Adobe Acrobat 9 for Windows and Macintosh

The fastest, easiest way to learn Adobe Acrobat 9, the latest upgrade and expansion to Adobe's cornerstone productivity application.

John Deubert is a longtime consultant and instructor in Acrobat and PDF, having worked with both since the mid-nineties. He has extensive experience in PostScript and JavaScript and is the author of Adobe Acrobat 8 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, and two books from Adobe Press: Creating Adobe Acrobat Forms and Extending Acrobat Forms with JavaScript.

Starting with Acrobat	p. 1
Opening and Quitting Acrobat 9	p. 3
Examining the Initial Screen	p. 4
Examining the Menus	p. 6
Examining the Toolbars	p. 8
Customizing Toolbars	p. 11
Working with Navigation Panes	p. 12
Setting Preferences	p. 15
Viewing a Document	p. 17
Opening a PDF File	p. 18
Moving from Page to Page	p. 19
Moving from View to View	p. 20
Zooming In and Out	p. 21
Choosing a Page Layout	p. 28
Searching for Text	p. 30
Arranging Documents on the Screen	p. 33
Using Reading Mode	p. 34
Using Links and Bookmarks	p. 36
Measuring Sizes and Areas	p. 38
Saving and Printing Files	p. 43
Saving a PDF File	p. 44
Exporting to Other Formats	p. 45
Minimizing File Size	p. 50
Printing a Document	p. 52
Print Options	p. 54
Printing Multiple Pages per Sheet	p. 57
Printing a Booklet	p. 58
Making PDF Files	p. 59
Printing to a PDF File	p. 60
Using PDFMaker in Microsoft Office (Windows)	p. 62
Converting Images and Other Files to PDF	p. 64
Scanning Directly to PDF	p. 65
Converting Web Pages to PDF	p. 66
Converting Screen Shots to PDF	p. 67
Merging PDF Files	p. 69
PDF Portfolios	p. 71
Creating a Portfolio	p. 73
Choosing a Layout	p. 77
Adding a Welcome Page	p. 79
Adding a Header	p. 81
Choosing a Color Scheme	p. 83
Setting File Information	p. 84
Publishing Your Portfolio	p. 85
Sharing with Acrobat.com	p. 87
Adding Comments to a Document	p. 89
Examining Acrobat's Commenting Tools	p. 90
Adding a Sticky Note Comment	p. 92
Adding a Text Box Comment	p. 94
Adding a Callout Comment	p. 97
Adding Lines and Arrows	p. 98
Drawing Ovals and Rectangles	p. 99
Adding Polygons and Clouds	p. 100
Text Edits	p. 102
Adding a Stamp Comment	p. 104
Creating Your Own Stamp	p. 106
Checking Spelling in Comments	p. 108
Exporting and Importing Comments	p. 109
Enabling Commenting in Adobe Reader	p. 110
Reading Commented Documents	p. 111
Examining the Comments List	p. 112
Replying to a Comment	p. 114
Marking Comments	p. 115
Managing the Comments List	p. 116
Searching for Text in Comments	p. 117
Printing Comments	p. 119
Migrating Comments	p. 122
Reviewing PDF Documents	p. 123
Starting an E-mail-Based Review	p. 124
Reviewing an E-mailed Document	p. 126
Receiving E-mail-Reviewed Documents	p. 127
Starting a Shared Review	p. 128
Reviewing a Shared Document	p. 132
Receiving Server-Based Reviews	p. 133
Real-Time Collaborative Reviews	p. 134
Manipulating Pages	p. 139
Rearranging Pages	p. 140
Extracting Pages	p. 141
Inserting One File into Another	p. 142
Replacing Pages	p. 143
Rotating Pages	p. 144
Cropping Pages	p. 146
Adding and Changing Text and Graphics	p. 149
Touching Up Text	p. 150
Modifying Line Art	p. 152
Adding Headers and Footers	p. 156
Adding a Background	p. 159
Adding a Watermark	p. 161
Redacting a Document	p. 163
Adding Simple Navigation Features	p. 169
Adding Bookmarks	p. 170
Creating Links	p. 173
Modifying Existing Links	p. 176
Making Automatic Web Links	p. 177
Creating Articles	p. 178
Creating an Acrobat Presentation	p. 181
Setting Open Options	p. 182
Creating a Full-Screen Slide Show	p. 184
Creating a Next Page Button	p. 186
Creating a Self-Running Presentation	p. 188
Placing a Movie on a Page	p. 190
Playing a Movie	p. 196
Placing a Flash Animation on the Page	p. 199
Adding Sound to a PDF Page	p. 200
Organizing Documents	p. 203
Examining the Organizer	p. 204
Using the History Pane	p. 206
Using the Places Pane	p. 207
Using the Collections Category	p. 208
Creating Forms with Acrobat Pro	p. 211
About LiveCycle Designer	p. 212
Creating a Form from a Template	p. 213
Editing Forms with LiveCycle Designer	p. 216
Converting Electronic Documents to Forms	p. 219
Distributing Forms	p. 223
Responding to a Distributed Form	p. 228
Receiving and Viewing Results	p. 229
Password Protection	p. 233
Restricting File Access	p. 234
Restricting Reader Activities	p. 236
Digital Signatures	p. 239
About Adobe Self-Sign Security	p. 240
Creating a Digital ID	p. 241
Creating a Certificate from an ID	p. 243
Importing a Certificate as a Trusted Identity	p. 245
Signing a PDF Document	p. 247
Creating a Signature Appearance	p. 249
Creating a Signature Field	p. 251
Validating a Signed Document	p. 253
Converting Paper to PDF	p. 255
Typing on a Paper Form	p. 256
Creating a Searchable Image	p. 258
Converting a Scan with ClearScan	p. 260
Index	p. 262
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Adobe Acrobat 9 for Windows and Macintosh Visual QuickStart Guide

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