Embed/Extract PReS Workflow Metadata

Embed the current PReS Workflow Metadata inside the current data file in a PDF emulation. It can also extract PReS Workflow Metadata from the current data file and make the extracted file the new current Metadata file.

For more information about Metadata see: Metadata.

Input

A PDF File, either with no Metadata and along with Metadata that presumably corresponds to the PDF file, or a PDF file with embedded Metadata.

Processing

If the Embed option is used, the Metadata information is embedded directly into the PDF File as binary data. This does not change the way the PDF is viewed by any PDF viewer.

If the Extract option is used, Metadata present inside of the PDF file is extracted from it. If no Metadata is embedded, the task generates an error: W3976.

Output

The PDF file with embedded Metadata (the Metadata is not deleted from the PDF File on extraction, so this task will always output a PDF with embedded Metadata).

Task properties

General Tab

• Extract Metadata into PDF job file: the Metadata is extracted from the current data file (which is assumed to be a PDF file in which Metadata has been previously embedded), and it becomes the current Metadata from this point on, overwriting any current Metadata file that may already be set.
• Embed Metadata from PDF job file: the current Metadata file is inserted in the current data file, which is assumed to be a PDF file. If the original PDF is PDF/X or PDF/A compliant, the resulting PDF file will also be compliant.

On Error Tab

For a description of the options on the On Error tab see Using the On Error tab.

Miscellaneous Tab

The Miscellaneous tab is common to all tasks.

It contains a text area (Task comments) that lets you write comments about the task. These comments are saved when the dialog is closed with the OK button and are displayed in The Task Comments Pane.

Check the option Use as step description to display the text next to the icon of the plugin in the Process area.

The tab also provides an option to highlight the task in The Process area with the default color, set in the Preferences (see Colors), or the color selected or defined under Highlight color on this tab.
To revert the selected highlight color to the default color, open this tab, turn the Highlight option off and close the dialog with the OK button; then turn highlighting back on.
Highlighting can also be turned on and off via the task's contextual menu and with the Highlight button on the View ribbon.