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Adobe Acrobat Ninja

By : Urszula Witherell
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Adobe Acrobat Ninja

By: Urszula Witherell

Overview of this book

Adobe Acrobat can help you solve a wide variety of problems that crop up when you work with PDF documents on a daily basis. The most common file type for business and communication, this compact portable document format is widely used to collect as well as present information, as well as being equipped with many lesser-known features that can keep your content secure while making it easy to share. From archive features that will keep your documents available for years to come to features related to accessibility, organizing, annotating, editing, and whatever else you use PDFs for, Acrobat has the answer if you know where to look. Designed for professionals who likely already use Adobe Acrobat Pro, this guide introduces many ideas, features, and online services, sorted and organized for you to easily find the topics relevant to your work and requirements. You can jump to any chapter without sifting through prior pages to explore the tools and functions explained through step-by-step instructions and examples. The information in some chapters may build on existing knowledge, but you are not expected to have an advanced level of prior experience. By the end of this book, you’ll have gained a solid understanding of the many capabilities of PDFs and how Acrobat makes it possible to work in a way that you will never miss good old ink and paper.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

Integration with Adobe InDesign

When Acrobat and PDF were first introduced, Macs used by graphic designers did not talk to Windows software used by most clients in typical business offices. This gap made it really complicated to share and present files. Using fonts was a real challenge, as they had to be converted from one operating system to another, always with disappointing results.

We have come a long way. Adobe layout applications now have an extensive set of options for converting source documents to PDF. All aspects of a final publication are catered for – interaction through links, bookmarks, animations, and accessibility refinements. Tools for collaborative editorial review make the entire process of producing a .pdf document streamlined and unified.

In this chapter, you will discover how the integration of options in InDesign and Acrobat allows you to create a fully featured accessible .pdf document. We will also review how both applications are taking you into...