How to Add a Custom Preflight Profile to Acrobat Action Wizard
Question details
The user needs to make a modified Preflight fixup available for selection within the Action Wizard.
- Product
- Adobe Acrobat
- Device & OS
- not provided
- Scenario
- Automating document processing workflows using customized Preflight fixups in Acrobat Action Wizard.
- Observed behavior
- A modified Preflight fixup does not appear in the Action Wizard menu when it is saved as an edit to an existing profile rather than a new one.
Ensure you have access to Adobe Acrobat Pro, as the Action Wizard and Print Production (Preflight) tools are not available in the standard Acrobat Reader.
Save the Modified Fixup as a New Preflight Profile
To guarantee that the Action Wizard recognizes your custom fixup, you must save it as a completely new Preflight profile instead of overriding an existing one.
Adobe Acrobat's Action Wizard often fails to pull updated data from modified default Preflight profiles. Creating a distinct new profile bypasses this limitation and ensures your custom settings can be selected for batch processing.
Navigate to the 'Tools' menu, select 'Print Production', and then click on 'Preflight'.
Edit your desired fixup settings. Instead of saving the changes to the current profile, choose the option to create and save the settings as a new Preflight profile.
Return to the 'Tools' menu and launch the 'Action Wizard'.
Create a new Action or edit an existing one. Look under 'Document Processing' in the left pane, select 'Preflight', and add it to your action steps.
Click 'Specify Settings' on the Preflight step you just added, and your newly created custom profile will now be available in the dropdown list.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why isn't my edited Preflight fixup appearing in the Action Wizard?
Action Wizard often does not recognize edits made to existing default Preflight profiles. You must save your edited fixup as an entirely new Preflight profile for it to become visible in the Action Wizard's settings menu.
Where can I find the Action Wizard and Preflight tools?
Both tools are located in the Adobe Acrobat Pro 'Tools' tab. Preflight is found under 'Print Production', while 'Action Wizard' has its own dedicated tool icon. They are not available in the free Acrobat Reader version.
Can I apply a custom Preflight profile to multiple PDFs at once?
Yes, by adding your custom Preflight profile to an Action in the Action Wizard, you can run that action on an entire folder of PDFs for automated batch processing.
