User manual ENFOCUS SOFTWARE PITSTOP PRO 09

[. . . ] Copyrights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2. Getting started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. 1 The PitStop Pro documentation set. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The PitStop Pro User Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 The PitStop Pro Reference Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 To access the PitStop Pro Documentation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. 2 System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 To check the system requirements on the Enfocus Web site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. 3 Installing PitStop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 PitStop Pro and Adobe Acrobat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. 4 Starting PitStop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 To start PitStop Pro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 First use of PitStop Pro 09. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Troubleshooting: PitStop Pro is not accessible in Adobe Acrobat . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 2. 5 Licensing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Creating an activation account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Starting a trial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Activating licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Moving licenses between computers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 2. 6 Getting support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Free technical support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 To report a problem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3. Looking at the PitStop Pro work area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3. 1 Looking at the PitStop Pro work area in Adobe Acrobat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Where to find the PitStop Pro menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Where to find the PitStop Pro toolbars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 3. 2 Specifying the language of the PitStop Pro interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 To specify the language of the PitStop Pro user interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 3. 3 The PitStop Pro View settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Viewing a PDF document in wireframe view. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Showing or hiding annotations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Speeding up image display using alternate images. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 3. 4 Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 The Enfocus Workspace Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Using Workspaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3. 5 The Enfocus Preset Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Preset Databases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Managing Presets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 2 Contents 4. Working with PDF documents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4. 1 Copying and pasting object attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 About copying object attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 To copy and paste an object's attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4. 2 Undoing or redoing actions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 About undoing and redoing actions:. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 To undo or redo an action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 4. 3 Measuring the distance between two points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 To replace an object. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4. 4 Viewing object attributes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Viewing object attributes using the Eyedropper tool. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the Enfocus Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 4. 5 Design Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 The Design Layout Toolbar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 The Enfocus Design Layout Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Using Design Layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Defining a Design Layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Page boxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using guides. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 4. 6 Working with Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 About Layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Change Layer settings in the Enfocus Inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 5. [. . . ] Click the Resample tab and decrease the resolution of the images to the required value. Click Restart Preflight in the Enfocus Navigator to update the list of errors, warnings and fixes. 73 Enfocus PitStop Pro Solutions There may be problems in the PDF document which were not fixed automatically by the Preflight Profile. You find the appropriate fix for most of these problems in the Solutions section, and you can select to fix all or individual problem objects. For example, your PDF document may contain annotations, and these annotations are reported as a warning. You did not use a Preflight Profile which removed all annotations because you want to keep some of them. You can then use the Object Browser to view and highlight the annotations in your PDF document and you can remove the annotations of your choice. Sign-off If a property is set to Sign-off in the PDF Profile, the deviating property will result in an error in the report. However, you can decide that the error is not a real problem for the job or workflow. In the Enfocus Navigator, open the Sign-off section by clicking the + button 2. Do one of the following: · · Set the Apply to option to all problem objects to sign off all problems at once. Set the Apply to option to current object, and use the Object Browser to select the specific object and error you want to sign off. 4. Click the Sign Off button Report You can view a detailed report of all the errors, warnings, fixes and failures. See also Viewing and interpreting reports on page 74 6. 8 Viewing and interpreting reports Content of a report You can run an Action List or Preflight Profile to check and change your PDF document. It can include the following sections: Section Errors, Warnings & Fixes Content (potential) problems according to the selected Preflight Profile and changes which have been made in the PDF document properties of the PDF document, such as PDF version, title, author, etc. and security information General File Information 74 Enfocus PitStop Pro Section Font Information Content all fonts used in the PDF document, along with their attributes (type of font, embedded or subset, etc. ) all images in the PDF document, along with additional information (for example physical and effective resolution, page, angle, custom color functions, etc. ) OPI usage in the PDF document all color spaces (RGB, CMYK, etc. ) used in the PDF document, with additional information where required information about layers in PDF2Go documents Image Information OPI Information Color Information PDF2Go Information See also Editing PDF2Go documents on page 120 To view and interpret a report 1. The report appears and the errors, warnings and fixes are listed on the first page. Using the Adobe Acrobat Hand Tool · , do one of the following: Click the magnifying glass next to an error, warning or fix to select and highlight the corresponding object in the PDF document. You may want to use the Object Browser in combination with the Enfocus Inspector to see more details about a particular problem or to correct the problem immediately. Click the information icon next to an error, warning or fix to see the Help topic. A dialog box may appear, asking you where you wish to view the Help topic (Open Weblink). If so, select In Web Browser. · 6. 9 Annotated Reports About Annotated Reports An Annotated Report makes the combination of the report and the original document. It offers the possibility to navigate through the Preflight Report in Acrobat Reader or in a browser, without using any Enfocus software. 75 Enfocus PitStop Pro An Annotated Report is a combination of the original document and the Report Information. [. . . ] To add a Preflight Profile from a hard disk or network drive, select From File, and then click Browse. If necessary, select Certified PDF Preflight to start a Certified PDF workflow for your PDF documents. If necessary, select an Action List or Preflight Profile and click the the QuickRun button to remove it from 13. If necessary, select an Action List or Preflight Profile and click the button to edit the Action List or Preflight Profile in the Action List Editor or the Preflight Profile Editor. [. . . ]