The invention provides a method and a device for checking publications. The method comprises steps of comparing page parameters obtained by an analyzing page of a portable document format (PDF) file which normalizes a source file with a threshold interval which is preset; and generating and displaying a preview of the page, wherein the color corresponding to the compared result serves as the background color of the page. Accordingly, analyzed page parameters are compared with parameters which are preset, the page content is displayed in accordance with the compared result, whether page parameters meet requirements can be determined from the background color of the displayed page, and the efficiency of page parameter checking is improved.