Create an inventory of PDF content

  1. In the Preflight dialog box, choose Create Inventory from the Options menu.
  2. Select the types of objects and resources you want included in the inventory. In addition to fonts, colors, images, and so on, you can include the following information:
    • Form XObjects

      Objects that are referenced within a PDF. For example, if a PDF contains many occurrences of the same object, it exists as a single resource that is referenced many times.



      Include XMP Metadata

      Includes information embedded in the PDF that can be used by an XMP-enabled application or device in the workflow. This information can include meaningful descriptions and titles, searchable keywords, the author’s name, and copyright information. If you select Include Advanced Fields, you can include the fields and structures used for storing the metadata using namespaces and properties. This advanced information appears as a text-based tree view of all the XMP data in the PDF, both for the document as well as for those images in the PDF for which XMP metadata is present.

      Note: You can also view the metadata for the PDF document as a whole in the Document Properties dialog box. Choose File > Properties, click the Description tab, and then click Additional Metadata. To see the advanced fields, click Advanced from the list on the left.


  3. (Optional) Save the report.