Chapter Six. Complying with PDF and Accessibility Standards

Traditionally, the preflight process tests files for compliance with certain printers or standards. The concept of preflight has changed from that of a testing tool to one of the most powerful features in Acrobat. Along with evaluation, you can also employ fixups, which modify your document for everything from flattening form fields to moving comments off the printing area.

Acrobat 9 Pro takes the evaluation and fixup process further than ever before, letting you specify a particular area or view to evaluate or repair, or even create layers to separate your document’s objects. Just as you might certify a document with a digital signature to indicate you are the author or approve the content, ...

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