GreenLight Checks & Checklists

GreenLight checks run on your InDesign documents to flag potential issues. Choose from over 100 ready-made GreenLight Checks to group into customised Checklists.

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Accessibility Checks

A range of GreenLight checks which can be added to checklists to verify document accessibility.

Images are described

Reading order defined

No bold tags applied to styles

Text thread pages follow on

Images are anchored

Bleed & Trim Checks

Bleed is set to 3mm

Bleed is set to 5mm on outside edges

Trim objects extend to bleed

Text is within trim (exceptions)

Jacket text is within trim area

Co-Edition Checks

A range of GreenLight checks which can be added to checklists to verify the set up of documents for translation publishing.

Correct layer naming and structure (Final)

Spots are layered and overprint

Document Set-up Checks

All artwork is mono [Black]

CMYK non-overprinting (exceptions)

Objects are not anchored

Correct trim page size

Correct bleed for jackets and covers

Eprdctn Checks

Para styles export valid CSS names

Text style names follow ScML

Text style export classes follow ScML

Font Checks

A range of available GreenLight checks that verify that a font is on an approved list, its format, location, and font managment software used.

Fonts are all active

Fonts are not Type 1 PostScript

Fonts are not Type 1 PostScript (exceptions)

Fonts are all active (exceptions)

Fonts are not TrueType

GreenLight Checklists

A checklist is a group of relevant GreenLight checks. This section covers how to create, share, and run GreenLight checklists.

Making new checklists

GreenLight Checklists

Selecting Checklists

GreenLight Checks

GreenLight checks different documents for different things at different stages in the workflow.

GreenLight Free Checks

GreenLight Custom Checks

GreenLight Checks

Image Colour Checks

CMYK images match document profile

No CMYK images used

No RGB images except NOTES layer

CMYK images using document profile

Image Resolution Checks

Images are 250ppi (no exceptions)

Images are 250ppi (specific exceptions allowed)

Images are 300ppi (specific exceptions allowed)

Images are 250ppi (exceptions allowed)

Translation images 250ppi (exceptions)

Image Types Checks

No JPEG images used

No EPS images used

No GIF images used

No PDF images used

No PNG images used

Links Checks

Links are present and up to date

All links are within document folder

Links are embedded

Links are not embedded

Naming Checks

Document name uses regular characters

Folder name uses regular characters

Translation naming used correctly

Document is named correctly

Document is named correctly

Object Position Checks

All objects are inside bleed

Printing objects are inside bleed

All objects are inside slug

Spot Colours Checks

A range of GreenLight checks which verify the use of spot colours — either as printed inks, or for special print finishes such as spot UV, foils, and diecuts.

Spots are layered and overprint

Paper coloured objects not overprinting

Spot colours use correct naming

Endpapers use correct colours

Spots are layered and overprint

Text Layer Checks

A range of GreenLight checks to verify the set up of text and object on the co-edition TEXT layer, typically used in translation publishing.

Text layer images [Black] and overprinting

Text objects do not use transparency

Text layer is [Black] and overprinting

Text Position Checks

A range of GreenLight checks to verify that text is not overset. If overset text is found, GreenLight takes you to the issue.

Text is not overset

Text Styling Checks

A range of GreenLight checks to verify the set up and use of Paragraph Styles and Character Styles.

All text has an applied style

No text style overrides

Para styles based on [Basic Paragraph]

No text style overrides ignoring tracking (exceptions)

Read aloud text is live text