Macromedia Acrobat - 9.0 Standard Instruction Manual

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Chapter 1: Getting started

Activation and registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Help and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Services, downloads, and extras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

What’s new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Getting started tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Chapter 2: Workspace

Work area basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Customizing the work area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Viewing PDF pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Adjusting PDF views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Grids, guides, and measurements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Organizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Maintaining the software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Non-English languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Acrobat in Mac OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

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Chapter 3: Creating PDFs

Overview of creating PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Creating simple PDFs with Acrobat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Scan documents to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Using the Adobe PDF printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Creating PDFs with PDFMaker (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Converting web pages to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Creating PDFs with Acrobat Distiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Adobe PDF conversion settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Chapter 4: PDF Portfolios and combined PDFs

Combining files into a PDF Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Other options for combining files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Adding unifying page elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Rearranging pages in a PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Chapter 5: Saving and exporting PDFs

Saving PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Exporting PDFs to other file formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Reusing PDF content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Chapter 6: Collaboration

File sharing and real-time collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Preparing for a PDF review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Starting a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Participating in a PDF review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Tracking and managing PDF reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Commenting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Managing comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Importing and exporting comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Approval workflows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Chapter 7: Forms

Forms basics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Creating and distributing forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Form fields behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Setting action buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Publishing interactive web forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197

Collecting and managing form data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Filling in forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Chapter 8: Security

Opening secured documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Choosing a security method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Securing documents with passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216

Securing documents with certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Securing documents with Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management ES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Setting up security policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Creating or obtaining digital IDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Removing sensitive content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Chapter 9: Digital signatures

Digital signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Signing PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Validating signatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Chapter 10: Accessibility, tags, and reflow

Accessibility features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Checking the accessibility of PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Reading PDFs with reflow and accessibility features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Creating accessible PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Making existing PDFs accessible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Chapter 11: Editing PDFs

Page thumbnails and bookmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Links and attachments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Actions and scripting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

Converted web pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280

Articles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

Editing text and objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Setting up a presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289

Document properties and metadata . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292

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Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

Using Geospatial PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298

Chapter 12: Searching and indexing

Searching PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302

Creating PDF indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Chapter 13: Multimedia and 3D models

Multimedia in PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Interacting with 3D models . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

Chapter 14: Color management

Understanding color management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327

Keeping colors consistent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329

Color-managing imported images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332

Color-managing documents for online viewing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334

Proofing colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

Color-managing documents when printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336

Working with color profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338

Color settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

Chapter 15: Printing

Basic printing tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

Other ways to print PDFs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Printing custom sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Advanced print settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

Chapter 16: Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

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Before you begin working with your software, take a few moments to read an overview of activation and the many resources available to you. You have access to instructional videos, plug-ins, templates, user communities, seminars, tutorials, RSS feeds, and much more.

Activation and registration

License activation (Windows)

During the installation process, your Adobe software may attempt to contact Adobe to complete the license activation process. No personal data is transmitted. For more information on product activation, visit the Adobe website at

www.adobe.com/go/activation.

A single-user retail license activation supports two computers. For example, you can install the product on a desktop computer at work and on a laptop computer at home. If you want to install the software on a third computer, you must first deactivate it on one of the other two computers. Choose Help

> Deactivate.

If you are using Acrobat with Creative Suite 4 and you get an error message about expired licensing, see the technote

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405970.html.

For more information about activation and deactivation, see the service note

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/100/1008779.html.

Register

❖ To register, follow the onscreen instructions in the Registration dialog box, which appears after you install and

activate the software.

If you postpone registration, you can register at any time by choosing Help > Registration.

Adobe Product Improvement Program (Windows)

After you have used your Adobe software a certain number of times, a dialog box will appear, asking you whether you would like to participate in the Adobe Product Improvement Program.

If you choose to participate, data about your use of Adobe software will be sent to Adobe. No personal information is recorded or sent. The Adobe Product Improvement Program only collects information about the features and tools you use in the software and how often.

You can opt in to or opt out of the program at any time:

• To participate, choose Help > Improvement Program Options and click Yes.

• To stop participating, choose Help > Improvement Program Options and click No, Thank You.

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Adobe Customization Wizard

Adobe Customization Wizard 9 helps IT professionals take greater control of enterprise-wide deployments of

Acrobat® 9 Standard and Adobe Reader®. With it, you can customize the installer and application features

Adobe® before deployment. The Customization Wizard is a free downloadable utility. Providing a graphical interface to the Windows Installer for Acrobat, the Customization Wizard enables IT administrators to:

• Optimize the behavior of the installer by including silent installation, pre-serialization, restart, multilingual, and

custom setup choices.

• Customize key application preferences—turn off automatic updates, add and set default job options, and customize

collaboration and security settings.

• Help prevent users from modifying certain preferences.

Read Me

The installation disc may contain a Read Me file for your software. Open the file to read important information about topics such as the following:

• System requirements

• Installation (including uninstalling the software)

• Activation and registration

• Customer support

• Legal notices

Help and support

Community Help

Community Help is an integrated environment on adobe.com that gives you access to community-generated content moderated by Adobe and industry experts. Comments from users help guide you to an answer.

Community Help draws on a number of resources, including:

• Videos, tutorials, tips and techniques, blogs, articles, and examples for designers and developers.

• Complete online product Help, which is updated regularly by the Adobe documentation team.

• All other content on Adobe.com, including knowledgebase articles, downloads and updates, Developer

Connection, and more.

Use the help search field in your product’s Help interface to access Community Help directly, or go to

www.adobe.com/support/acrobat to access the product Help and Support page, a portal to all of the Community Help

content for your product.

The sites searched by the default Community Help search engine are hand-selected and reviewed for quality by Adobe and Adobe Community Experts. Adobe experts also work to ensure that the top search results include a mixture of different kinds of content, including results from online product Help.

For more information on using Community Help, see http://help.adobe.com/en_US/CommunityHelp/.

For a video overview of Community Help, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4117_xp.

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Product Help

Adobe provides a comprehensive user guide for Acrobat as online product Help and PDF. Topics from online product Help are included in your results whenever you search Community Help.

If you want to consult or search online product Help only, you can access it by clicking the product Help link in the upper-right corner of the Help and Support page. Be sure to select the This Help System Only option on the Help page before you do your search.

The Help menu within the product opens local Help, a subset of the content available in online product Help. Because local Help is not as complete or up-to-date as online product Help, Adobe recommends that you use the PDF version of product Help if you want to stay off-line. A downloadable PDF of complete product Help is available from two places:

• The product’s Help and Support page (upper-right corner of the page)

• Web Help (top of the Help interface)

For more information on accessing product help, see http://help.adobe.com/en_US/CommunityHelp/.

Support resources

Visit the Adobe Support website at www.adobe.com/support to learn about free and paid technical support options.

Services, downloads, and extras

You can enhance your product by integrating a variety of services, plug-ins, and extensions in your product. You can also download samples and other assets to help you get your work done.

Adobe creative online services

Adobe® Creative Suite® 4 includes new online features that bring the power of the web to your desktop. Use these features to connect with the community, collaborate, and get more from your Adobe tools. Powerful creative online services let you complete tasks ranging from color matching to data conferencing. The services seamlessly integrate with desktop applications so you can quickly enhance existing workflows. Some services offer full or partial functionality when you’re offline too.

Visit Adobe.com to learn more about available services. Some Creative Suite 4 applications include these initial offerings:

Kuler™ panel Quickly create, share, and explore color themes online.

Adobe® ConnectNow Collaborate with dispersed working teams over the web, sharing voice, data, and multimedia.

Resource Central Instantly access tutorials, sample files, and extensions for Adobe digital video applications.

Adobe Exchange

Visit the Adobe Exchange at www.adobe.com/go/exchange to download samples as well as thousands of plug-ins and extensions from Adobe and third-party developers. The plug-ins and extensions can help you automate tasks, customize workflows, create specialized professional effects, and more.

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Adobe downloads

Visit www.adobe.com/go/downloads to find free updates, tryouts, and other useful software.

Adobe Labs

Adobe Labs at www.adobe.com/go/labs gives you the opportunity to experience and evaluate new and emerging technologies and products from Adobe. At Adobe Labs, you have access to resources such as these:

• Prerelease software and technologies

• Code samples and best practices to accelerate your learning

• Early versions of product and technical documentation

• Forums, wiki-based content, and other collaborative resources to help you interact with like-minded users.

Adobe Labs fosters a collaborative software development process. In this environment, customers quickly become productive with new products and technologies. Adobe Labs is also a forum for early feedback. The Adobe development teams use this feedback to create software that meets the needs and expectations of the community.

Adobe TV

Visit Adobe TV at http://tv.adobe.com to view instructional and inspirational videos.

Extras

The installation disc contains a variety of extras to help you make the most of your Adobe software. Some extras are installed on your computer during the setup process; others are located on the disc.

To view the extras installed during the setup process, navigate to the application folder on your computer.

• Windows®: [startup drive]\Program Files\Adobe\[Adobe application]

• Mac OS®: [startup drive]/Applications/[Adobe application]

To view the extras on the disc, navigate to the Goodies folder in your language folder on the disc. Example:

• /English/Goodies/

What’s new

PDF creation, editing, and searching

Unify a wide range of content into a PDF Portfolio Combine documents, drawings, email, and spreadsheets into a

single, compressed PDF Portfolio. Use professionally designed templates that can be branded with your logo and include descriptions to guide recipients through the contents.

Convert paper documents to PDF New optical character recognition (OCR) technology and support for a broader

range of scanners improves searchability and appearance of the scanned documents. See

PDF” on page 59.

“Scan a paper document to

Convert web pages to PDF Improved web capture allows you to convert complete web pages or just the portions you

want, including or excluding rich and interactive media. PDF versions of web pages are easy to print, archive, mark up, and share. See

“Converting web pages to PDF” on page 80.

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Convert documents from new versions of Lotus Notes and AutoCAD Acrobat now supports Lotus Notes 8.5. Acrobat

Pro and Acrobat Pro Extended now support Autodesk AutoCAD 2009.

Search across multiple PDFs Enhanced functionality enables you to search multiple PDF files in the same folder to

help you quickly find the information you need.

Collaboration

Use Acrobat.com for shared reviews Participants download the file from Acrobat.com, and add comments or data

using Acrobat or Adobe Reader. When finished, participants publish comments or submit responses to Acrobat.com. When using Acrobat.com for shared reviews, you can also allow reviewers to open and share the PDF in a live chat session. See

Collaborating in online meetings Use Adobe ConnectNow, a personal web-conference tool, to conduct real-time

meetings on your desktop. Attendees join the meeting by logging into a web-based meeting space from their own computers. In a ConnectNow online meeting, you can share your desktop, use live chat, share online whiteboards, and use many other collaboration features. See

Use Acrobat.com to upload and share large documents From Acrobat or Reader, you can create your own user

account on Acrobat.com. Use Acrobat.com to upload and share most document types, and to share PDFs or your desktop in online meetings. See

“Starting a review” on page 138.

“Collaborate in online meetings” on page 134.

“Share documents with others” on page 132.

Forms

Easily create and edit electronic forms (Windows) Use the new Forms Wizard to convert Microsoft® Word and Excel

documents or scanned paper into PDF forms. Form fields are automatically recognized and converted to fillable fields. Quickly add, edit, and name form fields. Use the Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. See

Collect and export form data Easily collect user data and export the data to a spreadsheet for analysis and reporting.

“Collecting and managing form data” on page 200.

See

Track forms Use the Tracker to see when forms have been completed and who has completed them. See “About Forms

Tracker” on page 202.

Create and distribute online forms Create and distribute online forms using your web browser and the Adobe

FormsCentral service. Recipients fill out these forms using any Internet-connected device. See

using FormsCentral” on page 173.

“Create forms using Acrobat” on page 173.

“Create online forms

Digital signatures

Long-term signature validation enhancements Embed the certificate chain, revocation status, and timestamp after

signature creation. Allow valid, but expired timestamps to be used. See page 247.

Create ink signatures Add a simple handwritten signature on a page. See “Sign a PDF” on page 242.

“Establish long-term signature validation” on

Getting started tutorials

The step-by-step tutorials in this section help you get started with Acrobat 9. You’ll learn how to create PDFs using PDFMaker; share documents with colleagues for review and discussion; create interactive, electronic forms; assemble documents of various formats into a single PDF Portfolio; and securely sign documents digitally.

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For more tutorials and videos about all that you can do with Acrobat, see the following online resources:

• Exploring key features of Acrobat 9: www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_portfolio_std_en

• What is Acrobat?: www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4200_a9

• Introducing Acrobat 9: www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4081_a9

• Using multiple applications in a business workflow: www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4204_a9

Create PDF

Creating PDFs using Acrobat PDFMaker (Windows)

Convert your business documents to Adobe PDF with a single click. Acrobat PDFMaker simplifies the process of converting documents to PDF in several business applications, including Microsoft Office applications and Lotus Notes. When you install Acrobat, it adds PDFMaker controls to compatible applications automatically.

1 Create your document.

Create and finalize the document in the authoring application that supports PDFMaker. Save the document.

Document in an application that converts to Adobe PDF

2 Select PDF conversion settings.

In the authoring application, choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings. If you’re using Lotus Notes, choose Actions > Change Adobe PDF Conversion Settings. If you’re using a Microsoft Office 2007 application, click Preferences in the Acrobat ribbon.

In the PDFMaker Settings area of the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box, choose the appropriate PDF preset from the Conversion Settings menu. The PDF preset determines file compression, image resolution, whether fonts are embedded, and other PDF conversion settings. If you are preparing a document for professional printing, use the High Quality Print or Press Quality preset. If you are preparing a document for online viewing, choose Small File Size. The Standard default setting is appropriate for many business uses and desktop printing.

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Settings for creating PDFs

Once you’ve selected conversion settings, those settings are used every time you create a PDF from that application until you change the settings.

3 Select application settings.

In the Application Settings area of the dialog box, select whether to include bookmarks, hyperlinks, accessibility features, and other options. Click the application tab (for example, the Word tab) to see options that are specific to your application. In Word, for example, you can convert footnotes and links. In Visio (supported in Acrobat 9 Pro Extended and Acrobat 9 Pro), you can flatten layers. Click OK to close the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box.

Application-specific settings for creating PDFs

4 Create the PDF.

Click the Convert To Adobe PDF button on the Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar or, in Microsoft Office 2007, click the Create PDF button on the Acrobat ribbon. You can automatically email the PDF or send it out for a review, using other commands in the Adobe PDF menu.

When prompted, enter a name and location for the PDF. Depending on the application you’re using and your settings, prompts may appear allowing you to select other options when you create the PDF.

You can also convert web pages to PDF directly using Internet Explorer. To convert, visit a website in the Internet Explorer browser, and then click the Convert button in the toolbar.

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Collaborate

Initiating a shared review

In a shared review, all participants can view and respond to comments. It’s a great way to let reviewers resolve conflicting opinions, identify areas for research, and develop creative solutions during the review process. You can host a shared review on a network folder, WebDAV folder, SharePoint workspace, or on Acrobat.com, a new secure web-based service. All you need is Acrobat, a PDF, and a free Adobe ID to get started.

1 Prepare the PDF.

Save the PDF you want participants to review. If you want to call attention to particular questions or topics for discussion, add comments to the PDF.

2 Send the PDF for a shared review.

Choose Comments > Send For Shared Review. Acrobat opens the Send For Shared Review wizard. You can share any document that can be modified with comments. If a document has security settings that do not allow comments, Acrobat notifies you.

3 Select a method for collecting comments.

Choose how you want to post the PDF and collect comments from reviewers. Choose Automatically Download & Track Comments With Acrobat.com if you want to use Acrobat.com to share the review. Choose Automatically Collect Comments On My Own Internal Server to use a network server, a WebDAV server, or a SharePoint workspace.

The Send For Shared Review wizard guides you through different ways to manage comments.

If you’re hosting the PDF on your own server, select the type of server and enter its path. If you’re hosting the PDF on Acrobat.com, enter your Adobe ID. If you don’t have an Adobe ID, click Create Adobe ID to create one within Acrobat.

4 Invite reviewers.

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Enter the email addresses for the people you want to invite to the review, or select the addresses from your email address book. Then, customize the message for reviewers. Set a review deadline. After the deadline, commenting tools will no longer be available on the shared review server. If you’re using Acrobat 9 Pro Extended or Acrobat 9 Pro, then Adobe Reader users can participate in the shared review.

Preparing the review invitation

5 Send the PDF.

Click Send to post the PDF to the server and send email invitations to the review participants. Acrobat saves a copy of the shared review file in the same location, with the word “_review” appended to it.

Once you’ve started a shared review, you can read and reply to comments on the shared review server. You can also read all the comments after the review is over. Use Tracker, within Acrobat, to see who has commented, send email reminders to reviewers, or change the deadline.

Enabling live collaboration

You can review a PDF live, online, with one or more colleagues using Acrobat.com. The live collaboration feature lets you share pages, so that all viewers are seeing the same thing at the same time. Use the live chat window to discuss the document you’re viewing. You can invite anyone with Acrobat 9 or Reader 9 to participate in live collaboration.

Note: The live collaboration feature is not available in all languages.

1 Prepare the document.

Create and save the document you want to discuss in live collaboration. If it’s not already a PDF, convert it to PDF using Adobe PDF printer, Acrobat PDFMaker (Windows), or the Create PDF commands in Acrobat.

Open the PDF you want to discuss in Acrobat.

2 Start collaboration.

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Choose File > Collaborate > Send & Collaborate Live. Log on to Acrobat.com, if prompted. If you don’t have an Adobe ID, create one.

Use the Send and Collaborate Live wizard to start a live chat session.

3 Invite participants.

Enter the email addresses of the colleagues you want to collaborate with, placing a semicolon or return between addresses. You can also add email addresses from the address book of your email application, such as Microsoft Outlook.

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Preparing the collaboration invitation

Edit the subject and message to customize the email invitation for your collaboration. To post the document to Acrobat.com, select Store File On Acrobat.com And Send A Link To Recipients. Select a level of access to determine who can access the document from Acrobat.com. If you don’t select Store File On Acrobat.com, Acrobat sends the document to participants as an attachment.

The Collaborate Live navigation pane opens in the document.

4 Wait for other participants.

To share pages or chat online, at least one other person must join you. Using Acrobat 9 or Reader 9, participants can join by clicking the PDF attachment or clicking the URL in the invitation. After participants log in with their Adobe ID and password or join as a guest, they can double-click the PDF to open it.

Watching participants join the session

5 Share pages.

After at least one other person joins the live collaboration session, you can synchronize page views so that everyone participating sees the same page view. To share pages, click the Start Page Sharing button. When you want to stop page sharing, click Stop Page Sharing.

6 Chat online.

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To discuss the document, type chat messages in the box at the bottom of the Collaborate Live navigation pane. Click the color box to choose a color for your chat text. To save the chat history, choose Save Chat from the options menu in the navigation pane.

Send instant messages to attendees.

Forms

Creating an interactive form

You can convert any form into an interactive form that users can fill out and return electronically. Start with a paper form you’ve scanned or a form document you’ve created in any application.

1 Create the PDF.

You can scan a paper form directly into Acrobat (choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner). You can also convert any electronic document to PDF using Acrobat PDFMaker, the Adobe PDF printer, or the Create PDF commands in Acrobat.

2 Use the Form wizard to automatically create form fields.

Choose Forms > Start Form Wizard. Follow the onscreen instructions in the wizard, and click OK to close the Welcome To Form Editing Mode dialog box. When you run the wizard, Acrobat analyzes the document and automatically creates electronic form fields.

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The Create Or Edit Form wizard creates form fields automatically.

3 Evaluate the form fields Acrobat created.

Acrobat lists the form fields it created in the Fields pane. Scroll through the document to see whether Acrobat missed any fields or created any extra fields. To delete a field, select it in the Fields pane and press Delete.

Acrobat missed fields for the Yes and No radio buttons.

4 Add and edit form fields as needed.

Add form fields where you need them. You can add text fields, check boxes, list boxes, combo boxes, radio buttons, action buttons, digital signature fields, and even barcodes to the PDF. Select the type of form field from the Add New Field list in the Forms toolbar, and then click where you want the field to appear. Give each new field a unique and descriptive name. The name doesn’t appear on the form that users see, but it identifies the field if you work with the data in databases or spreadsheets.

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Click Show All Properties in the field name dialog box if you want to make other changes. You can change the field appearance, set a text field to accept multiple lines of text, create a label for users, or set other properties. To edit a field, make sure you’re in Form mode, and then double-click the field. (To switch to Form mode, choose Forms > Add Or Edit Fields.) To preview the form, click Preview in the Forms toolbar.

Editing form fields

5 Save the form.

Be sure to save the form with all the fields you’ve added. Choose File > Save As to save the form with a different name, so that your original static document remains intact.

PDF Portfolios

Creating a PDF Portfolio

Quickly pull together all the files for a project into a single, coherent PDF Portfolio. These files can include text documents, email messages, spreadsheets, CAD drawings, PowerPoint presentations, videos, PDFs, and more. You don’t have to convert the component documents to PDF, and you can edit each component independently without affecting anything else in the PDF Portfolio.

1 Create the PDF Portfolio file.

In Acrobat, choose File > Create PDF Portfolio. The PDF Portfolio toolbar appears below the menu bar; Acrobat displays this toolbar whenever you open a PDF Portfolio. In Acrobat 9 Pro and Acrobat 9 Pro Extended, the Edit PDF Portfolio pane is open on the right side of the window.

2 Add files to the PDF Portfolio.

Choose Modify > Add Files in the PDF Portfolio toolbar. Navigate to the files you want to include. Select a file, and click Open. Shift-select to add multiple contiguous files; press Ctrl to select multiple files in any order.

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Selecting files for a PDF Portfolio

When you add a file to the PDF Portfolio, a copy of the original document is included. If the document isn’t a PDF, anyone who receives the PDF Portfolio may have to install the native application to preview that particular document. For example, if you include a PowerPoint presentation, someone viewing your PDF Portfolio must have Office installed to view that component.

3 Publish the PDF Portfolio.

When you’ve completed your PDF Portfolio, you can share it through email or on Acrobat.com, a secure web-based service. You can burn it to a CD or DVD, or distribute it as you would share any other PDF.

First, choose File > Save Portfolio. From the share menu in the PDF Portfolio toolbar, choose Email to send the PDF Portfolio as an email attachment. You can also share it on Acrobat.com, which is especially useful if the PDF Portfolio file size is too large for many email servers. From the share menu, choose Share Portfolio On Acrobat.com, and then log on to Acrobat.com.

Security

Signing a document electronically

Like a handwritten signature, a digital signature is uniquely yours. Acrobat includes features to keep your digital signature secure. Unlike traditional signatures, digital signatures can contain additional information, such as the date and time of signature and the reason for signing. Just as you developed your own signature style early in life, you can add your own flair to your signature appearance, as well.

1 Obtain a digital ID.

If you don’t already have a digital ID, create a self-signed digital ID in Acrobat. A self-signed digital ID includes an encrypted private key for signing or decrypting documents. It also includes a public key in a certificate used to validate signatures and encrypt documents.

To create a self-signed digital ID, choose Advanced > Security Settings. Select Digital IDs on the left, and then click the Add ID button in the toolbar. Select A New Digital ID I Want To Create Now, and continue through the wizard.

Type the personal information for your digital ID, including your name. When you certify or sign a document, the name appears in the Signatures panel and in the signature field. Name your digital ID and create a password for it that contains at least six characters, with no punctuation marks or special characters. Click Finish. Make a backup copy of your digital ID file, in case the original is lost or damaged.

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Personal information for the digital ID

2 Create an appearance for your digital signature.

Your digital signature can be simple or complex. It can look like a handwritten signature or a typed name. It can contain a company logo, include the date and time you signed, and state a reason for signing. You can create multiple signature appearances for different uses; select one each time you sign a document. If you want to include an image of your signature, scan your signature and save it as a PDF.

To create an appearance, choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS). Select Security on the left, and then click New in the Digital Signatures section. Give the signature appearance a short, descriptive title that you’ll recognize when you’re signing a document. Select options, including whether you want to include an imported graphic, such as a scanned signature. As you make changes, your edited signature appears in the preview window. Click OK.

Use Security preferences to customize how your signature appears.

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If you selected Reason, click Advanced Preferences, and, in the Creation pane, select Show Reasons When Signing. If you selected Location, select Show Location And Contact Information When Signing.

3 Review the document carefully.

Before you sign any document, physically or electronically, make sure that you know what you are signing and where all the signature fields are. Because dynamic content might alter the appearance of the PDF and mislead you, view the document in Preview Document mode before signing. To use Preview Document mode, open the Preferences dialog box and select Security on the left; then, select View Documents In Preview Document Mode When Signing.

Check each page of a document for signature fields. You may need to sign a document in more than one place. Each signature field is unique, so your signature won’t automatically be copied from one field to the other signature fields in the document.

4 Sign the PDF.

To sign the document, click the signature field. If no signature field exists, choose Sign > Place Signature from the Tasks toolbar and draw a signature field on the page.

If you’ve set Acrobat to display documents in Preview Document mode before signing, a document message bar reports whether any dynamic content exists in the document. When you’ve reviewed the document, click Sign Document in the document message bar to proceed.

Choose a signature appearance when signing a document.

In the Sign Document dialog box, select an appearance, and then add any information it requires, such as the location or the reason for signing. Enter a password if your digital ID requires it. Click Sign. Give the document a new name so that you can change the original PDF without invalidating the signature, and click Save.

When you apply a digital signature, Acrobat embeds an encrypted message digest in the PDF. Acrobat also embeds the details from your certificate and a version of the document at the time it was signed.

5 Distribute your certificate.

To verify your digital ID, others who view your document must have the public certificate from your digital ID. To send your certificate, choose Advanced > Security Settings, and select Digital IDs on the left. Expand the list, select the digital ID you want to share, and click Export. Follow the onscreen instructions to email your certificate as an FDF file to someone or to save the certificate as a different file type.

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Chapter 2: Workspace

As you get acquainted with your product, make setting up your work environment a priority. The more you learn about its potential, the better you can take advantage of its features, tools, and options.

There’s much more to the application than you see at first glance. Various hidden tools, preferences, and options can enhance your experience and give you greater control over how your work area is arranged and displayed.

Work area basics

View the work area

Adobe® Acrobat® 9 Standard opens in two different ways: as a stand-alone application, and in a web browser. The associated work areas differ in small but important ways.

The work area for the stand-alone application includes a document pane and a navigation pane. The document pane displays Adobe® PDFs. The navigation pane on the left side helps you browse through the PDF. Toolbars near the top of the window provide other controls that you can use to work with PDFs.

Work area as it appears in Acrobat A. Menu bar B. Toolbars C. Navigation pane (Bookmarks panel displayed) D. Document pane

When you open a PDF inside a web browser, the toolbars, navigation pane, and document pane are available. To access commands in the menu bar, download the PDF and open it in Acrobat or Adobe Reader.

Note: Some, but not all, PDFs appear with a document message bar. PDF Portfolios appear with a specialized work area.

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More Help topics

“View the PDF Portfolio work area” on page 103

“Document message bar” on page 20

Opening PDFs

You can open a PDF in many ways: from within the Acrobat application, from your email application, from your file system, or on a network from within a web browser. The initial view of the PDF depends on how its creator set the document properties. For example, a document may open at a particular page or magnification.

Some PDFs are restricted and open only after you enter a password provided to you by the PDF owner. If a document is encrypted, you may need the permission of its creator to open it. In the case of some restricted or certified documents, you may be prevented from printing a file or copying information to another application. If you have trouble opening a PDF or can’t use certain features, contact its author or owner.

If a document is set to open in Full Screen mode, the toolbar, command bar, menu bar, and window controls are not visible. You can quit Full Screen mode by pressing Ctrl+L.

More Help topics

“Defining initial view as Full Screen mode” on page 289

“View the PDF Portfolio work area” on page 103

“Opening secured documents” on page 208

Select another tool

By default, the Select tool is active when Acrobat opens, because it is the most versatile tool.

Specialized tools, such as those for zooming in or adding review comments, are available in toolbars and in the Tools menus.

More Help topics

“Keys for selecting tools” on page 358

Select a tool

❖ Do one of the following:

• Select a tool in a toolbar.

• Choose Tools > [toolbar name] > [tool].

Switch temporarily to the Zoom In or Hand tool

You can use these tools temporarily, without deselecting the current tool.

• To select the Hand tool temporarily, hold down the spacebar.

• To select the Zoom In tool temporarily, hold down Ctrl+spacebar.

When you release the keys, Acrobat reverts to the previously active tool.

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Document message bar

The document message bar appears only in certain types of PDFs. Typically, you see this area when you open a PDF form, a PDF that has been sent to you for review, a PDF with special rights or security restrictions, or a PDF that is compliant with PDF/A, PDF/E, or PDF/X standards. The document message bar appears immediately below the toolbar area. To show or hide the document message bar, click its button

Look on the document message bar for instructions on how to proceed and for any special buttons associated with the task. The bar is color coded: purple for forms, yellow for reviews or security alerts, and blue for certified PDFs or PDFs with password security or document restrictions.

Document message bar for a form

on the left side of the work area.

Document message bar for a security alert

More Help topics

“Security alerts” on page 208

“Enhanced security” on page 210

“Filling in forms” on page 202

“Commenting” on page 146

Set preferences

Many program settings are specified in the Preferences dialog box, including settings for display, tools, conversion, and performance. Once you set preferences, they remain in effect until you change them.

1 Choose Edit > Preferences (Windows) or Acrobat > Preferences (Mac OS).

2 Under Categories, select the type of preference you want to change.

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Re-create preferences

Re-create the Acrobat Preferences folder (Windows)

Re-create the Acrobat Preferences folder to eliminate problems that damaged preferences cause. Most preference problems are caused by these file-based preferences, although most Acrobat preferences are stored within the registry.

Note: This solution removes custom settings for Collaboration, JavaScripts, Security, Stamps, Color Management, Auto Fill, Web Capture, and Updater.

1 Quit Acrobat.

2 In Windows Explorer, go to the folder C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Adobe\Acrobat\[version], and move

the Preferences folder to another location (for example, C:\Temp).

3 Restart Acrobat.

If the problem recurs after you re-create the Acrobat Preferences folder, then the problem isn’t related to the Preferences folder. To restore custom settings, drag the folder you moved in step 2 back to its original location. Then click Yes To All to replace the new Preferences folder.

Re-create the Acrobat preferences files (Mac OS)

You can re-create the Acrobat preferences files to eliminate problems caused by a damaged preferences file.

Note: Re-creating the Acrobat preferences files restores settings to their defaults.

1 Quit Acrobat.

2 Drag the following files from the Users/[Username]/Library/Preferences folder to the Desktop:

• Acrobat WebCapture Cookies

• com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro.plist or com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro_x86_9.0.plist

• Acrobat Distiller Prefs and com.adobe.Acrobat.Pro.plist (if you are troubleshooting an issue with Distiller)

• The Acrobat folder, which contains preferences for forms (MRUFormsList), collaboration (OfflineDocs), and

color settings (AcrobatColor Settings.csf)

3 Restart Acrobat

If the problem recurs after you re-create the Acrobat preferences files, then the problem isn’t related to preferences files. To restore custom settings, drag the files you moved in step 2 back to their original location. Then click OK to the alert “A newer item named ‘[filename]’ already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the older one you're moving?”

Customizing the work area

Displaying menus

Ordinarily, it’s a good idea to keep the Acrobat menus visible so that they are available as you work. It is possible to hide them, using the View > Menu Bar command. However, the only way to display and use them again is by pressing F9/Shift+Command+M.

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Acrobat also has numerous context-sensitive menus. These menus appear when you right-click an element in the work area or PDF that has such a menu associated with it. A context menu displays commands that relate to the item or area that you clicked. For example, when you right-click the toolbar area, that context menu displays the same commands as the View > Toolbars menu.

Note: The menu bar appears only if Acrobat is open as a stand-alone application. If Acrobat is open within the browser, only the browser application menu appears at the top of the window. However, context menus are available in both cases.

About toolbars

Toolbars reduce clutter in the work area by arranging tools in task-related groups. For example, the Page Display toolbar includes buttons for changing how many pages you can see at a time in the document window. The Comment & Markup toolbar contains tools for reviewing and annotating a PDF.

Any toolbar can float or be docked. Docked toolbars appear in the toolbar area. Floating toolbars appear as independent panels that you can move anywhere in the work area.

Each toolbar has a grabber bar, which is a vertical gray stripe at the left end of the toolbar.

• When you position the pointer over a grabber bar, a tool tip displays the name of the associated toolbar.

• When you drag a grabber bar, the toolbar moves. You can drag toolbars off the toolbar area (so that they float), dock

them in the toolbar area, or rearrange them in the toolbar area.

Some toolbars appear by default and some are hidden.

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Acrobat toolbars open by default A. Tasks toolbar B. File toolbar C. Page Navigation toolbar D. Select & Zoom toolbar E. Page Display toolbar F. Find toolbar

Adobe Reader® toolbars open by default A. File toolbar B. Page Navigation toolbar C. Select & Zoom toolbar D. Page Display toolbar E. Find toolbar

B C

Each of the buttons in the Tasks toolbar is associated with a menu of commands. Click the arrow to the right of the button name to open the menu. For example, click the arrow next to the Collaborate button to display a menu of commands related to collaboration tasks.

Position the pointer over a tool to see a description of the tool. Position the pointer over the grabber bar on the left edge of a toolbar to see its name. All tools are identified by name in the More Tools dialog box (Tools > Customize

Toolbars).

More Help topics

“Customizing the work area” on page 21

“Displaying menus” on page 21

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Display and arrange toolbars

When your work does not involve using the tools in a toolbar, you can close the toolbar to tidy up the work area. For example, if you are not adding review comments to a PDF, there’s no need to have the Comment & Markup toolbar open.

When you need easy access to a toolbar that is hidden by default, you can open it. This toolbar appears as a floating panel, which you can move or dock in the toolbar area.

Note: If several PDFs are open, you can customize the toolbars for each PDF independently. The different customized states persist as you switch between PDFs.

More Help topics

“Open or close reading mode” on page 31

Show or hide toolbars

• To open a toolbar, choose View > Toolbars > [toolbar name]. A check mark next to the toolbar name indicates that

the toolbar is displayed.

• To hide all toolbars, choose View > Toolbars > Hide Toolbars.

• To change a toolbar that is either shown or hidden, right-click the toolbar area, and choose the toolbar you want to

show or hide.

• To change the visibility of several toolbars, choose Tools > Customize Toolbars or View > Toolbars > More Tools.

Then, select and deselect toolbars. (Check marks by the toolbar names indicate which ones are currently visible.)

Note: Whether a new toolbar opens as a floating toolbar or docked in the toolbar area depends on its default position or where it appeared in your previous configuration of the work area, if any.

Move toolbars

• To rearrange the docked toolbars, use the toolbar grabber bars to drag them from one position to another.

• To move a floating toolbar, drag it by its title bar or grabber bar to another location in the work area.

• To float a docked toolbar, drag it by its grabber bar from the toolbar area.

Use the title bar to move a section of tools from the toolbar area.

• To dock a floating toolbar, drag it by its title bar or grabber bar to the toolbar area.

• To move all floating toolbars to the toolbar area, choose View > Toolbars > Dock Toolbars.

Rows may be added to or removed from the toolbar area as you move the toolbars in and out.

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Return toolbars to their default configuration

❖ Choose View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbars.

Lock or unlock the toolbar area

Locking the toolbars prevents any rearrangement of the toolbar area, so all grabber bars disappear when the toolbar area is locked. Locking does not affect the positions of any floating toolbars.

❖ Choose View > Toolbars > Lock Toolbars.

Select the command a second time to unlock the toolbar area.

Note: When the toolbar area is locked, you can still move floating toolbars by dragging them by their title bars. However, you can’t dock them unless you unlock the toolbar area.

Show and hide toolbar elements

You can alter the display within an individual toolbar to keep just the tools you need available with a minimum of wasted space. You can also show and hide tool labels.

Show or hide individual tools

Acrobat includes more tools and more toolbars than the set that appears by default. You can customize the toolbars so that the tools you use most often appear in the toolbar area.

❖ Do any of the following:

• Right-click the toolbar, and select a tool that you want to display or deselect a tool that is already displayed if you

want to hide it.

• Right-click any toolbar and choose More Tools. Then select individual tools and toolbars that you want to display,

and deselect those that you want to hide.

Note: A selected tool appears in the toolbar area only if its toolbar is also selected in the More Tools dialog box.

Show or hide tool labels

The default view shows labels for some toolbar buttons. You can show labels for all buttons to help you as you learn to use Acrobat, or you can hide all tool labels to save space in the toolbar area.

❖ Choose View > Toolbars > Button Labels > [option].

Note: Tool labels are turned off selectively when space in the toolbar area becomes limited.

Review properties for tools and objects

The Properties toolbar provides easy access to the properties for many tools and objects such as links, comments, form fields, media clips, and bookmarks. For example, if you select the Note tool, the Properties toolbar displays the current default properties for that tool. If you select a note in the document, the Properties toolbar displays properties for that note.

You can use the Properties toolbar to change many of the settings that appear there. A few items only provide information and cannot be edited.

Like all toolbars, the Properties toolbar can float or be docked in the toolbar area. The Properties toolbar is different in that it doesn’t contain tools and can’t be customized to hide options.

1 Choose View > Toolbars > Properties Bar.

2 Select the object or tool that you want to review.

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3 Change properties for the selected item, as desired.

If you want to change object properties other than those listed in the Properties toolbar, right-click the object, and choose Properties.

Show or hide the navigation pane

The navigation pane is an area of the work space that can display different navigation panels. Typically, these panels act like a table of contents, with items you can click to jump to a specific place in the document. For example, the Pages panel contains thumbnail images of each page; clicking a thumbnail opens that page in the document.

When you open a PDF, the navigation pane is closed by default, but buttons along the left side of the work area provide easy access to various panels, such as the Pages panel button is open but empty (no PDF is open), the navigation pane is unavailable.

1 To open the navigation pane, do one of the following:

• Click any panel button on the left side of the work area to open that panel.

• Choose View > Navigation Panels > Show Navigation Pane.

2 To close the navigation pane, do one of the following:

• Click the button for the currently open panel in the navigation pane.

• Choose View > Navigation Panels > Hide Navigation Pane.

Note: The creator of the PDF can control the contents of some navigation panels and may make them empty.

and the Bookmarks panel button . When Acrobat

Adjust navigation panels

Like toolbars, navigation panels can be docked in the navigation pane, or they can float anywhere in the work area. You can hide or close panels you don’t need and open the ones you do. You can also adjust the width of the navigation pane.

Change the display area for navigation panels

• To change the width of the navigation pane, drag its right border.

• To collapse a floating panel without closing it, click the tab name at the top of the window. Click the tab name again

to restore the panel to its full size.

Change the orientation of a docked navigation panel

By default, some panels, such as Bookmarks, appear in a column on the left side of the work area. Others, such as the Comments panel, appear horizontally across the bottom of the document pane. You can change the orientation of any panel to either vertical or horizontal by dragging the button for that panel, which appears on the left side of the work area.

• To orient the panel vertically, drag its button to the upper part of the navigation pane, near the buttons of other

vertically oriented panels.

• To orient the panel horizontally, drag its button to the lower part of the navigation pane, near the buttons of other

horizontally oriented panels.

In either case, a gray frame highlights the entire panel buttons area. If you release the mouse button before the area is highlighted, the panel will float above the work area. If that happens, try again by dragging the panel tab into the upper or lower part of the button area.

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View a different panel in the navigation pane

By default, only a selected set of panel buttons appears on the left side of the work area. Other panels are included in the View menu and may open as floating panels rather than in the navigation pane. However, you can dock the panel in the navigation pane later.

❖ Do one of the following:

• On the left side of the navigation pane, select the button for the panel.

• Choose View > Navigation Panels > [panel name].

Dock or float navigation panels

• To float a panel that is docked in the navigation pane, drag the panel button into the document pane.

• To dock a floating panel, drag the tab to the navigation pane.

• To group two floating panels, drag the tab of one panel into the other floating panel.

Options in a navigation panel

All navigation panels have an options menu in the upper-left corner. The commands available in these menus vary.

Some panels also contain other buttons that affect the items in the panel. Again, these vary among the different panels, and some panels have none.

Viewing PDF pages

Open a PDF

You can open a PDF from within the Acrobat application, from the desktop, or from within certain other applications.

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Open a PDF in the application

❖ Start Acrobat and do one of the following:

• Choose File > Open, or click the Open button in the toolbar. In the Open dialog box, select one or more

filenames, and click Open. PDF documents usually have the extension .pdf.

• Choose File > Organizer > [collection name] > [PDF filename].

• Choose File > History > [time period] > [PDF filename].

If more than one document is open, you can switch between documents by choosing the document name from the Window menu. In Windows, a button for each open document appears in the Windows taskbar. Click this button to

move between open documents.

Open a PDF from the desktop or within another application

❖ Do one of the following:

• To open a PDF attached to an email message, open the message and double-click the PDF icon.

• To open a PDF linked to an open web page, click the PDF file link. The PDF usually opens in the web browser.

• Double-click the PDF File icon in your file system.

Note: In Mac OS, you may not be able to open a PDF created in Windows by double-clicking the icon. Instead, choose File > Open With > Acrobat.

Opening pages in a PDF

Depending on the PDF you open, you may need to move forward through multiple pages, see different parts of the page, or change the magnification. There are many ways to navigate, but the following items are commonly used:

Note: If you do not see these items, choose View > Toolbars > Reset Toolbars.

Next and Previous The Next Page and Previous Page buttons appear in the Page Navigation toolbar. The text

box next to them is also interactive, so you can type a page number and press Enter to go directly to that page.

Scroll bars Vertical and horizontal scroll bars appear to the right and bottom of the document pane whenever the view

does not show the entire document. Click the arrows or drag to view other pages or different areas of the page.

Select & Zoom toolbar This toolbar contains buttons and controls for changing the page magnification.

Pages panel The Pages button on the left side of the work area opens the navigation pane to the Pages panel, which

displays thumbnail images of each page. Click a page thumbnail to open that page in the document pane.

More Help topics

“Retrace your viewing path” on page 30

“Adjust page magnification” on page 37

Page through a document

There are many ways to turn pages in a PDF. Many people use the buttons on the Page Navigation toolbar, but you can also use arrow keys, scroll bars, and other features to move forward and backward through a multipage PDF.

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The Page Navigation toolbar opens by default. The default toolbar contains frequently used tools: the Next Page , Previous Page , and Page Number. Like all toolbars, the Page Navigation toolbar can be hidden and reopened by choosing it in the Toolbars menu under the View menu. You can display additional tools on the Page Navigation toolbar by right-clicking the toolbar and choosing an individual tool, Show All Tools, or More Tools and then selecting and deselecting tools in the dialog box.

More Help topics

“About bookmarks” on page 269

“About page thumbnails” on page 268

“Set the page layout and orientation” on page 40

Move through a PDF

❖ Do one of the following:

• Click the Previous Page or Next Page button on the toolbar.

• Choose View > Go To > [location].

• Choose View > Go To > Page, type the page number in the Go To Page dialog box and then click OK.

• Press the Page Up and Page Down keys on the keyboard.

Jump to a specific page

❖ Do one of the following:

• From Single Page or Two-Up page display view, drag the vertical scroll bar until the page appears in the small pop-

up display.

• Type the page number to replace the one currently displayed in the Page Navigation toolbar, and press Enter.

Note: If the document page numbers are different from the actual page position in the PDF file, the page’s position within the file appears in parentheses after the assigned page number in the Page Navigation toolbar. For example, if you assign numbering for a file that is an 18-page chapter to begin with page 223, the number shown when the first page is active is (1 of 18). You can turn off logical page numbers in the Page Display preferences. See “Renumber pages” on page 120

223 (Acrobat only) and “Preferences for viewing PDFs” on page 33.

Jump to bookmarked pages

Bookmarks provide a table of contents and usually represent the chapters and sections in a document. Bookmarks appear in the navigation pane.

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Bookmarks panel A. Bookmarks button B. Click to display bookmark options menu. C. Expanded bookmark

1 Click the Bookmarks button, or choose View > Navigation Panels > Bookmarks.

2 To jump to a topic, click the bookmark. Expand or collapse bookmark contents, as needed.

Note: Depending on how the bookmark was defined, clicking it may not take you to that location but perform some other action instead.

If the list of bookmarks disappears when you click a bookmark, click the Bookmarks button to display the list again. If you want to hide the Bookmarks button after you click a bookmark, select Hide After Use from the options menu.

Use page thumbnails to jump to specific pages

Page thumbnails provide miniature previews of document pages. You can use thumbnails in the Pages panel to change the display of pages and to go to other pages. The red page-view box in the page thumbnail indicates which area of the page appears. You can resize this box to change the zoom percentage.

1 Click the Pages button or choose View > Navigation Panels > Pages to display the Pages panel.

2 To jump to another page, click its thumbnail.

Automatically scroll through a document

Automatic scrolling advances your view of the PDF at a steady rate, moving vertically down the document. If you interrupt the process by using the scroll bars to move back or forward to another page or position, automatic scrolling continues from that point forward. At the end of the PDF, automatic scrolling stops and does not begin again until you choose automatic scrolling again.

1 Choose View > Automatically Scroll.

2 Press Esc to stop scrolling.

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Retrace your viewing path

You can find PDF pages that you viewed earlier by retracing your viewing path. It’s helpful to understand the difference between previous and next pages and previous and next views. In the case of pages, previous and next refer to the two adjacent pages, before and after the currently active page. In the case of views, previous and next refer to your viewing history. For example, if you jump forward and backward in a document, your viewing history retraces those steps, showing you the pages you viewed in the reverse order that you viewed them.

1 Choose View > Go To > Previous View.

2 To continue seeing another part of your path, do either of the following:

• Repeat step 1.

• Choose View > Go To > Next View.

Note: You can make the Previous View button and Go To Next View button available in the toolbar area by right-clicking the Page Navigation toolbar and choosing them on the context menu, or choosing Show All Tools.

Change the PDF/A viewing mode

PDF/A is an ISO standard for PDFs. Documents you scan to PDF are PDF/A-compliant. You can specify whether you want to view documents in this viewing mode.

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Documents.

2 Choose an option for View Documents In PDF/A Mode: Never, or Only For PDF/A Documents.

You can switch in or out of PDF/A viewing mode by changing this preference setting again.

Navigate with links

Links can take you to another location in the current document, to other PDF documents, or to websites. Clicking a link can also open file attachments and play 3D content, movies, and sound clips. To play these media clips, you must have the appropriate hardware and software installed.

The person who created the PDF document determines what links look like in the PDF.

Note: Unless a link was created in Acrobat using the Link tool, you must have the Create Links From URLs option selected in the General preferences for a link to work correctly.

1 Choose the Select tool .

2 Position the pointer over the linked area on the page until the pointer changes to the hand with a pointing finger.

A plus sign (+) or a w appears within the hand if the link points to the web. Then click the link.

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“Links and attachments” on page 273

“Multimedia preferences” on page 309

PDFs with file attachments

If you open a PDF that has one or more attached files, the Attachments panel automatically opens, listing the attached files. You can open these files for viewing, edit the attachments, and save your changes, as permitted by the document authors.

If you move the PDF to a new location, the attachments automatically move with it.

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“Open, save, or delete an attachment” on page 277

Open or close reading mode

The reading mode view hides everything in the work area except the document and the menu bar.

❖ Choose View > Reading Mode.

Choosing Reading Mode again restores the work area to its previous view, with the same navigation buttons and toolbar displays.

View PDFs in Full Screen mode

In Full Screen mode, PDF pages fill the entire screen; the menu bar, toolbars, and window controls are hidden. A PDF creator can set a PDF to open in Full Screen mode, or you can set the view yourself. Full Screen mode is often used for presentations, sometimes with automatic page advancement and transitions.

The pointer remains active in Full Screen mode so that you can click links and open notes. There are two ways to advance through a PDF in Full Screen mode: You can use keyboard shortcuts for navigational and magnification commands, and you can set a Full Screen preference to display Full Screen navigation buttons that you click to change pages or exit Full Screen mode.

More Help topics

“Preferences for viewing PDFs” on page 33

“Setting up a presentation” on page 289

Set the Full Screen navigation bar preference

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Full Screen.

2 Select Show Navigation Bar, then click OK.

3 Select View > Full Screen Mode.

The Full Screen navigation bar contains Previous Page , Next Page , and Close Full Screen View buttons. These buttons appear in the lower-left corner of the work area.

Read a document in Full Screen mode

If the Full Screen navigation bar is not shown, you can use keyboard shortcuts to navigate through a PDF.

Note: If you have two monitors installed, the Full Screen mode of a page sometimes appears on only one of the monitors. To page through the document, click the screen displaying the page in Full Screen mode.

1 Choose View > Full Screen Mode.

2 Do any of the following:

• To go to the next page, press the Enter, Page Down, or Right Arrow key.

• To go to the previous page, press Shift+Enter, Page Up, or the Left Arrow key.

3 To close Full Screen mode, press Ctrl+L or Esc. (Escape Key Exits must be selected in the Full Screen preferences.)

To show a Full Screen tool in the Page Display toolbar, right-click the Page Display toolbar and choose Full Screen Mode. Then click the Full Screen tool to switch to Full Screen mode.

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Viewing PDFs in a web browser

You can view PDFs in a supported web browser, or you can set your Internet preferences to open linked or downloaded PDF files in a separate Acrobat window. If you open PDFs in Acrobat outside the browser, you cannot use Fast Web Viewing, form submittal in a browser, or search highlighting on the web.

Because keyboard commands may be mapped to the web browser, some Acrobat shortcuts may not be available. Similarly, you may need to use the tools and commands in the Acrobat toolbar rather than the browser toolbar or menu bar. For example, to print a PDF document, use the Print button in the Acrobat toolbar rather than the Print command in the browser. (In Microsoft Internet Explorer, you can choose File > Print, Edit > Copy, and Edit > Find on the Internet Explorer toolbar.)

Note: Having multiple versions of Acrobat or Adobe Reader installed on the same computer can prevent you from viewing PDFs in a web browser. Examples include Acrobat 8 with Adobe Reader 9, or Acrobat 7 with Reader 8, and so on. Try deselecting the Display PDF In Browser option in Internet Preferences in one program, and selecting the option in the other program. For more information about coexisting installations, see the Tech Note at

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333223.html.

Internet preferences

Display PDF In Browser Displays any PDF opened from the web in the browser window. If this option is not selected,

PDFs open in a separate Acrobat window. On Mac OS, if you have installed both Reader and Acrobat, you can select which application and which version to use.

Note: If Reader is installed on your system and you subsequently install Acrobat, Safari continues to use Reader to open PDFs in your browser. Use this option to configure Safari to use Acrobat.

Allow Fast Web View Downloads PDFs for viewing on the web one page at a time. If this option is not selected, the

entire PDF downloads before it is displayed. If you want the entire PDF to continue downloading in the background while you view the first page of requested information, also select Allow Speculative Downloading In The Background.

Allow Speculative Downloading In The Background Allows a PDF to continue downloading from the web, even after

the first requested page appears. Downloading in the background stops when any other task, such as paging through the document, is initiated in Acrobat.

Connection Speed Choose a connection speed from the menu. This setting is also used by the multimedia plug-in.

Internet Settings [or Network Settings] Click to open the Internet or network connection dialog box or panel for your

computer. For more information, consult your operating system Help, your Internet service provider, or your local network administrator.

Read articles

In PDFs, articles are optional electronic threads that the PDF author may define within that PDF. Articles lead readers through the PDF content, jumping over pages or areas of the page that are not included in the article, in the same way that you might skim through a traditional newspaper or magazine, following one specific story and ignoring the rest. When you read an article, the page view may zoom in or out so that the current part of the article fills the screen.

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“Articles” on page 281

Open and navigate an article thread

1 Choose Tools > Select & Zoom > Hand Tool, or click the Hand Tool on the Select & Zoom toolbar.

2 Choose View > Navigation Panels > Articles to open the Articles panel.

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Note: You cannot open the Articles panel if you are viewing the PDF inside a browser. You must open the PDF in Acrobat.

3 Double-click the article icon to go to the beginning of that article. The icon changes to the follow-article pointer .

Note: If the Articles panel is blank, then the author has not defined any article threads for this PDF.

4 With the article thread open, do any of the following:

• To scroll through the article one pane at a time, press Enter or click in the article.

• To scroll backward through the article one pane at a time, Shift-click in the article, or press Shift+Enter.

• To go to the beginning of the article, Ctrl-click within the article.

5 At the end of the article, click in the article again.

The previous page view is restored, and the pointer changes to the end-article pointer .

Exit a thread before the end of the article

1 Make sure that the Hand tool is selected.

2 Shift+Ctrl-click the page.

The previous page view is restored.

Preferences for viewing PDFs

The Preferences dialog box defines a default page layout and customizes your application in many other ways. For viewing PDFs, examine the preferences options for Documents, General, Multimedia, and Page Display.

The preferences settings control how the application behaves whenever you use it; they are not associated with any particular PDF document.

Note: If you install any third-party plug-ins, set these preferences using the Third-Party Preferences menu item.

More Help topics

“3D preferences” on page 323

“Multimedia preferences” on page 309

“Setting accessibility preferences” on page 255

Documents preferences

Open Settings

Restore Last View Settings When Reopening Documents Determines whether documents open automatically to the

last viewed page within a work session.

Open Cross-document Links In Same Window Closes the current document and opens the document being linked to

in the same window, minimizing the number of windows open. If the document being linked to is already open in another window, the current document is not closed when you click a link to the open document. If you do not select this option, a new window opens each time you click a link to a different document.

Allow Layer State To Be Set By User Information Allows the author of a layered PDF document to specify layer

visibility based on user information.

Allow Documents To Hide The Menu Bar, Toolbars, And Window Controls Allows the PDF to determine whether the

menu bar, toolbar, and window controls are hidden when the PDF is opened.

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Documents In Recently Used List Sets the maximum number of documents listed in the File menu.

Remember Files In Organizer History For Specifies how long PDF files remain in the History list.

Save Settings

Automatically Save Document Changes To Temporary File Every _ Minutes Determines how often Acrobat

automatically saves changes to an open document.

Save As Optimizes For Fast Web View Restructures a PDF document for page-at-a-time downloading from web

servers.

PDF/A View Mode

View Documents In PDF/A Mode Specifies when to use this viewing mode: Never, or Only For PDF/A Documents.

Examine Document

Examine Document Examines the PDF for items that may not be apparent, such as metadata, file attachments,

comments, and hidden text and layers. The examination results appear in a dialog box, and you can remove any type of item that appears there.

• Examine Document When Closing Document (Not selected by default.)

• Examine Document When Sending Document By Email (Not selected by default.)

Adjust Filename When Applying Redaction Marks Specifies a prefix or suffix to use when saving a file to which

redaction marks have been applied.

Full Screen preferences

Full Screen Setup

Current Document Only Specifies whether or not the display is limited to a single PDF.

Fill Screen With One Page At A Time Sets the page view to the maximum screen coverage by a single page.

Alert When Document Requests Full Screen Displays a message before going into Full Screen mode. Selecting this

option overrides a previous selection of Do Not Show This Message Again in that message.

Which Monitor To Use Specifies the monitor on which full-screen display appears (for users with multiple-monitor

configurations).

Full Screen Navigation

Escape Key Exits Lets you exit Full Screen mode by pressing the Esc key. If this option is not selected, you can exit by

pressing Ctrl+L.

Show Navigation Bar Shows a minimal navigation toolbar regardless of the document settings.

Left Click To Go Forward One Page; Right Click To Go Back One Page Lets you page through an Adobe PDF document

by clicking the mouse. You can also page through a document by pressing Return, Shift-Return (to go backward), or the arrow keys.

Loop After Last Page Lets you page through a PDF document continuously, returning to the first page after the last.

This option is typically used for setting up kiosk displays.

Advance Every _ Seconds Specifies whether to advance automatically from page to page every set number of seconds.

You can page through a document using mouse or keyboard commands even if automatic paging is selected.

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Full Screen Appearance

Background Color Specifies the window’s background color in Full Screen mode. You can select a color from the color

palette to customize the background color.

Mouse Cursor Specifies whether to show or hide the pointer when Full Screen mode is in operation.

Full Screen Transitions

Ignore All Transitions Removes transition effects from presentations that you view in Full Screen mode.

Default Transition Specifies the transition effect to display when you switch pages in Full Screen mode and no

transition effect has been set for the document.

Direction Determines the flow of the selected default transition on the screen, such as Down, Left, Horizontal, and so

forth. The available options vary according to the transition. If no directional options affect the selected default transition, this option is not available.

Navigation Controls Direction Mimics the user’s progress through the presentation, such as transitioning from top to

bottom when the user proceeds to the next page and from bottom to top when the user backtracks to the previous page. Available only for transitions with directional options.

General preferences

Basic Tools

Use Single Key Accelerators To Access Tools Enables you to select tools with a single keystroke. This option is

unselected by default.

Create Links From URLs Specifies whether links that weren’t created with Acrobat are automatically identified in the

PDF document and become clickable links.

Make Hand Tool Select Text & Images Enables the Hand tool to function as the Select tool when it hovers over text in

an Adobe PDF.

Make Hand Tool Read Articles Changes the appearance of the Hand tool pointer when over an article thread. Upon the

first click, the article zooms to fill the document pane horizontally; subsequent clicks follow the thread of the article.

Make Hand Tool Use Mouse-wheel Zooming Changes the action of the mouse wheel from scrolling to zooming.

Make Select Tool Select Images Before Text Changes the order in which the Select tool selects.

Use Fixed Resolution For Snapshot Tool Images Sets the resolution used to copy an image captured with the Snapshot

tool.

Warnings

Do Not Show Edit Warnings Disables warning boxes that would normally appear when you delete items such as links,

pages, page thumbnails, and bookmarks.

Reset All Warnings Restores default settings for warnings.

Show Page Thumbnails In Print Dialog Controls the print preview display in the Print dialog box. Deselecting this

option speeds up the preview.

Emit Passthrough PostScript When Printing Enables Adobe® PostScript® XObjects in the PDF file to be emitted when

that PDF file is printed to a PostScript printer.

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Application Startup

Show Splash Screen Determines whether the application startup screen appears each time the application starts.

Use Only Certified Plug-Ins Ensures that only Adobe-certified third-party plug-ins are loaded. The notation Currently

in Certified Mode indicates either Yes or No depending on its status.

Check 2D Graphics Accelerator (Windows only) (Appears only if your computer hardware supports 2D graphics

acceleration.) When selected, allows hardware acceleration usage when the first document is opened. When deselected, hardware acceleration usage starts after the first document is opened. This option can slow startup time, so it is unselected by default.

Note: This option is available only when the option Use 2D Graphics Acceleration in the Page Display preferences is selected.

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“Change updating preferences” on page 51

Page Display preferences

Default Layout And Zoom

Page Layout Sets the page layout used for scrolling when you first open a document. The default setting is Automatic.

The page layout setting in File > Properties > Initial View overrides the page layout setting in Preferences.

Zoom Sets the magnification level for PDF documents when they are first opened. This value overrides document

settings. The default setting is Automatic.

Resolution

Use System Setting Uses the system settings for monitor resolution.

Custom Resolution Sets the monitor resolution.

Rendering

Smooth Text Specifies the type of text-smoothing to apply.

Smooth Line Art Applies smoothing to remove abrupt angles in lines.

Smooth Images Applies smoothing to minimize abrupt changes in images.

Use Local Fonts Specifies whether the application uses or ignores local fonts installed on your system. When

deselected, substitute fonts are used for any font not embedded in the PDF. If a font cannot be substituted, the text appears as bullets and an error message appears.

Enhance Thin Lines When selected, clarifies thin lines in the display to make them more visible.

Use Page Cache Places the next page in a buffer before the current page is viewed to reduce the time required to page

through a document.

Use 2D Graphics Acceleration (Windows only) (Appears only if your computer hardware supports 2D graphics

acceleration.) Speeds up zooming, scrolling, and redrawing of page content, and speeds the rendering and manipulation of 2D PDF content. This option is selected by default.

Note: If this option is not available in the Page Display preferences, you may need to update your GPU card driver to enable this hardware feature. Contact your card vendor or computer manufacturer for an updated driver.

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Page Content And Information

Show Large Images Displays large images. If your system is slow to display image-intensive pages, deselect this option.

Use Smooth Zooming (Windows only) When deselected, turns off animation effects, which improves performance.

Show Art, Trim, & Bleed Boxes Displays any art, trim, or bleed boxes defined for a document.

Show Transparency Grid Displays the grid behind transparent objects.

Use Logical Page Numbers Enables the Number Pages command for matching the position of the page in the PDF to

the number printed on the page. A page number, followed by the page position in parentheses, appears in the Page Navigation toolbar and in the Go To Page and Print dialog boxes. For example, i (1 of 1) if the printed number of the first page is i. If this option is not selected, pages are numbered with arabic numbers starting at 1. Selecting this option helps prevent unexpected behavior when clicking Back or Go Back in your web browser.

Always Show Document Page Size Displays the page measurements beside the horizontal scroll bar.

Use Overprint Preview Specifies whether Overprint Preview mode is on only for PDF/X files, never on, always on, or

set automatically. When set to Automatic, if a document contains overprints, then Overprint Preview mode is activated. The Overprint Preview mode lets you see (on-screen) the effects of ink aliasing in the printed output. For example, a printer or service provider could create an ink alias if a document contains two similar spot colors and only one is required.

Reference XObjects View Mode

Show Reference XObject Targets Specifies the type of documents in which reference XObjects can be viewed.

Location Of Referenced Files (Optional) Specifies a location for the referenced documents.

Adjusting PDF views

Adjust page magnification

Tools on the Select & Zoom toolbar can change the magnification of PDF documents. Only some of these tools appear on the default view of the toolbar. You can see all the tools by right-clicking the Select & Zoom toolbar and choosing either individual tools, Show All Tools, or More Tools and then selecting individual tools.

A B C D FE G H I J

All zoom tools

A. Marquee Zoom tool B. Dynamic Zoom tool C. Zoom Out button D. Zoom In button E. Zoom Value menu button F. Actual Size button G. Fit Width button H. Fit Page button I. Pan & Zoom Window tool J. Loupe tool

• The Marquee Zoom tool works in a few different ways. You can use it to drag a rectangle around a portion of the

page that you want to fill the viewing area. Or, simply clicking the Marquee Zoom tool increases the magnification by one preset level, centering on the point where you clicked. To decrease the magnification by one preset level, Ctrl-click the Marquee Zoom tool.

• The Dynamic Zoom tool zooms in when you drag it up the page and it zooms out when you drag down. If you use

a mouse wheel, this tool zooms in when you roll forward and zooms out when you roll backward.

• Zoom In and Zoom Out buttons change the document magnification by preset levels.

• The Zoom Value option changes the page view according to a percentage you type in or select from a pop-up menu.

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• Actual Size displays the page at 100% magnification.

• Fit Width adjusts the magnification so that the PDF fills the document pane horizontally.

• Fit Page adjusts the magnification so that one page fills the document pane vertically.

• The Pan & Zoom Window tool adjusts the magnification and position of the view area to match the area in an

adjustable rectangle in the Pan & Zoom window’s thumbnail view of the page.

• The Loupe Tool window displays a magnified portion of the PDF that matches the area in an adjustable rectangle

on the document pane.

Resize a page to fit the window

• To resize the page to fit entirely in the document pane, choose View > Zoom > Fit Page.

• To resize the page to fit the width of the window, choose View > Zoom > Fit Width. Part of the page may be out of

view.

• To resize the page to fit the height of the window, choose View > Zoom > Fit Height. Part of the page may be out

of view.

• To resize the page so that its text and images fit the width of the window, choose View > Zoom > Fit Visible. Part

of the page may be out of view.

To see keyboard shortcuts for resizing the document, open the View menu.

Show a page at actual size

❖ Choose View > Zoom > Actual Size.

The actual size for a PDF page is typically 100%, but the document may have been set to another magnification level when it was created.

Change the magnification with zoom tools

❖ Do one of the following:

• Click the Zoom In button or the Zoom Out button in the toolbar.

• Enter a magnification percentage in the Select & Zoom toolbar, either by typing or choosing from the pop-up

menu.

• Drag the Marquee Zoom tool to define the area of the page that you want to fill the document pane.

• Drag the Dynamic Zoom tool up to increase the magnification and down to decrease magnification.

When the Marquee Zoom tool is selected, you can Ctrl-click or Ctrl-drag to zoom out. Holding down Shift switches temporarily from the Marquee Zoom tool to the Dynamic Zoom tool.

Change the magnification with the Pan & Zoom Window tool

1 Choose Tools > Select & Zoom > Pan & Zoom Window, or select the Pan & Zoom Window tool on the Select

& Zoom toolbar.

2 Do any of the following:

• Drag the handles of the box in the Pan & Zoom window to change the document magnification.

• Drag the center of the box to pan across the area you want to see.

• Click the navigation buttons to move to a different page.

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• Enter a value in the zoom text box, or click the plus or minus buttons to increase or decrease the

magnification by preset levels.

Change the magnification with the Loupe tool

1 Choose Tools > Select & Zoom> Loupe, or select the Loupe tool on the Select & Zoom toolbar, if it is displayed.

2 Click the area of the document you want to view in closer detail. A rectangle appears in the document,

corresponding to the area shown in the Loupe Tool window. You can drag or resize the rectangle to change the Loupe tool view.

3 To change the magnification of the Loupe tool, do any of the following:

• Drag the slider.

• Click the plus or minus buttons.

• Enter a value in the zoom text box.

Use the Loupe tool to view a magnified area of the document.

Note: You can change the color of the Loupe tool rectangle, click the Line Color pop-up menu in the lower-right corner of the Loupe Tool window, and select a new color.

Change the magnification by using a page thumbnail

1 Click the Pages button on the left side of the window to view the page thumbnails.

2 Locate the thumbnail for the current page. Then position the pointer over the lower-right corner of the page-view

box until the pointer changes into a double-headed arrow.

3 Drag the corner of the box to reduce or expand the view of the page.

4 As needed, move the pointer over the zoom box frame within the thumbnail until it changes into a Hand icon. Then

drag the frame to see a different area of the page in the document pane.

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A page-view box in a page thumbnail indicates the area of the page currently showing in the document pane.

Change the default magnification

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Page Display.

2 Open the Zoom pop-up menu and choose a default magnification level.

Display off-screen areas of a magnified page

When you zoom in to a high magnification, you may be able to see only part of a page. You can shift the view to show other areas of the page without changing the magnification level.

❖ Do either of the following:

• Use the vertical scroll bars to move up and down the pages or the horizontal scroll bars to move across the page.

• Select the Hand tool in the Select & Zoom toolbar, or choose Tools > Select & Zoom > Hand Tool, and drag to move

the page, as if moving a piece of paper on a table.

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Set the page layout and orientation

Changing the page layout is especially useful when you want to zoom out to get an overview of the document layout. You can use the following page layouts when viewing PDF documents:

Single Page Displays one page at a time, with no portion on other pages visible.

Single Page Continuous Displays pages in a continuous vertical column that is one page wide.

Two-Up Displays each two-page spread with no portion of other pages visible.

Two-Up Continuous Displays facing pages side by side in a continuous vertical column.

If a document has more than two pages, you can ensure that the first page appears alone on the right side of the document pane. Select either Two-Up or Two-Up Continuous. Also select View > Page Display > Show Cover Page

During Two-Up.

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Single Page, Single Page Continuous, Two-Up, Two-Up Continuous page layouts

Set the page layout of an open PDF

• To see only one page at a time, choose View > Page Display > Single Page.

• To see two pages at a time, side by side, choose View > Page Display > Two-Up.

• To scroll down continuously through one page after another, choose View > Page Display > Single Page

Continuous.

• To scroll down continuously through two pages at a time, choose View > Page Display > Two-Up Continuous.

• To display the first page of a multipage document alone on the right side, first specify either the Two-Up or Two-

Up Continuous option. Then choose View > Page Display > Show Cover Page During Two-Up.

You can also display buttons for each of these options in the Display Pages toolbar by choosing View > Toolbars > More Tools, and selecting them in the More Tools dialog box.

Note: In Single Page layout, choosing Edit > Select All selects all text on the current page. In other layouts, Select All selects all text in the PDF.

Rotate the page view

You can change the view of a page in 90° increments. This changes the view of the page, not its actual orientation. You can’t save this change.

❖ Choose View > Rotate View > Clockwise or Counterclockwise, or click the Rotate Clockwise button or the

Rotate Counterclockwise button in the toolbar.

Note: To save the rotation with the document, choose Document > Rotate Pages.

Change the default page layout (initial view)

You specify the default initial view settings in the Preferences dialog box. (See “Set preferences” on page 20.)

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Page Display.

2 Open the Page Layout menu and choose Automatic, Single Page, Single Page Continuous, Two-Up, or Two-Up

Continuous.

Note: The PDF opens with the page layout specified in Preferences unless a different page layout is specified in Document Properties (File > Properties > Initial View). The Document Properties setting overrides the Preferences setting. If using Document Properties, be sure to save and close the document for the change to take effect. Acrobat users can change the initial view, unless security settings prevent changes. Reader users cannot change the initial view.

More Help topics

“Opening PDFs” on page 19

“View document properties” on page 292

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Use split-window view

You can view a PDF with the document pane divided into two panes (Split command) or four panes (Spreadsheet Split command).

With Split view, you can scroll, change the magnification level, or turn to a different page in the active pane without affecting the other pane.

The Spreadsheet Split view is useful if you want to keep column headings and row labels visible while scrolling through a large spreadsheet or table. In this mode, changing the magnification in one pane changes the magnification in all panes. Also, scrolling is coordinated between the panes: scrolling a pane horizontally also scrolls the pane above or below it; scrolling vertically also scrolls the pane to the left or right of that pane.

1 Start creating the type of split view you want:

• To split the view into two panes, choose Window > Split, or drag the gray box above the vertical scroll bar.

• To split the view into four panes with synchronized scrolling and zoom levels, choose Window > Spreadsheet Split.

2 Drag the splitter bars up, down, left, or right to resize the panes, as needed.

3 Adjust the zoom level, as needed:

• In Split view, click a pane to make it active, and change the zoom level for that pane only.

• In Spreadsheet Split view, adjust the zoom level to change the displays in all four panes.

4 Scroll, as needed:

• In Split view, click a pane to make it active, and scroll to change that pane only.

• In Spreadsheet Split view, click a pane, and scroll vertically to change the views in the active pane and the pane

beside it. Scroll horizontally to change the views in the active pane and the pane above or below it.

5 To restore single-pane view, choose Window > Remove Split.

View a document in multiple windows

You can create multiple windows for the same document using the New Window command. New windows have the same size, magnification, and layout as the original window and open at the same page and on top of the original window. When you open a new window, Acrobat adds the suffix 1 to the original filename and assigns the suffix 2 to the new window. You can open multiple windows with the suffix incrementing with each new window. Closing a window causes the remaining open windows to be renumbered sequentially; that is, if you have five windows open and you close the third window that you opened, the windows are renumbered with the suffixes 1 to 4.

Note: This feature is not available when PDFs are viewed in a browser.

Open a new window

❖ Select Window > New Window.

Close a window

❖ Click the close box in the window. You are prompted to save any changes. Closing a window does not close a

document if more than one window is open.

Close all windows for a document

❖ Choose File > Close. You are prompted to save any changes before each window is closed.

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Display PDFs in Line Weights view

The Line Weights view displays lines with the weights defined in the PDF. When Line Weights view is off, it applies a constant stroke width (1 pixel) to lines, regardless of zoom. When you print the document, the stroke will print at the true width.

❖ Choose View > Line Weights. To turn off Line Weights view, choose View > Line Weights again.

Note: You cannot turn off Line Weights view when viewing PDFs within a web browser.

Grids, guides, and measurements

View grids

Use grids to accurately line up text and objects in a document. When turned on, the grid is visible over the document. The Snap To Grid option aligns an object with the nearest grid line when you move the object.

View or hide the grid

❖ Choose View > Grid. A check mark appears next to the command name when the grid is displayed.

Turn the Snap To Grid option on or off

❖ Choose View > Snap To Grid. A check mark appears next to the command name when the option is turned on.

Change the grid appearance

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Units & Guides.

2 To change grid settings, do any of the following:

• To change the spacing between grid lines, enter a value for Width Between Lines and Height Between Lines.

• To change the origin of the grid, enter a value for Grid Offset From Left Edge and Grid Offset From Top Edge.

• To change the number of subdivisions within each grid square, enter a value for Subdivisions. Subdivision lines are

lighter than grid lines.

• To change the color of the grid lines, click the Grid Line Color square and choose a new color from the Color panel.

Create ruler guides

Horizontal and vertical rulers let you check the size of objects in your documents. You can also create guides in your document, which are especially useful for lining up objects, such as form fields. You can change the unit of measurement and color used in the ruler.

Create new ruler guides

1 Choose View > Rulers.

2 Do one of the following:

• Drag down from the horizontal ruler to create a horizontal guide, or drag to the right of the vertical ruler to create

a vertical guide.

• Double-click a location on the horizontal ruler to create a vertical guide, or double-click a location on the vertical

ruler to create a horizontal guide.

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Show or hide guides

❖ Choose View > Guides.

Move or delete ruler guides

❖ Click the guide to select it, and then drag it to a new location, or press Delete. To delete all guides, right-click in the

ruler area and choose Clear All Guides or Clear Guides On Page.

Change guide colors

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Units & Guides.

2 Click the Guide Color square and choose a new color from the Color pop-up menu.

Measure the height, width, or area of objects

Use the measuring tools to measure distances and areas of objects in PDF documents. The measuring tools are useful for showing the distances and areas associated with objects in a form or computer-aided design (CAD) drawing. You can also use these tools to measure certain areas of a document before sending it to a professional printer. The measuring tools are available to Reader users only if the PDF creator enables measuring functionality.

When you use a measuring tool, the Measurement Info panel shows information about the measurement, such as current measurement, delta values, and scale ratio.

Measuring tools A. Measuring toolbar B. Object being measured C. Measurement Info panel

1 Choose Tools > Analysis > Measuring Tool.

2 To measure areas of your PDF document, select any of the following measurement types:

• Select the Distance tool to measure the distance between two points. Click the first point, move the pointer to

the second point, and click again.

• Select the Perimeter tool to measure a set of distances between multiple points. Click each point you want to

measure. Then, double-click the last point.

• Select the Area tool to measure the area within the line segments that you draw. Click each point you want to

measure. After you have clicked at least two points, click the first point to complete the area measurement.

3 While measuring objects, do any of the following:

• To snap the measurement to the end of a line, select Snap To Paths .

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• To snap the measurement to the endpoint of a line, select Snap To Endpoints .

• To snap the measurement to the midpoint of a line, select Snap To Midpoints .

• To snap the measurement to the intersection of multiple lines, select Snap To Intersections .

• To constrain the measurement lines to increments of 45º, hold down the Shift key.

• To discontinue a measurement, right-click and choose Cancel Measurement.

• To delete a measurement markup, click it with the Measurement Tool and press Delete.

More Help topics

“Change the look of your comments” on page 149

Measuring tool options

Use the right-click menu to set measuring tool options.

Change Scale Ratio Change the scaling ratio (such as 3:2) and unit of measurement on the drawing areas.

Change Markup Label Add or change text that appears with the measurement.

Disable/Enable Measurement Markup When enabled, the measurement lines you draw are added to the PDF. When

disabled, the measurement lines disappear when you measure another object or select another tool.

Turn Ortho On/Off When enabled, measurement lines are orthographic only.

Show/Hide Rulers Show or hide vertical and horizontal rulers on the page. (Has the same effect as choosing View >

Rulers.)

Snap To Page Content/Don’t Snap To Page Content Turn all Snap Enables on or off.

Export Measurement Markup To Excel Save the information for all the measurements in your PDF to a CSV file.

Preferences Open the Measurement (2D) preferences.

Measuring preferences

Change the 2D Measuring preferences to determine how 2D data is measured.

Note: In Reader, Measuring preferences apply to PDFs that have commenting enabled.

Use Scales And Units From Document (When Present) When enabled, measurements based on the units generated

from the original document, if present, are used. Deselect this option to specify the units of measurements manually.

Use Orthographic Lines When enabled, measurement lines are orthographic only.

Measuring Line Color Specifies the color or the line that appears while drawing.

Enable Measurement Markup When enabled, the measurement lines you draw are added to the PDF. When disabled,

the measurement lines disappear when you measure another object or select another tool. You can use the default measurement labels or specify your own label.

Use Default Leader Length (Distance Tool only) When deselected, each time you draw a distance measurement, you

move the mouse to determine the leader length.

Default Line Ending (Distance Tool only) Specifies the appearance of the line endings in distance measurements.

Caption Style (Distance Tool only) Specifies whether the distance measurement caption is Inside or on Top of the

measurement line.

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Default Leader Length (Distance Tool only) Specifies the length of the line leader that appears on one side of the

measurement points.

Default Leader Extension Above Line (Distance Tool only) Specifies the length of the leader extension that appears

above the measurement line.

Default Leader Offset From Line Points (Distance Tool only) Specifies the amount of blank space that appears between

the measurement points and the leader.

2D Snap Settings Specify snap behavior. Sensitivity indicates how close the pointer must be to the item being snapped

to. Snap Hint Color specifies the color of the snap line that appears when you hold the pointer over the object.

View cursor coordinates

The Cursor Coordinates show the coordinate position of the pointer within the document pane. The position numbering begins in the upper-left corner of the document. Cursor Coordinates also shows the width and height of a selected object as you resize it.

View x and y coordinates

1 Choose View > Cursor Coordinates.

2 Move the mouse pointer to view x and y coordinates.

Change the Cursor Coordinates measurement units

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Units & Guides.

2 Choose a different unit of measurement from the Page & Ruler Units menu.

Organizer

Organizer window overview

Organizer helps you find PDFs that you’ve previously opened and PDFs that you’ve organized into collections and favorites. With Organizer, you can see thumbnail images of PDF pages to quickly identify files. Use Organizer to organize related PDFs without changing their location in your file structure. You can also use Organizer to quickly browse, find, and sort PDFs that you recently viewed.

The Organizer and Organizer-related commands are available in the File menu. After you select one or more files within the Organizer, you can start one of several different tasks using the buttons above the file list.

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Organizer window in Windows A. Categories pane B. Files pane C. Pages pane

Categories pane

The categories pane of the Organizer window is divided vertically into sections that contain categories. These items can help you locate and organize PDFs that reside on your computer, on a network, and on the web.

History Contains subcategories that list all the PDFs that you’ve opened during a specified period of time. You can’t

change the subcategory names or manually add PDFs to the History, which is updated each time you open a PDF and as time passes. You can, however, clear the entire history by using the Clear History button in the files pane. You can also specify the maximum length of the file history or turn it off. Open the Preferences dialog box and under Documents, select a value for Remember Files In Organizer History For.

My Computer Lists the hard drives and folders in their current hierarchy. This category is especially useful if you know

where a particular PDF resides.

Favorite Places Lists any folders, network locations, and web directories that you’ve specified as favorite destinations.

This category functions like bookmarks or favorite destinations used for quick access in a web browser. In this case, however, the destinations are folders or hard drives that contain PDFs. You can add or remove destinations from the Favorite Places list, but you can’t edit the destination names.

Collections Contains collection folders that list all PDFs that you’ve associated with each particular collection folder.

Each collection folder can point to multiple PDFs no matter where each PDF is located. For example, a single collection folder can list PDFs that are located in different folders on your computer, on a network, and on the web. You can change each collection folder name, add new collection folders, and add PDFs to each collection folder.

Note: Collections and PDF Portfolios both involve multiple PDFs, but in different ways. A PDF Portfolio is itself a PDF file that can be composed of multiple files and that exists in a folder on your computer. For example, you can attach a PDF Portfolio to an email message. Collections are more like reminders that help you find related files that are stored in different locations on your computer.

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Files pane

The files pane in the Organizer window lists the PDFs that are within the subcategory or folder selected in the categories pane; each PDF listing shows the filename, modification date, page number, file size, location, and a thumbnail image of the first page. You can sort the list by filename, metadata information, number of pages, file size, modification date, and date last opened.

Use the buttons at the top of the Organizer window to open, print, email, or combine one or more selected PDFs; in addition, you can send a selected PDF for review or approval.

Pages pane

The pages pane of the Organizer window displays thumbnails for every page of all PDF files that are selected in the files pane. The Zoom slider and buttons at the bottom of the pages pane let you adjust the size of the page thumbnails.

Selecting a PDF (left) reveals a thumbnail for each page in the pages pane (right).

Adjust the Organizer window

You can make changes to your view of the Organizer.

More Help topics

“Other options for combining files” on page 107

“Starting a review” on page 138

Display the Organizer window

❖ Choose File > Organizer > Open Organizer.

It isn’t necessary to open the Organizer window if you want to open a PDF in a collection, create a new collection, add an open PDF to a collection, or open a PDF from your history of opened PDFs. Choose File > Organizer or File >

History to access commands that let you do all of these things.

Resize the Organizer and its panes

• To resize a pane relative to the other panes, drag the vertical bar that separates two panes.

• To resize the Organizer window, drag the left, right, or bottom edge of the window.

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Sort the files pane list

1 If necessary, select a subcategory or folder in the categories pane to display PDFs in the files pane.

2 In the files pane, do any of the following:

• To sort the list of PDF files according to a particular property, choose a property from the Sort By menu.

• To change the sorting direction, click the Ascending Sort Order button or the Descending Sort Order button

to the right of the Sort By menu.

• To view the location of the selected PDFs, right-click, and choose Show In Windows Explorer.

Organize PDF collections

You can manage PDF collections in the Organizer window.

Add a PDF to a collection

❖ Do any of the following:

• Right-click the collection, choose Add Files, select one or more PDFs, and click Add.

• Right-click the PDF in the files pane, and choose Add To A Collection > [collection name].

• Drag a PDF from the Desktop or a folder to the collection in the categories pane.

• After selecting a subcategory in the History, My Computer, or Favorite Places category, drag a PDF from the files

pane to the desired collection.

• In Acrobat, open the PDF and choose File > Organizer > Add To A Collection. Then either select the collection to

which you want to add the PDF or click New Collection, type a name, and click Create.

You can open any PDF from a collection by using the Open button in the Organizer window or by choosing the

PDF filename from a submenu directly in Acrobat. To open a PDF from a collection in Acrobat, choose Collections > [collection name] > [PDF filename] from either the File > Organizer submenu or the Organizer menu toolbar.

in the File

Edit the collection folders

• To rename a collection, right-click the collection name, choose Rename Collection, and then type the new name.

• To delete a collection, right-click the collection name, choose Delete Collection, and then click Yes in the

confirmation dialog box. The PDF files within the collection aren’t deleted from their original locations.

• To create a new collection, click the Create A New Collection button in the Organizer window. Or, in Acrobat,

choose File > Organizer > Create A New Collection. Type a name for the collection.

Move a PDF to a different collection

❖ To move a PDF from one collection to another, select the collection that contains the PDF, right-click the PDF file

in the files pane, and choose Move To Collection > [collection name].

Remove a PDF from a collection

❖ To remove a PDF from a collection, select the collection, click the PDF in the files pane, and press Delete.

Organize PDFs with the Favorite Places category

1 To add an existing folder or hard drive to the category, click the Add A Favorite Place button , select a folder or

hard drive, and click OK.

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2 To remove a folder or hard drive from the list of Favorite Places, right-click the item, and choose Remove [folder

name] From Favorite Places.

Expand views in the Categories pane

Items in the Categories pane can be expanded and collapsed so that you can see more of the structure. When you select a date category, folder, or collection, all PDFs in that item are listed in the pages pane.

Expand an Organizer category

1 Click the icon to the left of the category or folder.

2 Select a subcategory or folder under a main category.

Expand the file structure

❖ Select a folder in the My Computer category. All PDFs in that folder are listed in the files pane.

Start a task from the Organizer files pane

1 Select a subcategory or folder under a main category in the categories pane to display PDFs in the files pane.

2 Select one or more files.

3 To perform an action on the selected PDF files, click one of the task buttons at the top of the Organizer window:

• To open, print, or email the PDF files, use the buttons above the files pane.

• To start combining PDF files into a single PDF file, click the Combine Files button and follow the instructions in

the wizard.

• To start a review, select the PDF and choose Send For Review > Send For Shared Review or Send For Review >

Attach For Email Review.

More Help topics

“Other options for combining files” on page 107

“Starting a review” on page 138

Erase the history of opened PDFs

1 Select a History subcategory in the categories pane.

2 Click Clear History in the files pane.

Maintaining the software

Updating the software

Acrobat application files and components can be updated in a variety of ways. Some updates are available when you open a PDF that triggers the updating process automatically. For example, if you open a form that uses Asian-language fonts, you are asked whether you want to download the fonts. Other updates are available only from the Help menu, and must be installed manually. Some updates are available both automatically and manually.

Depending on your preferences settings, updates are downloaded in the background.

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Manually update the software

❖ Choose Help > Check For Updates, and follow any on-screen instructions.

Change updating preferences

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Updater.

2 In the Check For Updates section, select an option for installing updates.

Manage security settings

If your organization uses server-based security policies, you can set up Acrobat to regularly check for updates to these policies. Server-based security is set up by an administrator who provides the URL from which to get security updates.

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Security.

2 In the Security Settings, select Load Security Settings From A Server.

3 Type the server address in the URL field.

4 Select how often you want to check for security updates.

5 Select Ask Before Installing to receive notification before the server is checked for policy updates.

Manage plug-ins

Plug-ins add more functionality, but they also increase the memory needed. To minimize memory requirements, you may want to install only the plug-ins that you use. To load a plug-in correctly, you must place it in the plug-ins folder. You can temporarily disable plug-ins when starting your software.

Disable a plug-in

1 Do one of the following:

• (Windows) Open the plug_ins folder (Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins).

• (Mac OS) Control-click the application icon, and choose Show Package Contents. Then double-click the Contents

folder and open the Plug-ins folder.

• (UNIX) Move the plug-in out of [location of install]/Adobe/Reader9.0/Reader/plug_ins.

2 Select the plug-ins you do not want to load, and move them out of the folder. Some of the plug-ins may be in folders

nested inside the plug-ins folder.

Disable all plug-ins temporarily

❖ Press the Shift key immediately after starting Acrobat.

Adobe Digital Editions

Use the free Adobe® Digital Editions software to read and organize eBooks and other publications. Digital Editions is a separate web-based rich internet application (RIA) that replaces the eBooks features in previous versions of Acrobat.

When you install Digital Editions, your existing bookshelf items are automatically imported and available within the new Digital Editions bookshelf experience. You can also manually import individual PDFs into your Digital Editions bookshelf.

Note: When you open an eBook for the first time, the Digital Editions software is automatically installed on your computer.

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For more information about Adobe Digital Editions and to download the software, see

www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_digital_en.

Non-English languages

Asian language PDFs

You can use Acrobat to view, search, and print PDF documents that contain Asian text (Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean). You can also use these languages when you fill in forms, add comments, and apply digital signatures.

Almost all of the Acrobat features are supported for Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean text if you install the respective Asian language font packs.

In Acrobat in Windows, you must install the Asian language support files by using the custom installation and selecting the Asian Language Support options under Create Adobe PDF and View Adobe PDF.

PDFMaker and the Adobe PDF printer automatically embed most Asian fonts in your file when creating PDF files. You can control whether Asian fonts are embedded.

In Windows, you may be able to view and print files that contain Asian languages without having the necessary Asian language support installed on your system. If you try to open a PDF file for which language support is required, you are automatically prompted to install the required fonts.

Cyrillic, Central European, and Eastern European language PDFs

You can work with Adobe PDF files that contain Cyrillic text (including Bulgarian and Russian), Central European text, and Eastern European text (including Czech, Hungarian, and Polish) if the fonts are embedded in the PDF files. If the fonts are embedded, you can view and print the files on any system. Fonts do not need to be embedded to use the Search feature.

Note: If you open a PDF file in which form fields or text boxes contain these languages but the fonts are not embedded and are not installed on your system, choosing Help > Check For Updates Now automatically prompts you to download and install the necessary fonts.

Hebrew, Arabic, Thai, and Vietnamese language PDFs

Acrobat supports the entry and display of Thai and Vietnamese text. In Windows only, Arabic and Hebrew are also supported. By default, Right-To-Left Language Options is enabled under Arabic and Hebrew regional settings (in Windows).

Enable right-to-left languages

Enabling right-to-left language options displays the user interface elements for controlling paragraph direction, digit style, and ligature. When this option is selected, you can specify the writing direction (left-to-right or right-to-left) and type of digits (Western or Arabic-Indic) used for creating and filling out certain form fields, adding digital signatures, and creating text box markups.

Enable Right-To-Left Language Options is enabled by default under Arabic and Hebrew regional settings.

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select International.

2 Select Enable Right-To-Left Language Options.

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Acrobat in Mac OS

Generally, Acrobat works the same for Windows and Mac OS. Some exceptions are noted throughout Help. In addition, be aware of the following differences:

Common keyboard actions and functions

Windows Mac OS

Right-click Control-click

Alt Option

Ctrl+[character] Command+[character]

Ctrl-click Option-click

Ctrl-drag Option-drag

My Computer [disk name]

Windows Explorer Finder

Open the Preferences dialog box

To open the Preferences dialog box in Mac OS, choose Acrobat > Preferences.

Expand a nested list

Items such as bookmarks sometimes appear in nested lists that can be expanded or collapsed. To expand a list in Mac OS, click the right-pointing triangle to the left of the icon. Click the down-pointing triangle to collapse the list. To expand or collapse all items in a multilevel list, Option-click the triangle.

PDFMaker

PDFMaker is not available for Mac OS. However, you can still create PDFs from many business applications using the File > Print command. In the Print dialog box, choose Adobe PDF from the Printer menu.

More Help topics

“Keyboard shortcuts” on page 358

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Chapter 3: Creating PDFs

Adobe® PDF is the solution of choice for capturing robust information from any application on any computer system. You can create PDFs from blank pages, document files, websites, scanned paper documents, and clipboard content.

Overview of creating PDFs

What’s the best way to create a PDF?

You create a PDF by converting other documents and resources to Portable Document Format. You can usually choose from several PDF creation methods, depending on the type of file you start with and your requirements for the PDF.

You can create PDFs from documents printed on paper, Microsoft Word documents, InDesign® files, and digital images, to name just a few examples. Different types of sources have different tools available for PDF conversion. In many applications, you can create PDFs by selecting the Adobe PDF printer in the Print dialog box.

If a file is open in its authoring application (such as a spreadsheet that is open in Microsoft Excel), you can usually convert the file to PDF without opening Adobe® have to open the authoring application to convert a file to PDF.

Acrobat® 9 Standard. Similarly, if Acrobat is already open, you don’t

Every PDF strikes a balance between efficiency (small file size) and quality (such as resolution and color). When that balance is critical to your task, you’ll want to use a method that includes access to various conversion options.

For example, you can drag and drop files on the Acrobat icon to create PDFs. In this case, Acrobat applies the most recently used conversion settings without providing access to those settings. If you want more control over the process, you’ll want to use another method.

For more information about creating PDFs, see these resources:

• Acrobat user community forums: acrobatusers.com/forums/aucbb/.

• Creating cohesive PDFs: www.adobe.com/cfusion/designcenter/search.cfm?product=Acrobat&go=Go.

• Creating PDFs on a Mac or Windows: www.performancegraphics.com/Pages/howtof.html.

• Adobe PDF in Creative Workflows: www.adobe.com/designcenter/creativesuite/articles/cs3ip_pdfworkflows.pdf.

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“Create a PDF from a blank page” on page 57

PDF creation methods by file type

Refer to the following lists to determine the methods available for the different types of files.

Most files

These methods can be used for documents and images in almost all file formats.

Create PDF menu Within Acrobat, by choosing From File.

Adobe PDF printer Within most applications, in the Print dialog box.

Drag and drop On the desktop or from a folder.

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Context menu On the desktop or in a folder, by right-clicking.

Paper documents

Requires a scanner and a hard copy of the document.

Create PDF menu Within Acrobat, by choosing From Scanner. Or, for previously scanned paper documents, by

choosing From File.

Document menu Within Acrobat, by choosing Scan To PDF.

Microsoft Office documents

PDFMaker (Windows only) Within the authoring application, in the Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar and on the Adobe

PDF menu. For Microsoft Office 2007 applications, in the Acrobat ribbon.

Adobe PDF printer Within the authoring application, in the Print dialog box.

Drag and drop (Windows only) On the desktop or from a folder.

Context menu (Windows only) On the desktop or in a folder, by right-clicking.

Email messages

PDFMaker (Windows only) Within Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes, by clicking Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar buttons.

Or by choosing commands in the Adobe PDF menu (Outlook) or the Actions menu (Lotus Notes).

Adobe PDF printer Within the email application, in the Print dialog box. Creates a PDF (not a PDF Portfolio).

Context menu (Outlook 2007 only) On an email folder or selection of messages, by right-clicking.

Web pages

Create PDF menu Within Acrobat, by choosing From Web Page.

PDFMaker (Windows only) Within Internet Explorer or when editing in a web-authoring application that supports

PDFMaker, such as Word. Also, in the Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar and on the Adobe PDF menu.

Adobe PDF printer Within Internet Explorer or when editing in a web-authoring application, such as Word; in the

Print dialog box.

Drag and drop On the desktop or from a folder, dragging the HTML file.

Context menu (HTML files) On the desktop or in a folder, by right-clicking the HTML file.

Content copied on the clipboard

Create PDF menu Within Acrobat, by choosing From Clipboard (Windows, all content) or From Clipboard Image

(Mac OS, screen shots only).

PostScript and EPS files

Drag and drop On the desktop or from a folder, by dragging to the Acrobat Distiller icon or into the Acrobat Distiller®

window.

Double-clicking (PostScript® files only) On the desktop or in a folder.

Open command Within Acrobat Distiller, in the File menu.

Create PDF menu Within Acrobat, by choosing From File.

Adobe PDF printer Within the authoring application, in the Print dialog box.

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Context menu On the desktop or in a folder, by right-clicking.

Balancing PDF file size and quality

You can select various settings to ensure that your PDF has the best balance between file size, resolution, conformity to specific standards, and other factors. Which settings you select depends on your goals for the PDF that you are creating. For example, a PDF intended for high-quality commercial printing requires different settings than a PDF intended only for on-screen viewing and quick downloading over the Internet.

Once selected, these settings apply across PDFMaker, Acrobat, and Acrobat Distiller. However, some settings are limited to specific contexts or file types. For example, PDFMaker options can vary among the different types of Microsoft Office applications.

For convenience, you can select one of the conversion presets available in Acrobat. You can also create, define, save, and reuse custom presets that are uniquely suited to your purposes.

For scanned documents, you can choose from several scanning presets that are optimized for scanning documents and images in color or black and white. You can modify these presets, or use your own custom scanning settings.

More Help topics

“Adobe PDF conversion settings” on page 87

Creating simple PDFs with Acrobat

Convert a file to PDF using Acrobat

1 In Acrobat, do one of the following:

• Choose File > Create PDF > From File.

• In the toolbar, click the Create button and choose PDF From File.

In the Open dialog box, select the file. You can browse all file types or select a specific type from the Files Of Type menu.

3 Optionally, click Settings to change the conversion options. The options available vary depending on the file type.

Note: The Settings button is unavailable if you choose All Files as the file type or if no conversion settings are available for the selected file type.

4 Click Open to convert the file to a PDF.

Depending on the type of file being converted, the authoring application opens automatically or a progress dialog box appears. If the file is in an unsupported format, a message appears, telling you that the file cannot be converted to PDF.

5 When the new PDF opens, choose File > Save or File > Save As; then select a name and location for the PDF.

When naming a PDF that’s intended for electronic distribution, limit the filename to eight characters (with no spaces)

and include the .pdf extension. This action ensures that email programs or network servers don’t truncate the filename and that the PDF opens as expected.

More Help topics

“View PDFMaker conversion settings” on page 71

“PDF Portfolios and combined PDFs” on page 102

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Drag and drop to create PDFs

This method is best reserved for small, simple files, such as small image files and plain text files, when the balance between file size and output quality is not important. You can use this technique with many other types of files, but you won’t have the opportunity to adjust any conversion settings during the process.

1 Select the icons of one or more files.

2 Drag the file icons onto the Acrobat application icon. Or (Windows only) drag the files into the open Acrobat

window.

If a message appears saying that the file could not be opened in Acrobat, then that file type cannot be converted to PDF by the drag-and-drop method. Use one of the other conversion methods for that file.

Note: You can also convert PostScript and EPS files to PDF by dragging them onto the Acrobat Distiller window or the Distiller application icon.

3 Save the PDF.

(Windows only) You can also right-click a file in Windows Explorer and choose Create PDF.

Convert clipboard content to PDF (Windows)

You can create PDFs from text and images that you copy from any application.

1 Capture content in the Clipboard, either by using the Copy command in any application, or by pressing the

PrintScreen key.

2 In Acrobat, choose File > Create PDF > From Clipboard.

Note: The From Clipboard command appears only when content is copied to the Clipboard. If the Clipboard is empty, the command does not appear.

Convert screen captures to PDF (Mac OS)

In Mac OS, you can create PDFs from screen captures.

❖ Do one of the following:

• In Acrobat choose File > Create PDF > [From Screen Capture, From Window Capture, or From Selection Capture].

• Use the Grab utility (Applications > Utilities > Grab) to capture a screen image, and choose Edit > Copy to copy

the image to the clipboard. Then start Acrobat and choose File > Create PDF > From Clipboard Image.

Note: The From Clipboard Image command appears only when an image is copied to the clipboard. If the clipboard is empty or if you have copied text to the clipboard, the command does not appear.

Create a PDF from a blank page

With the PDF Editor feature, you can create a PDF from a blank page rather than beginning with a file, a clipboard image, or scanning.

This process can be useful for creating relatively small PDFs of up to about 20 pages. For longer, more complex, or heavily formatted documents, it’s better to create the source document in an application that offers more layout and formatting options, such as Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Word.

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Note: The PDF Editor can make changes in text only with PDFs created from blank pages. To add a blank page to a PDF created by another method, create a blank document in another application and convert that file to PDF. Then import the blank file into the existing PDF.

Create and add text to a new, blank PDF

1 Choose File > Create PDF > From Blank Page.

2 Begin typing text to add to the page.

3 Add any formatting to the text by selecting it and selecting options in the New Document toolbar.

4 As needed, select other tools and options.

5 Choose File > Save, and select a name and location for the PDF file.

Note: When the page is filled with text, the PDF Editor automatically adds a new blank page to the document.

Edit text in a PDF created from a blank page

1 Choose File > Open, and locate and select a PDF created with PDF Editor (that is, one created from a blank page).

2 Choose Document > Resume Editing.

3 Add text and formatting as needed.

Prevent changes in PDF Editor

You can freeze the text you have added to PDFs created from a blank page. This prevents anyone from adding or changing the text. There is no Undo for this process.

1 Choose Document > Prevent Further Edits.

2 In the message that appears, click Prevent Further Edits to confirm your choice. Or, click Keep Text Editable if you

want to continue adding or editing text with the PDF Editor.

3 In the Save As dialog box, select a new name and location for the file, or leave the original name and location

selected to replace the original file with the uneditable version.

Preferences for the PDF Editor

The PDF Editor preferences are available in the Preferences dialog box under New Document.

Font Specifies the font family to use by default for typing on a new, blank page.

Size Specifies the size of the default font.

Default Margins Specifies the measurements of the insets from the edges of the page: Left, Right, Top, and Bottom.

Size (under Default Page) Specifies the standard paper size, such as Letter, Tabloid, A4, and so on.

Orientation Specifies whether the longer side of the page runs horizontally (Landscape) or vertically (Portrait).

Enable Fast Web View in a PDF

Fast Web View restructures a PDF document for page-at-a-time downloading (byte-serving) from web servers. With Fast Web View, the web server sends only the requested page, rather than the entire PDF. This option is especially important with large documents that can take a long time to download from a server.

Check with your webmaster to make sure that the web server software you use supports page-at-a-time downloading. To ensure that the PDF documents on your website appear in older browsers, you can also create HTML links (versus ASP scripts or the POST method) to the PDF documents and use relatively short path names (256 characters or fewer).

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Verify that an existing PDF is enabled for Fast Web View

❖ Do one of the following:

• Open the PDF in Acrobat, and choose File > Properties. Look in the lower right area of the Description panel of the

dialog box for the Fast Web View setting (Yes or No).

• (Windows only) Right-click the PDF file icon and choose Properties. Click the PDF tab and look near the bottom

of the panel for the Fast Web View setting (Yes or No).

Verify the Fast Web View Preferences setting

Follow this procedure to make sure that you have Acrobat set up to enable Fast Web View during the PDF creation process.

1 In the Preferences dialog box under Categories, select Documents.

2 On the right side of the dialog box, under Save Settings, make sure that Save As Optimizes For Fast Web View is

selected, and click OK.

Enable Fast Web View for an existing PDF

Use this procedure after you have verified your Fast Web View Preferences setting and checked the PDF properties to be sure that the file is not already enabled for Fast Web View.

1 Open the PDF.

2 Choose File > Save As. Select the same filename and location.

3 When a message appears asking if you want to overwrite the existing file, click OK.

Scan documents to PDF

Scan a paper document to PDF

You can create a PDF file directly from a paper document, using your scanner and Acrobat. In Windows XP and Windows Vista, Acrobat supports TWAIN scanner drivers and Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) drivers. You can also scan paper forms in a way that converts them into interactive PDF forms. .

In Windows, when you create a PDF from a scanner, you can choose a scanning preset that best matches the type of document you are scanning. (The available presets are Black & White Document, Grayscale Document, Color Document, and Color Image). You can also scan using custom settings, and you can adjust the settings in the scanning presets.

Note: Preset scanning is available only for scanner drivers that support Hide Scanner’s Native Interface mode. The scanning presets are not available in Mac OS.

In Windows, if a WIA driver is installed for your scanner, you can use the Scan button on your scanner to create a PDF. Press the Scan button, and then in Windows, choose Adobe Acrobat from the list of registered applications. Then, in the Acrobat Scan dialog box, select a scanner and a document preset or Custom Scan.

After you scan a document to PDF, you can apply security settings using one of the security or batch processing methods in Acrobat, or using JavaScript. For more information on using JavaScript, see the documents at

www.learn.adobe.com/wiki/display/security/Document+Library.

For more information on scanning, see these resources:

• Troubelshooting scanning and OCR: www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/troubleshoot-scanning-and-ocr

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• Scanning and OCR: /www.acrobatusers.com/monthly_topic/2009/01

• How to extract active text from an image: www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1272051

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“Choosing a security method” on page 214

“Creating and distributing forms” on page 171

Scan a paper document to PDF using a preset (Windows)

1 Choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner > [document preset].

2 If prompted to scan more pages, select Scan More Pages or Scan Is Complete, and click OK.

Scan a paper document to PDF without presets

1 In Acrobat, do one of the following:

• (Windows) Choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner > Custom Scan.

• (Mac OS) Choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner.

2 Select scanning options in the Scan dialog box, as needed, and then click Scan.

Note: If you specify that you want to use the native scanner user interface instead of the Acrobat user interface, other windows or dialog boxes appear. Consult the scanner documentation information on available options. In Mac OS, the scanner user interface is always shown.

3 If prompted to scan more pages, select Scan More Pages or Scan Is Complete, and click OK.

Optimize a scanned PDF

1 Open a PDF created from a scanned document.

2 Choose Document > Optimize Scanned PDF.

3 Select options in the dialog box, and click OK.

The options available in the Optimized Scanned PDF dialog box also appear in the Optimization Options dialog box, which are described in detail under that heading in this topic.

Configure scanning presets (Windows)

1 Choose File > Create PDF > From Scanner > Configure Presets.

2 In the Configure Presets dialog box, select a preset: Black & White Document, Grayscale Document, Color

Document, or Color Image.

3 Adjust the settings as needed.

4 Click Save to save the preset, and then click OK.

Scanning options

Scanner Select an installed scanner. You must have the manufacturer scanning software installed on your computer.

In Windows only, click the Options button to specify scanner options.

Sides Specify single or double-sided scanning. If you select Both Sides and the settings of the scanner are for only one

side, the scanner setting overrides the Acrobat settings.

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Note: You can scan both sides of pages even on scanners that do not themselves support two-sided scanning. When Both Sides is selected, a dialog box appears after the first sides are scanned. You can then reverse the original paper documents in the tray, and select the Scan Reverse Side (Put Reverse Of Sheets) option in that dialog box. This method produces a PDF with all pages in the proper sequence.

Color Mode (Windows only) Select a basic color mode (Color, Black and White, or Grayscale) supported by your

scanner. This option is enabled if your Scanner Options are set to use the Acrobat scanning dialog box instead of the scanner application.

Resolution (Windows only) Select a resolution supported by your scanner. This option is enabled if your Scanner

Options are set to use the Acrobat scanning dialog box instead of the scanner application.

Note: If you select a Color Mode or Resolution option not supported by your scanner, a message appears and your scanner application window opens. Select different options in the scanner application window.

Paper Size (Windows only) Select a paper size or specify a custom width and height.

Prompt For Scanning More Pages When selected, a dialog box prompting you to scan additional pages appears after

scanning every page.

New PDF Document Creates a new PDF. This option is not available in the Configure Presets dialog box.

Multiple Files Creates multiple files from multiple paper documents. Click More Options, and specify whether to

create a PDF Portfolio of the files, the number of pages for each file, and a filename prefix. These options are not available in the Configure Presets dialog box.

Append To Existing File Or Portfolio Adds the converted scan to an existing PDF or PDF Portfolio. This option is not

available in the Configure Presets dialog box.

Small Size/High Quality Drag the slider to set the balance point between file size and quality. Click Options to

customize optimization with specific settings for file compression and filtering.

Make Searchable (Run OCR) Select this option to convert text images in the PDF to searchable and selectable text. This

option applies optical character recognition (OCR) and font and page recognition to the text images and converts them to normal text. When selected, this option also adds tags to the document, which improves accessibility for disabled users. Click Options to specify settings in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box. See

“Recognize text in scanned

documents” on page 63.

Make PDF/A Compliant Select this option to make the PDF conform to ISO standards for PDF/A-1b. When selected,

only Searchable Image (Exact) is available in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box for the PDF Output Style option.

Add Metadata When selected, the Document Properties dialog box appears after scanning. In the Document

Properties dialog box, you can add metadata, or information about the scanned document, to the PDF file. If you are creating multiple files, you can enter common metadata for all of the files.

Scanner Options dialog box

Data Transfer Method Native Mode transfers in the default mode for your scanner. Memory Mode is automatically

selected for scanning in resolutions over 600 dots per inch (dpi).

User Interface The Hide Scanner’s Native Interface option bypasses the windows and dialog boxes provided by the

scanner manufacturer. Instead, scanning from Acrobat opens the Custom Scan dialog box.

Invert Black And White Images This option creates positive images from black-and-white negatives, for example.

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Optimization Options dialog box

The Optimization Options dialog box for image settings controls how scanned images are filtered and compressed for the PDF. Default settings are suitable for a wide range of document pages, but you may want to customize settings for higher-quality images, smaller file sizes, or scanning issues.

Automatic Applies default settings to balance file size and quality at a moderate level.

• Aggressive Applies settings that minimize file size. In some cases, selecting this option may visibly affect the quality

of the scanned PDF.

Custom Settings Makes additional settings available under Compression and Filtering and disables the Aggressive

setting under Automatic. If you select Custom Settings, the Color/Grayscale or Monochrome settings are available, depending on the option you selected in the Acrobat Scan dialog box.

Color/Grayscale settings When scanning color or grayscale pages, select one of the following:

• Lossless Does not apply compression or filters—such as Deskew, Background Removal, and so forth—to scanned

pages.

• Adaptive Divides each page into black-and-white, grayscale, and color regions and chooses a representation that

preserves appearance while highly compressing each type of content. The recommended scanning resolutions are 300 dots per inch (dpi) for grayscale and RGB input, or 600 dpi for black-and-white input.

• JPEG Applies JPEG compression to the entire grayscale or RGB input page.

Note: The scanner uses either the selected Color/Grayscale option or the selected Monochrome option. Which one is used depends on the settings you select in the Acrobat Scan dialog box or in the scanner’s TWAIN interface, which may open after you click Scan in the Acrobat Scan dialog box. (By default, the scanner application dialog box does not open.)

Monochrome When scanning black-and-white or monotone images, select one of the following:

• JBIG2 Applies the JBIG2 compression method to black-and-white input pages. Settings of 0.95 or higher use the

lossless method; at lower settings, text is highly compressed. Text pages typically are 60% smaller than CCITT Group 4 compressed pages, but processing is slow. Compatible with Acrobat 5.0 (PDF 1.4) and later.

Note: For compatibility with Acrobat 4.0, use a compression method other than JBIG2.

• Adaptive (As described under Color/Grayscale settings.)

• CCITT Group 4 Applies CCITT Group 4 compression to black-and-white input page images. This fast, lossless

compression method is compatible with Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.2) and later.

Deskew Rotates any page that is not square with the sides of the scanner bed, to make the PDF page align vertically.

Choose Automatic or Off.

Background Removal Whitens nearly white areas of grayscale and color input (not black-and-white input).

For best results, calibrate your scanner’s contrast and brightness settings so that a scan of a normal black-and-white

page has dark gray or black text and a white background. Then, Off or Low should produce good results. If scanning off-white paper or newsprint, use Medium or High to clean up the page.

Edge Shadow Removal Removes dark streaks that occur at the edges of scanned pages, where the paper edge shadows

the scanner light. Choose Off, Cautious, or Aggressive.

Despeckle Removes isolated black marks in black-and-white page content. Low uses a basic peephole filter. Medium

and High use both a peephole filter and a large area filter that removes larger spots farther from nearby features.

Descreen Removes halftone dot structure, which can reduce JPEG compression, cause moire patterns, and make text

difficult to recognize. Suitable for 200–400-dpi grayscale or RGB input or, for Adaptive compression, 400–600-dpi black-and-white input. The Automatic setting (recommended) applies the filter for 300 dpi or higher grayscale and

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RGB input. Select Off when scanning a page with no pictures or filled areas, or when scanning at a resolution higher than the effective range.

Halo Removal When On (recommended), removes excess color at high-contrast edges, which may have been

introduced during either printing or scanning. This filter is used only on color input pages.

Scanning tips

• Acrobat scanning accepts images between 10 dpi and 3000 dpi. If you select Searchable Image or ClearScan for PDF

Output Style, input resolution of 72 dpi or higher is required, and input resolution higher than 600 dpi is downsampled to 600 dpi or lower.

• To apply lossless compression to a scanned image, select one of these options under the Compression section in the

Optimization Options dialog box: CCITT Group 4 for monochrome images, or Lossless for color or grayscale images. If this image is appended to a PDF document, and the file is saved by Save, the scanned image remains uncompressed. If the PDF document is saved using Save As, the scanned image may be compressed.

• For most pages, black-and-white scanning at 300 dpi produces text best suited for conversion. At 150 dpi, OCR

accuracy is slightly lower, and more font-recognition errors occur; at 400 dpi and higher resolution, processing slows and compressed pages are bigger. If a page has many unrecognized words or very small text (9 points or smaller), try scanning at higher resolution. Scan in black and white whenever possible.

• When Recognize Text Using OCR is disabled, full 10-to-3000 dpi resolution range may be used, but the

recommended resolution is 72 and higher dpi. For Adaptive compression, 300 dpi is recommended for grayscale or RGB input, or 600 dpi for black-and-white input.

• Pages scanned in 24-bit color, 300 dpi, at 8-1/2–by-11 in. (21.59-by-27.94 cm) result in large images (25 MB) before

compression. Your system may require 50 MB of virtual memory or more to scan the image. At 600 dpi, both scanning and processing typically are about four times slower than at 300 dpi.

• Avoid dithering or halftone scanner settings. These settings can improve the appearance of photographs, but they

make it difficult to recognize text.

• For text printed on colored paper, try increasing the brightness and contrast by about 10%. If your scanner has

color-filtering capability, consider using a filter or lamp that drops out the background color. Or if the text isn’t crisp or drops out, try adjusting scanner contrast and brightness to clarify the scan.

• If your scanner has a manual brightness control, adjust it so that characters are clean and well formed. If characters

are touching, use a higher (brighter) setting. If characters are separated, use a lower (darker) setting.

Recognize text in scanned documents

You can use Acrobat to recognize text in previously scanned documents that have already been converted to PDF. Optical character recognition (OCR) software enables you to search, correct, and copy the text in a scanned PDF. To apply OCR to a PDF, the original scanner resolution must have been set at 72 dpi or higher.

Note: Scanning at 300 dpi produces the best text for conversion. At 150 dpi, OCR accuracy is slightly lower.

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Recognize text in a single document

1 Open the scanned PDF.

2 Choose Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR.

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3 In the Recognize Text dialog box, select an option under Pages.

4 Optionally, click Edit to open the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box, and specify the options as needed.

Recognize text in multiple documents

1 In Acrobat, choose Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text In Multiple Files Using OCR.

2 In the Paper Capture Multiple Files dialog box, click Add Files, and choose Add Files, Add Folders, or Add Open

Files. Then select the files or folder.

3 In the Output Options dialog box, specify a target folder for output files, filename preferences, and an output

format.

4 In the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box, specify the options, and then click OK.

Recognize text in component PDFs in a PDF Portfolio

1 Select one or more scanned PDFs in a PDF Portfolio.

2 Choose Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR.

3 Specify the options in the Recognize Text - Settings dialog box.

Recognize Text - Settings dialog box

Primary OCR Language Specifies the language for the OCR engine to use to identify the characters.

PDF Output Style

Determines the type of PDF to produce. All options require an input resolution of 72 dpi or higher

(recommended). All formats apply OCR and font and page recognition to the text images and convert them to normal text.

• Searchable Image Ensures that text is searchable and selectable. This option keeps the original image, deskews it as

needed, and places an invisible text layer over it. The selection for Downsample Images in this same dialog box determines whether the image is downsampled and to what extent.

• Searchable Image (Exact) Ensures that text is searchable and selectable. This option keeps the original image and

places an invisible text layer over it. Recommended for cases requiring maximum fidelity to the original image.

• ClearScan Converts the fonts in the document to custom fonts that closely approximate the original. These fonts

preserve the page background using a low-resolution copy. To be able to edit text in PDFs created using ClearScan, replace the custom fonts with fonts that you have on your computer. For more information, see

“Replace custom fonts

with local fonts” on page 285.

Downsample Images Decreases the number of pixels in color, grayscale, and monochrome images after OCR is

complete. Choose the degree of downsampling to apply. Higher-numbered options do less downsampling, producing higher-resolution PDFs.

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Using the Adobe PDF printer

Create PDFs by printing to file

In many authoring applications, you can use the Print command with the Adobe PDF printer to convert your file to PDF. Your source document is converted to PostScript and fed directly to Distiller for conversion to PDF, without manually starting Distiller. The current Distiller preference settings and Adobe PDF settings are used to convert the file. If you’re working with nonstandard page sizes, create a custom page size.

Note: (Windows) For Microsoft Office documents, the Adobe PDF printer does not include some of the features that are available from PDFMaker. For example, you cannot create bookmarks and hyperlinks using the Adobe PDF printer. If you’re creating a PDF from a Microsoft Office document and you want to use these features, use PDFMaker.

Note: The Adobe PDF printer creates untagged PDFs. A tagged structure is required for reflowing content to a handheld device and is preferable for producing reliable results with a screen reader.

More Help topics

“Creating accessible PDFs” on page 262

“Creating PDFs with PDFMaker (Windows)” on page 69

Create a PDF using the Print command (Windows)

1 Open the file in its authoring application, and choose File > Print.

2 Choose Adobe PDF from the printers menu.

3 Click the Properties (or Preferences) button to customize the Adobe PDF printer setting. (In some applications,

you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box to open the list of printers, and then click Properties or Preferences.)

4 In the Print dialog box, click OK.

Note: By default, your PDF is saved in the folder specified in the printer port. The default location is My Documents. The filename and destination are controlled by the Prompt For Adobe PDF Filename setting in the dialog box.

Create a PDF using the Print command (Mac OS X)

The method for creating PDFs using the Print command changed in Mac OS v10.6 Snow Leopard with Acrobat 9.1 and later. The following procedure describes the method in both Snow Leopard and earlier versions of Mac OS X.

1 Open the file in its authoring application, and choose File > Print.

2 Do one of the following, depending on which version of Mac OS X you are using:

• (Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard) Choose Save As Adobe PDF from the PDF menu at the bottom of the dialog box.

• (Mac OS X v10.5 and earlier) Choose Adobe PDF from the Printer menu. Then choose PDF Options from the pop-

up menu beneath the Presets menu (it may show Copies & Pages by default).

3 For Adobe PDF Settings, choose one of the default settings, or customize the settings using Distiller. Any custom

settings that you have defined are listed.

For most users, the default Adobe PDF conversion settings are adequate.

4 For After PDF Creation, specify whether to open the PDF.

5 Click Print.

6 Select a name and location for your PDF, and click Save.

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Note: By default, your PDF is saved with the same filename and a .pdf extension.

For more information on Save As Adobe PDF in Snow Leopard, see the TechNote at

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/509/cpsid_50981.html. This TechNote also includes how to remove the Adobe PDF printer

from the Printer list.

Adobe PDF printing preferences (Windows)

Printing preferences apply to all applications that use the Adobe PDF printer, unless you change the settings in an authoring application by using the Page Setup, Document Setup, or Print menu.

Note: The dialog box for setting printing preferences is named Adobe PDF Printing Preferences, Adobe PDF Printing Defaults, or Adobe PDF Document Properties, depending on how you access it.

To access printing preferences:

• Open the Printers window from the Start menu. Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and choose Printing

Preferences.

• In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Print. Select Adobe PDF as the printer, and click

the Properties (or Preferences) button. (In some applications, you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box to access the list of printers, and then click Properties or Preferences to customize the Adobe PDF settings.)

PDF-specific options appear on the Adobe PDF Settings tab. The Paper Quality tab and Layout tab contain other familiar options for the paper source, printer ink, page orientation, and number of pages per sheet.

Note: Printing Preferences are different from printer Properties. The Preferences include Adobe PDF-specific options for the conversion process; the Properties dialog box contains tabs of options that are available for any type of printer.

Adobe PDF Conversion Settings Select a predefined set of options from the Default Settings menu or click Edit to view

or change the settings in the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box.

Adobe PDF Security To add security to the PDF, choose one of the following options, or click Edit to view or change

the security settings:

• Reconfirm Security For Each Job Opens the Adobe PDF - Security dialog box each time you create a PDF using the

Adobe PDF printer. Specify settings in the dialog box.

• Use The Last Known Security Settings Uses the same security settings that were used the last time a PDF was

created using the Adobe PDF printer on your computer.

Adobe PDF Output Folder Choose an output folder for the converted PDF, or click Browse to add or change the output

folder. Choose Prompt For Adobe PDF Filename to specify a location and filename at conversion time.

Adobe PDF Page Size menu Select a custom page size that you have defined.

View Adobe PDF Results Automatically starts Acrobat and displays the converted document immediately.

Add Document Information Includes information such as the filename and date and time of creation.

Rely On System Fonts Only; Do Not Use Document Fonts Deselect this option to download fonts when creating the

PDF. All your fonts will be available in the PDF, but it will take longer to create it. Leave this option selected if you are working with Asian-language documents.

Delete Log Files For Successful Jobs Automatically deletes the log files unless the job fails.

Ask To Replace Existing PDF File

Warns you when you are about to overwrite an existing PDF with a file of the same name.

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Set Adobe PDF printer properties (Windows)

In Windows, you can usually leave the Adobe PDF printer properties unchanged, unless you have configured printer sharing or set security.

Note: Printing Properties are different from printer Preferences. The Properties dialog box contains tabs of options that apply to any type of printer; the Preferences include conversion options specifically for the Adobe PDF printer.

Set Adobe PDF printer properties

1 Open the Printers window from the Start menu, and right-click the Adobe PDF printer.

2 Choose Properties.

3 Click the tabs, and select options as needed.

Reassign the port that the Adobe PDF printer uses

1 Quit Distiller if it is running, and allow all queued jobs to the Adobe PDF printer to complete.

2 Open the Printers window from the Start menu.

3 Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and choose Properties.

4 Click the Ports tab, and then click Add Port.

5 Select Adobe PDF Port from the list of available port types, and click New Port.

6 Select a local folder for PDF output files, and click OK. Then click Close to quit the Printer Ports dialog box.

7 In the Adobe PDF Properties dialog box, click Apply, and then click OK.

For best results, select a folder on the same system where Distiller is installed. Although remote or network folders are

supported, they have limited user access and security issues.

Delete a folder and reassign the Adobe PDF printer to the default port

1 Quit Distiller if it is running, and allow a few minutes for all queued jobs to Adobe PDF to complete.

2 Open the Printers window from the Start menu.

3 Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and choose Properties.

4 Click the Ports tab.

5 Select the default port, Documents, and click Apply.

6 Select the port to delete, click Delete Port, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.

7 Select the Documents port again and click Close.

Configure the Adobe PDF printer (Mac OS v10.5 and earlier)

In Mac OS, you must configure the Adobe PDF printer in three places: Distiller, your authoring application’s Page Setup menu, and your authoring application’s Print dialog box.

1 In Distiller, specify the Adobe PDF settings, font locations, and security.

2 In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Page Setup.

3 Select Adobe PDF 9.0 from the Format For menu.

4 Specify the paper size, orientation, and scale as necessary.

5 In your authoring application, choose File > Print, and select Adobe PDF 9.0 from the Printer menu.

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6 In the pop-up menu below the Presets menu, choose PDF Options, and set any of the following options:

• Select a set of predefined conversion settings from the Adobe PDF Settings menu if you want to override default

settings. Default settings are the settings currently defined in Distiller.

• Specify whether to open the converted files in Acrobat in the After PDF Creation menu.

7 Specify print settings as desired in the other menus available in the pop-up menu below the Presets menu.

Create and use a custom page size

It’s important to distinguish between page size (as defined in the source application’s Document Setup dialog box for your document) and paper size (the sheet of paper, piece of film, or area of the printing plate you’ll print on). Your page size might be U.S. Letter (8-1/2-by-11 in. or 21.59-by-27.94 cm), but you might need to print on a larger piece of paper or film to accommodate any printer’s marks or the bleed area. To ensure that your document prints as expected, set up your page size in both the source application and the printer.

The list of paper sizes available to Acrobat comes from the PPD file (PostScript printers) or from the printer driver (non-PostScript printers). If the printer and PPD file you’ve chosen for PostScript printing support custom paper sizes, you see a Custom option in the Paper Size menu. For printers capable of producing very large print areas, Acrobat supports pages as large as 15,000,000 in. (38,100,000 cm) by 15,000,000 in. (38,100,000 cm).

Create a custom page size (Windows)

1 Do one of the following:

• Open the Printers or Printer And Faxes window from the Start menu. Right-click the Adobe PDF printer, and

choose Printing Preferences.

• In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Print. Select Adobe PDF as the printer, and click

the Properties button. (In some applications, you may need to click Setup in the Print dialog box to open the list of printers, and then click Properties or Preferences to customize the Adobe PDF settings.)

2 In the Adobe PDF Settings tab, click the Add button next to the Adobe PDF Page Size menu.

3 Specify the name, width, height, and unit of measurement. Click Add/Modify to add the custom page size name to

the Adobe PDF Page Size menu.

Create a custom page size (Mac OS)

1 In an authoring application such as Adobe InDesign, choose File > Page Setup.

2 In the Paper Size pop-up menu, select Manage Custom Sizes.

3 Click the + button.

4 Specify the name, height, width, and margins. The unit of measurement depends on the system language.

Use the custom page size

1 Choose File > Print Setup.

2 Select the new custom page size from the Paper Size menu.

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Creating PDFs with PDFMaker (Windows)

About Acrobat PDFMaker

PDFMaker is an Acrobat feature that operates within many business applications, such as Microsoft Office applications, AutoCAD, and Lotus Notes. When you install Acrobat, PDFMaker controls appear in the work area of the authoring application.

Note: Some PDFMaker features are not available in certain versions of the authoring applications. For a comparison chart, see

Using PDFMaker within an authoring application is a simple, one-click procedure. It involves clicking an Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar button or choosing a command on the Adobe PDF menu. It is not necessary to open Acrobat.

Convert a file to PDF using PDFMaker

In Windows, Acrobat installs both an Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar and an Adobe PDF menu in many popular authoring applications. You can use either the toolbar buttons or the Adobe PDF menu (the Action menu in Lotus Notes) to create PDFs, but the menu also provides access to conversion settings. Although many of the conversion options are common to all authoring applications, a few are application-specific.

Version Compatibility of Acrobat PDFMakers.

For Microsoft Office 2007 applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, the options for creating PDFs are available from the Acrobat ribbon.

Note: If you don’t see the PDF toolbar buttons in an application, you must show or activate the PDF toolbar. For other troubleshooting issues, see the TechNote

http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/333/333235.html.

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“Customize Adobe PDF settings” on page 89

“Create PDFs from Word mail merges” on page 76

Show or activate PDFMaker in Microsoft Office and Lotus Notes

If the PDF toolbar buttons don’t appear in your Microsoft Office or Lotus Notes application, use one of the following methods to show or activate PDFMaker.

For Lotus Notes 7 or earlier, choose File > Preferences > Toolbar Preferences, click Toolbars, and select the Visible option for Acrobat PDFMaker 9.0.

For Lotus Notes 8 or later, choose File > Preferences. In the dialog box that appears, choose Toolbar > Toolbars, and select the Visible option for Acrobat PDFMaker 9.0.

For Office 2003 or earlier, choose View > Toolbars > Acrobat PDFMaker 9.0.

For Office 2007, follow these steps:

1 Do one of the following:

• (Outlook) Choose Tools > Trust Center.

• (Other Office applications) Click the Office button, and then click the [Application] Options button, where

[Application] is the Office application name. For example, in Word, the button name is Word Options.

2 Click Add-Ins on the left side of the dialog box.

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3 Do one of the following:

• If PDFMOutlook or Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Addin is not listed, choose COM Add-Ins from the Manage

pop-up menu and click Go.

• If PDFMOutlook or Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Addin is listed under Disabled Application Add-ins, select

Disabled Items from the Manage pop-up menu and click Go.

4 Select PDFMOutlook or Acrobat PDFMaker Office COM Addin and click OK.

5 Restart the Office application.

Convert a file to PDF

If you also want to send the PDF for review, see Donna Baker’s One-Step Convert and Send for Review.

1 Open the file in the application used to create it.

2 Click the Convert To Adobe PDF button on the Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar.

For Microsoft Office 2007 applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, click the Create PDF button on the Acrobat ribbon.

3 Enter a filename and location for the PDF, and click Save.

Create a PDF as an email attachment

1 Open the file in the application used to create it.

2 Choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF And Email.

For Microsoft Office 2007 applications, such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, click the Create And Attach To Email button

on the Acrobat ribbon.

When the conversion is finished, a blank message with the new PDF included as an attachment automatically opens in your default email application. You can then address and complete the message and either send it or save it as a draft.

Attach a file as PDF (Outlook)

1 In the Outlook email Message window, click the Attach As Adobe PDF button.

Note: If the Attach As PDF button isn’t visible, choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings, and then select Show Attach As Adobe PDF Buttons. This option is not available in Outlook 2007.

2 Select a file to attach, and click Open.

Convert files to a secured PDF and attach it to an email message (Outlook)

1 In the Outlook email Message window, click the Attach As Secured Adobe PDF button .

Note: The Attach As Secured Adobe PDF button appears only after you’ve configured an Adobe LiveCycle® Rights Management Server using the Advanced > Security Settings menu.

2 Click Browse, select a file to convert, and click Open.

3 Specify the users that can open the PDF, and then click OK:

• To specify only users that receive the PDF, select Restrict Access Only To People In This Message’s To:, Cc:, And

Bcc: List. In this case, the PDF isn’t secured until you send the email message.

• To specify only users that are specified by a security policy, select Restrict Access By Applying The Following

Security Policy, and then select a security policy in the list. In this case, the PDF is secured before it is attached to the email message.

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4 If prompted, enter your user name and password to log in to the Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management Server.

Create a PDF and send it for review

1 Open the file in the application used to create it.

2 Click the Convert To Adobe PDF And Send For Review button on the Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar, or (if

available) choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF And Send For Review.

For Microsoft Office 2007 applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access, click the Create And Send For Review button

3 When the Identity Setup dialog box appears, enter the appropriate information about yourself, and click Complete.

4 Follow the directions in the wizard that appears, as described in “Start an email-based review” on page 139.

on the Acrobat ribbon.

View PDFMaker conversion settings

PDFMaker conversion settings vary according to file types. For example, the options available for PowerPoint files aren’t the same as the options available for Outlook files. Once you’ve selected conversion settings, those choices apply to all subsequent PDFs you create from that file type. It’s a good idea to review the settings occasionally.

1 Open a PDFMaker-enabled application (such as Word or Excel).

2 Do one of the following:

• (Lotus Notes) Choose Actions > Change Adobe PDF Conversion Settings.

• (Office 2007 applications) In the Acrobat ribbon, click Preferences.

• (All other applications) Choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings.

3 (Optional) To revert to the original default settings, click Restore Defaults on the Settings tab.

More Help topics

“Adobe PDF conversion settings” on page 87

“Application-specific PDFMaker settings” on page 77

Settings tab of the Conversion Settings

The settings available for PDFMaker depend on the application in which you’re using PDFMaker.

Conversion Settings Specifies the standard by which the PDF will be optimized. When you choose an item in the

menu, a description of that preset appears immediately below it.

View Adobe PDF Result Opens the converted document directly into Acrobat. (Exception: when you choose Convert

To Adobe PDF And Email.)

Prompt For Adobe PDF File Name Lets you enter a custom filename for the resulting PDF. Deselect this option to save

the file in the same folder as the source file, using the same name but with a .pdf extension.

Convert Document Information Adds document information from the Properties dialog box of the source file. This

setting overrides the printer preferences and settings in the Advanced panel of the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box.

Note: The Advanced Settings button opens the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box, which contains many additional conversion options. These conversion settings apply to all Acrobat features that create PDFs, such as Acrobat Distiller, PDFMaker, and the Acrobat application itself.

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Create PDF/A Compliant PDF File Creates the PDF so that it conforms to this ISO standard for long-term preservation

of electronic documents. (In the Microsoft Publisher application alone, PDFMaker does not support the PDF/A standard.)

Note: When Conversion Settings are opened from within Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, this option specifies PDF/A 1a:2005. When opened from within Access, it specifies PDF/A 1-b:2005.

Security tab of the Conversion Settings

The settings available for PDFMaker depend on the application in which you’re using PDFMaker.

Require A Password To Open The Document When selected, makes the Document Open Password option available,

where you enter a password that users must use to open the document.

Restrict Editing And Printing Of The Document When selected, makes the other Permissions options available.

Change Permissions Password Specifies a password you set that users must use in order to do any allowable printing

or editing.

Printing Allowed Specifies whether users who use the Permissions Password can print the document and at what

resolution.

Changes Allowed Specifies what kind of changes users who use the Permissions Password can make.

Enable Copying Of Text, Images, And Other Contents Prevents or allows users from copying from the PDF.

Enable Text Access For Screen Reader Devices For The Visually Impaired Prevents or allows screen reader devices to

read text. (Selected by default.)

Enable Plaintext Metadata Specifies whether the search engine can read the document metadata. Available only when

the PDF-compatibility is set to Acrobat 6.0 (PDF 1.5) or later.

Convert Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files to PDF

When creating a PDF from Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel, you can set conversion options for the current file. You can also select a range of content in the file to convert. The conversion options that you can set in the following steps are some of the most commonly used settings from the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box. Any changes you make to the conversion options apply to the current conversion only.

For tips on converting Word documents to PDFs, see Troubleshooting PDF-creation issues in Microsoft Word at

www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/troubleshooting-pdf-creation-issues-microsoft-word.

More Help topics

“View PDFMaker conversion settings” on page 71

“Application-specific PDFMaker settings” on page 77

Convert Excel files to PDF

1 Open a file in Excel.

2 Optionally, select the cells to convert.

3 Do one of the following:

• (Office 2003 or earlier) From the Adobe PDF menu, select one of the Convert To Adobe PDF options.

• (Office 2007) From the Acrobat ribbon, select one of the Create options.

4 In the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box, select a Conversion Range, then click Convert To PDF.

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5 In the Save Adobe PDF File As dialog box, specify a filename and location for the PDF.

6 Optionally, click the Options button to change the conversion settings.

7 Click Save to create the PDF.

Convert Word and PowerPoint files to PDF

1 Open a file in Word or PowerPoint.

2 Optionally, select objects and text (Word) or slides (PowerPoint), as needed.

3 Do one of the following:

• (Office 2003 or earlier) From the Adobe PDF menu, select one of the Convert To Adobe PDF options.

• (Office 2007) From the Acrobat ribbon, select Create PDF, Create And Attach to Email, or Create And Send For

Review.

4 In the Save Adobe PDF File As dialog box, specify a filename and location for the PDF.

5 Optionally, click the Options button to change the conversion settings.

6 Select a Page Range (Word) or Slide Range (PowerPoint). The Selection option is available only if you have selected

content in the file.

7 Click OK, then click Save to create the PDF.

Convert email messages to PDFs

You can use PDFMaker to convert one or more Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes email messages or entire folders of messages to a merged PDF or PDF Portfolio. Within a PDF Portfolio, each email message appears as a separate PDF file.

The Acrobat PDFMaker Conversion Settings dialog box contains the option that determines whether email messages are merged into one continuous PDF or assembled into a PDF Portfolio.

The controls that activate an email conversion to PDF appear in two places within the email application: on the Acrobat PDFMaker toolbar and on a menu. In Outlook, the menu is called Adobe PDF and appears to the right of the Outlook Help menu. In Lotus Notes, PDF commands appear under the Actions menu.

You can convert one currently open email message to PDF (not to a PDF Portfolio) by choosing File > Print, and

selecting Adobe PDF as the printer in the Print dialog box. The PDFMaker conversion settings do not affect this process.

For a video on archiving emails as PDFs in a PDF Portfolio, see http://www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/archiving-

emails-pdf-microsoft-outlook.

More Help topics

“Application-specific PDFMaker settings” on page 77

Specify whether email messages become merged PDFs or PDF Portfolios

1 Do one of the following:

• (Outlook) Choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings.

• (Lotus Notes) Choose Actions > Change Adobe PDF Conversion Settings.

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2 Do one of the following:

• To convert and merge email messages into a PDF as sequential pages of one document, deselect Output Adobe PDF

Portfolio When Creating A New PDF File.

• To assemble converted email messages as components of a PDF Portfolio, select Output Adobe PDF Portfolio

When Creating A New PDF File.

Convert an open email message to PDF (Outlook)

❖ Choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF.

You can also convert a different file to PDF from within an open Outlook email message if the Attach As Adobe PDF

toolbar is shown. Clicking this button opens a series of dialog boxes for selecting and saving the new PDF and also starts Acrobat, if it is not already running. The resulting PDF is attached to the open email message.

Convert email messages to a new PDF

1 In Outlook or Lotus Notes, select the individual email messages.

2 Do one of the following:

• (Outlook) Choose Adobe PDF > Convert Selected Messages > Create New PDF.

• (Lotus Notes) Choose Actions > Convert Selected Messages To Adobe PDF.

3 In the Save Adobe PDF As dialog box, select a location, type a filename, and click Save.

Add email messages or folders to an existing PDF

1 In Outlook or Lotus Notes, select the individual email messages or folders.

2 Do one of the following:

• (Outlook) Choose Adobe PDF > Convert Selected Messages > Append To Existing PDF, or Adobe PDF > Convert

Selected Folders > Append To Existing PDF.

Note: If you have already created one or more PDF Portfolios, you can choose from recently created PDF Portfolios in addition to the Append To Existing PDF option.

• (Lotus Notes) Choose Actions > Append Selected Message(s) To Existing Adobe PDF, or Actions > Append

Selected Folder(s) To Existing Adobe PDF.

3 Locate and select the PDF or PDF Portfolio to which you want to add the converted emails, and click Open.

Important: Do not type a new name for the PDF. If you do, a warning message appears telling you that the PDF was not found. Click OK, and select a PDF without changing its name.

4 (Outlook only) If a message appears, alerting you that the existing PDF was created using an earlier version of

PDFMaker, do one of the following:

• To create a PDF Portfolio from the original PDF archive, click Yes, and select a name and location for the new

archive. (The default name adds _Portfolio to the original PDF filename.) When the conversion is complete and the Creating Adobe PDF dialog box closes, the new archive opens in Acrobat.

• Click No to cancel the process.

Note: For PDF Portfolios of email converted or migrated in Acrobat 8 or later, only new messages—that is, messages that are not already part of the PDF Portfolio—are appended.

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Convert email folders to a new PDF

PDFMaker can convert multiple folders to PDF in one procedure. It is not necessary to select the folders at the beginning of the process because you can select them in a dialog box that appears automatically.

1 Do one of the following:

• (Outlook) Choose Adobe PDF > Convert Selected Folders > Create New PDF.

• (Lotus Notes) Choose Actions > Convert Selected Folder(s) To Adobe PDF.

2 In the Convert Folder(s) To PDF dialog box, select the folders. Then select or deselect the Convert This Folder And

All Sub Folders option.

3 In the Save Adobe PDF File As, select a location and name for the PDF Portfolio.

When the conversion is complete, the new PDF opens in Acrobat.

Migrate old Outlook PDF archives to PDF Portfolios

It’s a good idea to migrate old PDF email archives to PDF Portfolios for the following reasons: to facilitate sorting and other functions, and to make it possible to add new email messages to those archives.

In PDF Portfolios, each email message is converted as a component PDF. You can then sort the messages by message folder, sender, subject line, date, size, or attachments. Also, you can create custom categories and sort by those categories.

If you open email archives created with Acrobat 7.0 or earlier, you must create an archive and append the selected messages to the new archive. A wizard guides you through the process.

1 Open Outlook.

2 Choose Adobe PDF > Upgrade Acrobat 7 PDF Archive.

3 If a message appears, click Yes to continue the migration process.

4 Locate and select the old PDF archive, and click Open.

5 Select a location and name for the migrated PDF Portfolio, and click Save. (The default naming adds _Portfolio to

the existing filename, such as renaming an archive called Inbox.pdf as Inbox_Portfolio.pdf.)

When the conversion process is complete and the Creating Adobe PDF dialog box closes, the new archive opens in Acrobat.

Set up automatic email archiving

1 Do one of the following:

• (Outlook) Choose Adobe PDF > Setup Automatic Archival.

• (Lotus Notes) Choose Actions > Setup Automatic Archival.

2 On the Automatic Archival tab of the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box, select Enable Automatic Archival. Then select

options for Frequency and the time of day at which automatic archiving occurs.

3 Select other options, according to your needs:

Maintain Log Of Archival Creates a record of each archiving session.

Choose File Specifies the name and location of the archiving log.

Embed Index For Faster Search Creates an index that you can search to find specific words or characters instead of

having to search each individual document.

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4 Click Add, and select the email folders and subfolders. Then select or deselect the Convert This Folder And All Sub

Folders option, as preferred, and click OK.

In the Save PDF Archive File As dialog box, select a name and location for the archived email PDF. Then click Open.

6 Review the settings and the archive folder names listed in the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box, and do any of the

following:

• To add other email folders to the list, click Add and select the folder.

• To remove folders from the list, select the folders and click Delete.

• To change an archive file, select any folder name from the list, click Change Archive File, and specify the name and

location.

• To start archiving email immediately, click Run Archival Now.

Create PDFs from Word mail merges

Mail merges from Word generate documents like form letters—for one common example—which are personalized with information like the names and addresses of the individuals to whom they will be sent. With Acrobat PDFMaker, you can save steps by using a Word mail merge document and corresponding data file to output mail merges directly to PDF. You can even set up PDFMaker to attach those PDFs to email messages that are generated during the PDFcreation process.

Note: For information on setting up files for the Word Mail Merge feature, see Microsoft Office Word Help.

1 In Microsoft Word, open the template that you have created as the basis of your mail merge, or create the file using

the Word Mail Merge toolbar and Mail Merge wizard, as needed.

Important: Do not complete the mail merge in Word. Instead, set up and preview the mail merge as usual, so that you can verify that the merge will work correctly.

2 Do one of the following:

• Choose Adobe PDF > Mail Merge To Adobe PDF.

• Click the Mail Merge To Adobe PDF button on the Mail Merge toolbar (View > Toolbars > Mail Merge).

• (Word 2007) From the Acrobat ribbon, click Mail Merge.

3 In the Acrobat PDFMaker - Mail Merge dialog box, select the options you want:

• To specify which records in the data file will be imported into the merged files, select All or Current, or enter a range

of pages by typing in the From and To boxes.

• To name the PDF that will be created, type in the Specify PDF File Name box.

Note: The PDF will be named using this text plus a series of numbers. For example, if you type JulyLetter in the Specify PDF File Name box, the mail-merged PDFs might appear as JulyLetter_0000123, JulyLetter_0000124, July Letter_0000125, and so forth.

4 For Automatically Send Adobe PDF Files By Email, do one of the following:

• To create and save merged PDFs for printing or sending later in email, leave the option unselected, and click OK.

• To create merged PDFs and attach each one to an email message to the appropriate recipient, select this check box,

and fill in the other Email options.

5 When the Browse For Folder dialog box appears, navigate to the location you want to use and click OK.

Status indicators appear as PDFMaker generates the individual PDFs, which takes an amount of time that is proportional to the complexity of the merge and the number of PDFs you create.

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6 If you selected Automatically Send Adobe PDF Files By Email, a dialog box appears asking for your email profile.

Enter the appropriate information and click OK.

When the job is finished, a message appears, telling you that the process was successful.

Email options for PDF mail merges

To Use the pop-up menu to select the field or column in the associated data file that contains the email addresses in

each individual’s record.

Subject Line Type the text that you want to appear in the subject line of each message.

Message Type to add or edit text that you want to appear in the body of the email messages.

PDFs from Microsoft Project, Publisher, and Access

There are specific differences to be aware of when you create PDFs from files authored in these applications:

Microsoft Project You can create PDFs of only the currently selected view. Views designated as nonprintable in Project

cannot be converted to PDF.

Note: Converting Project files requires Acrobat Pro or Acrobat Pro Extended.

Microsoft Publisher PDFs converted from Microsoft Publisher support crop marks, links, bookmarks, spot colors,

transparency, bleed marks, printing bleed marks, and CMYK color conversion.

Microsoft Access When creating PDFs from Access files, the process can involve two additional steps:

• You must select the object in the Access file to be created as a PDF before using the PDFMaker button or command.

• You can choose Adobe PDF > Convert Multiple Reports To Single Adobe PDF. For Access 2007, click Acrobat and

then click Convert Multiple Reports. You can select individual reports that you want to include, and click Add Report(s). When all of the reports that you want to convert appear in the Reports In Adobe PDF list, click Convert to start creating the PDF.

Note: When you convert an Access file to PDF, Access tables, queries, forms, and reports are converted.

Application-specific PDFMaker settings

The conversion settings available in one PDFMaker-enabled application may be different from those settings you would encounter within a different application.

Some PDFMaker settings are common to several or most applications. Some options are unique to a specific application.

More Help topics

“Adobe PDF conversion settings” on page 87

“Convert web pages to PDF in Internet Explorer (Windows)” on page 80

“Convert Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files to PDF” on page 72

Settings tab options available from within most applications

The following settings appear on the Settings tab available from within most PDFMaker-enabled applications.

Attach Source File Includes the document being converted as an attachment to the PDF.

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Create Bookmarks Converts certain elements in original Office documents to PDF bookmarks: Word headings, Excel

worksheet names, or PowerPoint titles. Selecting this option overrides any settings on the Bookmarks tab of the Conversion Settings dialog box.

Note: In Microsoft Publisher 2003 documents, PDFMaker includes Publisher headings as bookmarks in the PDF. PDFMaker does not support the conversion of Publisher 2002 bookmarks, links, transparency, or crop marks and bleed marks.

Add Links Includes active links and hypertext in the PDF.

Note: If this option is deselected, but the recipient of the PDF has the Create Links From URLs preference selected, URLs in the PDF are still active. For more information, see

Enable Accessibility And Reflow With Tagged Adobe PDF Embeds tags in the PDF.

“Preferences for viewing PDFs” on page 33.

Excel-specific options on the Settings tab

Convert Comments Converts user-created Excel comments to notes and lists them in the Acrobat Comments panel.

Fit Worksheet To A Single Page Adjusts the size of each worksheet so that all the entries on that worksheet appear on

the same page of the PDF.

Fit To Paper Width Adjusts the width of each worksheet so that all the columns on that worksheet appear on one page

in the PDF.

Prompt For Selecting Excel Sheets Opens a dialog box at the beginning of the file conversion process. In this dialog

box, you can specify which worksheets are included in the PDF and the order in which the sheets appear in the PDF.

PowerPoint-specific options on the Settings tab

Convert Multimedia Converts any linked audio-video file to an FLV file and embeds it in the PDF.

Preserve Animation (PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 only) Converts any animation effects in the PowerPoint file to

equivalent animations in the PDF. This option is not available in PowerPoint 2007.

Preserve Slide Transitions Converts PowerPoint slide transition effects to PDF transition effects.

Convert Hidden Slides To PDF Pages Converts any PowerPoint slides that are not seen in the usual playing of the

presentation to PDF pages.

Convert Speaker Notes Converts any speaker notes for the PowerPoint presentation into Text notes in the PDF.

Use PowerPoint Printer Settings (PowerPoint 2002 and 2003 only) Uses the same printer settings in the PDF as in the

original file. This option is not available in PowerPoint 2007.

Email-specific options on the Settings tab

The following options appear when you open the PDFMaker settings from within Microsoft Outlook or Lotus Notes.

Compatibility Sets the compatibility level of the PDF. Use the most recent version (in this case, version 1.7 ADBE-3)

to include all the latest features and functionality. If you’re creating PDFs that are distributed widely, choose an earlier level to ensure that all users can view and print the document.

Attachments Indicates whether all files attached to email messages are included in the PDF.

Output Adobe PDF Portfolio When Creating A New PDF File When selected, always converts individual messages as

component files of a PDF Portfolio. When deselected, merges individual messages as separate pages of a PDF.

Do Not Include Folder Name Information When selected, excludes mail folder names from PDFs.

Embed Index For Faster Search Creates an embedded index, which speeds up searches, especially when you convert

large numbers of email messages or message folders.

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Block Download Of External Content When selected, prevents the downloading of any external Internet content, such

as images, CSS, and JavaScript.

Page Layout options Specifies page properties, like the properties found in the Print dialog box: page dimensions,

orientation, and margins.

Show This Number Of Recent Archives (Outlook only) When converting email messages and folders, the Adobe PDF >

[Convert Selected Messages and Convert Selected Folders] menus can list recently created PDFs to append. This option specifies the maximum number of PDFs to list in the menus.

Show “Attach As Adobe PDF” Buttons If selected, the Attach As Adobe PDF button appears in the Outlook email

message window.

Word tab settings (Microsoft Word)

Convert Displayed Comments To Notes In Adobe PDF Changes any Word comment entries to PDF comments. If the

currently open Word document contains comments, more options appear in the Comments list on this tab:

• Reviewer Lists the names of reviewers who have entered comments in the current Word document.

• Include When deselected, does not include the comments in the PDF.

• Notes Open Specifies whether the PDF comment windows automatically open or are closed for that reviewer’s

comments.

• Color Shows the color for that reviewer’s comment icons. Clicking the color icon repeatedly cycles through a

limited set of available colors.

• # Of Comments Shows the number of comments that the reviewer made.

Convert Cross-References And Table Of Contents To Links (Word 2002 and 2003 only) Enables one-click navigation of

these elements in the new PDF. This option is not available in Word 2007.

Convert Footnote And Endnote Links Integrates these into the PDF.

Enable Advanced Tagging Integrates this into the PDF.

For tips on converting Word documents to PDFs, see Troubleshooting PDF-creation issues in Microsoft Word at

www.acrobatusers.com/tutorials/troubleshooting-pdf-creation-issues-microsoft-word.

Bookmarks tab settings (Microsoft Word)

The options you specify on this tab determine which items are converted into PDF bookmarks in the PDF.

Important: To include bookmarks in the conversion process, the Add Bookmarks To Adobe PDF option on the Settings tab must be selected. If you deselect that option, it overrides any options you select on this tab and no bookmarks are created.

Convert Word Headings To Bookmarks Selects all the headings in the Elements list for conversion to PDF bookmarks.

Convert Word Styles To Bookmarks Selects all the text styles in the Elements list for conversion to PDF bookmarks.

(Unselected by default.)

Convert Word Bookmarks Converts any user-created Word bookmarks to PDF bookmarks.

Element list Specifies which Word headings and styles are converted to PDF bookmarks.

• Element Lists the names of all available Word headings and styles. The icons for Headings and Styles

indicate the element types.

• Type Also indicates whether the element is a heading or style in the Word document.

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• Bookmark Displays X’s, indicating whether individual elements are converted to PDF bookmarks. Clicking an

individual Bookmark option changes the selection status for that element.

• Level Specifies where the element fits in the hierarchy structure of the PDF Bookmarks panel. Clicking an

individual Level number opens a menu that you can use to change the value.

Note: When some but not all of the available Word headings and styles are selected for conversion to PDF bookmarks, the marker in the corresponding check boxes at the top of the tab change. If all elements of the type are selected, a check mark appears. If only some of the elements of that type are selected, a colored square appears. Otherwise, the check box is empty.

Converting web pages to PDF

Web pages and PDFs

The core of a web page is a file written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Typically, the HTML file includes associations with other files that either appear on the web page or govern how it looks or works.

When you convert a web page to PDF, the HTML file and all associated files—such as JPEG images, Adobe FLA files, cascading style sheets, text files, image maps, and forms—are included in the conversion process.

The resulting PDF behaves much like the original web page. For example, the images, links, image maps, and most media files appear and function normally within the PDF. (Animated GIF files appear as still images, showing the last frame of the animation.)

Also, the PDF functions like any other PDF. For example, you can navigate through the file by scrolling or using bookmarks; users can add comments to it; you can add security, form fields, and other features that enhance it.

In preparing to convert web pages to PDF, consider the following factors, which affect how you approach the conversion process:

• How much do you want to convert?

If you want to convert only selected areas of the currently open web page, use PDFMaker from within Internet Explorer. If you want to convert several levels or all of a multipage website to PDF, work within Acrobat.

• Do you want to create a new PDF from the web pages or to append the converted pages to an existing PDF?

You can do both in either Acrobat or Internet Explorer, but you choose different buttons or commands to accomplish these things.

Note: To convert Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (CJK) language web pages to PDF on a Roman (Western) system in Windows, you must have installed the CJK language support files while installing Acrobat. Also, it is preferable to select an appropriate encoding from the HTML conversion settings.

Convert web pages to PDF in Internet Explorer (Windows)

When you install Acrobat, Internet Explorer (version 6.0 and later) gains an Adobe PDF toolbar. Using the commands on this toolbar, you can convert the currently displayed web page to PDF in various ways: You can convert the entire web page or selected areas of it; you can create a new PDF or append the converted web page to an existing PDF. The Adobe PDF toolbar menu also contains commands that initiate further actions after conversion, such as attaching the new PDF to a new email message or printing it.

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A menu on the PDF toolbar provides easy conversion and print capabilities.

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Convert a web page to PDF

1 In Internet Explorer, go to the web page.

2 Using the Convert menu on the Adobe PDF toolbar, do one of the following:

Note: If you don’t see the Adobe PDF toolbar in Internet Explorer, choose View > Toolbars > Adobe PDF.

• To create a PDF from the currently open web page, choose Convert Web Page To PDF. Then select a location, type

a filename, and click Save.

• To add a PDF of the currently open web page to another PDF, choose Add Web Page To Existing PDF. Then locate

and select the existing PDF, and click Save.

• To create and print a PDF from the currently open web page, choose Print Web Page. When the conversion is

complete and the Print dialog box opens, specify options and click OK.

• To create a PDF from the currently open web page and attach it to a blank email message, choose Convert Web

Page And Email. Then specify a location and filename for the PDF, and click Save. Type the appropriate information in the email message that opens after the conversion is complete.

• For any of these options, to open the output PDF after conversion, select View Adobe PDF Results.

Convert part of a web page to PDF

1 Drag the pointer to select text and images on a web page.

2 Right-click on the selected content and choose one of the following:

• To create a new PDF, choose Convert To Adobe PDF. Then select a name and location for the PDF.

• To append the selected content to another PDF, choose Append To Existing PDF. Then locate and select the PDF

to which the selection will be added.

Convert selected areas in a web page to PDF

You can use the Select option to select specific areas on a web page to convert. You can use this option to convert meaningful content on a web page and omit unwanted content, such as advertisements.

1 On the Adobe PDF toolbar, click Select .

2 As you move the pointer around the web page, a red dotted line indicates areas of the web page that you can select.

Click the areas to convert. Selected areas appear in blue boxes. To deselect an area, click it again.

3 Proceed with conversion as usual.

4 To deselect all areas and exit Select mode, click Select again.

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Convert a linked web page to PDF

❖ In the open web page, right-click the linked text and choose one of the following:

• To add the linked web page to an existing PDF, choose Append Link Target To Existing PDF. Then locate and select

the existing PDF, and click Save.

• To convert the linked web page to a new PDF, choose Convert Link Target To Adobe PDF.

Note: The right-click menu also includes the options Append To Existing PDF and Convert To Adobe PDF. If you select either of these options, the currently open web page, not the selected link, is converted.

Convert web pages to PDF in Acrobat

Although you can convert an open web page to PDF from Internet Explorer, you get additional options when you run the conversion from Acrobat. For example, you can include an entire website in the PDF or just some levels of a website.

More Help topics

“Asian language PDFs” on page 52

“Web page conversion options” on page 83

Convert a web page to PDF

1 Choose File > Create PDF > From Web Page.

2 Enter the complete path to the web page, or click Browse and locate an HTML file.

3 To change the number of levels in the website to convert, expand Capture Multiple Levels. Enter the number of

levels to include, or select Get Entire Site to include all levels from the website.

Note: Some websites have hundreds or even thousands of pages. Converting a large website can make your system slow and unresponsive, and can even use up available hard drive space and memory, causing a system crash. It’s a good idea to begin by downloading one level of pages and then go through them to find particular links to download.

4 If Get Only N Level(s) is selected, select one or both of the following options:

Stay On Same Path Downloads only web pages subordinate to the specified URL.

Stay On Same Server Downloads only web pages stored on the same server.

5 Click Settings, change the selected options in the Web Page Conversion Settings dialog box as needed, and click OK.

6 Click Create.

Note: You can view PDF pages while they are downloading; however, you cannot modify a page until the download process is complete.

7 If you closed the Download Status dialog box, Choose Advanced > Web Capture > Bring Status Dialogs To

Foreground to see the dialog box again.

Add an unlinked web page to an existing PDF

Use this procedure to append pages to a writable PDF. If the original PDF is read-only, the result will be a new PDF rather than new pages in the existing PDF.

1 Open the existing PDF in Acrobat (the PDF to which you want to append a web page).

2 Choose Advanced > Web Capture > Create PDF From/Append Web Page.

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3 Enter the URL to the web page you want to append and select options, as described for converting web pages to

PDF, and then click Create.

Add a linked web page to an existing PDF

1 Open the previously converted PDF in Acrobat. If necessary, scroll to the page containing links to the pages you

want to add.

2 Do one of the following:

• Right-click the web link, and choose Append To Document.

• Choose Advanced > Web Capture > View Web Links. The dialog box lists all the links on the current page or on

the tagged bookmark’s pages. Select the linked pages to add. Click Properties to set the download options, as needed, and then click Download.

• Choose Advanced > Web Capture > Append All Links On Page.

Note: After pages have been converted, links to these pages change to internal links, and clicking a link takes you to the PDF page, rather than to the original HTML page on the web.

Convert a linked web page to a new PDF

1 Open the previously converted PDF in Acrobat. If necessary, scroll to the page containing a web link you want to

convert.

2 Right-click the web link, and choose Open Weblink As New Document.

Note: In Windows, you can also convert a linked page from a web page displayed in Internet Explorer, using a similar right-click command.

Copy the URL of a web link

Use this procedure to copy the path for a web link to the clipboard, to use it for other purposes.

1 Open the previously converted PDF in Acrobat. If necessary, scroll to the page containing links to the pages you

want to copy.

2 Right-click the web link and choose Copy Link Location.

Change web page conversion options

The settings for converting web pages to PDF apply to the conversion process. The settings changes do not affect existing PDFs.

1 Do one of the following:

• From Internet Explorer, in the Adobe PDF toolbar, choose Convert > Preferences.

• From Acrobat, choose File > Create PDF > From Web Page, and then click Settings.

2 On the General tab, select options under Conversion Settings and PDF Settings, as needed. Click the Settings button

to see additional options for the selected File Type.

3 On the Page Layout tab, select options for page size, orientation, and scaling, as needed.

Web page conversion options

The Web Page Conversion Settings dialog box is available from within Internet Explorer and Acrobat.

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General tab

Conversion Settings Specifies the conversion settings for HTML and text. Choose a file type and click Settings to select

the font properties and other characteristics.

Create Bookmarks Creates a tagged bookmark for each converted web page using the page title (HTML Title element)

as the bookmark name. If the page has no title, the URL is used as the bookmark name.

Create PDF Tags Stores a structure in the PDF that corresponds to the HTML structure of the web pages. This

structure lets you create tagged bookmarks for paragraphs, list elements, and other items that use HTML elements.

Place Headers And Footers On New Page Places a header and footer on every page. Headers show the web page title,

or if no title is available, the web page URL or file path. Footers show the web page URL or file path, and the date and time of the download.

Page Layout tab

The Page Layout options specify a selection of page sizes and options for width, height, margin measurements, and page orientation.

The Scaling options are as follows:

Scale Wide Contents To Fit Page Rescales the contents of a page, if necessary, to fit the width of the page. If this option

is not selected, the paper size adjusts to fit the contents of the page, if necessary.

Switch To Landscape If Scaled Smaller Than Changes the page orientation to landscape if the new version of a page is

less than the specified percentage of the original size. Available only if you selected portrait orientation.

HTML Conversion Settings

This dialog box opens when you select HTML on the General tab of the Web Page Conversion Settings dialog box and then click the Settings button.

Input Encoding Lets you specify the following options:

• Default Encoding Sets the input encoding of the file text from a menu of operating systems and alphabets.

• Always Ignores any encoding that is specified in the HTML source file and uses the selection shown in the Default

Encoding option.

• When Page Doesn’t Specify Encoding Uses the selection shown in the Default Encoding option only if the HTML

source file does not specify a type of encoding.

Language Specific Font Settings

Default Colors Sets the default colors for text, page backgrounds, and web links. Click the color button to open a

palette and select the color. To use these colors in the PDF, select Force These Settings For All Pages. When this option is unselected, the default colors are applied only for pages that don't have a specified color scheme.

Multimedia Content Determines whether to disable multimedia capture, embed multimedia files when possible, or

link to multimedia (such as SWF files) by URL.

Retain Page Background Specifies whether to display colors and tiled images in page backgrounds and colors in table

cells. If options are deselected, converted web pages sometimes look different than they do in a web browser, but are easier to read when printed.

Use these settings to change the language script, body text typeface, and base typeface size.

Convert Images Includes images in the conversion to PDF.

Underline Links Underlines textual web links on the pages.

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Text Settings

Input Encoding Sets the input encoding of the text for a file.

Language Specific Font Settings

Default Colors Sets the default colors for text and page backgrounds. Click the color button to open a palette, and select

Use these settings to change the language script, body text typeface, and base typeface size.

the color.

Wrap Lines At Margin Inserts a soft return when the text reaches the edge of the text area on the page.

Creating PDFs with Acrobat Distiller

Acrobat Distiller overview

In Acrobat Distiller, you can select settings used to convert documents to PDFs, security options, and font information. You also use the Acrobat Distiller window to monitor the jobs you’ve lined up for PDF conversion.

Acrobat Distiller main window (Windows) A. Menus B. Adobe PDF settings files C. Files in job queue D. Failed job E. Context menu F. Status window

To start Acrobat Distiller from Acrobat, choose Advanced > Print Production > Acrobat Distiller.

Manage the conversion queue

Distiller lets you queue PostScript files that you create in authoring applications and then monitor them throughout the PDF conversion process.

Queue a PostScript file

1 In Distiller, select an Adobe PDF settings file from the Default Settings pop-up menu.

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2 (Optional) Choose Settings > Security and select an encryption level.

3 Open the PostScript file and start the conversion process, using either method:

• Choose File > Open, select a PostScript file, and click Open.

• Drag one or more PostScript files from the desktop to the Acrobat Distiller window.

Click Pause before doing step 3 if you want to review the queue before Distiller starts converting the files.

Change the queue during processing

Do any of the following:

• To temporarily stop processing the current job, click Pause.

• To resume processing the current job, click Resume.

• To delete files from the queue, click Cancel Job. Cancel Jobs deletes all files from the queue that are not yet

successfully completed. Or (Windows only), select and right-click individual files in the job queue and choose Cancel Job(s) to delete only those files.

• (Windows only) To open the folder where the selected files are, right-click the job queue and choose Explore.

• (Windows only) To open the selected PDF in Acrobat, a browser, or Reader, right-click the job queue and choose

View. Or, double-click the PDF to open it in Acrobat.

Save a history of the job queue (Windows)

❖ Right-click the job queue, and choose Save List.

Distiller saves and opens the history as a PDF.

Clear the queue

Remove all paused and successfully converted files from the list:

• (Windows) Right-click the job queue, and choose Clear History.

• (Mac OS) Click the Clear List button above the queue.

Distiller preferences

The Distiller preferences control global Distiller settings. You set Distiller preferences by choosing File > Preferences (Windows) or Distiller > Preferences (Mac OS).

(Windows) Notify When Windows TEMP Folder Is Nearly Full Warns you if available hard disk space is less than 1 MB.

Required hard disk space is often double the size of the PostScript file being processed.

Ask For PDF File Destination Lets you specify the name and location for files when using drag-and-drop or the Print

command.

Ask To Replace Existing PDF File Warns you if you are about to overwrite an existing PDF.

View PDF When Using Distiller Automatically opens the converted PDF.

Delete Log Files For Successful Jobs Creates a log file (named messages.log) only if there are messages from

interpreting the PostScript file or if a PostScript error occurs. (Log files for failed jobs are always created.)

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Guidelines for creating PostScript files

If you want to fine-tune the creation of the PDF with Distiller parameters or pdfmark operators, first create a PostScript file and then convert that file to PDF. For more information about the Adobe Acrobat 9 SDK, see the Acrobat Developer Center at

In authoring applications such as Adobe InDesign, use the Print command with the Adobe PDF printer to convert a file to PostScript. The Print dialog boxes can vary from application to application. For instructions on creating a PostScript file from your specific application, see the application documentation.

Keep in mind the following guidelines when creating PostScript files:

• Use PostScript Language Level 3 whenever possible to take advantage of the most advanced features of PostScript.

• Use the Adobe PDF printer as your PostScript printer.

• (Windows) Send the fonts used in the document.

• Give a PostScript file the same name as the original document, but with the extension .ps. (Some applications use

a .prn extension instead.)

• Use color and custom page sizes that are available with the Acrobat Distiller PPD file. Other PPD files may cause

inappropriate colors, fonts, or page sizes in the PDF.

• Send PostScript files as 8-bit binary data when using FTP to transfer the files between computers, especially if the

platforms are different. This action prevents converting line feeds to carriage returns or vice versa.

www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_devcenter_en (English only).

Adobe PDF conversion settings

Choose an Adobe PDF preset for converting files

1 Do one of the following:

• Start Acrobat Distiller.

• In an Adobe Creative Suite® application, choose File > Print, select Adobe PDF as the target printer, and click

Properties.

• (Windows) In Office 2007 applications, choose Acrobat > Preferences.

• (Windows) In another authoring application or utility, choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings.

2 Choose a preset from the Default Settings (or Conversion Settings) menu.

Adobe PDF presets

A PDF preset is a group of settings that affect the process of creating a PDF. These settings are designed to balance file size with quality, depending on how the PDF are used. Most predefined presets are shared across Adobe Creative Suite applications, including InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Acrobat. You can also create and share custom presets for your unique output requirements. A saved PDF preset file has the suffix .joboptions.

A few of the following presets are not available until you move them from the Extras folder (where they installed by default) to the Settings folder for custom settings.

Important: Acrobat Standard does not include the Extras folder. The presets installed in the Extras folder are only available in Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended.

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Typically, the Extras and Settings folders for default settings are found in (Windows) Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe PDF, (Vista) ProgramData/Adobe/Adobe PDF, or (Mac

OS)

Library/Application Support/Adobe PDF. The default settings files installed with Distiller are Read Only and Hidden.

The custom settings are found in (Windows) Documents and Settings/[username]/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings, (Vista) Users/[username]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings, or (Mac OS) Users/[username]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings.

Some presets are not available in some Creative Suite applications.

Review your PDF settings periodically. The settings do not automatically revert to the default settings. Applications

and utilities that create PDFs use the last set of PDF settings defined or selected.

High Quality Print Creates PDFs for quality printing on desktop printers and proofing devices. This preset uses PDF

1.4, downsamples color and grayscale images to 300 ppi and monochrome images to 1200 ppi. It also embeds subsets of all fonts, leaves color unchanged, and does not flatten transparency (for file types capable of transparency). These PDFs can be opened in Acrobat 5.0 and Acrobat Reader

Oversized Pages (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended) Creates PDFs suitable for viewing and printing of engineering

5.0 and later.

drawings larger than 200 x 200 in. (508 x 508 cm). These PDFs can be opened in Acrobat and Reader 7.0 and later.

PDF/A-1b: 2005 (CMYK and RGB) Used for long-term preservation (archival) of electronic documents. PDF/A-1b uses

1.4 and converts all colors to either CMYK or RGB, depending on which standard you choose. These PDFs can

PDF be opened in Acrobat and Reader versions 5.0 and later.

PDF/X-1a (2001 and 2003) (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended) PDF/X-1a requires all fonts to be embedded, the

appropriate PDF bounding boxes to be specified, and color to appear as CMYK, spot colors, or both. Compliant files must contain information describing the printing condition for which they are prepared. PDF files created with PDF/X-1a compliance can be opened in Acrobat 4.0 and Acrobat Reader 4.0 and later.

PDF/X-1a uses PDF 1.3, downsamples color and grayscale images to 300 ppi and monochrome images to 1200 ppi. It embeds subsets of all fonts, creates untagged PDFs, and flattens transparency using the High Resolution setting.

Note: (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended) The PDF/X1-a:2003 and PDF/X-3 (2003) presets are placed on your computer during installation. However, they aren’t available until you move them from the Extras folder to the Settings folder.

PDF/X-4 (2007) (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended) This preset is based on PDF 1.4, which includes support for live

transparency. PDF/X-4 has the same color-management and International Color Consortium (ICC) color specifications as PDF/X-3. You can create PDF/X-4-compliant files directly with Creative Suite 3 applications (Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop). In Acrobat 9, use the Preflight feature to convert PDFs to PDF/X-4 DRAFT.

PDF files created with PDF/X-4 compliance can be opened in Acrobat 7.0 and Reader 7.0 and later.

Press Quality Creates PDF files for high-quality print production (for example, for digital printing or for color

separations to an imagesetter or platesetter). However, it does not create files that are PDF/X compliant. In this case, the quality of the content is the highest consideration. The objective is to maintain all the information in a PDF

file that a commercial printer or print service provider requires to print the document correctly. This set of options uses PDF 1.4, converts colors to CMYK, and downsamples color and grayscale images to 300 ppi and monochrome images to 1200 ppi. It embeds subsets of all fonts and preserves transparency (for file types capable of transparency).

These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat 5.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 and later.

Note: Before creating a PDF file to send to a commercial printer or print service provider, find out what output resolution and other settings are required. Or, ask for a .joboptions file with the recommended settings. You sometimes must customize the Adobe PDF settings for a particular provider and then provide a .joboptions file of your own.

Rich Content PDF (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended) Creates accessible PDF files that include tags, hyperlinks,

bookmarks, interactive elements, and layers. This set of options uses PDF 1.6 and embeds subsets of all fonts. It also

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optimizes files for byte serving. These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat and Reader 7.0 and later. (The Rich Content PDF preset is in the Extras folder.)

Note: This preset was called eBook in earlier versions of some applications.

Smallest File Size Creates PDF files for displaying on the web or an intranet, or for distribution through an email

system. This set of options uses compression, downsampling, and a relatively low image resolution. It converts all colors to sRGB, and (for Adobe Acrobat Distiller-based conversions) does not embed fonts. It also optimizes files for byte serving.

These PDF files can be opened in Acrobat and Reader 6.0 and later.

Standard Creates PDF files to be printed to desktop printers or digital copiers, published on a CD, or sent to a client

as a publishing proof. This set of options uses compression and downsampling to keep the file size down. However, it also embeds subsets of all (allowed) fonts used in the file, converts all colors to sRGB, and prints to a medium resolution. Windows font subsets are not embedded by default. PDF files created with this settings file can be opened in Acrobat and Reader 6.0 and later.

Customize Adobe PDF settings

You may want to create custom conversion settings for certain jobs or output devices. The selections you make determine such things as whether the document fonts are embedded and subsetted at 100%, how vector objects and images are compressed and/or sampled, and whether the resulting PDF includes high-end printing information such as OPI (Open Prepress Interface) comments. Default settings files cannot be modified, but can be duplicated to help create new settings files.

Note: If the PDF is intended for high-end printing, ask your service provider for their custom .joboptions file with the recommended output resolution and other settings. This way, the PDF you give them will have characteristics optimized for your print workflow.

Create a custom Adobe PDF settings file

1 Do one of the following:

• In Acrobat Distiller, select one of the predefined sets of options from the Default Settings menu to use as a starting

point, and then choose Settings > Edit Adobe PDF Settings.

• In authoring applications or utilities, select Adobe PDF as the target printer—typically in the Page Setup or Print

dialog boxes—and click Properties.

• (Windows) In the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box, click Advanced Settings in the Settings tab.

Note: In Windows, you can switch to a different preset from within the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box. To do this, select Show All Settings at the bottom left and then select a preset from the list on the left.

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Adobe PDF Settings dialog box (Windows) A. Predefined Adobe PDF settings B. Options panel

2 Select panels one at a time, and make changes as needed.

3 Save your customized preset in one of the following ways:

• Click OK to save a duplicate of the custom preset file, which will automatically be renamed. For example, if you edit

the Press Quality preset, your first customized version appears as Press Quality (1).

• Click Save As, type a new descriptive name for the file, and click Save.

The custom file is saved in (Windows) /Documents and Settings/[user name]/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings, (Vista) User/[user name]/AppData/Roaming/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Settings, or (Mac OS) Users/[user name]/Library/Application Support/Adobe/PDF/Settings.

Delete custom Adobe PDF settings files

1 In Acrobat Distiller, choose Settings > Remove Adobe PDF Settings.

2 Select the custom file and click Remove.

3 Repeat step 2 as needed, and then click Cancel to close the Remove Adobe PDF Settings dialog box.

Adobe PDF settings

The Adobe PDF Settings dialog box in Acrobat Distiller contains panels of options that you can select to customize your PDF output.

More Help topics

“Find PostScript font names” on page 101

General panel options

Use this panel to select a version of Acrobat for file compatibility and other file and device settings.

Compatibility Sets the compatibility level of the PDF. Use the most recent version (in this case, version 1.7 E) to

include all the latest features and functionality. If you’re creating PDFs that will be distributed widely, choose an earlier level, to ensure that all users can view and print the document.

Object Level Compression Compresses structural information (such as bookmarks, accessibility, and

noncompressible objects), making this information neither visible or usable in Acrobat 5.0 or Reader 5.0. Tags Only compresses structural information; Off applies no compression.

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Auto-Rotate Pages Automatically rotates pages according to the direction of text.

• Collectively By File Rotates all pages to match the orientation of the majority of text in the document.

• Individually Rotates each page based on the orientation of the text on that page.

• Off Prevents pages from rotating.

Note: If Process DSC Comments is selected in the Advanced panel and if %%Viewing Orientation comments are included, these comments take precedence in determining page orientation.

Binding Specifies whether to display a PDF with left side or right side binding. The Binding setting affects the

appearance of pages in the Two-Up Continuous view and the appearance of thumbnails side by side.

Resolution Use for PostScript files to emulate resolutions based on the printer they are printing to. Permitted values

range from 72 to 4000. Use the default setting unless you plan to print the PDF on a specific printer while emulating the resolution defined in the original PostScript file.

Note: Increasing the resolution setting increases file size and may slightly increase the time required to process some files.

Pages Specifies which pages to convert to PDF.

Embed Thumbnails Embeds a thumbnail preview for each page in the PDF, increasing the file size. Deselect this setting

when users of Acrobat 5.0 and later will view and print the PDF; these versions generate thumbnails dynamically each time you click the Pages panel of a PDF.

Optimize For Fast Web View Restructures the file for faster access (page-at-a-time downloading, or byte serving) from

web servers. This option compresses text and line art, overriding compression selections on the Images panel.

Default Page Size Specifies the page size to use when one is not specified in the original file. EPS files give a bounding

box size, not a page size.

Images panel options

The options in the Images panel specify compression and resampling for color, grayscale, and monochrome images. You may want to experiment with these options to find an appropriate balance between file size and image quality.

The resolution setting for color and grayscale images should be 1.5 to 2 times the line screen ruling at which the file will be printed. The resolution for monochrome images should be the same as the output device, but be aware that saving a monochrome image at a resolution higher than 1500 dpi increases the file size without noticeably improving image quality. Images that will be magnified, such as maps, may require higher resolutions.

Note: Resampling monochrome images can have unexpected viewing results, such as no image display. If this happens, turn off resampling and convert the file again. This problem is most likely to occur with subsampling, and least likely with bicubic downsampling.

The following table shows common types of printers and their resolution measured in dpi, their default screen ruling measured in lines per inch (lpi), and a resampling resolution for images measured in pixels per inch (ppi). For example, if you were printing to a 600-dpi laser printer, you would enter 170 for the resolution at which to resample images.

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Printer resolution Default line screen Image resolution

300 dpi (laser printer) 60 lpi 120 ppi

600 dpi (laser printer) 85 lpi 170 ppi

1200 dpi (imagesetter) 120 lpi 240 ppi

2400 dpi (imagesetter) 150 lpi 300 ppi

Downsample (Off) Reduces image resolutions that exceed the For Images Above value to the resolution of the output

device by combining pixels in a sample area of the image to make one larger pixel.

Average Downsampling To Averages the pixels in a sample area and replaces the entire area with the average pixel

color at the specified resolution.

Subsampling To Replaces an entire area with a pixel selected from that sample area, at the specified resolution. Causes

faster conversion time than downsampling, but resulting images are less smooth and continuous.

Bicubic Downsampling To Uses a weighted average, instead of a simple average (as in downsampling) to determine

pixel color. This method is slowest but produces the smoothest tonal gradations.

Compression/Image Quality Applies compression to color, grayscale, and monochrome images. For color and

grayscale images, also sets the image quality.

Anti-Alias To Gray Smooths jagged edges in monochrome images. Choose 2 bit, 4 bit, or 8 bit to specify 4, 16, or 256

levels of gray. (Anti-aliasing may cause small type or thin lines to look blurry.)

Note: Compression of text and line art is always on. To turn it off, set the appropriate Distiller parameter. For details, see the SDK information on the Acrobat Developer Center at

www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_devcenter_en (PDF, English

only).

Policy Opens the Image Policy dialog box, where you can set processing options for Color, Grayscale, and

Monochrome images that are less than the resolutions you specify. For each type of image, enter a resolution value, and then choose Ignore, Warn And Continue, or Cancel Job.

Fonts panel options

The Fonts options specify which fonts to embed in a PDF, and whether to embed a subset of characters used in the PDF. You can embed OpenType®, TrueType, and PostScript fonts. Fonts that have license restrictions are listed with a lock icon PDF Options dialog box.

Note: When you combine PDF files that have the same font subset, Acrobat attempts to combine the font subsets.

Embed All Fonts Embeds all fonts used in the file. Font embedding is required for PDF/X compliance.

Embed OpenType Fonts Embeds all OpenType fonts used in the file, and maintains OpenType font information for

advanced line layout. This option is available only if either Acrobat 7.0 (PDF 1.6) or Acrobat 8 (PDF 1.7) is selected from the Compatibility menu in the General panel.

Subset Embedded Fonts When Percent Of Characters Used Is Less Than Specifies a threshold percentage if you want to

embed only a subset of the fonts. For example, if the threshold is 35, and fewer than 35% of the characters are used, Distiller embeds only those characters.

. If you select a font that has a license restriction, the nature of the restriction is described in the Adobe

When Embedding Fails Specifies how Distiller responds if it cannot find a font to embed when processing a file.

Always Embed To embed only certain fonts, move them into the Always Embed list. Make sure that Embed All Fonts

is not selected.

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Never Embed Move fonts that you do not want to embed to this list. If necessary, choose a different font folder from

the pop-up menu to display the font in the font list.

Note: Fonts that have license restrictions are listed with a lock icon. If you select a font with a license restriction, the nature of the restriction is described in the Adobe PDF Options dialog box.

Add Name If the font you want is not in a font folder, click Add Name. Enter the name of the font, select Always

Embed List (or Never Embed List), and click Add.

Note: A TrueType font can contain a setting added by the font designer that prevents the font from being embedded in PDF files.

Remove Removes a font from the Always Embed or Never Embed list. This action doesn’t remove the font from your

system; it removes the reference to the font from the list.

Note: Acrobat does not include the Times, Helvetica, and ZapfDingbats fonts. If you want PDF recipients to view and print these fonts in PDFs that you create, embed the fonts.

Color panel options

Whether you’re using color management information in the PostScript file, using Distiller CSFs, or defining custom settings, you set all color management information for Distiller on the Color panel of the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box.

Settings File Lists color settings, including those used in graphics applications. The None setting lets you edit the

Color Management Policies and Working Spaces settings.

Color Management Policies Specifies how Distiller converts unmanaged color in a PostScript file when you don’t use

a Distiller color settings file. This menu is available when None is selected in the Settings File menu.

Note: Color Management Policies values may affect a PDF differently depending on the compatibility setting you choose in the General panel.

• Leave Color Unchanged Leaves device-dependent colors unchanged and preserves device-independent colors as

the nearest possible equivalent. This is a useful option for print shops that have calibrated their devices, have used that information to specify color in the file, and are only outputting to those devices.

• Tag (Or Convert) Everything For Color Management Tags color objects with an ICC profile and calibrates colors,

making them device-independent in PDFs compatible with Acrobat 4.0 (PDF 1.3) and later. Converts devicedependent color spaces in images (RGB, Grayscale, and CMYK) to device-independent color spaces (CalRGB, CalGray, and Cie L*a*b) in Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.2) compatible PDFs.

• Tag (Or Convert) Only Images For Color Management Tags ICC profiles in images only (not text or vector objects),

which prevents black text from undergoing any color shift when distilling Acrobat 4.0 (PDF 1.3) compatible PDFs. Converts device-dependent color spaces in images (RGB, Grayscale, and CMYK) to device-independent color spaces (CalRGB, CalGray, and Lab) in Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.2) compatible PDFs.

• Convert All Colors To sRGB (or Convert Everything To CalRGB) Calibrates color, making it device-independent.

Converts CMYK and RGB images to sRGB in PDFs compatible with Acrobat 4.0 (PDF 1.3) or later. Converts CMYK and RGB images to calibrated RGB (CalRGB) in Acrobat 3.0 (PDF 1.2) compatible PDFs. Recommended for PDFs that will be used on-screen or with low-resolution printers.

• Convert All Colors To CMYK Converts color spaces to DeviceGray or DeviceCMYK according to the options

specified in the Working Spaces menu. All Working Spaces must be specified.

Document Rendering Intent Choose a method to map colors between color spaces. The result of any particular

method depends on the profiles of the color spaces. For example, some profiles produce identical results with different methods.

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Acrobat shares four rendering intents (Perceptual, Saturation, Relative Colorimetric, and Absolute Colorimetric) with other Creative Suite applications.

Acrobat also includes a rendering intent called Preserve, which indicates that the intent is specified in the output device rather than in the PDF. In many output devices, Relative Colorimetric is the default intent.

Note: In all cases, intents may be ignored or overridden by color management operations that occur subsequent to the creation of the PDF file.

Working Spaces For all Color Management Policies values other than Leave Color Unchanged, choose a working

space to specify which ICC profiles are used for defining and calibrating the grayscale, RGB, and CMYK color spaces in distilled PDFs.

• Gray Choose a profile to define the color space of all grayscale images in files. The default ICC profile for gray

images is Adobe Gray - 20% Dot Gain. Choose None to prevent grayscale images from being converted.

• RGB Choose a profile to define the color space of all RGB images in files. The default, sRGB IEC61966-2.1, is

recognized by many output devices. Choose None to prevent RGB images from being converted.

• CMYK Choose a profile to define the color space of all CMYK images in files. The default is U.S. Web Coated

(SWOP) v2. Choose None to prevent CMYK images from being converted.

Note: Choosing None for all three working spaces has the same effect as selecting the option Leave Color Unchanged.

You can add ICC profiles (such as ones provided by your print service bureau) by placing them in the ICCProfiles folder in the Common folder, the Windows\System\Color folder (Windows), or the System Folder/ColorSync folder

(Mac OS).

Preserve CMYK Values For Calibrated CMYK Color Spaces When selected, device-independent CMYK values are

treated as device-dependent (DeviceCMYK) values, device-independent color spaces are discarded, and PDF/X-1a files use the Convert All Colors To CMYK value. When deselected, device-independent color spaces convert to CMYK, provided that Color Management Policies is set to Convert All Colors To CMYK.

Preserve Under Color Removal And Black Generation Retains these settings if they exist in the PostScript file. Black

generation calculates the amount of black to use when reproducing a color. Undercolor removal (UCR) reduces cyan, magenta, and yellow to compensate for black generation. Because UCR uses less ink, it’s suitable for uncoated stock.

When Transfer Functions Are Found Specifies how to handle transfer functions in PDFs. Transfer functions are used

for artistic effect and to correct for the characteristics of a specific output device.

• Remove Deletes any applied transfer functions. Applied transfer functions should be removed, unless the PDF is

to be output to the same device that the source PostScript file was created for.

• Preserve Retains the transfer functions traditionally used to compensate for dot gain or dot loss that may occur

when an image is transferred to film. Dot gain or loss occurs when the ink dots that make up a printed image are larger or smaller than in the halftone screen.

• Apply Applies the transfer function, changing the colors in the file but doesn’t keep it. This method is useful for

creating color effects in a file.

Preserve Halftone Information Retains any halftone information in files. Halftone information is intended for use

with a particular output device.

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Advanced panel options

The Advanced options specify which Document Structuring Conventions (DSC) comments to keep in a PDF and how to set other options that affect the conversion from PostScript. In a PostScript file, DSC comments contain information about the file (such as the originating application, the creation date, and the page orientation) and provide structure for page descriptions in the file (such as beginning and ending statements for a prologue section). DSC comments can be useful when your document is going to print or press.

For more information, see the documents on the Adobe PDF Technology Center at

www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_pdftechnology_en (PDF, English only).

Note: The ASCII Format option has been removed from Distiller, but is still available as a Distiller parameter.

Allow PostScript File To Override Adobe PDF Settings Uses settings stored in a PostScript file rather than the current

PDF settings file. For more information about customizing PDF settings, see the SDK information on the Acrobat Developer Center at

Allow PostScript XObjects PostScript XObjects store fragments of PostScript code to be used when a PDF is printed

on a PostScript printer. Use only in controlled workflows where there is no other option. Available when the Standard or Smallest File Size is selected from the Default Settings menu.

Convert Gradients To Smooth Shades Converts blends to smooth shades for Acrobat 4.0 and later, improving quality

and reducing file size of PDFs. Distiller converts gradients from Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Adobe FreeHand®, CorelDraw, QuarkXPress, and Microsoft PowerPoint.

www.adobe.com/go/learn_acr_devcenter_en (PDF, English only).

Convert Smooth Lines To Curves Reduces the amount of control points used to build curves in CAD drawings, which

results in smaller PDFs and faster on-screen rendering.

Preserve Level 2 Copypage Semantics Uses the copypage operator defined in PostScript Level 2 rather than in

Language Level 3 PostScript. If you have a PostScript file and select this option, a copypage operator copies the page. If this option is not selected, the equivalent of a showpage operation is executed, except that the graphics state is not reinitialized.

Preserve Overprint Settings Retains any overprint settings in files being converted to PDF. Overprint settings create

color by printing one ink on top of another ink.

Overprinting Default Is Nonzero Overprinting Prevents overprinted objects with zero CMYK values from knocking

out CMYK objects beneath them.

Save Adobe PDF Settings Inside PDF File Embeds the settings file (.joboptions) used to create the PDF as an

attachment. (To view the settings file, choose View > Navigation Panels > Attachments in Acrobat.)

Save Original JPEG Image In PDF If Possible Processes compressed JPEG images (images that are already compressed

using DCT encoding) without recompressing them. When deselected, performance improves because only decompression, not recompression, occurs.

Save Portable Job Ticket Inside PDF File Preserves a PostScript job ticket in a PDF. Job tickets describe the PostScript

file and can be used later in a workflow or for printing the

Use Prologue.ps and Epilogue.ps Sends a prologue and epilogue file with each job. These files can be used to add

PDF.

custom PostScript code that you want to have executed at the beginning or end of every PostScript job being converted.

Sample Prologue.ps and Epilogue.ps files are located in (Windows) /Documents and Settings/All Users/Application Data/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Distiller/Data, (Vista) /Users/All Users/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Distiller/Data, or (Mac OS)/Library/Application Support/Adobe/Adobe PDF/Distiller/Data.

In Windows Explorer, the Application Data folder is typically hidden; to make it visible, choose Tools > Folder Options, click the View tab, and select Show Hidden Files And Folders. Or, you can type the path into the Address text box.

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Macromedia Acrobat - 9.0 Standard Instruction Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Chapter 1: Getting started

Activation and registration

License activation (Windows)

Register

Adobe Product Improvement Program (Windows)

Adobe Customization Wizard

Read Me

Help and support

Community Help

Product Help

Support resources

Services, downloads, and extras

Adobe creative online services

Adobe Exchange

Adobe downloads

Adobe Labs

Adobe TV

Extras

What’s new

PDF creation, editing, and searching

Collaboration

Forms

Digital signatures

Getting started tutorials

Create PDF

Collaborate

Forms

PDF Portfolios

Security

Chapter 2: Workspace

Work area basics

View the work area

Opening PDFs

Select another tool

Select a tool

Switch temporarily to the Zoom In or Hand tool

Document message bar

Set preferences

Re-create preferences

Re-create the Acrobat Preferences folder (Windows)

Re-create the Acrobat preferences files (Mac OS)

Customizing the work area

Displaying menus

About toolbars

Display and arrange toolbars

Show or hide toolbars

Move toolbars

Return toolbars to their default configuration

Lock or unlock the toolbar area

Show and hide toolbar elements

Show or hide individual tools

Show or hide tool labels

Review properties for tools and objects

Show or hide the navigation pane

Adjust navigation panels

Change the display area for navigation panels

Change the orientation of a docked navigation panel

View a different panel in the navigation pane

Dock or float navigation panels

Options in a navigation panel

Viewing PDF pages

Open a PDF

Open a PDF in the application

Open a PDF from the desktop or within another application

Opening pages in a PDF

Page through a document

Move through a PDF

Jump to a specific page

Jump to bookmarked pages

Use page thumbnails to jump to specific pages

Automatically scroll through a document

Retrace your viewing path

Change the PDF/A viewing mode

Navigate with links

PDFs with file attachments