Macromedia Acrobat - 4.0 Instruction Manual
Contents
• Getting Started
• Looking at the Work Area
• Converting Electronic Files to PDF
• Setting Acrobat Distiller Options
• Converting Scanned Documents to PDF
• Converting Web Pages to PDF
• Customizing PDF Navigation
• Working with PDF Documents
• Annotating PDF Documents
• Creating and Using PDF Forms
• Adding Interactive Features
• Indexing Document Collections
• Searching Catalog Indexes
• Distributing Documents in PDF
• Working with Digital Signatures
• Troubleshooting
• Index
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How to use this online guide
The online Adobe Acrobat User Guide provides detailed information on all the
Acrobat commands and features for both Windows and Mac OS systems.
Go to the table of contents.
Go to the index.
Go to the Search command, or choose Edit > Search > Query.
How to print this online guide
Because the pages of this online guide are optimized for online viewing, you
may prefer to print them two to a page (two-up). The Acrobat CD also includes
a print-on-demand version of this online user guide (AcroHelpForPrint.pdf )
optimized for printing on 8-1/2-by-11 or A4 stock. The print-on-demand
version of the user guide is in the Help folder on your CD.
To print pages two up:
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Choose File > Print Setup (Windows) or File > page Setup (Mac OS).
2
Follow the instruction for your platform:
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In Windows, click Options, select 2 up on the paper tab, click OK to return to
the Print Setup dialog box, and click OK again to close it.
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On a Macintosh, choose 2 Up from the Layout menu and click OK.
Note
: If you can’t perform step 2 in Windows, you may not be using the Adobe
PostScript printer driver. In this case, install the Adobe printer driver from the
Acrobat CD. See the Getting Started guide for installation instructions.
3
Choose File > Print.
4
Indicate the page range.
5
Click OK (Windows) or Print (Mac OS).
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Getting Started
Welcome to the Adobe® Acrobat® program—the essential tool for universal
document exchange. You can use Acrobat to publish virtually any document in
Portable Document Format (PDF). Documents in PDF preserve the exact look
and content of the originals, complete with fonts and graphics, and they can be
distributed by e-mail or stored on the World Wide Web, an intranet, a file
system, or a CD for other users to view on Microsoft
UNIX® platforms.
What’s new in Acrobat 4.0
Version 4.0 of Adobe Acrobat includes many improvements to the interface
that streamline your work on PDF files. A tool bar and command bar give you
easy access to both new and familiar Acrobat features, while the status bar
provides quick ways to change the on-screen display. Floating palettes with
bookmarks, thumbnails, annotations, signatures, articles, and destinations
offer enhanced display, navigation, and editing functionality. And in addition
to the menu bar at the top of the screen, Acrobat now provides contextsensitive menus with commands related to the item under the pointer.
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Windows®, Mac OS, and
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Acrobat 4.0 also includes many new features:
Converting documents to PDF
You can now simply drag and drop many
popular file types to the Acrobat icon or Acrobat window to convert the files
to PDF.
Microsoft Office macros
Acrobat installs macros in the Microsoft Office applications in Windows so that you can create PDF files directly from those applications. The PDFMaker macro is installed for Microsoft Word 97, Word 2000,
PowerPoint 97, and PowerPoint 2000; it can create PDF files using Acrobat
Distiller
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or PDFWriter, and it supports new Acrobat features such as structured
bookmarks. The PDFWriter macro works with Microsoft Word 95, PowerPoint
95, Excel 95, Excel 97, and Excel 2000.
Opening documents in Acrobat
With the Open command in Acrobat for
Windows, you can now open documents from many popular applications and
convert them automatically to PDF.
Opening Web pages
You can download HTML pages from the Web in Acrobat
and convert the pages to PDF at the same time. Any links on the pages in PDF
retain an association with the Web site so that you can click links to download
additional pages quickly.
Web Buy
You can download eBooks, reference works, technical manuals, structured business documents, newspapers, and periodicals, for example, as secure
PDF files that you can unlock to read and search on your personal computer or
reading device.
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Distiller job options
Distiller now provides more options for converting
documents to PDF. You can use one of three predefined sets of job options to
optimize PDF files for different purposes, and you can customize and save your
own sets of job options. The 4.0 job options include the ability to manage color
in your documents and even embed ICC profiles to maintain accurate color in
PDF files from one ICC-aware application or output device to another.
CMYK color options
With the Prepress dialog box in Acrobat, you can bypass
any color management system and preserve the original CMYK and gray values
in a PDF document if the file is to be used to make color plates for printing.
Annotations
Acrobat provides an extensive array of annotation tools for
marking up text and attaching notes and commentaries to PDF documents.
You can create annotations in text, graphic, and audio formats, and even
embed entire files.
Structured bookmarks
You can use the new structured bookmarks to
reorganize or delete content in PDF. Acrobat generates these bookmarks when
you create PDF from a Microsoft Word file or from a Web page. You can also
use structured bookmarks generated from Web pages to download additional
pages.
Destinations
You can create custom destinations to give other users the ability
to navigate to specific named locations across PDF documents. These links are
easier to maintain than links to pages because they are not affected by the
addition or deletion of pages in the target document.
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Digital signatures
You can now add a digital signature to the current version of
a PDF document in Acrobat. You can also see all the signatures that have been
added to the document, check the validity of signatures, and go back to an
earlier signed version of a document.
Document comparison
Acrobat can now show you differences between
analogous pages in two versions of a PDF document. It marks all differences on
the pages, including content revisions and even subtle formatting changes you
may not be able to see.
Page renumbering
You can renumber pages in Acrobat in a variety of ways—
for example, you can make the PDF numbering match the original document’s
numbering.
Text formatting
The table/formatted text select tool allows you to select tables
and text in a PDF document and retain the original formatting when you copy
(or import) them into other applications. You can specify vertical or horizontal
format, the type of text flow, and whether you want ANSI (simple text) or Rich
Text Format (RTF).
Support for other languages
You can now create, view, and print PDF
documents that have Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified
Chinese text, even on a non-native system, as long as you have the proper
support files installed. (The original documents must be authored on a native
system.) You can create, view, and print documents that have Cyrillic, Eastern
European, and Middle Eastern text on a native system, using the Englishlanguage version of Acrobat.
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About support for Asian languages
In Acrobat 4.0, you can create, view, and print PDF documents that contain
Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese text by installing
the Asian support files. In Windows, install Acrobat with the custom installation, and select the Asian Language Support option. In Mac OS, use the
custom installation, and select the Asian Language Kit and the Asian Language
Distiller Extensions options.
All of the Acrobat features are supported for Asian-language text, with the
following exceptions:
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In Windows, you can use Distiller to create PDF files from documents with
Asian text on any system, as long as you have the Asian language support files
installed, but you cannot use PDFWriter to create these files unless you are on a
native-language system. In Mac OS, you can use either Distiller or PDFWriter to
create files on any system, as long as you have the Asian Language Kit installed.
The original documents must be created on a native system.
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In Windows, you can use the Web Capture command in Acrobat to download
Web pages with Japanese text, and you can use the Open command to convert
some types of Japanese documents to PDF. To take advantage of these
features, you must have the Acrobat Asian language files installed on your
system. These features are not available for the other Asian languages.
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The Acrobat Catalog tool, the Search command, the Compare Pages,
Compare Words, and Compare Words and Fonts commands, and the Paper
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Capture feature are not available for Asian text. The PDFMaker macro is
available for Japanese language files only.
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You can use the text annotation tool to attach comments to Japanese text
and the table/formatted text select tool to select Japanese text; these features
are not supported for other Asian text. The text markup tools for highlighting,
striking through, and underlining are not available for any Asian text.
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You can create forms that have Japanese text and fill in form fields with
Japanese text. You can also use the digital signature feature in Japanese
documents. These features are not available for other Asian text.
Note:
Asian text in bookmarks, annotations, and the Document Info dialog
boxes require support from the operating system to display correctly.
About support for Eastern European and Middle Eastern languages
You can create, view, and print PDF documents in Acrobat 4.0 that contain
Cyrillic text (including Bulgarian, Russian, and Ukrainian), Eastern European
text (including Czech, Hungarian, and Polish), and Middle Eastern text (Arabic
and Hebrew). If the fonts are embedded in the PDF documents, you can view
and print the documents on any system. However, you must have the proper
(language kit) fonts installed on a system to be able to create the documents,
or to view or print them without the fonts being embedded.
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Acrobat creates bookmarks for documents with Cyrillic, Eastern European, and
Middle Eastern text, and you can use the text annotation tool to attach
comments to the text. You can use the Find command to search for Cyrillic and
Eastern European text. Other features in Acrobat 4.0 are not supported for
these languages.
Resources for learning Acrobat
Adobe provides documentation and services for learning how to use Acrobat
and for solving problems as you work with PDF files.
Acrobat documentation
The printed and online documentation in the Acrobat package get you up and
running with Acrobat and should answer most of your questions:
Adobe Acrobat Getting Started Guide
ments and features in the program, and tells how to install the software on
Windows and Mac OS systems. This guide is included in the package in printed
form and as the introductory chapter of the online user guide.
Adobe Acrobat User Guide
commands and features, for both Windows and Mac OS systems. This online
user guide is designed to be used as a reference tool in your everyday work
with Acrobat. To open the user guide, choose Acrobat Guide from the Acrobat
Help menu.
Provides detailed information on all Acrobat
Contains information on system require-
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The user guide has a table of contents with links you can click to go to
particular chapters and sections. To go to the table of contents, click the First
Page button at the top of any page in the guide.
In addition, there are two indexes: a traditional book-type index and a full-text
index generated by Acrobat Catalog. To use the traditional index, click Index in
the table of contents, or click the index icon at the top of any page. Clicking
a term in the traditional index takes you to the main discussion of that subject.
To use the full-text index, choose Edit > Search > Query, or click the Search
Query button on the Acrobat command bar. When you search for a term in
the full-text index, you go to the first occurrence of the subject; you can use the
Find Again command to go to subsequent occurrences.
The Acrobat CD includes a print-on-demand version of the user guide, with the
same material but on larger pages more suitable for printing. You can print
pages from the online user guide, but if you’re printing more than a few pages,
you’ll find it quicker and more efficient to print from the print-on-demand
version. The print-on-demand version of the user guide (AcroHelpForPrint.pdf )
is in the Help folder on your Acrobat CD.
Adobe Acrobat Tour
Gives you a quick overview of Acrobat. This online tour
uses sample files to illustrate some of the most important features in the
software and includes step-by-step instructions for working with those
features yourself. To start the tour, choose Acrobat Tour from the Acrobat
Help menu.
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You’ll find a print-on-demand version of the tour (AcroTourForPrint.pdf) in the
Help folder on your Acrobat CD.
The Adobe Web site
Visit the Adobe Web site for up-to-the minute information on technology
related to Acrobat, links to Acrobat plug-ins, product tips, support updates, and
much more.
In Acrobat, click the Adobe Web site button , or choose File > Adobe Online.
Use the dialog box that appears to update pages from the Web site manually,
to configure how often to update pages automatically, or to set up your
proxy service.
In your Web browser, you can go to the main page of the Adobe Web site by
entering the URL www.adobe.com.
On the Adobe Web site home page, you can click a country name in the Adobe
Sites pop-up menu to choose a language for viewing the site. The exact information in the site may vary from one language version to another.
Classroom in a Book
®
Classroom in a Book is the official training series for Adobe software developed
by experts at Adobe and published by Adobe Press. For information on
purchasing
Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Classroom in a Book
, visit the Adobe Web site
(www.adobe.com), or contact your local book distributor.
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Training & Certification
The Adobe Training & Certification Programs are designed to help Adobe
customers improve and promote their product proficiency skills. The Adobe
Certified Expert (ACE) program is designed to recognize the high-level skills of
expert users. Adobe Certified Training Providers (ACTP) use only Adobe
Certified Experts to teach Adobe software classes. Available in either ACTP
classrooms or on site, the ACE program is the best way to master Adobe
products. For Adobe Certified Training Programs information, visit the
Partnering with Adobe Web site at partners.adobe.com.
About the Acrobat package
The Acrobat package includes the Adobe Acrobat CD-ROM,
Getting Started
(a printed copy of this chapter), and a printed registration card.
Adobe Acrobat
The Adobe Acrobat CD contains the following:
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Adobe Acrobat software for your platform.
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Adobe Acrobat Reader software for your platform.
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Adobe PostScript® printer drivers and other utilities you may need.
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An online user guide that provides complete documentation for Acrobat and
its plug-ins.
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An interactive online Tour that takes you through Acrobat, with accompa-
nying sample files and step-by-step instructions.
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Sample interactive forms and related materials to help you design your own
forms in Acrobat.
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A Security folder with information from vendors who are providing digital
signature capabilities in Acrobat.
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A Software Development Kit (SDK) with libraries, source code, and documen-
tation for developing plug-ins that extend the functionality of Acrobat.
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Tryout versions of Adobe flagship products.
System requirements
Acrobat requires certain hardware and software components to be able to
run properly. (See “Troubleshooting” in the online User Guide for tips on
maximizing Acrobat performance and suggestions for reducing memory
requirements.)
Windows
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An Intel® i486™ or Pentium® processor-based personal computer (Pentium
recommended).
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Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT® 4.0 with Service Pack 3
or later.
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16 MB of RAM for Acrobat on Windows 95 and Windows 98, 24 MB of RAM for
Acrobat on Windows NT (32 MB recommended).
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32 MB of RAM for the Paper Capture plug-in (64 MB recommended).
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A hard drive with at least 80 MB of available space (150 MB for Asian font
support).
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A CD drive.
Mac OS
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An Apple Power Macintosh computer.
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Apple System Software version 7.5.3 or later for Acrobat. (Version 8.6 or later
is required for Web Capture.)
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6 MB of RAM for Acrobat (12 MB recommended).
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16 MB of RAM for Distiller or the Paper Capture plug-in (32 MB
recommended).
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A hard drive with at least 80 MB of available space (150 MB for Asian
font support).
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A CD drive.
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Registration
Please register your copy of Acrobat so that Adobe can provide you with the
highest quality software, offer technical support, and keep you informed of
new Acrobat software developments. You can use the enclosed registration
card, or register online at the end of the installation process or at a later date.
Follow the on-screen instructions to register at the end of the installation
process.
To register online at a later date:
1
Follow the instructions for your platform:
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In Windows, click the Start Menu, choose Programs > Adobe Acrobat 4.0, and
click Register Acrobat 4.0.
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In Mac OS, open the Adobe Acrobat 4.0 folder, and double-click the Adobe
Registration Utility icon.
2
Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the registration.
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Installing and starting Acrobat (Windows)
You install the Acrobat program files from the CD-ROM. Note that you cannot
run Acrobat from the CD; you must install the components onto your hard
drive and run the software from that drive.
Important:
recommends uninstalling it before installing Acrobat 4.0. See the documentation for the earlier Acrobat version for information on uninstalling.
If you have an earlier version of Acrobat on your system, Adobe
Installing Acrobat (Windows)
In addition to Adobe Acrobat, the Acrobat installer includes the AdobePS™
printer drivers and a set of Distiller PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files.
The PPD files provide information about the particular printer (such as what
fonts are on the printer’s ROM) for the AdobePS driver. Before using Distiller to
create PDF files, you may need to select a PPD file for the printer you intend to
use. (See Chapter 2, “Converting Electronic Files to PDF,” in the online User
Guide for details.)
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The default installation in Windows includes macros that allow you to create
PDF files easily in Microsoft Office applications. If you have Microsoft Word 97,
Word in Microsoft Office 2000, PowerPoint 97, or PowerPoint 2000 on your
system, the PDFMaker macro is installed. If you have Word 95, PowerPoint 95,
Excel 95, Excel 97, or Excel 2000 on your system, the PDFWriter macro is
installed.
Note:
The serial number for your copy of the software is located on the printed
registration card.
To install Acrobat (Windows):
1
Restart Windows, and do not start any other applications.
2
Insert the Adobe Acrobat CD into your CD drive.
3
In the Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Setup dialog box, click Next whenever you are
ready to proceed to the next panel. Follow the on-screen instructions to move
past the introduction, to select a country, and to accept the license agreement.
4
Select the type of installation you want:
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Typical installs the program files for Acrobat, Acrobat Catalog, Acrobat
Distiller, PDFWriter, PDFMaker, several standard plug-ins, and the online
documentation.
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Compact installs only the Acrobat, Distiller, PDFWriter, and PDFMaker
program files.
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Custom lets you specify what components to install. You can include any of
the components in the typical installation, plus support for PDF documents
with Asian-language text and the accessories QuickTime 3.0 and Photoshop®
5.0 PDF Plug-in.
For a description of any component that can be installed, select Custom,
and click Next. Then select the component in the list to see a description of it.
You can click Back to return to the panel for selecting a type of installation if
you do not intend to continue with the custom installation.
5
If you want to change the destination folder for the Acrobat files, click
Browse, and use the browser to locate a folder.
6
Click Next.
7
If you selected custom installation, select the components you want to
install, and click Next. The dialog box displays the amount of disk space
required to install each component and the amount of space available. You can
also select a component in the list and click Change to include or remove any
item within that component.
Note:
The Acrobat Capture® plug-in requires Acrobat and PDFWriter. If you
select the Capture plug-in, you must also select Acrobat Program Files and
PDFWriter Program Files or already have them installed.
8
Enter your name, your organization (optional), and the serial number for
your copy of the program, and then click Next.
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9
Click Yes to verify the user information.
10
Click Next to begin the installation. When the process is complete, a
message tells you that Acrobat is installed. You can register as part of the installation process, or you can cancel the registration when prompted and register
at a later time.
11
Select Yes, and click Finish to restart your computer.
Configuring Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator® for image or
PDF editing in Acrobat
If you install Adobe Acrobat after installing Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Acrobat will
automatically supply Photoshop with a PDF plug-in that enables you to take an
image from a PDF document, edit it in Photoshop, save it, and return the image
to the PDF document. If you install Photoshop after installing Acrobat,
however, you may need to configure this application manually.
Adobe Illustrator 7 and Illustrator 8 install a PDF plug-in that enables you to
take a PDF page from a PDF document, edit it in Illustrator, save it, and return
the page to the PDF document. There should be no need to configure
this manually.
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To configure Adobe Photoshop manually:
1
Copy the Photoshop plug-in file PDFFormat.8bi from the Program
Files\Adobe\Acrobat 4.0\Acrobat folder to the
Program Files\Adobe\Photoshop 5.0\Plug-ins\File Formats folder.
2
Quit Photoshop if it is running. The next time you start Photoshop, it should
recognize the plug-in.
Starting Acrobat (Windows)
To use Acrobat, you must have installed the files from the CD onto your local
hard drive. You cannot run Acrobat from your CD-ROM drive.
To start Acrobat (Windows):
Click the Start Menu, choose Programs > Adobe Acrobat 4.0, and click the
name of the program you want to start. You can also double-click the Adobe
Acrobat icon on your desktop to start the Acrobat program, or double-click a
PDF file icon to start the program with that file open.
Start the Adobe Acrobat 4.0 program to view, enhance, or create PDF
documents. Start Acrobat Catalog to build a searchable index for a collection of
PDF documents. Start Acrobat Distiller to customize Distiller job options,
change the Distiller preferences, set up watched folders, or convert PostScript
files to PDF.
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To start Acrobat without plug-ins (Windows):
Hold down Shift immediately after starting up the Acrobat program.
Uninstalling Acrobat (Windows)
You can remove all of the Acrobat components installed on your system with
the Uninstall utility.
To uninstall Acrobat (Windows):
Click the Start Menu, choose Programs > Adobe Acrobat 4.0, and click Uninstall
Adobe Acrobat 4.0. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the program.
Installing and starting Acrobat (Mac OS)
You install the Acrobat program files from the CD-ROM. Note that you cannot
run Acrobat from the CD; you must install the components onto your hard
drive and run the software from that drive.
Important: If you have an earlier version of Acrobat on your system, Adobe
recommends uninstalling it before installing Acrobat 4.0. See the documentation for the earlier Acrobat version for information on uninstalling.
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Installing Acrobat (Mac OS)
In addition to Adobe Acrobat, the Acrobat installer includes the AdobePS™
printer driver and a set of Distiller PostScript Printer Description (PPD) files. The
PPD files provide information about the particular printer (such as what fonts
are on the printer’s ROM) for the AdobePS driver. Before using Distiller to create
PDF files, you may need to select a PPD file for the printer you intend to use.
(See Chapter 2, “Converting Electronic Files to PDF,” in the online User Guide
for details.)
Note: The serial number for your copy of the software is located on the printed
registration card.
To install Acrobat (Mac OS):
1 Insert the Adobe Acrobat CD into your CD drive.
2 Double-click the Install Adobe Acrobat 4.0 icon.
3 In the Adobe Acrobat Installer dialog box, click Continue to move past
the introduction.
4 Specify the type of installation you want:
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To use the standard installation, choose Easy Install from the pop-up menu.
This installs the program files for Acrobat, Acrobat Catalog, Acrobat Distiller,
PDFWriter, several standard plug-ins, and the online documentation.
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To install only particular components, choose Custom Install, and select
the components in the list box. You can include any of the components in
Easy Install, plus support for PDF documents with Asian-language text
(Language Kit).
For a description of any component that can be installed, choose Custom
Install to see a list of the components, and click the I button to the right of the
component you want in the list.
5 Click Install, and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation. When the process is complete, a message tells you that Acrobat is
installed. You can register as part of the installation process, or cancel the registration when prompted and do it at a later time.
6 Click Restart to restart your computer.
Installing QuickTime (Mac OS)
You need QuickTime to be able to play QuickTime movies pointed to from PDF
files. QuickTime is installed on most Mac OS computers, but if you need it, you
can install it from the Acrobat CD.
To install QuickTime (Mac OS):
1 Insert the Adobe Acrobat CD into your CD drive.
2 Open the QuickTime folder, and open the Readme file.
3 Follow the installation instructions in the Readme file.
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Starting Acrobat (Mac OS)
To use Acrobat, you must have installed the files from the CD onto your local
hard drive. You cannot run Acrobat from your CD drive.
To start Acrobat (Mac OS):
Open the Adobe Acrobat 4.0 folder, and double-click the icon for the program
you want to start. Or double-click a PDF file icon to start the program with that
file open.
Start the Adobe Acrobat 4.0 program to view, enhance, or create PDF
documents. Start Acrobat Catalog to build a searchable index for a collection of
PDF documents. Start Acrobat Distiller to customize Distiller job options,
change the Distiller preferences, set up watched folders, or convert PostScript
files to PDF.
If you installed Japanese fonts with Acrobat, the first time you start Distiller you
are asked to process the fonts for use with Distiller. Click OK to allow Distiller to
process the fonts. (See Chapter 3, “Setting Acrobat Distiller Options” in the
online User Guide for more information.)
To start Acrobat without plug-ins (Mac OS):
Hold down Shift immediately after starting up the Acrobat program.
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Managing plug-ins
Acrobat uses plug-ins to add more functionality. Plug-ins increase the required
amount of memory needed to run Acrobat. To minimize the amount of
memory needed to run Acrobat, you may want to install only the plug-ins you
use with the program. A plug-in must be located in the Acrobat Plug-ins folder
to load with Acrobat. If the plug-in is moved to another location, it will not load
with the program. Alternatively, you can temporarily disable plug-ins when
starting Acrobat.
If you install Acrobat after you install Photoshop, the Acrobat installer will
automatically supply Photoshop with a PDF plug-in that enables you to edit an
image in a PDF document using Photoshop. With this plug-in, you can edit an
image in Photoshop while in the PDF document, save the changes, and
automatically return the image to the PDF document for viewing. The Acrobat
Installer puts the required Photoshop plug-in in the File Formats folder in your
Photoshop application folder. The plug-in file is named PDFFormat.8bi
(Windows) or PDFFormat (Mac OS). If you install Photoshop after you’ve
installed Acrobat, you will need to configure the application manually.
Adobe Illustrator 7.0 and 8.0 automatically install a PDF plug-in that enables
you to select a graphic object in a PDF document, edit it in Illustrator, save the
changes, and automatically return the image to the PDF document for viewing.
There should be no need to configure this manually.
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To configure Adobe Photoshop to work with Acrobat:
1 Open Windows Explorer, and locate the Photoshop plug-in in Program Files
> Adobe > Acrobat 4.0 > Acrobat > Photoshop > PDFFormat.8bi.
2 Copy this file to Program Files > Adobe > Photoshop 5.0 > Plug-ins > File
Formats.
3 Shut down Photoshop if it is currently running. When you restart Photoshop,
it will recognize the new plug-in.
To disable a plug-in:
1 Open the Plug-ins folder in your Acrobat folder.
2 Select the plug-ins you do not want to load. Some of the plug-ins may be in
folders within the Plug-ins folder.
3 Move the selected plug-ins to the Optional folder in the Acrobat folder
(Windows) or the Optional Plug-ins folder in the Acrobat folder (Mac OS).
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To temporarily disable all plug-ins:
Hold down the Shift key immediately after starting the Acrobat program.
To increase the processing speed of the Paper Capture plug-in:
Do one of the following:
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Add more RAM than the required 32 MB minimum.
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In Windows, have available the required 32 MB of RAM and free disk space
equal to twice the size of the largest uncompressed image you will process.
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Looking at the Work Area
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Looking at the Work Area
You use Acrobat to view and work in PDF documents—both your own
documents and documents created by other users. The Acrobat work area
provides a powerful set of features for navigating in PDF documents, for
adjusting the magnification and other aspects of your view, for controlling the
look of documents when they open, and for customizing interaction with them
in many other ways.
Using the work area
The Acrobat work area includes a window with a document pane for viewing
PDF documents and a navigation pane with bookmarks, thumbnails, annotations, and so on related to the current document. A menu bar, command bar,
tool bar, and status bar around the outside of the window provide everything
you need to work with documents.
Looking at the Work Area
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A. Command bar B. Menu bar C. Adobe Online button D. Tool bar E. Navigation pane
F. Palette menu G. Status bar H. Document pane I. Document pane menu
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