How to Outline Fonts in a PDF in Acrobat Pro

Outlining fonts in Adobe Acrobat is a common prepress task to avoid missing font issues at the printer, but doing it one by one is a huge time-waster. In this video, I’ll show you how to use Preflight Fix-ups to outline fonts in a single PDF, and then how to use the Action Wizard to automate the process for an entire folder of files at once. In this video, you’ll learn: 00:50 How to Verify Text: Using the "Content" panel to confirm if your PDF has live text or already-outlined paths. 02:10 Single File Outlining: How to find and run the pre-existing "Convert fonts to outlines" fix-up in Acrobat Pro. 03:55 Introduction to Action Wizard: Setting up a "New Action" to process multiple files without opening them individually. 04:30 Automating Folders: How to direct Acrobat to pull files from an "Originals" folder and dump the processed files into a new "Outlined" folder. 05:40 Naming Conventions: Setting up your action to automatically append "outlined" to the filename so you don't overwrite your original files. 08:40 Running the Batch Action: Watching Acrobat process five files in seconds and reviewing the summary report for errors. 10:30 Applying Other Fix-ups: Why this Action Wizard method works for all of my other Preflight tutorials, including rasterization and object removal. Prepress Workflow Tip: Always keep your "Original" folder and your "Outlined" folder separate. Outlining fonts makes text un-editable, so you want to make sure you have the live version safe if any last-minute copy changes come in! Support the Channel: Patreon: Join the community to download my custom Action Wizard sequences and Preflight profiles! patreon.com/MikethePrintMan Subscribe: Join Mike The Print Man for more prepress automation and print shop tutorials. #AdobeAcrobat #Prepress #PrintProduction #GraphicDesign #OutlineFonts #AcrobatPro #Automation #PrintShop #PDFEditing #MikeThePrintMan