Catalog preferences

You can set preferences for indexing that apply globally to all subsequent indexes you build. You can override some of these preferences for an individual index by selecting new options during the index-building process.

You open catalog preferences by choosing Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS) and selecting Catalog under Categories. Many of the options are identical to those described for the index-building process.

The Force ISO 9660 Compatibility On Folders option is useful when you don’t want to change long PDF file names to MS‑DOS file names as you prepare documents for indexing. However, you must still use MS‑DOS file-naming conventions for the folder names (8 characters or fewer) even though this isn’t necessary for the file names.