System information

The following sections will go into more detail about each step.

Creating a Variable Set

A Variable Set contains all your Smart Preflight variables that can be used within your Preflight

Profiles. You can create more than one Variable Set and each set can have multiple variables

defined. However, you can only run one "active" Variable Set at a time within PitStop Pro. It is

recommended that you keep all your variables within one Variable Set unless you are also working

with PitStop Server.

Note: If you use variables that are contained in different Variable Sets within a single Preflight

Profile, only the "active" Variable Set variables will contain their default values. Variables used

from inactive Variable Sets will be blank.

To create a Variable Set,

1. In Mac OS, click on the Tools and navigate to PitStop Process and the Smart Preflight option.

In the context menu, select Variable Set Preferences to display the Enfocus PitStop Pro

Preferences and the Variable Sets available.

2. In Windows OS, navigate to Plug-Ins > Enfocus PitStop Pro > Variable Sets > Variable Set

Preferences to display the Enfocus PitStop Pro Preferences and the Variable Sets available.

Note: You can also go to the Acrobat menu and About Third Party Plug-ins to access the

PitStop Pro Preferences on Mac OS.

3. With the PitStop Pro Preferences open, select the Manage drop down menu and New from the

submenu. This will create and open a new Variable Set that will be saved to your "Local" PitStop

Pro folder.

Creating a Smart Preflight Variable Set

Once in the Enfocus Variable Set Editor, you can name your variable set.

To add a new variable to a new or existing list, click the + button in the lower left of the dialog box.

Click the - button to remove a variable from the list and click the ++ button to duplicate a selected

variable.

Click this button to test or verify current variables.

Creating a Smart Preflight Variable

After you create a new variable by clicking the + button, you can name it by typing a name in the

Name textbox.

Note: Be sure to name the variable something easily recognizable, for example, the check it is

intended for.

As described earlier in this chapter, there are two different types of variables that can be created

- "Constant" and "Rule Based". Each type of variable needs to have a variable "Type" defined. It

is important that the variable type matches the preflight check setting it's intended for. When

applying variables to a preflight check setting, only the variables which match that type of entry

will be displayed.

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