Author: Anne-Marie Concepcion | Duration (hr:min): 03:28 | Language: English | 1DVD | Released on: 2/26/2009 | Exercise files: Yes | Size : 659.5MBDescription
PDF documents are the lingua franca of the digital world, but most users barely scratch the surface of how Acrobat can help them edit, manage, and improve PDFs. In Acrobat 9 Professional Tips and Tricks, expert trainer, designer, and business owner Anne-Marie Concepción uses her intimate knowledge of this program to reveal the application's hidden gems. Her tools can be put to use immediately on the PDFs that users receive and distribute every day. Throughout the course, both beginners and pros will find themselves exclaiming, "I didn't know I could do that in Acrobat!" Exercise files accompany the course.
Topics include:
* Discovering secret toolbars
* Tweaking PDFs to increase search engine rankings
* Importing, sizing, and cropping images
* Creating a signature stamp for business correspondence
* Making PDF Portfolios backward compatible
* Embedding search indexes in long PDFs
* Decreasing PDF file size for faster downloading
* Turning comments into text with a free Acrobat script
Table Of Contents
Introduction
Welcome
How to use the exercise files
1. Tweaking the Workspace for More Features
Customizing the toolbars
Finding the most useful secret toolbar
Adding missing tools
Learning the secrets of panels
2. Better Ways to Zoom and View
Rediscovering the Loupe tool
Zipping around with zooming and dragging
Viewing modes for every situation
3. Portfolio Tricks
Creating friendlier cover pages on the fly
Making a permanent custom cover page
Forcing a sort order
Adding new layout templates
4. Modifying Art and Text in a PDF
Adding and editing text
Using the Text Box tool
Editing images in a PDF
Permanently cropping a PDF
Adding a new image
Updating a PDF without losing interactivity
5. Mastering Comments
Enabling comments for Acrobat Reader
Managing mega" comments"
Flattening comments into the content
6. Repurposing PDF Content
Extracting text without tears
Exporting PDF images quickly
7. Better Searches, Happier Readers
Embedding indexes for faster searches
Making the Search feature more visible
8. Signing PDFs
Making a signature box for Adobe Reader
Making a signature stamp
Creating simple secure signatures
9. Additional Tips
Working the Pages panel
Building web links that work for everyone
Forcing a browser to open Acrobat
Optimizing PDFs for search engines
Increasing canvas size
Converting a PDF to grayscale
Building smaller PDFs with the same content
Conclusion
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