Is it possible to remove yellow text background in the entire document?

[Guest]

I have the same problem as the one that is mentioned here:http://forums.adobe.com/message/1155089 In my case the yellow background is already in the pdf-file which was created with a virtual pdf printer and then manipulated with another pdf-editor.  I noticed accidentally that it is possible to remove the yellow background in Acrobat Pro as if I'd edit an object. Getting rid of it on each page by hand would be a daunting task. Is it possible to do this somehow with the entire document? All help would be much appreciated.

cheers

Btw: The yellowish background does not appear in other pdf viewers.

[Allta Media]

Under Edit > Preferences > Page Display what do you have selected under "Use Overprint Preview"?

[Guest]

For pdf/x-files only.

Many thanks for your support. 🙂

[Allta Media]

Can you post a link to an example file?

[Guest]

I'll send you a pm shortly...

[Guest]

Here's a screenshot: left is the page opened in acrobat (reader 9 for Linux), right in another reader.

I've got the same problems in Windows

If you make a google search for pdf yellow background (or so) you get quite a few results from users with the same (unsolved) problems:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/299791

http://forums.adobe.com/message/4299507

http://forums.adobe.com/message/2042266

etc...etc...

[Allta Media]

So was the Overprint Preview the problem? I see that this suggestion was selected as correct in our discussion.

[Guest]

Sorry, that was a misunderstanding. I just

thought that it might be a good idea to reward your support by clicking "correct".

But to answer your question: I've tried all 4 options - no changes.

[Guest]

Addendum:

here's a screenshot that shows the same page of the document where I've managed to edit some of the yellow background out:

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[Allta Media · Accepted solution]

From looking at the file, it appears that the color boxes are actually part of the file. You can see them if you open the Content pane. You might find it much easier to delete them in the Content pane. They appear to be incorporated into the file when the text is applied. Does your PDF creation software have the ability to turn this off?

Another possibility (suggested from Dave Merchant) is to do the following to remove this from all the pages automatically:

• Use Convert Colors to push the entire document into a single space, such as Swop2
• All your yellow boxes are now something around 3.4% yellow (find out with an inspection of one yellow box)
• Create a new Preflight Check to detect objects with exactly that percentage of yellow plate
• Create a new Fixup to move objects identified by that check into a new layer, and run it
• Turn the layer off, now you can print the file
  
  

[Guest]

Sorry for not getting back earlier. As I don't know what actually caused the yellow background to appear, I do not know to get rid of it in the first place (I used a simple pdf printer with few options).

I have a hard time to follow your instructions as acrobat seems to have a gazillion options that I haven't used previously (and make my head dizzy).

I've somehow managed to create the preflight check with the conditions that you've mentioned. I had a brief look onto the "report"-pdf that acrobat created and it it seemed to look fine. However, I have difficulties with the 3rd/4th step. I'd appreciated if you could help me with a step-by-step solution (or point me to one).

cheers,

Robert

[Dave Merchant]

I'll try to describe the process but the exact numbers will depend on your document - as I said earlier when I ran a test of your file I got 3.4%, but you may not.

• Your file has a mixture of color spaces (CMYK/RGB/etc.) and so you must first run the Convert Colors tool from the Print Production Panel to get everything into a consistent space, or Preflight will choke. Run the default profile to convert to the SWOP v2 profile.
• Open the Output Preview tool from the Print production Panel and hover over one of the yellow areas, write down the percentage of yellow. Hopefully nothing else in the document will have the same percentage.
• Now open Preflight from the Print Production Panel, switch to the Single Checks tab.
• Open the Options menu, choose "Create new Preflight Check".
• Name it "yellow boxes" and apply it to "Page contents" and "Current file".
• Select the Colors group and pick "object uses Yellow with a percentage of..." - press ADD.
• Configure it with "Equal to" and your percentage (no % sign)
• Click OK, then switch to the Single Fixups tab.
• Options menu > Create new Preflight Fixup
• Name it "move yellow  to layer"
• Choose the Layers category, "Put objects on layer" and press ADD
• In the "Objects identified by a check" dropdown, select your "yellow boxes" check.
• In the Layer name field, type "yellow boxes"
• Click OK, then click the Fix button to run it.
• You'll get a message to save/close and reopen the file.
• When you do, (hopefully) all your yellow boxes will now be in their own layer.
• Open the layers navigator on the left side of Acrobat's window and turn off the eyeball for that layer.
• Print

[Stevie de Vito]

I have the same problem, tried a lot but I am not willing to do more. It worked fine before, other apps make no problem and adobe should fix it soon. They charge so much money monthly:-(

[JJ3ANS]

This thread is from 2012. Not the same as current problem.