Adobe Acrobat 5 PDF Bible

Ted Padova, Wiley

ISBN:0764535773, Edition: , 2001-06-29

Price: $44.99

Contents

Preface -vii
Acknowledgments -xiii

Part I: Welcome to Adobe Acrobat -1

Chapter 1: Getting to Know Adobe Acrobat -3
What Is Adobe Acrobat? -3
History of Adobe Acrobat -3
Enter Acrobat 5.0 -4
What’s PDF? -5
Document repurposing -6
PDF and PostScript -7
Adobe Acrobat Components -9
Plug-ins -9
Acrobat viewers -9
Acrobat Search -10
Open as Adobe PDF -11
Acrobat Distiller -12
Acrobat Messenger -12
Acrobat Catalog -12
Acrobat Capture -13
Acrobat Scan -13
Acrobat Forms -13
Collaboration -13
Digital Signatures -14
Web Capture -14
Web Buy -14
Nomenclature -14
What’s New in Acrobat 5.0? -15
User interface -15
PDF version 1.4 -16
New palettes -16
New tools -16
New menu commands -16
Microsoft Office integration -18
Printing -18
Understanding PDF Workflows -18
Automating digital workflows -18
PDF as a standard -23
PDF workflow solutions -25

Chapter 2: Viewing and Searching PDF Files -31
The Acrobat Viewer Tools -31
The viewer work area -32
Tools -33
Navigating and Viewing PDF Documents -42
Navigation tools -43
Zooming -46
Page views -47
Full-screen views -49
More page views -52
The Navigation Pane -56
Navigating PDF Documents -59
HyperText links -60
World Wide Web links -65
Using the Find Tool -66
Find tool dialog box -66
Find Again -67
Using Acrobat Search -68
All about index files -68
Using the Acrobat Search dialog box -71
Understanding search results -75
Viewing search results -77
Search preferences -78
Operators -80
Boolean expressions -83
Word Assistant -85

Chapter 3: Using Acrobat Viewers -87
Understanding the Reader Environment -87
Document Properties -87
Modifying Preferences -96
Opening, Saving, and Printing PDF Files -111
Making Text and Graphics Selections -111
Text Select tool -112
Column Select tool -113
Copying and pasting text -114
Copying and pasting graphics -116
Using context-sensitive menus -118
Using the Online Help Commands -119
Accessing the Adobe Web Link -120
Registering Acrobat Reader -120
Getting help from Adobe on the Web -121

Part II: Creating PDF Documents -123

Chapter 4: Converting Documents to PDF -125
How PDFs Are Created -125
Opening as Adobe PDF -127
Converting image files -127
Converting HTML files -130
Converting text files -132
Multiple file conversions -134
Drag and drop -135
Printing to Acrobat Distiller (Windows) -136
Create Adobe PDF (Macintosh) -139
Selecting the printer -139
Page setup -141
Printing the file -142
Drag and drop printing -144
Creating PDFs from Web sites -145
Web site structure -146
Captured pages structure -147
Converting Web pages to PDF -149
Appending pages -158
Refreshing Web pages -162
Locate Web addresses -163
Preferences for Web Capture -164
Capturing a Web site -166
Create Adobe PDF Online -169
Accepted file formats -169
Why subscribe? -170
How it works -170

Chapter 5: Using Acrobat Distiller -173
Why Use Acrobat Distiller -173
Understanding PostScript -175
Creating PostScript files -176
Creating PostScript Files from Web Pages -182
Why convert Web pages to PDF -182
Printing Web pages to PostScript -184
Acrobat Distiller Preferences -189
Startup Alerts -190
Output Options -191
Log Files -191
Macintosh only -192
Job Options -192
Preset Job Options -193
General Job Options -194
Compression -200
Font embedding -204
Color Job Options -209
Advanced Job Options -213
Font Locations -217
Watched Folders -218
Licensing restrictions -218
Creating watched folders -219
Security -226
Working with Non-Roman Text -230
Accessing Acrobat Distiller -231
Concatenating PostScript Files -233
Combining files by name -234
Combining files in folders -236
Combining PostScript files on networks -239

Chapter 6: PDF Exports and Imports -243
Application Programs Exporting to PDF -243
Acrobat and Adobe Photoshop -245
Exporting to PDF from Photoshop -245
Acquiring PDF files in Photoshop -252
Using Comments with Photoshop -258
Acrobat and Microsoft Office Applications -259
Microsoft Word -259
Microsoft Excel -268
Microsoft PowerPoint -269
Microsoft Publisher -273
Acrobat and Illustration Programs -274
Macromedia FreeHand -275
CorelDraw -276
Adobe Illustrator -281
Opening PDFs in Illustration Programs -289
Limitations with editing PDF files in illustration programs -290
Acrobat and Layout Programs -292
Adobe InDesign -292
Adobe PageMaker -299
QuarkXPress -315
Adobe FrameMaker -329
PDFMark -336
Annotating PostScript Code -337

Chapter 7: The Acrobat Environment -351
Using Acrobat Preferences -351
General preferences -351
Table/Formatted Text preferences (Windows) -363
Web Capture preferences -364
Internet Settings preferences -364
DocBox preferences (Windows) -366
PDF Document Control -367
General -367
Open -368
Fonts -371
Trapping Key -371
Index -372
Document Metadata -373
Base URL -375
Saving Files from Acrobat -375
Saving as Adobe PDF -376
Saving as EPS -376
Saving as JPEG -379
Save as PNG -380
Save as PostScript -380
Saving as RTF -382
Saving as TIFF -382
Extracting Images -382
Saving PDFs with Security -383

Part III: Enhancing PDF Documents -387

Chapter 8: Comments, Text, and Graphics -389
Acrobat Comment Properties -389
Assigning color -391
Using Comment Tools -394
Creating Note comments -394
Creating Text comments -396
Creating Sound comments -398
Creating Stamp comments -400
Creating file attachments -406
Working with Graphic Markup tools -407
Working with Text Markup tools -410
Common characteristics of comment icons and notes -414
Using the Comments Palette -415
Viewing comments -417
Sorting comments -418
Navigating comments -419
Finding comment data -419
Importing and exporting comments -420
Deleting comments -421
Comments Menu Commands -422
Summarizing comments -422
Using the Filter Manager -423
Spell checking comments -425
Editing Text -426
Using the TouchUp Text tool -427
External editors -432
Object Linking and Embedding -433
TouchUp order -435
Working with table data (Windows) -436
Working with Graphics Editors -439
TouchUp Object tool commands -439
Selecting objects -440
External object editing -441

Chapter 9: Articles, Bookmarks, and Thumbnails -447
Working with Articles -447
Article viewing and navigation -447
Defining articles -451
Working with Bookmarks -453
Adding and deleting bookmarks -454
Ordering bookmarks -455
Working with Thumbnails -458
Creating and deleting thumbnails -459
Organizing pages with thumbnails -461
Editing Pages -462
Cropping pages -464
Rotating pages -467
Understanding Destinations -468
Creating destinations -468
Sorting destinations -469

Chapter 10: Hypertext References -471
About Hypertext Links -471
Link actions -471
Link properties -472
Removing links -472
Link environment -472
Creating Links -473
Link properties -474
Linking to files -482
Text links -485
Form fields as links -487
Creating Page Actions -494
Editing page actions -495
Using transitions with page actions -496
Nesting page actions -498
Setting the open view -499
Named Destinations -500
Destination tools -500
Creating links to destinations -502
Importing Sound and Video -504
Importing sound files -505
Importing movies -506

Part IV: Acrobat Publishing -511

Chapter 11: Acrobat and the Web -513
PDF and the Web -513
Viewing PDFs in a browser -513
Sending PDFs across the Internet -516
Sharing Comments on Servers -516
Comments on Web servers -517
Comments on local area networks -518
Sharing comments -518
Working offline -519
Working with Web Links -519
Working with Captured Web Sites -521
Tagged bookmark menu options -522
PDF Structure with tagged bookmarks -523

Chapter 12: PDF and eBooks -525
Heading Toward Digital Content -525
The predictions -526
eMatter -527
eCommerce -527
eBooks -529
Preliminary assumptions -530
Designing eBooks -531
Web Buy -533
Configuring Web Buy -534
Downloading eBooks -534
eBook Readers -539
Microsoft Reader (Windows) -539
Acrobat eBook Reader -540
PDF Goes Palm (Windows) -541
Installing the Acrobat Reader for Palm OS (Windows) -542
Adding PDFs to your Palm Device (Windows) -543
Viewing PDFs on your Palm Device (Windows) -544

Chapter 13: Working with Forms -547
What Are Acrobat Forms? -547
Understanding Form Fields -548
Form contents -548
Navigating text fields -549
Form field navigation keystrokes -550
Creating Forms -551
Field properties -551
Using the Fields Palette -575
Naming Fields -576
Importing and Exporting Form Data -578
Exporting data -579
Importing data -579
A Little Bit of Java -580
JavaScript calculations -580
Working with Page Templates -582
JavaScript and page navigation -584
JavaScript and destinations -585
Importing images -587
Help menus -588

Chapter 14: Authentication and Archiving -591
Authenticating PDFs -591
Understanding digital signatures -592
Creating a profile -592
Signing a document -599
Verifying signatures -602
Deleting and clearing signatures -604
Digital Signatures palette -604
Digital Signatures properties -604
Comparing Documents -605
Compare two documents -605
Comparing signed documents -607
CD-ROM Publishing -607
Planning the content design for commercial distribution -608
Preparing files -608
Distribution of the Acrobat Reader Software -611
Adobe License Agreement -611
Reader and Search -611
Registering as a Reader distributor -611

Part V: Catologing and Scanning 613

Chapter 15: Creating Search Indexes with Acrobat Catalog -615
Understanding Acrobat Catalog -615
Structure of Catalog files -615
Hierarchy of indexed files -616
Relocating indexes -616
Preparing PDFs for Indexing -617
Document Summary -617
File structure -619
Optimizing performance -620
Creating search help -620
Setting Catalog Preferences -622
General Preferences -623
Creating an Index -628
Index Title -629
Index Description -630
Include These Directories -630
Exclude These Subdirectories -630
Options -630
Removing directories -632
Building the index -632
Purging data -633
Using Index Files -634

Chapter 16: Scanning in Acrobat -637
Acrobat and Scanners -637
Accessing a scanner -637
Scanning Basics -640
Understanding Acrobat scan types -640
Preparing a document -642
Memory Configurations -643
Macintosh memory requirements -643
Windows memory requirements -645
Using Acrobat Scan -649
Scanning images -649
Workflow Solutions -652
Automatic document feeders -652
Batch sequencing -652
Using Acrobat Scan with Digital Cameras -657

Chapter 17: Converting Scans to Text -659
Using Acrobat Capture (Windows) -659
Acrobat Capture requirements -659
Paper Capture preferences (Acrobat 4.0 users) -660
Custom dictionaries (Acrobat 4.0 users) -661
Capturing a Page -661
Capture Suspects -662
Using Paper Capture Online -664

Part VI: Advanced Acrobat Applications -665

Chapter 18: Printing and Digital Prepress -667
Printing PDF Files -667
Printing tips -671
Advanced options -672
Printing to Desktop Devices -674
Printing to non-PostScript devices -674
Printing to PostScript devices -675
Printing to High-end Devices -676
Printing Color Separations -678
Soft proofing color separations -679
Soft proofing color -680
Workarounds for correcting separation problems -682
Large Format Inkjet Printing -683

Chapter 19: Programming -687
What Is Acrobat JavaScript? -687
Backward Compatibility -690
What about checking for JavaScript? -691
Checking for Acrobat versus Acrobat Reader -692
What Can I Do with Acrobat JavaScript? -693
What Can’t Acrobat JavaScript Do? -695
Where Can I Attach JavaScript Code to PDF? -695
Using an external code editor (Windows only) -698
Is my code visible to others? -699
Realtime Keystroke Filtering -700
Working with Dates -702
Putting a Timestamp on a document -705
Working with Open Documents -706
Checking to see if a document is open -707
Collating pages from other PDF documents -708
Roundtrip CGI -710
Handling data at the server -712
Database Access via ADBC -716
Basic architecture -716
A word about DSNs -719
Quick code example -719
Obtaining data via an SQL query -720
Working with row objects -721

Chapter 20: Using Plug-Ins -725
Understanding Plug-ins -725
Installing plug-ins -725
Plug-in conflicts -727
Plug-in documentation -728
Disabling plug-ins -729
Using Third-Party Plug-ins and Applications -729

Appendix: Using the CD-ROM -735
Index -741
End-User License Agreement -761
CD-ROM Installation Instructions -766