PDF with Acrobat 4

Ted Alspach is considered one of the industry's leading experts on graphics and desktop publishing, and has been a featured speaker at several conferences, including MacWorld Expo, Seybold Seminars, and the 1996 Adobe Internet Conferences, where he spoke on Acrobat. He is the author of several books, including MacWorld Illustrator 6 Bible (IDG), The Complete Idiot's Guide to Photoshop (Que), and The Complete Idiot's Guide to QuarkXpress (Que).

Introduction.


1. Adobe Acrobat Basics.


A Brief History of the World (before Acrobat). How is Acrobat 4 Different from its Predecessors? The Components of Acrobat. The Acrobat Reader Screen and Toolbar. Acrobat Reader Menus.



2. Creating PDF Files.


Using the PDF Writer. Creating PostScript Files.



3. Acrobat Reader Basics.


Installing Acrobat Reader for Macintosh. Installing Acrobat Reader for Windows. Using Acrobat Reader. Navigating a PDF Document. Printing a PDF Document.



4. Acrobat Reader in Depth.


Understanding Your PDF Document. Securing Your Document. Selecting and Working with Text and Graphics. Changing Reader Preferences. Utilizing the Full Screen Mode. Reading Notes. Arranging Multiple Windows. Using the Find Tool. Distributing Acrobat Reader.



5. Using Acrobat Distiller with PostScript Files.


Creating PostScript Files. Launching and Using Distiller.



6. Editing and Changing PDF Documents.


Starting Up and Quitting Acrobat. Getting Information on Your Document. Manipulating PDF Pages.



7. Acrobat in Depth.


Working with Bookmarks. Working with Thumbnails. Using Notes. Editing Text. Adding Multimedia to a PDF Document. Creating and Using Articles.



8. Links.


How Links Work.



9. Using PDFs with InDesign.


Importing PDF Documents into InDesign. Import Options for PDFs. Exporting PDFs from InDesign.



10. Annotations.


Types of Annotations. Notes. Text Annotations. Audio Annotations. Stamping PDFs with Annotations. Stamp Gallery. Creating File Annotations. Using Graphics to Mark up Pages. Marking up Text with Annotations. Deleting Annotations. Filtering Annotations. Summarizing Annotations.



11. Working with Adobe Illustrator.


Working with Text and Graphics. Creating Custom Stamps.



12. Forms.


Creating Form Documents and Fields.



13. Multimedia.


Making Multimedia PDFs. Creating Multimedia Buttons. Creating Hidden Multimedia Objects. Automatic Events.



14. Web Capture and Paper Capture.


Importing Images and Scans with Capture. Capturing and Editing Images and Text. Working with Suspects. Converting Single Web Pages into PDF Pages. Downloading Multiple Pages and Entire Sites.



15. Security.


Setting Security Options.



16. PDF Files and the Web.


Viewing PDFs Online with Your Web Browser. Setting up PDF Files to be Viewed Online.



17. Blending HTML with PDF.


Creating Links. Using PDF Pages on Your Web Site.



18. Font Strategies.


Embedding Fonts. Should Fonts be Anti-aliased? Making the Text Fit the Column (and vice versa). Typefaces and Readability in PDF Documents.



19. PDF and Graphics Strategies.


Using JPEG Compression. Using GIF Compression. Working with Vector Graphics. Smaller PDFs are Better PDFs. How Downsampling Works. White Space. Backgrounds and PDF Pages.



Index