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Acro9 Series: Troubleshooting Word to PDF Creation Issues

14th January, 2010 - Posted by MsD - No Comments

Microsoft Word is the most common source program for generating PDF content. Here are some tips and tricks for producing predictable PDF output. In a recent AcrobatUsers.com Tech Talk, I described various issues and solutions you can use when creating PDF files. This article describes important issues and includes tricks you can try from that presentation. » Read More

Acro9 Series: Manipulating a 3D PDF

16th December, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments

Placing a 3D model into a PDF file adds another dimension of information (pun intended). Adding a model is only one part of the Acrobat PDF 3D experience. Last month, I described how to add 3D content to your PDF files via the source document or through Acrobat 9 Pro Extended. Enrich your presentation with specified » Read More

Acro9 Series: The A-B-C’s of Acrobat 3D

16th December, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments

Just a few years ago, using 3D images and drawings were restricted to high-end, high-powered, high-priced systems running specialized software. Not any more: Acrobat 9 Pro Extended offers tools and methods for incorporating 3D models into PDF files, or even into a Word document or PowerPoint slide. Acrobat 9 Pro Extended is Windows-only. Imagine using 3D » Read More

Acro9 Series: Acrobat 9 to the Rescue

16th September, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 4 Comments

The Acrobat 9 Download Series: Readers of my articles at acrobatusers.com who’d like to read offline at their leisure can now download a PDF in a print-ready format. Document Basics is the current topic of the month at Acrobatusers.com. It’s Friday afternoon. You’re nearly ready to deliver a customer project. Then you get a call—can you change » Read More

Acro9 Series: Sharing PDF Files Online

19th August, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 8 Comments

The Acrobat 9 Download Series: Readers of my articles at acrobatusers.com who’d like to read offline at their leisure can now download a PDF in a print-ready format. PDF for the Web & SEO is the current topic of the month at Acrobatusers.com. There’s been a lot of Internet kerfuffle over the years regarding how to use » Read More

Acro9 Series: “X” Marks the Spot

22nd July, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 3 Comments

The Acrobat 9 Download Series: Readers of my articles at acrobatusers.com who’d like to read offline at their leisure can now download a PDF in a print-ready format. Georegistered PDF is the current topic of the month at Acrobatusers.com. Acrobat 9 Pro Extended includes PDF mapping, the ability to use geospatial information as a document layer or » Read More

Today’s Tip:Tell Your Bookmarks Where to Go

8th July, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments

Bookmarks are added to the end of the list by default. If you select a bookmark in the list, a new bookmark follows the selected one. Read More

Today’s Tip:Bookmarking Other Contents

6th July, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments

You don’t have to bookmark text. How about an image? Or a map location? Select the item on the page, or draw a marquee selection around a specific area. Click New Bookmark in the Bookmarks panel’s menu to add the item to the list. Read More

Today’s Tip:When to Bookmark?

3rd July, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 4 Comments

Initially, a bookmark displays the page that was in view when the bookmark was created, which is the bookmark’s destination. In Acrobat, you can set bookmark destinations as you create each bookmark. However, it is sometimes easier to create a group of bookmarks, and then set the destinations later. Read More

Today’s Tip:Use the Tags from a Web Page

1st July, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments

If Create PDF Tags is selected when you create a PDF from web pages, structure information that corresponds to the HTML structure of the original pages is stored in the PDF. You can use this information to add tagged bookmarks to the file for paragraphs and other items that have HTML elements. Read More

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