| About the Author | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| Welcome to Acrobat 5 | p. 1 |
| Welcome | p. 2 |
| What's New in Acrobat 5 | p. 2 |
| You Can't Use Acrobat Without PDF | p. 10 |
| What Can Acrobat 5 Do? | p. 12 |
| Context Is Key | p. 14 |
| Publishing--What a Concept | p. 15 |
| From the Inbox to the Outbox and Beyond | p. 19 |
| Who Should Read This Book | p. 21 |
| Up Next | p. 23 |
| How Acrobat Works | p. 25 |
| What's in the Cupboards? | p. 26 |
| A Look at the Interface | p. 26 |
| Menus and Palettes and Toolbars, Oh My! | p. 30 |
| Adding Comments to a Document | p. 38 |
| Creating Custom Stamps | p. 43 |
| Managing Comments | p. 47 |
| Setting Preferences for Comments | p. 53 |
| Up Next | p. 54 |
| Creating PDF Files | p. 55 |
| Where Do the Files Come From? | p. 56 |
| Converting Microsoft Office Files | p. 59 |
| Converting HTML Files | p. 69 |
| Importing Scanned Files | p. 76 |
| Up Next | p. 81 |
| Making Your Documents Secure | p. 83 |
| Protecting Your Work | p. 84 |
| Security Settings | p. 87 |
| Acrobat Self-Sign Security | p. 92 |
| Creating Your Signature Profile | p. 93 |
| Adding Graphics to Signatures | p. 96 |
| Using Signatures, Custom or Otherwise | p. 101 |
| Sharing Is a Good Thing | p. 106 |
| Up Next | p. 116 |
| Collaborating on Document Creation and Modification | p. 117 |
| Creating a Workflow | p. 118 |
| Using the Editing Tools | p. 119 |
| Commenting | p. 127 |
| Using Document Versions | p. 137 |
| Up Next | p. 140 |
| Repurposing Content | p. 141 |
| What's in a Name? | p. 142 |
| What's in a Document? | p. 144 |
| Working with Bookmarks | p. 147 |
| Creating Tagged PDF Files | p. 160 |
| Up Next | p. 168 |
| Planning and Preparing for Output | p. 171 |
| What If I Want to Make ...? | p. 172 |
| Using PDF Consultant | p. 172 |
| Batching Files for Conversion | p. 178 |
| All About Articles | p. 189 |
| Creating Web Output | p. 196 |
| Document Metadata | p. 202 |
| Up Next | p. 203 |
| Making Documents Accessible to Everyone | p. 205 |
| What Does "Accessible" Mean? | p. 206 |
| W3C Standards | p. 206 |
| What Acrobat Can Do | p. 209 |
| Using the Accessibility Tools | p. 214 |
| Reflowing Tagged PDF Documents | p. 222 |
| Consider the Source | p. 225 |
| Up Next | p. 234 |
| Indexing and Structuring Documents | p. 237 |
| Indexing: More Than It Seems | p. 238 |
| What Indexing Can Be | p. 238 |
| Preparing a Document Collection | p. 240 |
| Defining and Constructing an Index | p. 245 |
| Customizing Indexes | p. 250 |
| Managing Indexes | p. 260 |
| Setting Preferences for Catalog and Searches | p. 261 |
| Up Next | p. 266 |
| Creating Forms with Acrobat | p. 267 |
| Forms, Forms, Everywhere ... | p. 268 |
| Go to the Source | p. 271 |
| Some Advanced Functions | p. 288 |
| Creating Accessible Adobe PDF Files | p. 301 |
| Up Next | p. 305 |
| Print It! | p. 307 |
| Enhancing Print Workflow | p. 308 |
| A Run Through Distiller | p. 310 |
| Acrobat Distiller Preferences | p. 314 |
| Print Job Options | p. 319 |
| Fonts | p. 323 |
| Managing Color in Acrobat | p. 327 |
| Advanced Print Settings | p. 331 |
| Exporting to PostScript | p. 333 |
| Exporting to EPS | p. 334 |
| Soft-Proofing Colors | p. 336 |
| Up Next | p. 336 |
| Using Advanced Acrobat Activities | p. 339 |
| For All the Mighty Brains Out There | p. 340 |
| Using PDFs vs. Other Media Formats | p. 341 |
| CD-ROM Distribution | p. 343 |
| Working with Destinations | p. 346 |
| Byte-Serving PDF Files on the Web | p. 358 |
| Reducing File Size | p. 359 |
| Up Next | p. 361 |
| All About E-Books | p. 363 |
| The E-Book Story | p. 364 |
| Creating an E-Book Template | p. 365 |
| Converting Source Material to E-Book Format | p. 366 |
| Navigation Design Issues | p. 371 |
| Navigation Elements | p. 373 |
| Security and Distribution Options | p. 383 |
| Using the docBox Plug-In | p. 385 |
| Handheld Devices: A Special Case | p. 390 |
| Up Next | p. 392 |
| Collaborating over Networks | p. 393 |
| That's Collaboration with a Capital "C" | p. 394 |
| On Using Networks | p. 395 |
| Network Options | p. 399 |
| Making Acrobat Work Better for You | p. 401 |
| Online Commenting | p. 402 |
| Importing and Exporting Form Data | p. 406 |
| Up Next | p. 419 |
| Putting It All Together | p. 421 |
| Advanced Workflow | p. 422 |
| Tackling the Project Construction | p. 430 |
| Design the Information Content | p. 431 |
| Project Files | p. 433 |
| The Big Question | p. 456 |
| Up Next | p. 456 |
| More on JavaScript | p. 457 |
| JavaScript and Socks | p. 458 |
| Let's Start at the Beginning | p. 458 |
| Why I Went Shopping in the First Place | p. 462 |
| Using JavaScript in Acrobat | p. 466 |
| Editing Scripts | p. 474 |
| Field Calculations | p. 487 |
| External JavaScripts | p. 502 |
| Creating Batch Sequences Using JavaScript | p. 504 |
| Up Next | p. 513 |
| References and Further Information | p. 515 |
| Adobe Sites | p. 516 |
| Information Sites | p. 516 |
| Organizations | p. 517 |
| Acrobat Plug-ins | p. 519 |
| Adobe Plug-ins Included with Acrobat | p. 520 |
| Third-Party Plug-ins Included with Acrobat | p. 521 |
| Other Plug-ins Used in This Book | p. 523 |
| Readers | p. 526 |
| Adobe Certified Expert Exam Criteria | p. 531 |
| Exam Criteria | p. 532 |
| Index | p. 535 |
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