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Change Default Setting For Saved Version

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2010-12-21 06:50:05
rossconnell
Registered: Dec 13 2010
Posts: 4

Using Acrobat 9, but must save all PDF's as V1.4.
Have created "Setting" in Distiller which I can select in Word and Excel so that PDF's created there come out as V1.4. Perfect.
However, combining from Windows Explorer, bangs it back up to 1.6. How can I get the combined pdf to retain the v1.4 format?
  

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.4, Windows
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2010-12-21 07:25:28
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
If you do a Save As, do you see the following option Adobe PDF Files, Optimized? If so, you can click the Setting button and set your compatibility there.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2010-12-21 11:36:10
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rossconnell
Registered: Dec 13 2010
Posts: 4
No such option - but I don't want to have to choose Save As every time - I want to change the default.
Ross
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2010-12-22 05:50:01
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lkassuba
ExpertTeam
Registered: Jun 28 2007
Posts: 3636
Apparently it's only available in the Pro. version - which makes sense because this is where the PDF Optimizer is. The Combine command uses later features of the PDF format thus the reason it is 1.6. I would just stick with generating your PDFs using the compatibility setting in Distiller.

If you have the Pro. version you could create a Preflight droplet but this isn't an option at this point.

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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2010-12-22 05:53:11
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rossconnell
Registered: Dec 13 2010
Posts: 4
Thank you
Ross
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