Adobe Acrobat 6 PDF For Dummies (eBook)

Greg Harvey (Autor)

eBook Download: PDF

2003 | 1. Auflage
416 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7645-4432-3 (ISBN)

Infos

Learn to use Adobe Acrobat and read, write, and manage PDF documents like a pro

You can convert any document to PDF, a universal file format, preserving all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of the source document -- regardless of the application and platform used to create it -- making it super easy to share documents electronically or after printing them. If you need to convert paper documents into PDF files, save graphics as PDFs, create PDF form files (that others can use to submit data), or create and publish PDF files as ebooks, Adobe Acrobat 6 For Dummies can help -- no experience with Adobe Acrobat or PDF files is required.

You can publish and distribute PDF files anywhere: in print, attached to email, on corporate servers, and posted on websites. Professionals in sales, web design, marketing, and public relations alike -- and anyone who needs to read, write, edit, or otherwise manipulate PDF documents -- will benefit from this no-nonsense and comprehensive guide written in plain English. You'll discover how to

* Navigate the Acrobat user interface, including menus, toolbars, and keyboard shortcuts

* Access and distill PDF files

* Automate the distilling of PDF files

* Convert Microsoft Office documents

* Make a scanned PDF document editable and searchable

* Capture paper documents and Web pages

* Add web pages to an existing PDF document

* Print, annotate, edit, and securing PDF files

* Collect and summarize comments during PDF review

* Troubleshoot problems with printing PDFs

* Password-protect a PDF document

* Extract text and graphics from PDFs

* Catalogue and distribute PDF files

* Create interactive forms

* Build multimedia presentations -- with movies and sound

With your own copy of Adobe Acrobat 6 For Dummies, you can learn how to do all of that, find the best third-party Acrobat plug-ins to try, peruse helpful online resources, and more!

Autor

Greg Harvey is a veteran computer trainer and author who has written nearly 50 computer books. He owns and manages Mind Over Media, an electronic publishing venture.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

Part I: Presenting Acrobat and PDF Files 7

Chapter 1: The Ins and Outs of PDF Files 9

Chapter 2: Accessing PDF Files 21

Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with Acrobat 6 53

Part II: The Wealth of Ways for Creating PDF Files 79

Chapter 4: Distilling PDF Files 81

Chapter 5: Converting Microsoft Office Documents 107

Chapter 6: Capturing Paper Documents 121

Chapter 7: Capturing Web Pages 133

Chapter 8: Printing PDF Files 147

Part III: Reviewing, Editing, and Securing PDFs 159

Chapter 9: Annotating PDF Files for Review 161

Chapter 10: Editing PDF Files 203

Chapter 11: Securing PDF Files 239

Chapter 12: Extracting Text and Graphics from PDF Files 263

Chapter 13: Cataloging and Distributing PDF Files 275

Part IV: PDFs as Electronic Documents 291

Chapter 14: Creating Interactive Forms 293

Chapter 15: Building and Publishing eBooks 327

Chapter 16: Making PDFs into Multimedia Presentations 355

Part V: The Part of Tens 377

Chapter 17: Top Ten Third-Party Acrobat Plug-Ins 379

Chapter 18: Top Ten Online Resources 383

Index 387

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.8.2003
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Office Programme ► Outlook
• Schlagworte: Adobe Acrobat • Computer-Ratgeber • End-User Computing • Microsoft Excel
• ISBN-10: 0-7645-4432-2 / 0764544322
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7645-4432-3 / 9780764544323