Chapter . Getting Started

Adobe® Acrobat® 8 is an essential tool in today’s electronic workflow. You can use Acrobat Standard or Acrobat Professional to create virtually any document in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), preserving the exact look and content of the original, complete with fonts and graphics.

You can combine multiple files in different formats into one consolidated PDF file or into a PDF package. In a PDF package, files can be manipulated independently of one another without affecting the package as a whole.

You can distribute your PDF documents reliably and securely by email or store them on the web, an intranet, a file system, or a CD. Users can view and review your work, regardless of the platform they work on. And Acrobat ...

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