Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat 5 in 24 Hours

Name: Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat 5 in 24 Hours
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By: Christopher B. R. Smith, Sally Cox

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Paperback | 6 December 2001

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Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat 5 in 24 Hours shows students how to effectively create, manage, and use PDF files to improve productivity. Going beyond the "how-to" involved with making and distributing PDF files, this book also explores when to use PDF files for collaboration on projects. Adobe Acrobat accommodates a wide range of users' different needs, and Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Acrobat 5 in 24 Hours clearly spells out the steps and settings necessary for each type of project.

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Introduction	p. 1
Getting Started with Acrobat and PDF	p. 5
What's So Great About PDF?	p. 7
How Can PDF Change Your Office Environment?	p. 8
How Do PDF Documents Differ from Other Documents?	p. 10
Adobe Acrobat or Reader--What's the Difference?	p. 11
System Requirements	p. 13
What's in the Box and What's Available	p. 14
The Acrobat Interface	p. 15
Navigating in Acrobat	p. 19
Summary	p. 20
Workshop	p. 21
Navigating in PDF Files	p. 23
Page Modes	p. 24
Page Layout	p. 26
Navigation Tools and Techniques	p. 27
Summary	p. 36
Workshop	p. 36
Creating PDF Files	p. 39
Where Do PDF Files Come From?	p. 41
Not All PDF Files Are the Same Quality	p. 42
PDF Files as eBooks	p. 44
Tools for Creating PDF Files	p. 45
Summary	p. 48
Workshop	p. 48
Creating PDF Files from Your Electronic Documents	p. 51
A Short History of WYSIWYG	p. 52
The Best Choice for Making PDF Files: Acrobat Distiller	p. 53
The Acrobat Distiller Main Window	p. 53
Making a PDF File Using Distiller	p. 56
Customizing Distiller Settings	p. 57
Creating Personalized Settings for Distiller	p. 65
Security	p. 65
Automating Distiller: Creating Watched Folders	p. 66
Creating PDF Files Without Launching Distiller	p. 68
Summary	p. 69
Workshop	p. 70
Easy PDF Creation for Microsoft Office Users	p. 73
PDFMaker--Creating PDF Files Easily	p. 74
Customizing Settings for PDFMaker	p. 75
Using the Convert to Adobe PDF and Email Option	p. 81
Summary	p. 81
Workshop	p. 81
Converting Paper Documents to PDF	p. 85
About Acrobat Capture	p. 86
Scanning Documents into Acrobat	p. 86
Converting Previously Scanned Files to PDF	p. 87
Making Scanned Files Searchable: OCR in Acrobat	p. 88
Cleaning Up OCR Mistakes	p. 90
Paper Capture Online	p. 91
Summary	p. 93
Workshop	p. 93
Converting HTML to PDF with Web Capture	p. 97
HTML Versus PDF--What's the Difference?	p. 97
Why Use Web Capture?	p. 99
Converting HTML to PDF: Capturing a Page or Site	p. 100
Conversion Settings	p. 103
Setting Web Capture Preferences	p. 107
Locating Web Links Within a Document	p. 109
Adding PDF Pages from Web Links	p. 109
Summary	p. 110
Workshop	p. 110
Using and Adding Navigational Tools to PDF Files	p. 113
Managing Pages with Thumbnails	p. 115
What Are Thumbnails?	p. 115
Embedding Thumbnails in a PDF File	p. 117
Using Thumbnails for Navigation	p. 118
Rearranging Page Sequence	p. 119
Deleting Pages	p. 120
Merging Pages Between Documents	p. 121
Using Menu Commands and Context Menus	p. 121
Summary	p. 123
Workshop	p. 124
Creating an Interactive TOC with Bookmarks	p. 127
Navigating and Using Bookmarks	p. 128
Creating and Customizing Bookmarks	p. 129
Modifying Bookmarks	p. 131
Applying Actions to Bookmarks	p. 132
Renaming Bookmarks	p. 137
Arranging Bookmarks	p. 137
Setting a Document to Show Bookmarks When Opened	p. 138
Bookmark Properties	p. 139
Deleting Bookmarks	p. 139
Summary	p. 139
Workshop	p. 139
Using Links to Add Interactivity to PDF Files	p. 143
Using Links	p. 144
Creating Links Within PDF Files	p. 145
Link Properties and Actions	p. 146
Editing an Existing Link	p. 150
Automatically Creating Links to Web Sites	p. 150
Setting Page Actions	p. 151
Creating and Modifying Destinations	p. 152
Using Articles	p. 154
Changing Existing Articles	p. 156
Summary	p. 157
Workshop	p. 157
Reviewing and Editing PDF Files	p. 161
Extracting Text and Graphics	p. 163
Extracting Portions of Text	p. 164
Extracting Tables and Formatted Text (Windows Only)	p. 167
Extracting Entire PDF Files for Editing	p. 170
Extracting Images	p. 172
Summary	p. 173
Workshop	p. 173
Editing a PDF File	p. 177
Editing Text with the TouchUp Text Tool	p. 178
Limitations to Text-Editing Capabilities	p. 179
Changing Text Attributes	p. 180
Additional Text-Editing Capabilities	p. 182
Editing Graphics with the TouchUp Object Tool	p. 183
Using Third-Party Editing Tools	p. 185
Editing Entire PDF Files	p. 187
Summary	p. 187
Workshop	p. 188
Adding Comments and Annotations	p. 191
A Few Facts About the Use of Comments	p. 192
Comments Tools	p. 193
Graphic Markup Tools	p. 201
Text Markup Tools	p. 204
Other Things You Can Do with Comments in Acrobat	p. 207
Sharing Comments Online	p. 211
Summary	p. 212
Workshop	p. 212
Document Security and Digital Signatures	p. 215
Creating and Applying Digital Signatures	p. 217
Using Digital Signatures	p. 218
Creating a Profile	p. 218
Sharing Your Public Profile	p. 220
Importing Signature Certificates	p. 221
Verifying Digital Signatures	p. 223
Using the Signature Palette	p. 225
Applying a Signature	p. 227
Invisibly Signing Documents	p. 228
Changing the Appearance and Properties of Your Signature	p. 229
Summary	p. 231
Workshop	p. 231
Protecting Your PDF Files	p. 235
About Document Security with Acrobat	p. 236
Applying Password Security for Opening a Document	p. 237
Using Security to Restrict Access to Features	p. 238
Applying User-Level Security with Digital Signatures	p. 241
Changing Security Options	p. 242
Digital Rights Management and eBook Security	p. 243
Summary	p. 244
Workshop	p. 244
Forms and Buttons	p. 247
Creating and Using Interactive Forms	p. 249
The Power of Creating Forms in Acrobat	p. 250
PDF Forms Versus HTML Forms	p. 250
Creating Form Fields	p. 251
Working with Form Fields	p. 262
Validating and Calculating with a Form Field	p. 267
Form Data Use Over the World Wide Web	p. 271
Summary	p. 272
Workshop	p. 272
Using PDF Files for Multimedia Presentations	p. 275
Enhancing a PDF with Multimedia	p. 277
Using Movies and Sound Within PDF Files	p. 278
Correct File Formats for Movie and Sound Files	p. 279
General Information About Inserting Movies into PDF Documents	p. 280
Inserting Sounds into PDF Documents	p. 283
Adding Buttons Such as Stop, Play, and Pause	p. 286
Important Considerations When Using Movies and Sounds	p. 287
Using a Page Action to Play a Sound	p. 288
Summary	p. 289
Workshop	p. 290
Using Acrobat for Presentations: The Full-Screen Mode	p. 293
Creating Presentations	p. 294
Design Considerations for Full-Screen Presentations	p. 296
Setting Documents to Open in Full-Screen Mode	p. 297
Changing Full-Screen Preferences	p. 298
Summary	p. 302
Workshop	p. 302
Advanced Topics	p. 305
Automating Acrobat with Batch Processing	p. 307
Overview of Batch Processing	p. 308
Using Predefined Batch Sequences	p. 308
Editing the Batch Sequences	p. 310
Creating Your Own Batch Sequence	p. 312
Sharing Batch Sequences Among Other Computers	p. 313
Useful Batch-Processing Examples	p. 314
Summary	p. 315
Workshop	p. 316
Setting Preferences and Properties	p. 319
Document Properties	p. 320
Accessing Other Document Properties	p. 320
Document Summary	p. 321
Working with Document Preferences	p. 327
Setting Table/Formatted Text Preferences	p. 341
Web Capture Preferences	p. 341
Internet Settings	p. 341
Summary	p. 341
Workshop	p. 342
Searching Multiple PDF Files	p. 345
Why Index Your PDF Documents?	p. 346
Building a Searchable Index	p. 346
Finding Versus Searching	p. 352
Refining a Search	p. 353
Purging and Rebuilding Indexes	p. 356
Summary	p. 358
Workshop	p. 359
Designing PDF Documents	p. 361
Paper Versus Digital	p. 362
Screen Sizes and Resolution	p. 363
Typeface Considerations	p. 364
Graphic Resolution	p. 369
Color Space	p. 370
Summary	p. 371
Workshop	p. 371
Making PDF Files Accessible for All	p. 375
Accessibility Features	p. 376
Verifying Line Endings in a Reflowed PDF Document	p. 382
Changing the Reflow Order in Tagged PDF Documents	p. 383
Converting Existing PDF Documents to Accessible PDF Documents	p. 385
Checking for Accessibility	p. 386
Checking Accessibility	p. 388
Editing the Logical Structure Tree Using the Tags Palette	p. 390
Summary	p. 390
Workshop	p. 391
Printing with Acrobat	p. 393
Printing Annotations	p. 394
Printing Page Ranges and Nonconsecutive Pages	p. 394
Printing a Portion of a Page	p. 395
Adjusting Print Sizes	p. 396
Printing Oversize Documents	p. 396
Prepress Options in Print Settings	p. 398
Trapping Key	p. 400
Printing and Prepress Plug-ins	p. 400
Troubleshooting Printing Problems	p. 401
Summary	p. 401
Workshop	p. 402
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