Creating a Custom Preflight Profile

The basic preflight profile is sort of anemic: It only checks for missing or modified links, missing fonts, and overset text. You can’t modify the default basic profile, so if you want to customize the preflight options (and you should), you have to create a custom profile.

Open the Preflight panel (Window > Output > Preflight), and then choose Define Profiles from the panel menu. Click the plus icon under the left column of the dialog, name the new profile, and begin modifying the settings (Figure 11.50).

Figure 11.50. Click on the “plus” icon to create and edit a new custom preflight profile.

The extensive preflight options allow you to be very granular when creating the preflight ...

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