Configuring Acrobat…

To ensure you are viewing your PDF in an accurate manner, please follow the steps below:

Turn the 'overprint preview' on

View example - PDF (622.83 K)

Acrobat 5: VIEW -> Overprint Preview
Acrobat 6: Advanced -> Overprint Preview
Acrobat 7: Advanced -> Overprint Preview
Acrobat 8: Advanced -> Overprint Preview
Acrobat 9: Preferences -> Page Display
Please note, Acrobat 9 will automatically turn ON the overprint preview for any type of PDF/X file - recommended to change to ALWAYS

Turn off 'Use Local Fonts'

Acrobat 5: VIEW menu and ensure the 'Local Fonts' option is not ticked
Acrobat 6: ADVANCED menu and ensure the 'Local Fonts' option is not ticked
Acrobat 7: ADVANCED menu and ensure the 'Local Fonts' option is not ticked
Acrobat 8: ADVANCED menu and ensure the 'Local Fonts' option is not ticked
Acrobat 9: Preferences -> Page Display and ensure the 'Local Fonts' option is not ticked

Turn on the page geometry display (Acrobat 6, 7, 8 and 9 Professional)

Ensure you can view all page geometry within your PDF file.
Preferences -> Page Display -> display trim/art/bleed

Acrobat 5

Remove 'AOM' from your workstation.

This decreases application launch times and slows you down. Perform a search on your hard disk and then remove

Give more memory to Acrobat

Increase the memory allocation to 64,000kb - this will allow Acrobat more room to breathe. OS X and Windows users don't need to do this as the OS handles memory allocation to Acrobat dynamically.

Ensure you are running the latest Acrobat patches

Adobe Acrobat 5: latest version is 5.05 (works under OS9 and OSX and Windows 2000 and above)

Adobe Acrobat 6: (Standard or Professional) - latest version is 6.0.5

Adobe Acrobat 7: (Standard or Professional) - latest version is 7.0.9

Adobe Acrobat 8: (Standard or Professional) - latest version is 8.1.3

Adobe Acrobat 9: (Standard or Professional) - latest version is 9.0 (as of 12 January, 2009)

Free updates are available from the Adobe site at adobe.com