How to change 'simulation profile' so it defaults to an rgb setting

[Guest]

When a client opens a pdf I've sent (done in Quark) they see a flatter duller colour representation of the document. I guide them through > print production>output preview>simulation profile> display (or colormatch rgb) and then the pdf views accuratly color wise.

What is needed to get pdfs to automatically open on this setting. I have tried > preferences>colormanagement>. However the pdfs still open up as a CMYK u.s. web coated (swop) v2. 
The pdfs have been saved as an rgb doc (I have checked this)

Any ideas on how to change the color default please?

[Test Screen Name]

It sounds as if the document may have been saved without ICC profiles, so the RGB is not fixed. Or it may have been saved with a monitor profile. Make sure you have embedded your working RGB profile.

Also, do you see a similar effect, or it just this client?

[Guest]

Thanks for replying! I too get the same thing happen with the pdf.
I'm unsure how to embed my RGB profile, or save without ICC profiles. 
I have attached a pic of the options for saving the pdf in Quark if that helps?

Thanks
Lisa

[Test Screen Name]

I've done some Googling, but I can't find info on QuarkXPress. You could try PDF/X-4, but really you might have to ask in a QuarkXPress forum. You could also look at your colour space when making the original images. How are you making them, and what is their ICC profile?

[Guest]

Thanks for trying on the Google front! I had Quark look into this for me and they found that it wasn't a Quark issue, but an Adobe Acrobat one. ... or that's what they said. I'm not very teck savvy so I'm unsure as to the ICC profile. What. Iwas after was a way for keeping the defualt settings on AA to an RGB one, as it keeps defaulting back to the standard CMYK option. Thanks for your help!