Create or modify custom checks

Although you can modify any unlocked predefined check, it’s best to leave the predefined checks as they were configured. Instead, you can create a new check or base a check on an existing one.

  1. In the Preflight dialog box, select a profile, and click the Edit button , or choose Edit Preflight Profiles from the Options menu.
  2. Choose Unlocked from the pop-up menu at the upper left.
  3. If necessary, expand the profile to display the categories underneath.
  4. Select Custom Checks.
  5. (Optional) Choose Info from the alert menu to prevent the Preflight tool from failing objects that don’t match this check.
  6. In the Edit Profile dialog box, do one of the following:

    • Click the New icon .

    • To base the new check on an existing one, select a check and click the Duplicate icon .

  7. In the Edit/Duplicate Check dialog box, do any of the following, and then click OK:

    • Type a name and description in the boxes on the left.

    • Type the message you want to display when the check finds a mismatch (fires) and when it doesn’t find a mismatch. For example, if you’re defining a check against the use of spot colors, your message when no mismatch is found could be “Document has no spot colors.”

    • Select whether to apply the check to page contents, annotations, form fields, or all those objects.

    • For Group, specify the group from which properties are to be used.

    • For Property, select properties and specify criteria to be evaluated against.