Boxes button for these docu ments the page will appear the same except for a thin trim line drawn at the edges of the image To view a PDF document s trim and bleed 1 Open a PDF document Acrobat displays the PDF document in its full size 2 Click the View Page Boxes Gi button Acrobat displays the page on the complete media size and shows e The trim size e The page s trim marks if any e The page s registration and printer marks if any e The page s bleed if any e Color control strips if any A Trim marks B Trim size C Registration marks D Bleed E Media box 28 Chapter 2 Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional Work Area Showing or hiding annotations You can look at a PDF document with annotations shown or hidden Enfocus PitStop Professional enables you to show or hide all annotations in one single step using the View Annotations El button Adobe FrameMaker ForMacintosh Making PostScript files E Adobe FrameMaker For Macintosh criptfiles a ker book r
220. utton in the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor to easily include the latest actions in the Action List e You can also make global changes in the entire PDF document and save these changes as Action Lists The Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box has been eguipped with a dedicated button for this purpose For more information about global changes see Making Global Changes in PDF Documents on page 39 e You can download an example from the Enfocus Action List Library on our Web site and adapt it to your needs www enfocus com support actionlistlib actionlist index htm Enfocus PitStop Global Change Object Page Position Page Boxes Remove Page Numbers Area on Page I PE Sire Up Right Use the Area Tool to draw a rectangular area on the page or make a x 0 00 215 90 215 90 mm Selection then press Y 0 00 279 40 279 40 mm Grab selected area Apply to Save as ActionList gt Apply Current Page Save as Action List button in the Enfocus PitStop Global Change dialog box Using the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor To create an Action List you use the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor To display the Enfocus PitStop Action List Editor 1 Choose Window gt Show PitStop Action List Panel 2 Inthe Enfocus PitStop Action List Control Panel click New New Action Type X Selections changes Checks Informs al Select by Line Weight Select by Number
221. w Average downsampling One way of reducing the resolution of your images and their overall file size is average downsampling Enfocus PitStop Professional calculates the average of the pixels in a sample area This average later substitutes the entire area with the average pixel color at the specified resolu tion Subsampling Subsampling means that a pixel in the center of the sample area becomes the reference point The surrounding pixels take the value of that center pixel In fact the center pixel replaces the entire area at the spec ified resolution Bicubic downsampling Bicubic downsampling means that every pixel in a sample area is given a different value or weight Enfocus PitStop Professional then calculates the welghted average of the different pixels to determine pixel color To resample an image UA Shortcut Choose Window gt Show PitStop MM Inspector gt Image tab gt Downsample tab 1 Click the Select Objects tool E A ES Ta Select Objects 5 SH 47 Select Similar Objects Expand This Button N Select a pixel image 3 Do one of the following To resample the selected image only choose Window gt Show PitStop Inspector and click the Image gt Resample tab Enfocus PitStop Inspector 1 Image Selected Color FilfStroke Text Image Prepress Position Statistics Properties Resample Remap Average Downsampling at 72 dpi U
222. wever if it is not important that readers see the file in its original fonts do not embed fonts at all and let Acrobat use substitute fonts when necessary This will produce the smallest file possible Naturally reducing file size will improve the file transferability Finding exact font names A given font can have different names And the name of the font which you see in your source application is not necessarily the same as its real internal font name For example the Adobe Type 1 font Times as you see it in your word processing or desktop publishing program also has a PostScript name Times Roman The same applies to its TrueType counterpart Times New Roman its name appears in Adobe Acrobat as TimesNewRoman without spaces Consequently if you need to enter a font name manu ally in one of the dialog boxes of Enfocus PitStop Professional it is important that you type the font name exactly as it is spelled in Adobe Acrobat You can use a PDF file to find the exact spelling of the name 163 164 Chapter 10 Managing Fonts To find the exact font name 1 Useany application to create a one page document with the font s of which you want to know the exact name 2 Create a PDF file of the document 3 Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat and do one of the following e Jn Adobe Acrobat 4 choose File gt Document Info gt Fonts e Jn Adobe Acrobat 5 choose File gt Document Properties
223. workflow e How to minimize risk and responsibility when changing a customer s PDF document before final output Guaranteed preflighting Preflighting issues Preflighting is the process of checking a PDF docu ment against various criteria to ensure that the PDF document meets all the requirements for output or publication Typically the criteria vary depending on the output or publishing process A set of criteria matching the requirements of a particular process is called a PDF Profile Enfocus PitStop Professional for example allows you to create a PDF Profile that checks your PDF document against various criteria such as color and font usage Moreover you can use Enfocus PitStop Professional to actually fix detected problems in your PDF documents Ideally a PDF document should be preflighted at an early stage in a workflow i e as soon as it has been created This is particularly true if the PDF document will move from the PDF document provider who created the PDF document to the PDF document recip ient e g a publishing or printing department Detecting problems in the PDF document before the file leaves the PDF document provider saves time and money Even more so when the PDF file is sent to a different physical location UA You can also create Certified PDF documents with MM Enfocus Instant PDF For more information visit our Web site at www enfocus com 64 Chapter 5 Working with Certified
224. y Document Sessions Session User End Date and Time Original document Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe Enfocus Certified PDF Anne Doe Enfocus Certified PDF Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe Enfocus Certified PDF John Doe August 31 2001 15 04 32 September 3 2001 12 26 01 September 14 2001 08 14 50 September 14 2001 08 16 34 Still running Double click on a session to view its details r Compare Save Use these buttons to compare the state of the document at the end of the selected session with another point in the workflow Use this button to save a snapshot of the document as it was at the end of the selected session Visually side by side Save Snapshot for End of Session Using the Edit Log Close 2 Select a session in the list of which you want to save a snapshot 77 Chapter 5 Working with Certified PDF Documents 3 Click Save Snapshot for End of Session to save a snapshot of your PDF document as it was at the end of the selected session The following dialog box appears Save Snapshot for End of Session Xx File name proof_2 pdf Save as type PDF Files pdf y Cancel Li Enter a descriptive name for your snapshot and click Save If necessary repeat steps 2 through 4 to save any additional snapshots 6 Click Close e By comparing snapshots of these versions visually side by side as shown below
225. y Ctrl C Job Info anzeigen z E Paste Ctrl Original Dokument uberprufen Articles dene GES Pers nliche Info anzeigen reda i Delete Comments A Destinations 4 Copy File to Clipboard Fields S Info a Select All Ctrl Si Deselect All Cirl Shift A tii Tags Find Ctrl F Thumbnails F4 kaja sA a ale crios PitStop Inspektor einblenden Ctri Alt l H zi sli E PitStop Globale Anderung anzeigen Ctrl Alt G od PitStop Preflight Kontrollfenster einblenden Ctrl 4lt P Properties Ctrl l PitStop Aktionslisten Kontrollfenster einblenden Ctrl Alt A PitStop Bildabgleich Kontrollfenster anzeigen Ctrl Alt M Preferences a PitStop Registrierungsinto einblenden Ctrl 4lt R J 22 Chapter 2 Looking at the Enfocus PitStop Professional Work Area The Enfocus PitStop Professional toolbars You find all the dedicated Enfocus PitStop Professional NA ln Adobe Acrobat 4 you can use the options from buttons on the PitStop Professional toolbars in Adobe S Acrobat 5 or 6 However Adobe Acrobat 4 users only see the Enfocus PitStop View toolbar and the Enfocus PitStop Tools toolbar Enfocus PitStop Panels Toggle Inspector Toggle Global Change Toggle PDF Profile Control Panel Toggle Action List Control Panel Enfocus PitStop View Buttons View Annotations View Page Boxes View Wireframe Speed Up Image Display View Problems Enfocus PitStop PDF Profiles PDF Profile Selection 1

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