View preflight results and create reports

By Cynthia, 29 November, 2025

After running a preflight inspection, you can view the preflight results and create reports in a PDF, .xml, .txt, or .html file in the Results tab in the Preflight dialog box.

  1. In the Preflight dialog box, click the Results tab to view the detailed preflight results. See also The Results tab.
  2. To create a report file for the results, click Create Report…
  3. In the Save As dialog box, specify the filename, file format, and location for the report file. 
  4. (Optional) When you create a PDF report, you can click Settings in the Save As dialog box to select more options for the report. In the pop-up Create Report dialog box:

    Overview: select it to summarize the preflight inspection and results in a short report that includes the applied preflight profile and fixups, a results summary, document information, and more.

    Details: select it to report additional information about each problem, such as the location of the problems. Select Problems Highlighted By Transparent Masks to place a colored mask over the problem areas to highlight the areas. Select Problems Highlighted By Layers to show the file separated into layers of mismatches and layers of other found objects according to the criteria used in the profile itself.

  5. Click Save
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