You can create new restricting Action Lists from within a Preflight Profile. If you want to re-use them, you can afterwards export them to your local Action Lists database.
Note: Alternatively, you can create an Action List in the Action List editor. Just
make sure to only use "Select" Actions (and to import the restricting Action
List into the Preflight Profile(s) in which you want to use it).
To create a restriction from within a Preflight Profile
- In your Preflight Profile, go to SETUP > Restrictions.
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Click
.
The Action List Editor appears.
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Configure the Action List just like any other Action List (using "Select"
Actions only).
- Only one selection per Action List is allowed (this includes Select
Actions combined with an operator if they result in one selection).
There's one exception: the Select page if content is selected
Action can be combined with another select Action. For
example:
Select by color space Select page if content is selected
- If you need more complex selections, you must combine several Action Lists in one restriction. The Action Lists are executed one after the other, as if they were two Actions followed by an AND operator.
Tip: Click
to only see those "Select" Actions. - Only one selection per Action List is allowed (this includes Select
Actions combined with an operator if they result in one selection).
There's one exception: the Select page if content is selected
Action can be combined with another select Action. For
example:
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Click OK.
The restricting Action List is added to your list of Restrictions. Note
that you can double-click the restriction or click
(Edit selected restriction)
to make any changes as required, e.g. to choose another name.
- Select Reuse selection as required. See Reusing a restricting selection
The new restriction will be available for use in all categories of checks. Optionally, click
the Create tab in all categories button if you want to use the
restriction concerned for many categories. Adding a tab however, does not automatically
enable checks, it is just a way to save time.
If you want to be able to re-use the
restriction in other Preflight Profiles, click 
to export it to a local folder in the Action List
dialog. This local folder is named after the Preflight Profile concerned, for
example: "Restrictions from PDFX-4".