Hot Folders

[Fran_Bellamy@adobeforums.com]

I am working with Acrobat professional 8 on a G5 in os 10. How do you create hot folders? I have checked the online help and the manuals for both acrobat and distiller and I just can't find it. I have even tried to google it. I know this should be easy but I just can't figure it out. Can someone tell me where to find this information?

[Steve_Werner@adobeforums.com]

If you're trying to create PDFs with Distiller you want WATCHED FOLDERS.

In Acrobat help, that's Creating PDFs > Creating PDFs with Acrobat Distiller > Set Watched Folders.

If that's not what you're trying to do, let us know what you're trying to do.

[Fran_Bellamy@adobeforums.com]

What we would like to do is create a folder we can send to our clients where they can drop their files and create pdfs from our specs.

[Steve_Small@adobeforums.com]

Watched Folders will work for that, although its a violation of the End User's License Agreement. Unless, of course, your clients own copies of Acrobat Distiller.

[Fran_Bellamy@adobeforums.com]

They do, they have the CS package. Thanks for your help I will give that a try.

[de_Siem@adobeforums.com]

You could send them your job options, which they can apply to a watched folder they have setup.

[Fran_Bellamy@adobeforums.com]

Unfortunately they don't know a whole lot about Acrobat, they can barely make a pdf. They definitely don't know anything about watch folders.