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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)

Creating and Modifying PDF Forms

Forms are a highly structured method for gathering data. The owner of a form may request very specific information and collect it in a very precise format appropriate for a purpose. Forms can be distributed to a clearly defined group with a stated deadline for response or posted online for use whenever needed. Forms have been around for a very long time, initially used mainly by legal professionals faced with writing and signing repetitive statements, contracts, by-laws, and so on.

In our world, filling out digital forms is a daily task – for example, replying to a request to place cookies on our devices involves providing data through a form. Organization of feedback submitted through forms allows us to process countless pieces of information, which can be analyzed individually or as patterns. The possibilities are endless, and so are form types.

Beyond paper forms, which are still in use, digital forms have become the norm. Digital forms...