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372 | A Guide to QuarkXPress 2018
the Vector Images drop-down menu and choose or enter a dpi value. This
control applies only when flattening is turned on.
To specify a resolution for vector objects (regardless of whether flattening is
turned on), click the Vector Images drop-down menu and choose or enter a dpi
value. To specify a resolution for rasterizing drop shadows (regardless of
whether flattening is turned on), click the Drop Shadows drop-down menu
and choose or enter a dpi value.
To specify resolution for rotated and skewed objects when flattening is turned
on, check Upsample Rotations and then enter a value in the To field. The To
field value should be at least equal to the highest resolution value among the
Vector Images, and Drop Shadows fields.
To control the resolution of flattened transparency in imported PDF and Adobe
Illustrator files, enter a value in the Flattening Resolution field.
If color fonts are applied with transparency, then to increase the flattening
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resolution use the Transparent Objects in Imported PDF & AI Files flattening
resolution option.
Export Transparency Natively is unavailable if you choose PDF/X–1a: 2001 or
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PDF/X–3: 2002 from the Verification drop-down menu. This feature is also
unavailable if you choose Separations from the Mode drop-down menu in the
Color pane.
Use the JDF pane to indicate whether a Job Definition Format (JDF) file•
should be created at the same time as the PDF file. You might choose to do
this if you’re using Job Jackets in a JDF workflow.
Use the Summary pane to view a summary of the selected PDF export•
options.
Click OK. (To capture the current settings without creating a PDF file, click
6.
Capture Settings.)
Click Save.
7.
If you are using a third-party distiller program and you want to create a PostScript 
file, change your settings in the PDF pane of the Preferences dialog box
(QuarkXPress/Edit menu). For more information, see “Preferences — Application —
PDF.”
Creating a PostScript file
To create a PostScript file from a layout, display the PDF pane of the Preferences
dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences > Application > PDF) and check
Create PostScript File for Later Distilling under PDF Workflow. When you choose
File > Export as > PDF, QuarkXPress generates a PostScript file with the name and
location you specify rather than creating a PDF file.
Exporting a layout as an image
When you export a layout page as an image file you can specify a file name and
location and set various export image options. To export a layout as an image: