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OUTPUT
To use a PDF output style, choose an option from the PDF Style drop-down •
menu. To create a PDF output style using the current settings, choose New
PDF Output Style.
To use PDF/X verification, choose an option from the Verification drop-•
down menu. Available options include PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3 and PDF/X-4.
Note that PDF/X-1a verification permits only CMYK and spot colors, while
PDF/X-3 verification allows you to include colors and pictures that use
other color spaces, along with ICC color profiles (which are defined in the
source and output setups for color management). PDF/X-4 allows native
transparency, whereas PDF/X-1a and PDF/X-3 do not.
New certificaton is available with the new PDF/X verifcation or style. 
(PDF/A-1b, PDF/A-2b,PDF/A-2u,PDF/A-3b, PDF/X-4 & PDF/A-2b, PDF/X-4 &
PDF/A-2u
Use the Color pane to specify whether to create composite output or •
separations, to choose an output setup for the PDF file, and to select which
plates should be included in the output.
Use the Compression pane to specify compression options for different •
image types in the PDF file.
Use the Pages pane to specify whether to export spreads, whether to export •
each page as a separate PDF file, whether to include blank pages, and
whether to embed a thumbnail of the PDF file.
Use the Registration Marks pane to specify the positioning, width, and •
length of registration marks in the PDF file.
Use the Hyperlink pane to specify how links and lists from the layout •
export and how hyperlinks should appear in the PDF. You can also use this
pane to specify the default zoom of the PDF file.
Use the Meta Data pane to provide the details that display in the •
Description tab of the Document Properties dialog box in Adobe Acrobat
Reader. (Metadata is available on the Layout menu)
Use the Fonts pane to specify which fonts are embedded within the •
exported PDF file.
Use the Bleed pane to specify how bleeds are handled in the PDF file. •
Use the Layers pane to specify which layers to include in the PDF file, and •
to create PDF layers from the layers in the QuarkXPress layout.
Use the Transparency pane to control how transparent items are flattened. •
To disable flattening and maintain transparency relationships in the
exported PDF, click Export Transparency Natively. To output items
without taking their opacity values into account, click Ignore
Transparency. To turn on flattening, click Flatten Transparency.
Use the Tagged PDF pane to enable or disable tagged PDF export. Tagged •
PDFs are created for compliance with accessibility guidelines.
When flattening is turned on, you can specify a resolution for rasterizing
pictures that include vector data in a transparency relationship. To do so, click
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