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Acrobat Settings

PDFs should be created with Adobe Acrobat version 7 or higher. The instructions below are for Acrobat 8. For instructions for Acrobat 7, contact Shauna Fjeld.

Acrobat 8 Configuration

There are several parameters that need to be set in Acrobat to create standard PDFs. Rather than define each parameter on a case-by-case basis, these settings are named and saved into Job Settings files which you can access from the configuration documents below. The following are the three most commonly used Job Settings files for use on both Mac and PC platforms.

  • StdWeb72

    Creates the smallest possible PDFs for posting on the Web, useful for large documents.

  • StdWeb150

    An all-purpose PDF for small documents suitable for Web posting and general office printing

  • StdPrint

    Used to create high-resolution, printable PDFs. (Please note, this will yield larger file sizes).

Acrobat 8 includes a number of configuration options. The following PDFs include EERE's recommended configuration for preparing standards compliant PDFs. The files also include the job settings described above.