Preflight with InDesign and Acrobat
Before you send a file to a printer, client, or digital platform, how confident are you that nothing bad slipped by? In this session, you’ll learn how to build a repeatable preflight process using both InDesign and Acrobat, and save yourself from embarrassing or expensive mistakes.
Explore what InDesign can identify while you work, what still needs to be checked after export, and how Acrobat adds an essential second layer of inspection. By the end, you will know how to create custom preflight profiles for your workflow, so you can automate quality control and ensure consistent output.
You’ll learn how to:
- Discover why a custom preflight profile is like having a new best friend
- Create InDesign preflight profiles for print, PDF, and digital workflows
- Identify and fix document errors
- Use Acrobat to catch problems that remain after export
- Build a repeatable preflight process for more reliable output
This article was last modified on August 6, 2026
This article was first published on August 6, 2026
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