Configuring checks

Click a category under Check on, for example: PDF Standards or Document.

Determine whether or not you want to limit (some of) the checks in this category to a particular selection:

If the checks should apply to the whole document, make sure Not restricted is selected from the list in the top left corner of the tab.
If the checks should apply to a particular part of the document, select a restriction from the list in the top left corner of the tab.

If you need a restriction that is not in the list, import a new restriction. See Importing a restriction.
As of PitStop 2017, there's one category that cannot be restricted: the PDF Standards category. Some of the checks in this category are all-in-one checks (e.g. check for PDF/X compliancy) that apply to the whole document and cannot be limited to a particular selection. If you're importing an old Preflight Profile with restrictions defined in this category, you'll be warned that the items concerned will be disabled in the imported Profile.

Select the Enable checks of <selected restriction> or the Enable checks without restriction checkbox as required.

This activates the checks in the left part of the pane. They will no longer be grayed out.

Double-click the profile checks you want to add to your Preflight Profile, for example PDF/X Compliancy (in the PDF Standards category) or Binding (in the Document category).

For more information about a check, hover your cursor over it. A tooltip with additional information will appear.

Tip: You can also find an overview of all checks on the Enfocus website. Go to the product page of the product concerned and click the Manuals tab).

The enabled checks are available in the right pane.

Configure each check separately as follows:

Area/button	Do the following:
Under Problems to detect	Specify what exactly should be checked, i.e. enter or select the required values.
Under Type	Indicate how the detected problem should be listed in the Preflight Report: Warning : Warnings are no real problems, but you may want to be informed about them. In a Certified PDF workflow, warnings are not blocking. Sign-off : If a problem is set to Sign-off , the user can decide to handle the problem as a warning and sign off on it, thus allowing the PDF to pass preflight. Note that sign-offs are only possible in a Certified PDF workflow. Error: Errors are considered severe problems. In a Certified PDF workflow, they block the PDF from being certified OK.
Under Fix automatically	If PitStop should automatically fix the detected issues, you should select this checkbox and (if applicable), enter the required details. Note: You may want to just log the problems and not fix them yet, or manually fix the problems using the Enfocus Navigator. In that case, do not select the checkbox.
	If you want to customize the message that will appear in the Preflight Report (if the problem concerned is detected), click this button. This is useful if the "default" message is rather technical, and you want to make it easier to understand. If the default message has been modified, the button changes (a small checkmark is added): . For more details, refer to Customizing report messages.
	Click this button to remove the check from the active tab.
	Instead of fixed values, you can also use variables to configure the checks. For example, instead of entering a fixed minimal text size which you have to adjust for each document you're preflighting, you could use a variable "text size". When running a Preflight check with this Profile, a dialog will pop up allowing you to define the required text size for that particular document. Note: If these variables should be used for all checks on the tab, click the Actions link in the top right corner of the tab and select Enable Variable Names. For more details, refer to Applying variables to a check in a Preflight Profile.

Repeat the previous steps for each problem in the selected category you want to check and/or fix.

If you want a different restriction for another set of checks, click

to add a new tab and select the restriction concerned. You should configure the checks for each tab separately.

Note: If the plus button is grayed out, all (imported) restrictions are already used for that category of checks. If you want to add an additional tab, you must first import a new restriction. This will activate the plus button and allow you to add a new tab for that restriction.