Adobe 22020737 Acrobat X Pro Manual - Page 82

USING ACROBAT X PRO 76 Creating PDFs To convert PostScript files automatically, set up a watched folder in Distiller. To start Acrobat Distiller from Acrobat, choose Tools > Print Production > Acrobat Distiller. Manage the conversion queue Distiller lets you queue PostScript files that you create in authoring applications and then monitor them throughout the PDF conversion process. Queue a PostScript file 1 In Distiller, select an Adobe PDF settings file from the Default Settings pop-up menu. 2 (Optional) Choose Settings > Security and select an encryption level. 3 Open the PostScript file and start the conversion process, using either method: • Choose File > Open, select a PostScript file, and click Open. • Drag one or more PostScript files from the desktop to the Acrobat Distiller window. Click Pause before doing step 3 if you want to review the queue before Distiller starts converting the files. Change the queue during processing Do any of the following: • To temporarily stop processing the current job, click Pause. • To resume processing the current job, click Resume. • To delete files from the queue, click Cancel Job. Cancel Jobs deletes all files from the queue that are not yet successfully completed. Or (Windows only), select and right-click individual files in the job queue and choose Cancel Job(s) to delete only those files. • (Windows only) To open the folder where the selected files are, right-click the job queue and choose Explore. • (Windows only) To open the selected PDF in Acrobat, a browser, or Reader, right-click the job queue and choose View. Or, double-click the PDF to open it in Acrobat. Save a history of the job queue (Windows) ❖ Right-click the job queue, and choose Save List. Distiller saves and opens the history as a PDF. Clear the queue Remove all paused and successfully converted files from the list: • (Windows) Right-click the job queue, and choose Clear History. • (Mac OS) Click the Clear List button above the queue. Last updated 10/11/2011