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Chapter 5: Working with Certified PDF documents68
Certified PDF Document Status
The Status Button
Instant PDF adds a dedicated Certified PDF status
button to the File toolbar in Adobe Acrobat and
Adobe Reader.
This buttons indicates the status of the document
and allows you to view more detailed information.
Statuses Explained
This button changes depending on the status of the
PDF document that you are working with:
See also:
• “What Is an Enfocus Certified PDF Document?”
on page 67
• “The Certified PDF Workflow Explained” on
page 66
• “Checking the Certified PDF Status of a PDF
Document” on page 70
Starting a Certified PDF
Workflow for a PDF document
Creating Certified PDF Documents with Instant PDF
When you create a new PDF document using one of
the options available in Instant PDF (such as the
Adobe InDesign, Adobe Illustrator or QuarkXPress
plug-ins or using a virtual printer), you automati-
cally start a Certified PDF workflow for that docu-
ment.
Button Meaning
The current PDF document is not a Certified PDF
document.
The current PDF document is a Certified PDF docu-
ment which was successfully preflighted, meaning
that the PDF document does not contain any
errors.
Click this button to see the document status.
The current PDF document is a Certified PDF docu-
ment which was not successfully preflighted.
Possible causes are:
• The PDF document contains errors.
or
• The Certified PDF Profile embedded in the PDF
document does not match a Preflight Profile in
the Preflight Profiles database, i.e. the ones
which you see listed in the Enfocus
Processing - Preflight panel. The corre-
sponding Preflight Profile in the Preflight
Profiles database may have been changed or
removed.
Click this button to see the document status.
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