Working with Separations Preview (continued)

The Separations Preview palette also lets you view the total amount of ink for each plate.

To view the inks for each plate:

1.	Choose Separations Preview from the View menu.
2.	Move the cursor around the page. The ink percentages appear next to the name of each color . Click the panel menu icon to open the menu for the active panel.

Separations Preview also shows you the areas of the page that exceed a certain ink limit. For instance, many print shops will request that you not define colors totaling more than 300% of all the inks combined. The Ink Limit setting lets you see if there are any areas that exceed this limit.

To check the ink limit:

1.	Select Ink Limit from the View menu in the Separations Preview palette.
2.	Use the amount menu to set the ink limit amount . Click the panel menu icon to open the menu for the active panel. Tip When you switch to the Ink Limit view, the document preview changes to a grayscale image. Any areas that exceed the ink limit are shown in red. The deeper the red, the more the color is over the ink limit. Tip You can also enter your own custom amount in the Ink Limit field.