PS vs Save as PDF

[Fred Ridder]

Mike Wickham wrote:

> There is one time, however, that you might want to print to PS, and that's 
> if you create "watched folders" in Acrobat. These are folders that Acrobat 
> monitors. When a PS file appears in them, Acrobat automatically distills the 
> file. The cool thing is that you can set up multiple watched folders, and 
> assign one of Acrobat's .joboptions settings files to each. So when you 
> create a PS file in that folder, it will be distilled with the particular 
> joboptions set for the folder. If you find yourself needing to change the 
> joboptions settings regularly, it can useful.


Yes, watched folders can be extremely useful. But note that this feature is only available if you have Adobe Acrobat Professional. The feature is not available if you have the Standard version of Acrobat or if you are only using the version of Distiller that is bundled with FrameMaker.

-Fred Ridder