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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 a digital ID and a signature

Acrobat becomes aware of who you are at the time of software installation. Your operating system provides basic login information such as Name for Author name for commenting and account information and spells out other details, such as which functions you can access based on your software license.

For signatures, one more piece of information is necessary, and that is your digital ID. Typically, it contains your name, email, the name of the organization, a serial number, and an expiration date. It is a lot like your passport or grocery store card with a photo. Close enough comparison? Essentially, you are setting up a way for Acrobat to identify who is certifying or signing the document.

Things get even more fun when you realize that you can create multiple identities since Acrobat recognizes that we function in a complex world and perform many tasks in different roles.

Digital IDs rely on two keys: private and public. To sign your document...