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supports numerous PDF standards: Standard, High Quality, Custom, and a variety of PDF/VT, PDF/A
and PDF/X formats.
l General group
l ASCII format: Select to create the PDF file using ASCII characters (instead of the usual 8-bit
binary format). This option produces a file suitable for transmission over a 7-bit ASCII link. This
option is useful if the PDFs need to be opened in a text editor, sent across networks, or sent via
email using a program that does not support binary files. This option also generates smaller files.
l Compress text and line art: Select to compress the text and line work in the file using the Flate
compression filter. Flate is a compression method that works well on elements with large areas
of single colors or repeating patterns, as well as on black-and-white elements that contain
repeating patterns.
l Auto-rotate pages: Select to automatically rotate pages based on the orientation of the text or
DSC comments.
l Optimize for fast web view: Select to minimize file size and facilitate page downloading.
l Title: Enter a title for the document. If you leave this box empty, the document’s name will be
used as the document’s title. Since this is a variable property box, you may use variables and
data selections and let PlanetPress Workflow interpret this information at run-time.
l Author: You may enter the name of the author of the document. Since this is a variable property
box, you may use variables and data selections and let PlanetPress Workflow interpret this
information at run-time.
l Subject: You may enter the subject of the document. Since this is a variable property box, you
may use variables and data selections and letPlanetPress Workflow interpret this information at
run-time. Note that if you use a data selection in this box, you must be sure that the data that will
be selected at run-time will not contain any parentheses, as this would cause the task to fail. If
you suspect that the data may contain parentheses, you should use a Run Script action task
(see Run Script Action Task Property) with a Strip() function to strip them out.
l Keywords: You may enter keywords for the document. Since this is a variable property box, you
may use variables and data selections and let PlanetPress Workflow interpret this information at
run-time.
l Monochrome images group
l Monochrome compression: Select the compression to use for the monochrome images. Flate
compression is lossless, so no data is lost during compression. Flate Mono works well on
images with large areas of solid shades or repeating patterns, such as screen shots and simple
images created with paint or drawing programs. CCITT typically yields the best compression of
monochrome images. It is the compression method developed for fax transmissions. Note that
configurations that were created with an earlier version of PlanetPress Workflow and that
included tasks set not to use any compression will by default be set to use the Flate compression