How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 6.0

466 Pages·2003·7.88 MB·English

by  Doug Sahlin

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Doug Sahlinis an author, graphic designer, and web site designer living in Lakeland, Central
Florida.Heistheauthorof11booksongraphicdesignandcomputersoftware,includingHowTo
Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 5andHow To Do Everything with Macromedia Contribute.
Sahlin’s articles and product reviews have appeared in national publications such asComputer
Graphics World,3DMagazine,Video Systems, andCorelMagazine, and his tutorials have been
featured at numerous web sites devoted to graphic design. Sahlin has also authored online
multimedia tutorials, CD-ROM tutorials, and presented seminars for government agencies.
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Doug Sahlin
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Contents at a Glance
PART I Welcome to Adobe Acrobat 6.0
1 Get to Know Adobe Acrobat 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2 Navigate the Acrobat Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3 Read PDF Documents with Adobe Acrobat 6.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
PART II Create PDF Documents
4 Create a PDF Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
5 Create PDF Documents in Authoring Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
6 Capture PDF Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
7 Create Navigation for PDF Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
8 Create Interactive PDF Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
PART III Edit PDF Documents
9 The Basics of Editing PDF Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
10 Review PDF Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
PART IV AddSecurityandDistributePDFDocuments
11 Add Digital Signatures and Document Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
12 Optimize PDF Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
13 Create PDF Documents for the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
PART V Create Enhanced PDFs with Acrobat Professional
14 Create Forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
15 Add Multimedia Elements to PDF Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
16 Create a PDF Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
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PART VI Appendixes
A Acrobat 6.0 Keyboard Shortcuts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
B Acrobat Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
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