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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)

Adding, editing, and formatting text and images

Just as reorganizing pages in a .pdf file may be necessary, a publication may also need changes made to its text and images. We will focus now on the Edit PDF tool, located in the column on the right side by default, and its toolbar options.

Click on the Edit PDF tool in the column to open it. A new toolbar appears at the top of the screen. Click on each dropdown to explore the options.

The labels on tools help identify functions available after a tool is selected. Here is a brief overview of each tool:

  • The Edit tool allows you to select the text and delete, format, or replace it with new text. It is also used to select an image so you can move, resize, or delete it.
  • The Add Text tool allows you to start typing text anywhere in a blank area of the page.
  • The Add Image tool opens a dialog box to locate a new image and place it on a page.
  • The Link tool is for creating new interactive links to specific destinations...