Class
PDF export settings for the application object.
PDFExportPreference
Hierarchy
Properties
| Property | Type | Access | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| acrobatCompatibility | AcrobatCompatibility: AcrobatCompatibility.ACROBAT_4 AcrobatCompatibility.ACROBAT_5 AcrobatCompatibility.ACROBAT_6 |
r/w | The exported PDF document's Acrobat compatibility. |
| appliedFlattenerPreset | FlattenerPreset | r/w | The transparency flattener preset to use. |
| bleedBottom | Measurement Unit (Number or String) | r/w | The height of the bleed area at the bottom of the page. Note: Valid only when use document bleed to print is true. |
| bleedInside | Measurement Unit (Number or String) | r/w | The width of the bleed area at the inside of the page. Note: Valid only when use document bleed to print is true. |
| bleedMarks | bool | r/w | If true, print bleed marks. |
| bleedOutside | Measurement Unit (Number or String) | r/w | The width of the bleed area at the outside of the page. Note: Valid only when use document bleed to print is true. |
| bleedTop | Measurement Unit (Number or String) | r/w | The height of the bleed area at the top of the page. Note: Valid only when use document bleed to print is true. |
| changeSecurityPassword | string | r/w | Changes the open document password to the specified string. Valid only when use security is true. Note: A script can set but not get this value. |
| colorBars | bool | r/w | If true, add small squares of color representing the CMYK inks and tints of gray in 10% increments. |
| colorBitmapCompression | BitmapCompresssion: BitmapCompresssion.NONE BitmapCompresssion.AUTO_COMPRESSION BitmapCompresssion.JPEG BitmapCompresssion.ZIP BitmapCompresssion.JPEG_2000 |
r/w | The amount of bitmap compression to use. |
| colorBitmapQuality | CompressionQuality: CompressionQuality.MINIMUM CompressionQuality.LOW CompressionQuality.MEDIUM CompressionQuality.HIGH CompressionQuality.MAXIMUM CompressionQuality.FOUR_BIT CompressionQuality.EIGHT_BIT |
r/w | The compression option to apply to color images. |
| colorBitmapSampling | Sampling: Sampling.NONE Sampling.DOWNSAMPLE Sampling.SUBSAMPLE Sampling.BICUBIC_DOWNSAMPLE |
r/w | The sampling option to apply to color bitmap images in the PDF document. |
| colorBitmapSamplingDPI | number | r/w | The resolution for resampling |
| colorTileSize | number | r/w | Color tile size for JPEG 2000 compression. |
| compressTextAndLineArt | bool | r/w | If true, compresses text and line art using ZIP compression. |
| compressionType | PDFCompressionType: PDFCompressionType.COMPRESS_NONE PDFCompressionType.COMPRESS_STRUCTURE PDFCompressionType.COMPRESS_OBJECTS |
r/w | The objects to compress in the PDF document. |
| contentToEmbed | PDFContentToEmbed: PDFContentToEmbed.USE_OBJECT_SETTINGS PDFContentToEmbed.LINK_ALL PDFContentToEmbed.EMBED_ALL |
r/w | Instructions for embedding sound or movie files in the exported PDF document. |
| cropImagesToFrames | bool | r/w | If true, image data that falls outside the visible portion of an image's frame is not exported to the PDF document. |
| cropMarks | bool | r/w | Prints crop marks that define where the page should be trimmed. |
| disallowChanging | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot fill in forms, sign, extract pages, or add comments in the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowCopying | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot copy and paste text, images, or other content from the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowDocumentAssembly | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot insert, delete, or rotate pages in the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowExtractionForAccessibility | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot extract content from the PDF document using software tools for the visually impaired. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowFormFillIn | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot change form fields in the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowHiResPrinting | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot print high-resolution copies of the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowNotes | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot add or change notes, edit text, or fill in form fields in the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowPlaintextMetadata | bool | r/w | If true and acrobat compatibility is Acrobat 6 or higher, storage systems and search engines cannot access metadata stored in the PDF document. If true and acrobat compatibility is acrobat 5 or higher, users cannot copy and extract content from the document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| disallowPrinting | bool | r/w | If true, users cannot print the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. |
| exportGuidesAndGrids | bool | r/w | If true, includes visible guides and baseline grids in the PDF document. |
| exportLayers | bool | r/w | If true, saves each layer as an Acrobat layer within the PDF document. |
| exportNonprintingObjects | bool | r/w | If true, makes non-printing objects visible in the PDF document. |
| exportReaderSpreads | bool | r/w | If true, each spread in the exported document is combined into a single page that has spread's original width. |
| generateThumbnails | bool | r/w | If true, generates thumbnail images for each page or spread. |
| grayTileSize | number | r/w | Gray tile size for JPEG 2000 compression. |
| grayscaleBitmapCompression | BitmapCompresssion: BitmapCompresssion.NONE BitmapCompresssion.AUTO_COMPRESSION BitmapCompresssion.JPEG BitmapCompresssion.ZIP BitmapCompresssion.JPEG_2000 |
r/w | The bitmap compression option to apply to grayscale bitmap images. |
| grayscaleBitmapQuality | CompressionQuality: CompressionQuality.MINIMUM CompressionQuality.LOW CompressionQuality.MEDIUM CompressionQuality.HIGH CompressionQuality.MAXIMUM CompressionQuality.FOUR_BIT CompressionQuality.EIGHT_BIT |
r/w | The compression option to apply to grayscale bitmap images. |
| grayscaleBitmapSampling | Sampling: Sampling.NONE Sampling.DOWNSAMPLE Sampling.SUBSAMPLE Sampling.BICUBIC_DOWNSAMPLE |
r/w | The sampling option to apply to grayscale bitmap images. |
| grayscaleBitmapSamplingDPI | number | r/w | The resolution for resampling |
| ignoreSpreadOverrides | bool | r/w | If true, ignores flattener spread overrides. |
| includeBookmarks | bool | r/w | If true, displays bookmarks and table of contents entries as links in the bookmarks pane in the PDF document. If false, no bookmarks are exported. |
| includeHyperlinks | bool | r/w | If true, includes hyperlinks when exporting the document. |
| includeICCProfiles | bool | r/w | If true, includes ICC profiles in the PDF document. |
| includeSlugWithPDF | bool | r/w | If true, includes the document's slug area in the PDF document. |
| includeStructure | bool | r/w | If true, creates a tagged PDF file. Note: If acrobat compatibility is acrobat 6 or higher, tags are visible only when the PDF is opened in Acrobat 6 or higher. |
| interactiveElements | bool | r/w | If true, includes interactive elements in the exported PDF file. Interactive elements include buttons, movies, and sounds. |
| monochromeBitmapCompression | MonoBitmapCompression: MonoBitmapCompression.NONE MonoBitmapCompression.CCIT3 MonoBitmapCompression.CCIT4 MonoBitmapCompression.ZIP MonoBitmapCompression.RUN_LENGTH |
r/w | The bitmap compression option to apply to monochrome bitmap images. |
| monochromeBitmapSampling | Sampling: Sampling.NONE Sampling.DOWNSAMPLE Sampling.SUBSAMPLE Sampling.BICUBIC_DOWNSAMPLE |
r/w | The sampling option to apply to monochrome bitmap images. |
| monochromeBitmapSamplingDPI | number | r/w | The resolution for resampling |
| omitBitmaps | bool | r/w | If true, replaces bitmap images with OPI links. |
| omitEPS | bool | r/w | If true, replaces EPS images with OPI links. |
| omitPDF | bool | r/w | If true, replaces PDF images with OPI links. |
| openDocumentPassword | string | r/w | The password to enter when opening the PDF document. Valid only when use security is true. Note: A script can set but not get this value. |
| optimizePDF | bool | r/w | If true, optimizes the exported PDF document for faster viewing in a web browser. Note: Compresses text and line art, regardless of specified compression settings. |
| outputCondition | string | r/w | The name of the intended printing condition. Valid only when a PDF/X compliance standard has been defined for the document. Not valid when PDF/X-3 is the compliance standard or PDF export preset. For information on compliance standards, see standards compliance and PDF X standards. |
| pageInformationMarks | bool | r/w | If true, prints the filename, page number, current date and time, and color separation name. |
| pageMarksOffset | Measurement Unit (Number or String) | r/w | How far from the edge of the page to draw page marks |
| pageRange | PageRange String |
r/w | The pages to print, specified either as an enumeration or a string. To specify a range, separate page numbers in the string with a hyphen (-). To specify separate pages, separate page numbers in the string with a comma (,). Can return: PageRange enumerator or String. |
| parent | Application | readonly | The parent of the PDFExportPreference (a Application). |
| pdfColorSpace | PDFColorSpace: PDFColorSpace.RGB PDFColorSpace.CMYK PDFColorSpace.UNCHANGED_COLOR_SPACE |
r/w | The color space to use to represent color information in the exported PDF document. |
| pdfDestinationProfile | string | r/w | Destination color profile |
| pdfMarkType | MarkTypes: MarkTypes.DEFAULT_VALUE |
r/w | The types of printer's marks to include in the PDF document. |
| pdfXProfile | PDFProfileSelector String |
r/w | The PDF X color profile to use for the PDF document. . Can return: PDFProfileSelector enumerator or String. |
| printerMarkWeight | PDFMarkWeight: PDFMarkWeight.P125PT PDFMarkWeight.P25PT PDFMarkWeight.P50PT PDFMarkWeight.P10MM PDFMarkWeight.P15MM PDFMarkWeight.P20MM PDFMarkWeight.P30MM |
r/w | The stroke weight for printer's marks. |
| properties | Object | r/w | A property that allows setting of several properties at the same time. |
| registrationMarks | bool | r/w | If true, prints small targets outside the page area for aligning color separations. |
| simulateOverprint | bool | r/w | If true, simulates the effects of overprinting spot inks with different neutral density values by converting spot colors to process colors for printing. Note: Not valid when the color output mode is defined to leave color profiles unchanged. |
| standardsCompliance | PDFXStandards: PDFXStandards.NONE PDFXStandards.PDFX1A2001_STANDARD PDFXStandards.PDFX32002_STANDARD |
r/w | The PDF/X standards compliance to test against. |
| subsetFontsBelow | number | r/w | The threshold point at which all characters of a font are embedded |
| thresholdToCompressColor | number | r/w | The minimum dpi at which color compression is applied. (Range: 1 to 10 times the value specified for color bitmap sampling DPI.) |
| thresholdToCompressGray | number | r/w | The minimum dpi at which grayscale compression is applied. (Range: 1 to 10 times the value specified for grayscale bitmap sampling DPI.) |
| thresholdToCompressMonochrome | number | r/w | The minimum dpi at which monochrome compression is applied. (Range: 1 to 10 times the value specified for monochrome bitmap sampling DPI.) |
| useDocumentBleedWithPDF | bool | r/w | If true, uses the document's bleed settings in the PDF document. |
| useSecurity | bool | r/w | If true, activates security controls for the PDF document. |
| viewPDF | bool | r/w | If true, automatically opens the PDF file after exporting. |
Element of
Application.pdfExportPreferences
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