Adobe Acrobat 6 Hands-On Training

by Chow, Garrick

• ISBN13: 9780321202994
• ISBN10: 0321202996
• Format: Paperback w/CD
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Learn about Acrobat 6 Professional, Acrobat 6 Standard and Acrobat Elements with hands-on exercises developed by Lynda Weinman. Learn with QuickTime movie tutorials to help illustrate complex techniques and the companion CD contains sample files and images from exercises in the book. The new Adobe Acrobat 6 family -- Acrobat 6 Professional, Acrobat 6 Standard and Acrobat Elements -- offers different levels of functionality to address specific customer needs. The most comprehensive product, Acrobat 6 Professional, helps business, creative and engineering professionals who work with complex, graphically rich layouts to improve the process of document exchange, review and archive. Acrobat 6 Standard enables workgroups to simplify document reviews using intuitive tools and a new, task-based interface. Acrobat Elements is a volume-license-only product that allows enterprises to place inexpensive Adobe PDF creation capability on every desktop, enabling reliable document distribution.Acrobat 6 Hands-On Training is a step-by-step, tutorial-based book that teaches you not only how to create PDFs and how Acrobat can improve workplace efficiency, but also how to enhance those PDFs for optimal sharing and viewing. The book begins by introducing you to the interface of both Acrobat and Acrobat Reader, explaining the differences between the two applications and how each is used. From there, each chapter covers a different feature of Acrobat with special topics, such as PDF creation, covered at length. You are guided through step-by-step exercises, and the accompanying CD-ROM includes trial software, the entire project files necessary to work along with the lessons, and QuickTime movies to help with the more complex exercises.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Background

Why Write a Book About Acrobat?

Acrobat and PDF

The Acrobat Family

About This Book

Interface

Acrobat and Reader

The Acrobat Main Window

The Adobe Reader Main Window

The How To Window

The Status Bar

The Toolbars

Zoom Tools

Basic Tools

Undocking Toolbars

Toolbar Keyboard Shortcuts

The Navigation Pane

Working with Links

Using Links

Creating Links

Linking to Destinations

Correcting and Editing Links

Cross-Document Linking

Linking to a Web Page

Automatically Creating Web Links

Changing the Appearance of Web Links

Creating and Editing Articles

Reading Article Threads

Creating Article Threads

Editing Article Threads

Setting Magnification Preferences

Bookmarks

Creating Simple Bookmarks

Creating Bookmarks for Elements on a Page

Nesting Bookmarks

Changing the Appearance of Bookmarks

Automatically Naming Bookmarks

Setting Document Open Options

Modifying PDFs

Inserting New Pages Using the Document Menu

Inserting New Pages Using Thumbnails

Deleting, Moving, Cropping, and Rotating

Extracting Pages

Renumbering Pages

Adding Headers and Footers

Touching Up PDFs. Editing Images

Adding a Watermark

Repurposing PDF Content

Exporting Images

Exporting Text

Picture Tasks

Reviewing and Commenting

Viewing Comments

Adding Comments

Indicating Text Edits

Graphic Markup Tools

Attaching Files

The Stamp Tool

Exporting/Importing Comments

Reviewing and Managing Comments

Summarizing Comments. Email- and Browser-Based Reviews

Forms

Filling Out a PDF Form

Inserting Form Fields

Formatting Text Fields

Check Boxes

Radio Buttons

Combo Boxes

Preparing for Form Field Calculations

Performing Form Field Calculations

Adding Custom JavaScript Calculations

Calculating the Grand Total

Form Buttons

Sending Form Data over the Web

Indexing and Searching PDFs

Basic and Advanced Searching

Preparing Your Files for Indexing

Creating an Index. Indexing Options Dialog Box

Searching an Index

Adding a Welcome Page

More Searching! Searching for PDFs on the Internet

Document Security

Acrobat Password Security

Changing Security Settings

Encryption Permission Options

Creating a User Profile

Digitally Signing PDFs

Customizing Your Signature

Validating Signatures

Encrypt for Certain Identities Using Certificates

Adding a Signature Form Field

Creating an Interactive Multimedia Presentation

Adding a Link Action

Creating and Duplicating Form Buttons

Adding a Home Button

Adding a Multiple-Action Button

Playing a Sound with a Page Action

Adding a Movie

Show/Hide Form Fields

Displaying the Presentation in Full Screen Mode

Acrobat Distiller

What''s Distiller?

Viewing PDF Setting Differences

Customizing PDF Settings in Distiller. PDF Settings General, Images, and Fonts Tabs

Creating PostScript Files

Steps for Creating PostScript Files in Windows. Steps for Creating PostScript Files in Macintosh

Distilling a PostScript File

Creating PDFs Directly from the Print Command

Steps for Creating PDFs in Windows

Steps for Creating PDFs in Macintosh

Watched Folders

Creating PDFs from Acrobat

The Create PDF Command

Converting a Web Site into a PDF

Web Page Conversion Settings

Examining the Converted Web Site

Scanning Documents

Converting Scanned Documents to PDF

Paper Capture Settings

Creating PDFs from Popular Applications

Microsoft Office (Windows Users)

PDFMaker Options (Windows Only)

Word Tab Options

Microsoft Office (Macintosh Users)

Adobe Photoshop 7

Photoshop PDF Options

Adobe Illustrator 10

Illustrator PDF Format Options

Adobe InDesign 2

InDesign Export PDF Options

Accessibility

Accessibility Overview

Creating a Tagged PDF

Examining a Tagged PDF

Exporting a Tagged PDF as Text

Checking for and Adding Accessibility

Full Accessibility Check

Adding Alternate Text

Automatically Scroll and Read Out Loud

Enhancing Visibility

Additional Color Scheme Settings (Windows Only)

Additional Color Scheme Settings (Mac Only)

Resources. Online Communities and Resources. Third-Party Acrobat Plug-Ins and Applications

Troubleshooting

Index

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