Book description
Find just what you need to incorporate PDFs in your workflows with the newest edition of this perennial top-selling reference and tutorial from Acrobat guru, Ted Padova. He packs these pages with tips guaranteed to help you get the most out of this powerful software. You'll find techniques for creating, editing, and repurposing PDFs for everything from print to CD-ROMs, the Internet, e-book content, and more. Keep this classic within reach—you'll turn to it again and again.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- About the Author
- Credits
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
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I. Welcome to Adobe Acrobat
- 1. Getting to Know Adobe Acrobat
- 2. Using Acrobat Viewers
- 3. Using Help and Resources
- 4. Getting Familiar with Adobe Reader
- 5. Viewing and Navigating PDF Files
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6. Searching PDF Files
- 6.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
- 6.2. Using the Find Toolbar
- 6.3. Using the Search Window
- 6.4. Document Descriptions
- 6.5. Full-Text Versus Index Searches
- 6.6. Search Index Procedures
- 6.7. Creating Search Indexes (Acrobat Pro/Extended Only)
- 6.8. Using Index Files
- 6.9. Working with Embedded Index Files
- 6.10. Summary
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II. Converting Documents to PDF
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7. Converting Files to PDF
- 7.1. Setting Up the PDF Creation Environment
- 7.2. Understanding How PDFs Are Created
- 7.3. Converting Native Documents to PDF
- 7.4. Creating Blank New Pages
- 7.5. Creating PDFs from Files
- 7.6. Scanning to PDF
- 7.7. Converting Web Pages to PDF
- 7.8. Converting Flash Files to PDF
- 7.9. Creating PDFs from Templates
- 7.10. Summary
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8. Using Acrobat PDFMaker with Microsoft Programs
- 8.1. Setting Up the Environment
- 8.2. Using Acrobat with Microsoft Word
- 8.3. Converting Microsoft Excel Files to PDF
- 8.4. Converting Microsoft PowerPoint Files to PDF
- 8.5. Converting Microsoft Publisher Files
- 8.6. Microsoft Visio and PDF Creation
- 8.7. Converting Web Pages from Internet Explorer to PDF (Windows Only)
- 8.8. Converting Microsoft Outlook Emails to PDF (Windows Only)
- 8.9. Summary
- 9. Exporting to PDF from Authoring Applications
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10. Using Acrobat Distiller
- 10.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
- 10.2. Understanding PostScript
- 10.3. Using Acrobat Distiller Preferences
- 10.4. Editing Adobe PDF Settings
- 10.5. Managing Adobe PDF settings
- 10.6. Identifying Font Locations
- 10.7. Using Watched Folders
- 10.8. Working with Non-Roman Text
- 10.9. Accessing Distiller
- 10.10. Summary
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7. Converting Files to PDF
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III. Editing PDFs
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11. Exporting PDF Content
- 11.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
- 11.2. Saving PDF Files
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11.3. Exporting Data
- 11.3.1. Adobe PDF files (*.pdf)
- 11.3.2. Adobe PDF Files, Optimized (*.pdf)
- 11.3.3. Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps) and PostScript (*.ps)
- 11.3.4. HTML 3.2 (*.htm), HTML 4.01 with CSS 1.0 (*.htm), XML 1.0 (*.xml), and Text (Plain) (*.txt)
- 11.3.5. JPEG (*.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe), JPEG2000 (.jpf, *.ipx, *.jp2, *.j2k, *.j2c, .jpc), PNG (.png), and TIFF (*.tif, *.tiff)
- 11.3.6. Microsoft Word Document (*.doc) and Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
- 11.3.7. PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/X (*.pdf)
- 11.3.8. Tables in Excel Spreadsheets (*.xml)
- 11.3.9. Text (Accessible) (*.txt)
- 11.4. Summary
- 12. Combining, Packaging, and Attaching PDFs
- 13. Editing Text
- 14. Redacting PDFs
- 15. Editing Images and Objects
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16. Editing Pages
- 16.1. Setting Up the Page-Editing Environment
- 16.2. Working with Page Thumbnails
- 16.3. Organizing Pages
- 16.4. Modifying Pages
- 16.5. Splitting Documents
- 16.6. Cropping Pages
- 16.7. Rotating Pages
- 16.8. Creating Headers and Footers
- 16.9. Numbering Pages
- 16.10. Adding Watermarks and Backgrounds
- 16.11. Summary
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17. Scanning and OCR Conversion
- 17.1. Setting Up the Scanning Work Environment
- 17.2. Configuring Scanners
- 17.3. Understanding Scanning Essentials
- 17.4. Using Scan to PDF
- 17.5. Using Acrobat Scan (Windows and Macintosh)
- 17.6. Using WIA Scan Drivers (Windows)
- 17.7. Creating Workflow Solutions
- 17.8. Using Text Recognition
- 17.9. Exporting OCR text
- 17.10. Scanning Paper Forms
- 17.11. Summary
- 18. Repurposing and Batch Processing
- 19. Enabling Features for Adobe Reader
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11. Exporting PDF Content
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IV. PDF Interactivity
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20. Review and Markup
- 20.1. Setting Up the Review and Comment Environment
- 20.2. Setting Commenting Preferences
- 20.3. Looking at the Comment & Markup Toolbar
- 20.4. Using the Comment & Markup Tools
- 20.5. Using the Markup Tools
- 20.6. Adding Comments to Video Files
- 20.7. Using the Show Menu
- 20.8. Using the Comments Menu
- 20.9. Using the Comments Panel
- 20.10. Exporting and Importing Comments
- 20.11. Filtering Comments
- 20.12. Creating Comment Summaries
- 20.13. Comparing Documents
- 20.14. Summary
- 21. Working with Review Sessions
- 22. Creating Links and Actions
- 23. Working with Multimedia and PDFs
- 24. Working with Layers
- 25. Accessibility and Tagged PDF Files
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20. Review and Markup
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V. PDF Publishing
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26. Authentication and Security
- 26.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
- 26.2. Restricting the Opening and Editing of Files
- 26.3. Understanding Digital IDs
- 26.4. Certifying a document
- 26.5. Working with PDF Portfolios
- 26.6. Using Trusted Identities and Certificate Security
- 26.7. Validating Signatures
- 26.8. Creating a Security Envelope
- 26.9. Summary
- 27. Working with PDFs and the Web
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28. Creating PDF Presentations
- 28.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
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28.2. Creating Presentation Documents
- 28.2.1. Converting PowerPoint slides to PDF (Windows)
- 28.2.2. Converting PowerPoint notes to PDF notes (or annotations)
- 28.2.3. Converting handouts to PDF
- 28.2.4. Converting PowerPoint slides to PDF (Mac)
- 28.2.5. Converting Apple Keynote slides to PDF (Mac)
- 28.2.6. Converting authoring application documents to PDF
- 28.3. Using Adobe Presenter (Acrobat Pro Extended only)
- 28.4. Working with Page Transitions and Effects
- 28.5. Using Full Screen Views
- 28.6. Conducting Presentations and Online Meetings
- 28.7. Summary
- 29. Using Acrobat.com for Online Collaboration
- 30. Using PDFs and eBooks
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31. Printing to Desktop Color Printers
- 31.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
- 31.2. Understanding Color Management
- 31.3. Selecting a Color Workspace
- 31.4. Using Color Output Profiles
- 31.5. Some Printing Basics in Acrobat
- 31.6. Who's Going to Manage Color?
- 31.7. Printing to Desktop Printers
- 31.8. Printing Comments, Forms, and Summaries
- 31.9. Summary
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32. Commercial Printing and Prepress
- 32.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
- 32.2. Soft Proofing Color
- 32.3. Transparency Flattener Preview
- 32.4. Trapping Files
- 32.5. Cropping Pages
- 32.6. PDF Optimizer
- 32.7. Working with Job Definition Files
- 32.8. Preflighting PDF Files
- 32.9. Checking and Fixing Up Files
- 32.10. Printing PDFs for Commercial Printing
- 32.11. Summary
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26. Authentication and Security
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VI. Acrobat PDF Forms
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33. Using Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES (Windows Only)
- 33.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
- 33.2. Understanding the Why for Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES
- 33.3. Getting Started with a New Form Design
- 33.4. Creating a Simple Form in Designer
- 33.5. Importing a PDF Document
- 33.6. Creating Dynamic Forms
- 33.7. Enabling Forms with Reader Extensions
- 33.8. Creating Data Connections
- 33.9. Learning Adobe LiveCycle Designer
- 33.10. Summary
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34. Understanding Acrobat Form Tools
- 34.1. Setting Up the Environment
- 34.2. What Are Acrobat Forms?
- 34.3. Filling In PDF Forms
- 34.4. Working in the Form Editing Environment
- 34.5. Creating a PDF Form
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34.6. Assigning Form Field Properties
- 34.6.1. General properties
- 34.6.2. Appearance properties
- 34.6.3. Options properties
- 34.6.4. Actions properties
- 34.6.5. Format properties
- 34.6.6. Validate properties
- 34.6.7. Calculate properties
- 34.6.8. Selection Change properties
- 34.6.9. Digital Signature fields properties
- 34.6.10. Barcode properties
- 34.7. Managing Fields
- 34.8. Summary
- 35. Working with Form Data
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33. Using Adobe LiveCycle Designer ES (Windows Only)
- A. What's on the CD-ROM
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1. Understanding JavaScript
- 36.1. Setting Up the Environment
- 36.2. Getting Started with Acrobat JavaScript
- 36.3. Creating Viewer Options Warning Alerts
- 36.4. Performing JavaScript Calculations
- 36.5. Using Document Actions
- 36.6. Working with Page Templates
- 36.7. Creating Pop-Up Menus
- 36.8. Working with Trusted Functions
- 36.9. Summary
Product information
- Title: Adobe® Acrobat® 9 PDF Bible
- Author(s):
- Release date: November 2008
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9780470379196
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