Creating a restriction

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.
Click .
The Action List Editor appears.
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.
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".