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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

Today’s Tip:Tagging Web Bookmarks

29th June, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 2 Comments

When you first create a PDF from web pages, tagged bookmarks are generated if Create Bookmarks is selected in the Web Page Conversion Settings dialog box. A standard (untagged) bookmark representing the web server appears at the top of the Bookmarks tab. Under that bookmark is a tagged bookmark for each web page downloaded; the » Read More

Today’s Tip:Web Pages as PDF Files

28th June, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 1 Comment

You can work with a PDF document created from web pages the same way you work with any other PDF. Depending on how you configured Acrobat, clicking a link on a converted web page adds the page for that link to the end of the PDF, if it isn’t already included. Read More

Setting Reading Order in a PDF Document

17th June, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 7 Comments

Reading order is a key component of accessible documents. The path taken through a document is its reading order. Use the TouchUp Reading Order tool (Acrobat 9 Pro and Pro Extended) to define and order your page elements. Tip: Set reading order after tweaking the tags. Otherwise, extra spaces and tabs are included in the reading order. Select » Read More

Acro9 Series: Considering Accessibility

17th June, 2009 - Posted by MsD - 2 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. Accessibility and Accessible PDF Documents is the current topic of the month at Acrobatusers.com. All federal government web content—including PDF files—has been accessible to persons with disabilities such as » Read More

Acro9 Series:Presenter Q & A

20th May, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No 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. Adobe Presenter is the current topic of the month at Acrobatusers.com. Perhaps you’ve been tasked with developing interactive employee orientation materials—for the first time. And, suppose that material must » Read More

New Security Updates Released

15th May, 2009 - Posted by MsD - No Comments

Please be sure to download and install the latest updates for Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9. The newest updates, released earlier this week, repair security vulnerabilities identified earlier in the year. The latest versions are Acrobat 9.1.1 and Adobe Reader 9.1.1. Read about the updates. Scroll down the Security Bulletin to find links for the » Read More

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