Adding Actions to the Preflight Profile

Before you perform a preflight check, you may want to edit your PDF document first, for example run a number of Action Lists to correct or change colors. Instead of running these Action Lists separately and then performing the preflight check, you can include them in your Preflight Profile. You will then kill two birds with one stone:

First, the changes defined in the embedded Action List(s) are applied.
Then, the checks defined in the embedded Action List(s) are applied.
Finally, the checks and fixes included in the Preflight Profile are applied.

To add Action Lists to a Preflight Profile

In the Enfocus Preflight Profile Editor, under Extra, click the Action Lists category.
In the upper part of the dialog, you can add Action Lists containing "Change" Actions only, whereas in the lower part, you can add Action Lists containing "Check" Actions only.
If you want to limit the Actions to a particular part of the document, select a restriction from the list at the top of the pane.
- If you need a restriction that is not in the list, import a new restriction. See Importing a restriction).
- If you want a different restriction for another set of Action Lists, click to add a new tab and select the restriction concerned.

Add the required Action Lists.

You can either import existing Action Lists or create new ones from within the Preflight Profile Editor. The meaning of the icons is explained in the table below.

Icons	Use these icons to:
	Change the order in which the Action Lists will be executed. Note: Running two or more Action Lists in a different order may produce a different result. You may want to test this first.
	Import or export an Action List (for example after you changed it).
	Edit an Action List. Note: You are editing a copy of the Action List that exists within the Preflight Profile. You are not changing the version within the Action List Database!
	Remove the selected Action List.
	Add a new Action List that you create from scratch from within the Preflight Profile Editor

By default, the added Action Lists are turned on, meaning that they are always executed when the Profile is run. You can manually turn off an Action List (if you don't need it), by clearing the On/Off checkbox in the Preflight Profile. In that case, it will not be used.

Alternatively, you can enable Action lists based on a variable. This means that the value of the variable determines whether or not the Action List is executed when running the Preflight Check (see next step). Refer to the PitStop Pro Reference Guide on the Enfocus website (chapter about Smart Preflight).

To use variables to enable or disable the Action Lists within a Preflight Profile:
1. Click the Actions menu in the top right corner of the Preflight Profile Editor.
2. Click Enable Variable Names.
  The variable button appears between the On/Off checkbox and the name of the Action Lists.
3. Click next to the Action List for which you want to use a variable.
4. Select a Variable set (if the default one is not the desired one) and a variable, and click OK.
  The Variable's User Readable Name is displayed within the square brackets of the variable button.
If you don't want to use variables for all Action Lists, leave the variable button as it is. The state of the On/Off checkbox determines whether or not the Action List will be executed.