Operation Manual

Creating PDFs

Last updated 4/7/2015

Preview PDFs without local fonts

You can create a printable preview of your document that substitutes default fonts for any text formatted in fonts that

are available on your local computer but are not embedded in the PDF. This preview can help you decide whether to

embed those local fonts in the PDF, to achieve the look you want for your document.

❖ In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Page Display, and then deselect Use Local Fonts.

Note: If a font cannot be substituted, the text appears as bullets, and Acrobat displays an error message.

Find PostScript font names

If you need to enter a font name manually on the Fonts panel of the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box, you can use a PDF

to find the exact spelling of the name.

1 Use any application to create a one-page document with the font.

2 Create a PDF from the document.

3 Open the PDF in Acrobat DC, and choose File > Properties > 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.

Adobe PDF conversion settings

Choose an Adobe PDF preset for converting files

1 Do one of the following:

• Start Acrobat Distiller.

• In an Adobe Creative Cloud application, choose File > Print, select Adobe PDF as the target printer, and click

Print Settings (Photoshop) or Setup > Preferences (InDesign).

• (Windows) In Office 2007 or later applications, choose Acrobat > Preferences.

• (Windows) In another authoring application or utility, choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings.

2 Choose a preset from the Default Settings (or Conversion Settings) menu.

Adobe PDF presets

A PDF preset is a group of settings that affect the process of creating a PDF. These settings are designed to balance file

size with quality, depending on how the PDF are used. Most predefined presets are shared across Adobe Creative Cloud

applications, including InDesign CC, Illustrator CC, Photoshop CC, and Acrobat DC. You can also create and share

custom presets for your unique output requirements. A saved PDF preset file has the suffix .joboptions.

A few of the following presets are not available until you move them from the Extras folder (where they installed by

default) to the Settings folder for custom settings.

Note: Acrobat Standard CC does not include the Extras folder. The presets installed in the Extras folder are only available

in Acrobat Pro DC.