Pdf With Acrobat 4

by Alspach, Ted; Alspach, Jennifer

• ISBN13: 9780201354614
• ISBN10: 0201354616
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

We've all been there: You receive a document from someone but can't open it because the sender created it on a PC and you use a Mac. Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) was designed to alleviate that frustration, and it's quickly become the cross-platform standard. If you need to send and receive documents without losing any of the formatting, you need PDF with Acrobat 4: Visual QuickStart Guide.This edition covers all the latest Acrobat features--including the new annotation and document-management tools--in the popular Visual QuickStart Guide style. That means concise, step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots and helpful tips. If you're new to the program, you can start with such basic topics as creating and editing PDF files, while veterans can use the handy tabbed format to page straight to more advanced sections, such as using PDFs on the Web.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
Adobe Acrobat Basics	1	(8)
A Brief History of the World (before Acrobat)	2	(2)
How is Acrobat 4 Different from its Predecessors?	4	(1)
The Components of Acrobat	5	(1)
The Acrobat Reader Screen and Toolbar	6	(2)
Acrobat Reader Menus	8	(1)
Creating PDF Files	9	(6)
Using the PDF Writer	10	(2)
Creating PostScript Files	12	(3)
Acrobat Reader Basics	15	(14)
Installing Acrobat Reader for Macintosh	16	(1)
Installing Acrobat Reader for Windows	17	(1)
Using Acrobat Reader	18	(5)
Navigating a PDF Document	23	(4)
Printing a PDF Document	27	(2)
Acrobat Reader in Depth	29	(18)
Understanding YourPDF Document	30	(2)
Securing Your Document	32	(1)
Selecting and Working with Text and Graphics	33	(3)
Changing Reader Preferences	36	(3)
Utilizing the Full Screen Mode	39	(2)
Reading Notes	41	(1)
Arranging Multiple Windows	42	(2)
Using the Find Tool	44	(2)
Distributing Acrobat Reader	46	(1)
Using Acrobat Distiller with PostScript Files	47	(10)
Creating PostScript Files	48	(1)
Launching and Using Distiller	49	(8)
Editing and Changing PDF Documents	57	(14)
Starting Up and Quitting Acrobat	58	(2)
Getting Information on your Document	60	(4)
Manipulating PDF Pages	64	(7)
Acrobat in Depth	71	(14)
Working with Bookmarks	72	(4)
Working with Thumbnails	76	(2)
Using Notes	78	(3)
Editing Text	81	(1)
Adding Multimedia to a PDF Document	82	(1)
Creating and Using Articles	83	(2)
Links	85	(6)
How Links Work	86	(5)
Using PDFs with InDesign	91	(4)
Importing PDF Documents into InDesign	92	(1)
Import Options for PDFs	93	(1)
Exporting PDFs from InDesign	94	(1)
Annotations	95	(18)
Types of Annotations	96	(2)
Notes	98	(1)
Text Annotations	99	(1)
Audio Annotations	100	(1)
Stamping PDFs with Annotations	101	(1)
Stamp Gallery	102	(4)
Creating File Annotations	106	(1)
Using Graphics to Mark up Pages	107	(1)
Marking up Text with Annotations	108	(1)
Deleting Annotations	109	(1)
Filtering Annotations	110	(1)
Summarizing Annotations	111	(2)
Working with Adobe Illustrator	113	(8)
Working with Text and Graphics	114	(4)
Creating Custom Stamps	118	(3)
Forms	121	(14)
Creating Form Documents and Fields	122	(13)
Multimedia	135	(8)
Making Multimedia PDFs	136	(2)
Creating Multimedia Buttons	138	(3)
Creating Hidden Multimedia Objects	141	(1)
Automatic Events	142	(1)
Web Capture and Paper Capture	143	(8)
Importing Images and Scans with Capture	144	(2)
Capturing and Editing Images and Text	146	(2)
Working with Suspects	148	(1)
Converting Single Web Pages into PDF Pages	149	(1)
Downloading Multiple Pages and Entire Sites	150	(1)
Security	151	(6)
Setting Security Options	152	(5)
PDF Files and the Web	157	(8)
Viewing PDFs Online with your Web Browser	158	(2)
Setting up PDF Files to be Viewed Online	160	(5)
Blending HTML with PDF	165	(6)
Creating Links	166	(2)
Using PDF Pages on Your Web Site	168	(3)
Font Strategies	171	(6)
Embedding Fonts	172	(1)
Should Fonts be Anti-aliased?	173	(1)
Making the Text Fit the Column (and vice versa)	174	(1)
Typefaces and Readability in PDF Documents	175	(2)
PDF and Graphics Strategies	177	(8)
Using JPEG Compression	178	(1)
Using GIF Compression	179	(1)
Working with Vector Graphics	180	(1)
Smaller PDFs are Better PDFs	181	(1)
How Downsampling Works	182	(1)
White Space	183	(1)
Backgrounds and PDF Pages	184	(1)
Index	185