Adobe® Acrobat® 8 PDF Bible

Adobe® Acrobat® 8 PDF Bible

by Ted Padova
Released February 2007
Publisher(s): Wiley
ISBN: 9780470050514

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Book description

The Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible is the comprehensive guide to Acrobat for novices and power users alike. With a concise, easy-to-read format, you will be creating interactive XML forms, enabling streamlined document review processes, and publishing high-impact electronic documents in no time.

—Rick Brown, director of product management, Adobe Acrobat

The book you need to succeed with Adobe Acrobat!

Why do readers turn to the Adobe Acrobat Bible again and again? Because whether you're already experienced with Adobe Acrobat or you're learning to use this powerful tool for the first time, you'll find exactly what you need to know in these well-organized pages. Packed with helpful tips and step-by-step instructions, this latest edition will guide you through both basic and advanced features, enabling you to take full advantage of everything Acrobat 8 has to offer.

  • Create, collect, and distribute forms with LiveCycle® Designer

  • Work seamlessly with Microsoft® Office applications

  • Convert AutoCAD® and Visio® files to PDF

  • Discover new ways to edit PDFs and remove sensitive data

  • Explore enhanced Shared Reviews tools with easy-to-use Wizard

  • Collect form data by exporting it directly to Microsoft Excel®

  • Combine files and create PDF Packages using new Acrobat 8 tools

What's on the CD-ROM?

You'll find valuable, author-developed sample files including PDF documents, Adobe Designer forms, and Acrobat PDF forms with JavaScripts—all arranged in folders according to chapters in the book, so you use them along with the book's tutorials. The CD also includes:

  • Adobe Reader software

  • Entire book in searchable PDF with embedded index

  • Windows demonstration plug-ins

Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. About the Author
  3. Preface
    1. About This Book
      1. How to read this book
      2. Icons
      3. The book's contents
    2. Staying Connected
      1. Internet connection
      2. Registration
      3. Web sites to contact
    3. Contacting Me
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
    1. What Is Adobe Acrobat?
      1. Nomenclature
      2. Adobe Systems and the Acrobat mission
      3. PDF workflows
    2. New Features in Adobe Acrobat Professional
  6. I. Welcome to Adobe Acrobat
    1. 1. Getting to Know Adobe Acrobat
      1. 1.1. What Is Adobe Acrobat?
      2. 1.2. What Is PDF?
        1. 1.2.1. Document repurposing
        2. 1.2.2. PDF and Adobe PostScript
        3. 1.2.3. PDF versions
      3. 1.3. Understanding PDF Standards
      4. 1.4. Looking at the New User Interface
      5. 1.5. Acrobat Environment
        1. 1.5.1. Menus
          1. 1.5.1.1. File menu
          2. 1.5.1.2. Edit menu
          3. 1.5.1.3. View menu
          4. 1.5.1.4. Document menu
          5. 1.5.1.5. Comments menu
          6. 1.5.1.6. Forms menu
          7. 1.5.1.7. Tools menu
          8. 1.5.1.8. Advanced menu
          9. 1.5.1.9. Window menu
          10. 1.5.1.10. Help menu
          11. 1.5.1.11. Submenus
          12. 1.5.1.12. Context menus
          13. 1.5.1.13. Keyboard shortcuts
        2. 1.5.2. Tools, task buttons, and toolbars
          1. 1.5.2.1. Task buttons
          2. 1.5.2.2. Loading and unloading tools
          3. 1.5.2.3. Default toolbars
          4. 1.5.2.4. Managing default toolbars
          5. 1.5.2.5. Understanding advanced toolbars
            1. 1.5.2.5.1. Opening advanced toolbars
            2. 1.5.2.5.2. Advanced Editing toolbar
            3. 1.5.2.5.3. Comment & Markup toolbar
            4. 1.5.2.5.4. Edit toolbar
            5. 1.5.2.5.5. Forms toolbar (Acrobat Professional only)
            6. 1.5.2.5.6. Measuring tools
            7. 1.5.2.5.7. Object Data tool
            8. 1.5.2.5.8. Print Production tools
            9. 1.5.2.5.9. Redaction
            10. 1.5.2.5.10. Typewriter toolbar
            11. 1.5.2.5.11. Properties Bar
          6. 1.5.2.6. Customizing the Acrobat workplace
          7. 1.5.2.7. Tool Tips
        3. 1.5.3. Palettes
          1. 1.5.3.1. Default palettes
            1. 1.5.3.1.1. Pages
            2. 1.5.3.1.2. Bookmarks
            3. 1.5.3.1.3. How To
            4. 1.5.3.1.4. Signatures
            5. 1.5.3.1.5. Attachments
            6. 1.5.3.1.6. Comments
          2. 1.5.3.2. Hidden panels
            1. 1.5.3.2.1. Articles
            2. 1.5.3.2.2. Content
            3. 1.5.3.2.3. Destinations
            4. 1.5.3.2.4. Fields
            5. 1.5.3.2.5. Info
            6. 1.5.3.2.6. Layers
            7. 1.5.3.2.7. Model Tree
            8. 1.5.3.2.8. Order
            9. 1.5.3.2.9. Tags
          3. 1.5.3.3. Palette menus
          4. 1.5.3.4. Context menus
      6. 1.6. Accessing Help
        1. 1.6.1. Getting Started in Acrobat
        2. 1.6.2. How To pane
        3. 1.6.3. Acrobat help
          1. 1.6.3.1. Complete Acrobat 8.0 Help
            1. 1.6.3.1.1. Contents tab
            2. 1.6.3.1.2. Search tab
            3. 1.6.3.1.3. Index tab
            4. 1.6.3.1.4. Navigating topics
            5. 1.6.3.1.5. Printing topics
          2. 1.6.3.2. Adobe LiveCycle Designer
          3. 1.6.3.3. More help
          4. 1.6.3.4. Acrobat User Community
      7. 1.7. Understanding Preferences
      8. 1.8. Summary
    2. 2. Using Acrobat Viewers
      1. 2.1. Viewer Distinctions
        1. 2.1.1. Adobe Reader
        2. 2.1.2. Acrobat Elements
        3. 2.1.3. Acrobat Standard versus Acrobat Professional
        4. 2.1.4. Acrobat 3D
      2. 2.2. Using Plug-ins
        1. 2.2.1. Installing plug-ins
        2. 2.2.2. Uninstalling plug-ins
        3. 2.2.3. Resolving plug-in conflicts
        4. 2.2.4. Working with plug-ins
      3. 2.3. Summary
    3. 3. Getting Started in Adobe Acrobat
      1. 3.1. Getting Started Window
      2. 3.2. Navigating the Getting Started Window
      3. 3.3. Using the Tasks Buttons
      4. 3.4. Opening the Tasks Descriptions from Tasks Buttons
      5. 3.5. Summary
    4. 4. Getting Familiar with Adobe Reader
      1. 4.1. Welcome to Adobe Reader
      2. 4.2. Setting Some Critical Preferences
      3. 4.3. Adobe Reader Tools
        1. 4.3.1. Loading tools and toolbars
        2. 4.3.2. Getting familiar with the Reader tools
          1. 4.3.2.1. Default tools
          2. 4.3.2.2. Tools available with enabled PDF documents
      4. 4.4. Enabling Adobe Reader Usage Rights
        1. 4.4.1. Commenting in Adobe Reader
        2. 4.4.2. Using file attachments
        3. 4.4.3. Working with Forms in Adobe Reader
      5. 4.5. Getting Help
      6. 4.6. Adding More Functionality to Adobe Reader
        1. 4.6.1. Creating PDFs online
        2. 4.6.2. Understanding Adobe Reader Extensions
      7. 4.7. What We Lost in Adobe Reader 8
      8. 4.8. Summary
    5. 5. Viewing and Navigating PDF Files
      1. 5.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 5.2. Arranging Toolbars in the Acrobat Window
      3. 5.3. Navigating PDF Documents
        1. 5.3.1. Navigation toolbar
        2. 5.3.2. Context menus
        3. 5.3.3. Navigation menu commands
          1. 5.3.3.1. Go To
          2. 5.3.3.2. Zoom
          3. 5.3.3.3. Page Display
          4. 5.3.3.4. Rotate View
          5. 5.3.3.5. Reading mode
          6. 5.3.3.6. Full Screen mode
          7. 5.3.3.7. Menu Bar
          8. 5.3.3.8. Toolbars
          9. 5.3.3.9. Navigation Tabs
          10. 5.3.3.10. Grid (Acrobat Professional only)
          11. 5.3.3.11. Snap to Grid (Acrobat Professional only)
          12. 5.3.3.12. Rulers (Acrobat Professional only)
          13. 5.3.3.13. Guides
          14. 5.3.3.14. Line Weights
          15. 5.3.3.15. Automatically Scroll
          16. 5.3.3.16. Read Out Loud
        4. 5.3.4. Scrolling
      4. 5.4. Zooming
        1. 5.4.1. Marquee Zoom tool
        2. 5.4.2. Zoom In tool
        3. 5.4.3. Zoom Out tool
        4. 5.4.4. Dynamic Zoom tool
        5. 5.4.5. Loupe tool (Acrobat Professional only)
        6. 5.4.6. Pan & Zoom Window (Acrobat Professional only)
        7. 5.4.7. Zoom tool behaviors
      5. 5.5. Changing Page Views
      6. 5.6. Setting Initial View Attributes
        1. 5.6.1. Understanding Initial View preferences
        2. 5.6.2. Saving the Initial View
      7. 5.7. Viewing Files with the Window Menu
        1. 5.7.1. Minimize and zoom views
        2. 5.7.2. New Window
        3. 5.7.3. Cascade
        4. 5.7.4. Tile
        5. 5.7.5. Close All
        6. 5.7.6. Split
        7. 5.7.7. Spreadsheet Split
        8. 5.7.8. Full Screen Mode
      8. 5.8. Viewing Links
        1. 5.8.1. Navigation panel
        2. 5.8.2. Navigation panels
        3. 5.8.3. Hypertext links
      9. 5.9. Opening PDF Files
        1. 5.9.1. Opening recently viewed files
        2. 5.9.2. Using the Organizer
          1. 5.9.2.1. Using the Categories pane
          2. 5.9.2.2. Using the Files pane
          3. 5.9.2.3. Using the Pages pane
          4. 5.9.2.4. Bookmarking Web-hosted PDFs
      10. 5.10. Summary
    6. 6. Searching PDF Files
      1. 6.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 6.2. Using the Find Toolbar
      3. 6.3. Using the Search Window
        1. 6.3.1. Basic search options
          1. 6.3.1.1. Where to search
          2. 6.3.1.2. Navigating search results
          3. 6.3.1.3. Stopping a search
          4. 6.3.1.4. Displaying results
          5. 6.3.1.5. Searching files and folders
        2. 6.3.2. Searching PDFs on the Internet
        3. 6.3.3. Performing advanced searches
          1. 6.3.3.1. Searching the open PDF file with Advanced Search Options
          2. 6.3.3.2. Searching multiple PDFs with Advanced Search Options
            1. 6.3.3.2.1. Searching dates
            2. 6.3.3.2.2. Searching metadata
          3. 6.3.3.3. Searching layers
          4. 6.3.3.4. Boolean queries
          5. 6.3.3.5. Search preferences
      4. 6.4. Document Descriptions
        1. 6.4.1. Searching document descriptions
        2. 6.4.2. Document descriptions and Boolean queries
      5. 6.5. Full-Text Versus Index Searches
      6. 6.6. Search Index Procedures
      7. 6.7. Creating Search Indexes (Acrobat Professional Only)
        1. 6.7.1. Preparing PDFs for indexing
          1. 6.7.1.1. Document descriptions
          2. 6.7.1.2. File structure
          3. 6.7.1.3. Optimizing performance
          4. 6.7.1.4. Creating search help
        2. 6.7.2. Creating a new index file
          1. 6.7.2.1. Index title
          2. 6.7.2.2. Index description
          3. 6.7.2.3. Include these directories
          4. 6.7.2.4. Exclude these subdirectories
          5. 6.7.2.5. Remove
        3. 6.7.3. Saving index definitions
        4. 6.7.4. Setting options
          1. 6.7.4.1. Do not include numbers
          2. 6.7.4.2. Add IDs to Adobe v1.0 files
          3. 6.7.4.3. Do not warn for changed documents when searching
          4. 6.7.4.4. Custom properties
          5. 6.7.4.5. XMP Fields
          6. 6.7.4.6. Stop Words
          7. 6.7.4.7. Structure tags
        5. 6.7.5. Building the index
          1. 6.7.5.1. Stopping builds
          2. 6.7.5.2. Building existing indexes
          3. 6.7.5.3. Building legacy index files
          4. 6.7.5.4. Building index files from secure documents
        6. 6.7.6. Rebuilding an index
        7. 6.7.7. Purging data
        8. 6.7.8. Setting Catalog preferences
          1. 6.7.8.1. Indexing
          2. 6.7.8.2. Index defaults
      8. 6.8. Using Index Files
        1. 6.8.1. Loading index files
        2. 6.8.2. Attaching an index file to a document
        3. 6.8.3. Disabling indexes
        4. 6.8.4. Finding index information
        5. 6.8.5. Searching an index
        6. 6.8.6. Searching external devices
      9. 6.9. Working with Embedded Index Files
      10. 6.10. Summary
  7. II. Converting Documents to PDF
    1. 7. Converting Files to PDF
      1. 7.1. Setting Up the PDF Creation Environment
      2. 7.2. Understanding How PDFs Are Created
      3. 7.3. Converting Native Documents to PDF
        1. 7.3.1. Adobe PDF printer (Windows)
        2. 7.3.2. Adobe PDF (Macintosh OS X)
      4. 7.4. Creating Blank New Pages
      5. 7.5. Creating PDFs from Files
        1. 7.5.1. Supported file formats
        2. 7.5.2. Applying settings
        3. 7.5.3. Converting multiple files to PDF
        4. 7.5.4. Converting Clipboard images (Windows)
        5. 7.5.5. Converting Clipboard images (Macintosh)
        6. 7.5.6. Taking snapshots
        7. 7.5.7. Creating PDFs from blank pages
      6. 7.6. Scanning to PDF
      7. 7.7. Converting Web Pages to PDF
        1. 7.7.1. Understanding Web site structure
        2. 7.7.2. Understanding captured pages structure
          1. 7.7.2.1. Accepted file types and links
          2. 7.7.2.2. Bookmarks in converted pages
        3. 7.7.3. Capturing Web pages
          1. 7.7.3.1. Settings in the Create PDF from Web Page dialog box
          2. 7.7.3.2. Conversion settings
          3. 7.7.3.3. Page Layout conversion settings
          4. 7.7.3.4. Determining download status
        4. 7.7.4. Appending pages
        5. 7.7.5. Refreshing Web pages
        6. 7.7.6. Locating Web addresses
        7. 7.7.7. Setting preferences for Web Capture
      8. 7.8. Creating PDFs from Templates
      9. 7.9. Summary
    2. 8. Using PDFMaker with Microsoft Programs
      1. 8.1. Setting Up the Environment
      2. 8.2. Using Acrobat with Microsoft Word
        1. 8.2.1. Changing conversion settings (Macintosh)
        2. 8.2.2. Changing conversion settings (Windows)
          1. 8.2.2.1. Settings
          2. 8.2.2.2. Security
          3. 8.2.2.3. Word
          4. 8.2.2.4. Bookmarks
        3. 8.2.3. Working with comments (Windows)
        4. 8.2.4. Working with custom page sizes
          1. 8.2.4.1. Creating custom page sizes on Windows
          2. 8.2.4.2. Creating custom page sizes on the Macintosh
          3. 8.2.4.3. Adding crop marks to PDFs
          4. 8.2.4.4. Using graphics in Word
      3. 8.3. Converting Microsoft Excel Files to PDF
      4. 8.4. Converting Microsoft PowerPoint Files to PDF
      5. 8.5. Converting Microsoft Publisher Files
      6. 8.6. Microsoft Visio and PDF Creation
        1. 8.6.1. Working with object data
      7. 8.7. Converting Web Pages from Internet Explorer to PDF (Windows Only)
      8. 8.8. Converting Microsoft Outlook E-mails to PDF
      9. 8.9. Summary
    3. 9. Exporting to PDF from Authoring Applications
      1. 9.1. Setting Up the Environment
      2. 9.2. Working with Acrobat and the Adobe Creative Suite
        1. 9.2.1. Acrobat and Adobe Photoshop
          1. 9.2.1.1. Saving to PDF from Photoshop
          2. 9.2.1.2. Working with Photoshop color modes
          3. 9.2.1.3. Acquiring PDF files in Photoshop
            1. 9.2.1.3.1. Opening PDF files in Photoshop
            2. 9.2.1.3.2. Placing PDF files in Photoshop
          4. 9.2.1.4. Using comments in Photoshop
          5. 9.2.1.5. Creating PDF presentations
        2. 9.2.2. Adobe Illustrator CS
          1. 9.2.2.1. Saving PDFs from Adobe Illustrator CS
          2. 9.2.2.2. Saving layered files to PDF
          3. 9.2.2.3. Creating multi-page PDFs
          4. 9.2.2.4. Saving SWF files
          5. 9.2.2.5. Opening Illustrator files in Acrobat
          6. 9.2.2.6. Exporting PDFs for print
          7. 9.2.2.7. Exporting Adobe PDF Layers
        3. 9.2.3. Adobe GoLive CS
      3. 9.3. Using Acrobat with Non-Adobe Programs
      4. 9.4. Summary
    4. 10. Using Acrobat Distiller
      1. 10.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 10.2. Understanding PostScript
        1. 10.2.1. Creating PostScript files
        2. 10.2.2. Encoding
        3. 10.2.3. PostScript levels
      3. 10.3. Using Acrobat Distiller Preferences
        1. 10.3.1. Startup Alerts
        2. 10.3.2. Output Options
        3. 10.3.3. Log Files
      4. 10.4. Editing Adobe PDF Settings
        1. 10.4.1. Using the Default Adobe PDF Settings
        2. 10.4.2. Changing Adobe PDF Settings
        3. 10.4.3. General settings
        4. 10.4.4. Images
          1. 10.4.4.1. Color images
          2. 10.4.4.2. Grayscale
          3. 10.4.4.3. Monochrome images
          4. 10.4.4.4. Guidelines for sampling images
        5. 10.4.5. Fonts
          1. 10.4.5.1. Font types
        6. 10.4.6. Color
          1. 10.4.6.1. Adobe Color Settings
          2. 10.4.6.2. Color Management Policies
          3. 10.4.6.3. Working Spaces
          4. 10.4.6.4. CMYK color spaces
          5. 10.4.6.5. Device-Dependent Data
        7. 10.4.7. Advanced
        8. 10.4.8. Standards (Acrobat Professional only)
          1. 10.4.8.1. PDF/X
          2. 10.4.8.2. PDF/A
      5. 10.5. Managing Adobe PDF Settings
      6. 10.6. Identifying Font Locations
      7. 10.7. Using Watched Folders
        1. 10.7.1. Licensing restrictions
        2. 10.7.2. Creating watched folders (Acrobat Professional only)
      8. 10.8. Working with Non-Roman Text
      9. 10.9. Accessing Distiller
      10. 10.10. Summary
  8. III. Editing PDFs
    1. 11. Saving and Versioning Files
      1. 11.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 11.2. Saving PDF Files
      3. 11.3. Exporting Data
        1. 11.3.1. Adobe PDF files (*.pdf)
        2. 11.3.2. Adobe PDF Files, Optimized (*.pdf)
        3. 11.3.3. Encapsulated PostScript (*.eps) and PostScript (*.ps)
          1. 11.3.3.1. General settings
          2. 11.3.3.2. Output
          3. 11.3.3.3. Marks and Bleeds
          4. 11.3.3.4. PostScript Options
        4. 11.3.4. HTML 3.2 (*.htm), HTML 4.01 with CSS 1.0 (*.htm), XML 1.0 (*.xml), and Text (Plain) (*.txt)
        5. 11.3.5. JPEG (*.jpg, .jpeg, .jpe), JPEG2000 (.jpf, *.ipx, *.jp2, *.j2k, *.j2c, .jpc), PNG (.png), and TIFF (*.tif, *.tiff)
        6. 11.3.6. Microsoft Word Document (*.doc) and Rich Text Format (*.rtf)
        7. 11.3.7. Text (Accessible) (*.txt)
      4. 11.4. Saving Different Document Versions (Adobe Acrobat Professional and Creative Suite)
        1. 11.4.1. Setting Up the Version Cue Workspace (Adobe Creative Suite users only)
          1. 11.4.1.1. Enabling Version Cue and setting preferences (Adobe Creative Suite users only)
          2. 11.4.1.2. Specifying workspace folders (Adobe Creative Suite users)
          3. 11.4.1.3. Enabling Version Cue within Acrobat Professional (Adobe Acrobat and Creative Suite users)
        2. 11.4.2. Working with Version Cue files (Adobe Acrobat and Creative Suite users)
          1. 11.4.2.1. Creating a Version Cue project
          2. 11.4.2.2. Saving Version Cue files
          3. 11.4.2.3. Understanding states
          4. 11.4.2.4. Adding files to a Version Cue project
          5. 11.4.2.5. Working with the Versions command
      5. 11.5. Summary
    2. 12. Combining, Packaging, and Attaching PDFs
      1. 12.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 12.2. Combining PDFs
        1. 12.2.1. Combining files and folders
        2. 12.2.2. Using the Combine Files Wizard
          1. 12.2.2.1. Adding files to the wizard
        3. 12.2.3. Organizing files
          1. 12.2.3.1. Previewing files
          2. 12.2.3.2. Conversion options
        4. 12.2.4. Editing Bookmark names
          1. 12.2.4.1. Previewing and saving combined files
      3. 12.3. Working with PDF Packages
        1. 12.3.1. Creating a package
        2. 12.3.2. Viewing PDF Packages
        3. 12.3.3. Creating a template for a PDF Package
      4. 12.4. Working with File Attachments
        1. 12.4.1. Using the Attach tools
        2. 12.4.2. Record Audio Comment tool
          1. 12.4.2.1. Attaching prerecorded sounds
          2. 12.4.2.2. Recording sounds
        3. 12.4.3. Attachments and PDF Packages
        4. 12.4.4. Using the Attachments panel
      5. 12.5. Summary
    3. 13. Editing Text
      1. 13.1. Setting Up the Text Editing Environment
      2. 13.2. Using the TouchUp Text Tool
        1. 13.2.1. Changing text attributes
        2. 13.2.2. Editing text on layers
        3. 13.2.3. Adding new text to a document
        4. 13.2.4. Copying text with the TouchUp Text tool
      3. 13.3. Setting Text Editing Preferences
        1. 13.3.1. Selecting the order of objects
        2. 13.3.2. Using the Hand tool for text selections
      4. 13.4. Using the Select Tool
        1. 13.4.1. Copying text
          1. 13.4.1.1. Copying multiple pages of text
          2. 13.4.1.2. Using the Select All command
          3. 13.4.1.3. Copying a file to the Clipboard (Windows only)
        2. 13.4.2. Working with table data
          1. 13.4.2.1. Copying and pasting table data
          2. 13.4.2.2. Opening selected data in a spreadsheet document
          3. 13.4.2.3. Saving data to a spreadsheet file
      5. 13.5. Looking Up Definitions
      6. 13.6. Working with Text in New Blank Pages
        1. 13.6.1. Setting text attributes
        2. 13.6.2. Setting preferences
        3. 13.6.3. Using the PDF Editor
          1. 13.6.3.1. Keyboard shortcuts in the PDF Editor
          2. 13.6.3.2. Tools and commands in the PDF Editor
          3. 13.6.3.3. PDF Editor behavior
        4. 13.6.4. Alternate methods for creating blank pages
      7. 13.7. Summary
    4. 14. Redacting PDFs
      1. 14.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 14.2. What Is Redaction?
      3. 14.3. Getting a Grip on the Redaction Tools
      4. 14.4. Redacting PDF Files
      5. 14.5. Summary
    5. 15. Editing Images and Objects
      1. 15.1. Setting Up the Editing Environment
      2. 15.2. Selecting Images
        1. 15.2.1. Using the Select tool
          1. 15.2.1.1. Interactivity
          2. 15.2.1.2. Pasting images
          3. 15.2.1.3. Transforming pasted images
          4. 15.2.1.4. Saving image files
          5. 15.2.1.5. Image Properties
          6. 15.2.1.6. Recognize Text Using OCR
        2. 15.2.2. Using the TouchUp Object tool
          1. 15.2.2.1. Pasting images and objects
          2. 15.2.2.2. Place Image
          3. 15.2.2.3. Delete Clip
          4. 15.2.2.4. Set Clip
          5. 15.2.2.5. Rotations
          6. 15.2.2.6. Scaling images
          7. 15.2.2.7. Create/Remove Artifact
          8. 15.2.2.8. Find
          9. 15.2.2.9. Show Metadata
          10. 15.2.2.10. Properties
      3. 15.3. Image and Object External Editing
        1. 15.3.1. TouchUp preferences
        2. 15.3.2. Editing images in Adobe Photoshop
        3. 15.3.3. Editing objects in Adobe Illustrator
        4. 15.3.4. Editing text in Adobe Illustrator
        5. 15.3.5. Using Edit Page in Adobe Illustrator
      4. 15.4. Using the Snapshot Tool
        1. 15.4.1. Changing snapshot resolutions
        2. 15.4.2. Pasting snapshot data
      5. 15.5. Exporting Images
      6. 15.6. Summary
    6. 16. Editing Pages
      1. 16.1. Setting Up the Page-Editing Environment
      2. 16.2. Working with Page Thumbnails
        1. 16.2.1. Navigating pages
        2. 16.2.2. Changing thumbnail sizes
        3. 16.2.3. Embedding and unembedding thumbnails
      3. 16.3. Organizing Pages
        1. 16.3.1. Reordering pages
        2. 16.3.2. Copying pages
        3. 16.3.3. Removing pages
      4. 16.4. Modifying Pages
      5. 16.5. Cropping Pages
      6. 16.6. Rotating Pages
        1. 16.6.1. Rotating PDF elements
        2. 16.6.2. Minimizing rotation problems
      7. 16.7. Creating Headers and Footers
        1. 16.7.1. Updating headers and footers
        2. 16.7.2. Removing headers and footers
      8. 16.8. Numbering Pages
        1. 16.8.1. Numbering individual PDF documents
        2. 16.8.2. Using Bates numbering
          1. 16.8.2.1. Removing Bates numbers
          2. 16.8.2.2. Packaging files with Bates numbers
      9. 16.9. Adding Watermarks and Backgrounds
        1. 16.9.1. Adding backgrounds
          1. 16.9.1.1. Replacing backgrounds
          2. 16.9.1.2. Updating backgrounds
          3. 16.9.1.3. Removing backgrounds
        2. 16.9.2. Adding watermarks
        3. 16.9.3. Removing and updating watermarks
      10. 16.10. Summary
    7. 17. Scanning and OCR Conversion
      1. 17.1. Setting Up the Scanning Work Environment
      2. 17.2. Configuring Scanners
        1. 17.2.1. TWAIN software
        2. 17.2.2. Adobe Photoshop plug-in software
      3. 17.3. Understanding Scanning Essentials
        1. 17.3.1. Preparing a document
        2. 17.3.2. Photocopying originals
        3. 17.3.3. Ensuring straight alignment
      4. 17.4. Using Scan to PDF
      5. 17.5. Understanding the Acrobat Scan Attributes
        1. 17.5.1. Input options
        2. 17.5.2. Output options
        3. 17.5.3. Document options
        4. 17.5.4. Text recognition and metadata options
      6. 17.6. Creating Workflow Solutions
      7. 17.7. Using Text Recognition
        1. 17.7.1. Understanding suspect words
        2. 17.7.2. Reducing suspects
      8. 17.8. Exporting OCR text
      9. 17.9. Scanning Paper Forms
        1. 17.9.1. Scanning forms for Adobe LiveCycle Designer (Windows only)
        2. 17.9.2. Using a digital camera in lieu of a scanner
      10. 17.10. Summary
    8. 18. Repurposing and Batch Processing
      1. 18.1. Setting Up the Environment
      2. 18.2. Reducing File Sizes
        1. 18.2.1. Downsizing cropped images
        2. 18.2.2. Using the Reduce File Size command
        3. 18.2.3. Examining documents
        4. 18.2.4. Using PDF Optimizer (Acrobat Professional only)
          1. 18.2.4.1. Auditing space usage
          2. 18.2.4.2. Optimizing files
            1. 18.2.4.2.1. Settings
            2. 18.2.4.2.2. Make compatible with
            3. 18.2.4.2.3. Images
            4. 18.2.4.2.4. Fonts
            5. 18.2.4.2.5. Transparency
            6. 18.2.4.2.6. Discard Objects
            7. 18.2.4.2.7. Discard User Data
            8. 18.2.4.2.8. Clean Up
      3. 18.3. Redistilling Files
      4. 18.4. Batch Processing PDF Files
        1. 18.4.1. Creating a batch sequence
        2. 18.4.2. Setting output options
        3. 18.4.3. Running sequences
        4. 18.4.4. Editing sequences
        5. 18.4.5. Creating custom sequences
      5. 18.5. Summary
    9. 19. Enabling Features for Adobe Reader
      1. 19.1. Setting Up the Enabling Work Environment
      2. 19.2. Adobe LiveCycle Reader Extensions Server
      3. 19.3. Restrictions for Enabling Features
        1. 19.3.1. Audience
        2. 19.3.2. Licensing restrictions
        3. 19.3.3. Enforcing the restrictions
      4. 19.4. Enabling PDF Documents with Reader Extensions (Acrobat Professional only)
        1. 19.4.1. Enabling PDFs for Commenting
        2. 19.4.2. Enabling PDFs for Comment & Review
        3. 19.4.3. Enabling PDFs for form saves
        4. 19.4.4. Sending files for Shared Reviews
        5. 19.4.5. Distributing Forms?
        6. 19.4.6. What about Adobe Designer Forms?
      5. 19.5. Editing Enabled PDF Files
        1. 19.5.1. Modifying an enabled PDF file
        2. 19.5.2. Working with enabled files and PDF Packages
      6. 19.6. Summary
  9. IV. PDF Interactivity
    1. 20. Review and Markup
      1. 20.1. Setting Up the Review and Comment Environment
      2. 20.2. Setting Commenting Preferences
      3. 20.3. Looking at the Comment & Markup Toolbar
      4. 20.4. Using the Comment & Markup Tools
        1. 20.4.1. Using the Sticky Note tool
          1. 20.4.1.1. Managing notes
          2. 20.4.1.2. Sticky Note tool properties
          3. 20.4.1.3. Setting default properties
          4. 20.4.1.4. Using the Properties Bar
        2. 20.4.2. Working with the Text Edits tools
        3. 20.4.3. Working with the Highlight tools
        4. 20.4.4. Attaching Files as Comments
        5. 20.4.5. Recording audio comments
        6. 20.4.6. Using the Stamp tool
          1. 20.4.6.1. Selecting stamps
          2. 20.4.6.2. Adding a stamp to a page
          3. 20.4.6.3. Changing stamp properties
          4. 20.4.6.4. Creating custom stamps
          5. 20.4.6.5. Appending stamps to a new category
          6. 20.4.6.6. Pasting a clipboard image as a stamp
        7. 20.4.7. Attaching files
      5. 20.5. Using the Markup Tools
        1. 20.5.1. Callout tool
        2. 20.5.2. Cloud tool
        3. 20.5.3. Line tools with inline text
        4. 20.5.4. Text Box tool
        5. 20.5.5. Drawing tools
          1. 20.5.5.1. Drawing tools and context menus
          2. 20.5.5.2. Line tool properties
          3. 20.5.5.3. Managing line comments
      6. 20.6. Using the Show Menu
      7. 20.7. Using the Comments Menu
      8. 20.8. Using the Comments Panel
        1. 20.8.1. Viewing comments
          1. 20.8.1.1. Sorting comments
          2. 20.8.1.2. Navigating comments
        2. 20.8.2. Searching comments
        3. 20.8.3. Printing comments
        4. 20.8.4. Deleting comments
        5. 20.8.5. Marking comments
        6. 20.8.6. Setting comment status
        7. 20.8.7. Editing comment pop-up notes
      9. 20.9. Exporting and Importing Comments
        1. 20.9.1. Exporting/importing comments to and from a file
        2. 20.9.2. Exporting selected comments
      10. 20.10. Filtering Comments
      11. 20.11. Creating Comment Summaries
      12. 20.12. Comparing Documents
      13. 20.13. Summary
    2. 21. Working with Review Sessions
      1. 21.1. Setting Up the Commenting for Reviews Environment
      2. 21.2. Creating an Attach for E-mail Review
        1. 21.2.1. Initiating an Attach for E-mail review
        2. 21.2.2. Participating in a review
          1. 21.2.2.1. Recipient participation
          2. 21.2.2.2. Author participation
            1. 21.2.2.2.1. Updating comments
            2. 21.2.2.2.2. Asking new reviewers to participate
        3. 21.2.3. Using the Review Tracker
          1. 21.2.3.1. Viewing documents in the Review Tracker
          2. 21.2.3.2. Forms Tracker
          3. 21.2.3.3. RSS (Subscriptions)
          4. 21.2.3.4. PDF creation from the Review Tracker
      3. 21.3. Working with Shared Reviews
        1. 21.3.1. Setting Reviewing preferences for browser-based reviews
        2. 21.3.2. Working in a Shared Review
        3. 21.3.3. PROXY Reviewers
        4. 21.3.4. Working offline
      4. 21.4. Migrating Comments
      5. 21.5. Summary
    3. 22. Links and Actions
      1. 22.1. Setting Up the Links and Actions Environment
      2. 22.2. Working with Bookmarks
        1. 22.2.1. Creating bookmarks
        2. 22.2.2. Managing bookmarks
        3. 22.2.3. Renaming bookmarks
        4. 22.2.4. Structured bookmarks
        5. 22.2.5. Bookmark appearances
        6. 22.2.6. Bookmark properties
        7. 22.2.7. Using the Properties Bar
        8. 22.2.8. Setting bookmark opening views
      3. 22.3. Working with Articles
        1. 22.3.1. Viewing and navigating articles
          1. 22.3.1.1. Article properties
          2. 22.3.1.2. Viewing articles
        2. 22.3.2. Defining articles
          1. 22.3.2.1. Ending an article thread
          2. 22.3.2.2. Deleting articles
          3. 22.3.2.3. Combining articles
      4. 22.4. Working with the Link Tool
        1. 22.4.1. Creating links for page navigation
        2. 22.4.2. Linking to views
        3. 22.4.3. Editing a link action
        4. 22.4.4. Link appearance properties
        5. 22.4.5. Link properties
        6. 22.4.6. Link actions properties
          1. 22.4.6.1. Go to a 3D View
          2. 22.4.6.2. Go to a page view
          3. 22.4.6.3. Execute a menu item
          4. 22.4.6.4. Import form data
          5. 22.4.6.5. Open a file
          6. 22.4.6.6. Open a web link
          7. 22.4.6.7. Play a sound
          8. 22.4.6.8. Play media (Acrobat 5 compatible)
          9. 22.4.6.9. Play media (Acrobat 6 and Later Compatible)
          10. 22.4.6.10. Read an article
          11. 22.4.6.11. Reset a form
          12. 22.4.6.12. Run a JavaScript
          13. 22.4.6.13. Set layer visibility
          14. 22.4.6.14. Show/hide a field
          15. 22.4.6.15. Submit a form
        7. 22.4.7. Managing links
      5. 22.5. Working with Page Properties
      6. 22.6. Creating Destinations
        1. 22.6.1. Destination tools
        2. 22.6.2. Creating a pop-up menu
      7. 22.7. Working with Buttons (Acrobat Professional only)
        1. 22.7.1. Creating a button field
        2. 22.7.2. Duplicating buttons
      8. 22.8. Summary
    4. 23. Multimedia and PDFs
      1. 23.1. Setting Up the Multimedia Environment
      2. 23.2. Working with Sound Files
        1. 23.2.1. Creating sound files
        2. 23.2.2. Adding sounds to page actions
        3. 23.2.3. Adding sounds to form field actions
        4. 23.2.4. Using the Sound tool
          1. 23.2.4.1. Acrobat 5–compatible Movie (Sound) Properties
            1. 23.2.4.1.1. General properties
            2. 23.2.4.1.2. Playback
            3. 23.2.4.1.3. Appearance
          2. 23.2.4.2. Acrobat 6–compatible Multimedia (Sound) Properties
            1. 23.2.4.2.1. Settings
            2. 23.2.4.2.2. Appearance
            3. 23.2.4.2.3. Actions
      3. 23.3. Creating Movie Files
      4. 23.4. Importing Movies
        1. 23.4.1. Acrobat 5–compatible movies
          1. 23.4.1.1. Add Movie
          2. 23.4.1.2. Acrobat 5 Movie Properties
            1. 23.4.1.2.1. General
            2. 23.4.1.2.2. Playback
            3. 23.4.1.2.3. Appearance
        2. 23.4.2. Acrobat 6–compatible movies
          1. 23.4.2.1. Add Movie
          2. 23.4.2.2. Acrobat 6 Multimedia Properties
            1. 23.4.2.2.1. Understanding renditions
            2. 23.4.2.2.2. Adding a rendition
            3. 23.4.2.2.3. Editing a rendition
            4. 23.4.2.2.4. Appearance
            5. 23.4.2.2.5. Actions
      5. 23.5. Creating Play Buttons
      6. 23.6. Summary
    5. 24. Working with Layers
      1. 24.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 24.2. Understanding Layers
      3. 24.3. Layer Visibility
        1. 24.3.1. Setting initial visibility
        2. 24.3.2. Showing/hiding layers
        3. 24.3.3. Initial Views
      4. 24.4. Layer Properties
        1. 24.4.1. Changing the default state
        2. 24.4.2. Locking visibility
        3. 24.4.3. Changing the initial state
        4. 24.4.4. Overriding defaults
        5. 24.4.5. Managing layers
          1. 24.4.5.1. Merging layers
          2. 24.4.5.2. Flattening layers
      5. 24.5. Creating Layer Visibility Buttons
      6. 24.6. Using Measuring Tools
        1. 24.6.1. Measuring surface area
        2. 24.6.2. Changing markup appearances
        3. 24.6.3. Measuring Preferences
        4. 24.6.4. Comments, measurements, and layers
      7. 24.7. Summary
    6. 25. Accessibility and Tagged PDF Files
      1. 25.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 25.2. Creating Accessible Documents
        1. 25.2.1. Understanding accessibility
        2. 25.2.2. Adding accessibility in authoring applications
        3. 25.2.3. Making existing PDFs accessible
          1. 25.2.3.1. Performing a Quick Check
          2. 25.2.3.2. Performing a Full Check (Acrobat Professional only)
          3. 25.2.3.3. Adding accessibility
      3. 25.3. Understanding Structure
        1. 25.3.1. Using the Tags palette
        2. 25.3.2. Adding alternate text
        3. 25.3.3. Using the Content tab
        4. 25.3.4. Using the Order tab
        5. 25.3.5. Checking accessible tags
      4. 25.4. Viewing Accessible Documents
      5. 25.5. Summary
  10. V. PDF Publishing
    1. 26. Authentication and Security
      1. 26.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 26.2. Restricting the Opening and Editing of Files
        1. 26.2.1. Using password security
        2. 26.2.2. Using a security policy
        3. 26.2.3. Managing security policies
          1. 26.2.3.1. Copying and editing policies
          2. 26.2.3.2. Viewing and deleting policies
      3. 26.3. Understanding Digital IDs
        1. 26.3.1. Creating a personal digital ID
          1. 26.3.1.1. Creating a custom appearance
          2. 26.3.1.2. Creating a digital ID
          3. 26.3.1.3. Managing multiple IDs
          4. 26.3.1.4. Setting usage options
        2. 26.3.2. Previewing before signing
        3. 26.3.3. Using signature fields
        4. 26.3.4. Creating a signature field when signing a document
      4. 26.4. Certifying a document
      5. 26.5. Protect an Adobe PDF File
      6. 26.6. Working with Digital Signatures and PDF Packages
      7. 26.7. Using Trusted Identities and Certificate Security
        1. 26.7.1. Using certificate encryption
        2. 26.7.2. Exporting public certificates
        3. 26.7.3. Requesting contacts
        4. 26.7.4. Managing Trusted Identities
        5. 26.7.5. Setting certificate security permissions
      8. 26.8. Validating Signatures
      9. 26.9. Creating a Security Envelope
      10. 26.10. Summary
    2. 27. PDFs and the Web
      1. 27.1. Setting Up the Environment
      2. 27.2. Viewing PDFs in Web Browsers
      3. 27.3. Working with Web links
        1. 27.3.1. Web links in the Organizer
        2. 27.3.2. Adding Web links to multiple pages
        3. 27.3.3. Controlling links view behavior
      4. 27.4. Converting PDF to HTML
        1. 27.4.1. Setting export options
        2. 27.4.2. Converting text documents to HTML
        3. 27.4.3. Exporting PDF files with images to HTML
      5. 27.5. Summary
    3. 28. PDFs and Presentations
      1. 28.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 28.2. Creating Presentation Documents
        1. 28.2.1. Converting PowerPoint slides to PDF (Windows)
        2. 28.2.2. Converting PowerPoint notes and handouts to PDF
        3. 28.2.3. Converting PowerPoint slides to PDF (Mac)
        4. 28.2.4. Converting Apple Keynote slides to PDF (Mac)
        5. 28.2.5. Converting authoring application documents to PDF
      3. 28.3. Working with Page Transitions and Effects
        1. 28.3.1. Converting animations to PDF from PowerPoint
        2. 28.3.2. Adding page transitions in Acrobat viewers
      4. 28.4. Using Full Screen Views
        1. 28.4.1. Setting Full Screen preferences
        2. 28.4.2. Saving Initial View options for files opening in Full Screen mode
        3. 28.4.3. Scrolling pages in Full Screen mode
        4. 28.4.4. Creating interactivity in Full Screen mode
          1. 28.4.4.1. Creating links and buttons for cross-document linking
          2. 28.4.4.2. Using interactive devices
      5. 28.5. Conducting Presentations and Online Meetings
      6. 28.6. Summary
    4. 29. Using Acrobat Connect
      1. 29.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 29.2. Understanding Acrobat Connect
      3. 29.3. Setting Up an Account
      4. 29.4. Using Acrobat Connect and Professional Sessions
      5. 29.5. Summary
    5. 30. PDFs and eBooks
      1. 30.1. Setting Up the eBook Work Environment
      2. 30.2. Creating eBooks
        1. 30.2.1. Adobe Content Server 3
        2. 30.2.2. Adobe LiveCycle Policy Server
      3. 30.3. Acquiring Adobe Digital Editions
      4. 30.4. Exploring the Adobe eBook Mall
      5. 30.5. Reading eBooks
      6. 30.6. Summary
    6. 31. Printing to Desktop Color Printers
      1. 31.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 31.2. Understanding Color Management
      3. 31.3. Selecting a Color Workspace
      4. 31.4. Using Color Output Profiles
      5. 31.5. Some Printing Basics in Acrobat
      6. 31.6. Who's Going to Manage Color?
      7. 31.7. Printing to Desktop Printers
        1. 31.7.1. Printing to Epson printers
          1. 31.7.1.1. Printer profile selection on Windows
          2. 31.7.1.2. Printing from the Macintosh enabling the printer to determine color
        2. 31.7.2. Selecting a printer profile
          1. 31.7.2.1. Printing using a printer profile on Windows
          2. 31.7.2.2. Printing using a printer profile on the Macintosh
        3. 31.7.3. Printing to HP inkjet printers
          1. 31.7.3.1. Printing to HP printers on Windows
          2. 31.7.3.2. Printing to HP printers on the Macintosh
        4. 31.7.4. Printing to Canon printers
          1. 31.7.4.1. Printing to Canon printers on Windows
          2. 31.7.4.2. Printing to Canon Printers on the Mac
      8. 31.8. Printing Comments, Forms, and Summaries
        1. 31.8.1. Printing comments
        2. 31.8.2. Printing form field data
        3. 31.8.3. Printing comment summaries
      9. 31.9. Summary
    7. 32. Commercial Printing and Prepress
      1. 32.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
      2. 32.2. Soft Proofing Color
        1. 32.2.1. Setting up your color management environment
        2. 32.2.2. Output Preview
          1. 32.2.2.1. Color Warnings
            1. 32.2.2.1.1. Simulation Profile
            2. 32.2.2.1.2. Simulate Black Ink
            3. 32.2.2.1.3. Simulate Paper Color
            4. 32.2.2.1.4. Warnings
            5. 32.2.2.1.5. Rich Black
          2. 32.2.2.2. Separations
        3. 32.2.3. Convert Colors
        4. 32.2.4. Ink Manager
      3. 32.3. Transparency Flattener Preview
      4. 32.4. Trapping Files
        1. 32.4.1. Fixing hairlines
        2. 32.4.2. Creating trap presets
      5. 32.5. Cropping Pages
        1. 32.5.1. Adding printer marks
        2. 32.5.2. Cropping pages
      6. 32.6. PDF Optimizer
      7. 32.7. Working with Job Definition Files
      8. 32.8. Preflighting PDF Files
        1. 32.8.1. Preflighting a file
        2. 32.8.2. Creating a new profile
        3. 32.8.3. Creating reports and comments
      9. 32.9. Printing PDFs for Commercial Printing
        1. 32.9.1. Output
        2. 32.9.2. Marks and Bleeds
        3. 32.9.3. PostScript Options
      10. 32.10. Summary
  11. VI. Acrobat PDF and LiveCycle Designer Forms
    1. 33. Designing PDF Forms (Windows Only)
      1. 33.1. Setting Up the Work Environment
        1. 33.1.1. The Adobification of Designer
        2. 33.1.2. Preparing the workspace
      2. 33.2. Understanding the Why for Adobe LiveCycle Designer
      3. 33.3. Getting Started with a New Form Design
      4. 33.4. Creating a Simple Form in Designer
        1. 33.4.1. Creating a blank new page
        2. 33.4.2. Adding an image
        3. 33.4.3. Working with text fields
        4. 33.4.4. Duplicating fields
        5. 33.4.5. Adding graphic objects to a form
        6. 33.4.6. Adding radio buttons to a form
        7. 33.4.7. Adding a drop-down list to a form
        8. 33.4.8. Finishing up a form
      5. 33.5. Importing a PDF Document
        1. 33.5.1. Converting a PDF document to a Designer form
        2. 33.5.2. Add text fields
        3. 33.5.3. Adding numeric fields
        4. 33.5.4. Managing fields
        5. 33.5.5. Calculating fields
        6. 33.5.6. Adding a signature field
      6. 33.6. Creating Dynamic Forms
        1. 33.6.1. The anatomy of a dynamic form
        2. 33.6.2. Setting up the form properties
        3. 33.6.3. Working with subforms
          1. 33.6.3.1. Adding subforms to a document
          2. 33.6.3.2. Using the Hierarchy palette
          3. 33.6.3.3. Subform types
          4. 33.6.3.4. Calculating data
        4. 33.6.4. Distributing forms
        5. 33.6.5. Run-time events
      7. 33.7. Converting Designer XML Forms to Acrobat PDF Forms
        1. 33.7.1. Converting a static form to an Acrobat PDF form
        2. 33.7.2. Converting a dynamic XML form to an Acrobat PDF form
      8. 33.8. Enabling Forms with Reader Extensions
      9. 33.9. Creating Data Connections
        1. 33.9.1. XML schema and XML data sources
        2. 33.9.2. Connecting to OLEDB data sources
        3. 33.9.3. WSDL file
      10. 33.10. Learning Adobe Designer
      11. 33.11. Summary
    2. 34. Understanding Acrobat Form Tools
      1. 34.1. Setting Up the Environment
      2. 34.2. What Are Acrobat Forms?
        1. 34.2.1. The non-PDF form
        2. 34.2.2. Development of a PDF form
      3. 34.3. Filling In Forms
        1. 34.3.1. Using the Typewriter tool
        2. 34.3.2. Filling in forms containing form fields
          1. 34.3.2.1. Form field navigation keystrokes
          2. 34.3.2.2. Viewing fields
          3. 34.3.2.3. Using Auto-Complete features
      4. 34.4. Working in the Forms Editing Environment
        1. 34.4.1. Form Field Recognition
        2. 34.4.2. Understanding form fields
      5. 34.5. Assigning Form Field Properties
        1. 34.5.1. General properties
        2. 34.5.2. Appearance properties
        3. 34.5.3. Options properties
          1. 34.5.3.1. Text options
          2. 34.5.3.2. Check box and radio button options
          3. 34.5.3.3. Combo box and list box options
          4. 34.5.3.4. Button options
          5. 34.5.3.5. Barcode options
        4. 34.5.4. Actions properties
          1. 34.5.4.1. Importing form data
          2. 34.5.4.2. Resetting a form
          3. 34.5.4.3. Submitting a form
        5. 34.5.5. Format properties
        6. 34.5.6. Validate properties
        7. 34.5.7. Calculate properties
        8. 34.5.8. Selection Change properties
        9. 34.5.9. Digital Signature fields properties
        10. 34.5.10. Barcode properties
        11. 34.5.11. Using the Properties Bar
      6. 34.6. Managing fields
        1. 34.6.1. Organizing fields
          1. 34.6.1.1. Duplicating fields
          2. 34.6.1.2. Moving fields
          3. 34.6.1.3. Deleting fields
          4. 34.6.1.4. Aligning fields
          5. 34.6.1.5. Sizing fields
          6. 34.6.1.6. Creating multiple copies of fields
          7. 34.6.1.7. Duplicating fields
          8. 34.6.1.8. Setting attribute defaults
        2. 34.6.2. Setting field tab orders
      7. 34.7. Creating a PDF Form
        1. 34.7.1. Adding text fields
        2. 34.7.2. Adding radio buttons and check boxes
        3. 34.7.3. Adding Combo and List Boxes to a form
        4. 34.7.4. Adding a Button field
      8. 34.8. Using the Fields Panel
      9. 34.9. Summary
    3. 35. Working with Form Data
      1. 35.1. Setting Up the Environment
      2. 35.2. Calculating Field Data
        1. 35.2.1. Formatting for calculations
        2. 35.2.2. Using the preset calculation formulas
          1. 35.2.2.1. Summing data on parent names
          2. 35.2.2.2. Using hidden fields
        3. 35.2.3. Using Simplified field notation
        4. 35.2.4. Using JavaScripts
      3. 35.3. Managing Form Data
        1. 35.3.1. Importing and exporting data
          1. 35.3.1.1. Creating common fields
          2. 35.3.1.2. Exporting FDF/XML data
          3. 35.3.1.3. Importing FDF/XML data
          4. 35.3.1.4. Importing text data
        2. 35.3.2. Creating spreadsheets from form data
          1. 35.3.2.1. Exporting data to a spreadsheet
          2. 35.3.2.2. Aggregating data from multiple files into a single spreadsheet
          3. 35.3.2.3. Aggregating FDF/XML data
      4. 35.4. Submitting and Receiving Data Forms
        1. 35.4.1. Creating a Submit Form button
        2. 35.4.2. Distributing forms
        3. 35.4.3. Compiling form data
        4. 35.4.4. Using the Forms Tracker
      5. 35.5. Summary
    4. 36. Understanding JavaScript
      1. 36.1. Setting Up the Environment
      2. 36.2. Getting Started with Acrobat JavaScript
        1. 36.2.1. Finding JavaScripts
          1. 36.2.1.1. Examining field scripts
          2. 36.2.1.2. Bookmarks and links
          3. 36.2.1.3. Examining document-level JavaScripts
          4. 36.2.1.4. Examining page actions
          5. 36.2.1.5. Examining document actions
          6. 36.2.1.6. Searching for page templates
        2. 36.2.2. Using the JavaScript Debugger
        3. 36.2.3. Using the JavaScript Console
      3. 36.3. Creating Viewer Options Warning Alerts
        1. 36.3.1. Creating viewer type alerts
        2. 36.3.2. Creating viewer version alerts
      4. 36.4. Performing JavaScript Calculations
        1. 36.4.1. If/else statements
        2. 36.4.2. Calculating dates
        3. 36.4.3. Using loops
      5. 36.5. Using Document Actions
      6. 36.6. Working with Page Templates
        1. 36.6.1. Creating a page template
        2. 36.6.2. Spawning a page from a template
      7. 36.7. Creating Pop-Up Menus
        1. 36.7.1. Writing document-level JavaScripts
        2. 36.7.2. Creating a pop-up menu
        3. 36.7.3. Pop-up menus for page navigation in PDF Packages
      8. 36.8. Working with Trusted Functions
        1. 36.8.1. Creating new documents
        2. 36.8.2. Adding menu commands
      9. 36.9. Using a JavaScript Builder
      10. 36.10. Summary
    5. A. Using the CD-ROM
      1. A.1. System Requirements
      2. A.2. Installation Instructions
        1. A.2.1. Contents
        2. A.2.2. Adobe Reader 8.0
        3. A.2.3. PDF version of the book
        4. A.2.4. Author-created PDF documents
        5. A.2.5. Windows demonstration plug-ins
      3. A.3. Troubleshooting
        1. A.3.1. Customer care
  12. Wiley Publishing, Inc. End-User License Agreement

Product information

  • Title: Adobe® Acrobat® 8 PDF Bible
  • Author(s): Ted Padova
  • Release date: February 2007
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9780470050514