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Acrobat and PDF Books - Adobe Acrobat 7 PDF Bible 
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Written by Acrobat/PDF guru Ted Padova, the book is packed with real-world insights and techniques gained from the author's use of Acrobat and PDF under deadline situations

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Acrobat and PDF Books - Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Classroom in a Book (Classroom in a Book)
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If you're like most Acrobat users--creative, business, and engineering pros who work with complex electronic documents--you can ill afford to miss a beat in your production workflow. Then again, you can ill afford being left behind when it comes to mastering the newest version of the important tool on your desktop, Adobe Acrobat 7. Not to worry: Adobe has brought the classroom to you in this handy volume, completely revised to cover all that's new and different in Acrobat 7. Through a series of self-paced lessons (each of which builds on the last and includes hands-on projects that the you can create using the files on the accompanying CD-ROM), this guide acquaints you with all of Acrobat 7's features for creating, reviewing, editing, commenting on, restructuring, and preflighting PDF files, including the newest: a tool for creating 3D objects, improved security, new tools for repairing errors in print preflight, structured bookmarks, the ability to export comments to Word docs, and more. Professional tips and techniques are scattered throughout!
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Acrobat and PDF Books - Adobe Acrobat 7 Tips and Tricks : The 150 Best 
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Sure, you know how to read PDFs with it, but do you know how to add comments to documents or embed 3D objects in your PDFs or establish document-level security settings? With its staggering array of document-enhancing features and supported formats, Adobe Acrobat 7 offers a world of functionality just waiting to be tapped--which means that figuring out how to do just one specific task with it can be somewhat daunting. In these pages, veteran author Donna Baker solves that problem by presenting each Acrobat task as a stand-alone unit. If, for example, you want to find out how to search for a word or a phrase in a PDF file, you can do just that--at the same time picking up a couple of tips about refining your searches. Organized in three major sections--Input, Output, and Internal Acrobat Processes--this self-contained guide is all you need to get going fast with Acrobat 7.
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Acrobat and PDF Books - Adobe Acrobat 7 for Windows and Macintosh : Visual QuickStart Guide (Visual Quickstart Guides) 
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With improved security, tighter integration with Microsoft Office and Outlook, a tool for creating and embedding 3D data, and much more, Adobe Acrobat 7 is the productivity tool you've been dreaming of. This thoroughly updated, task-based guide ensures that you can turn your dream productivity tool into a reality with Acrobat 7. Veteran author Jennifer Alspach steps you through all the Acrobat 7 Professional essentials. From the basics of creating, organizing, and viewing electronic documents; streamlining document reviews; and using the program's editing and reviewing tools to more advanced functions like using digital signatures, creating interactive forms, using Acrobat's engineering and prepress tools, and protecting sensitive documents, this guide's got it covered! Both beginners and more advanced users who are looking for a convenient reference will find what they need here in straightforward language, clear steps, and practical tips peppered by loads of visual aids.
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Acrobat and PDF Books - Adobe Acrobat 6 PDF Bible 
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* One of the most authoritative and comprehensive books on Adobe's Acrobat and PDF (Portable Document Format) by the leading Acrobat guru, enhanced and expanded to cover the latest release of Acrobat
* Features complete coverage of using Acrobat and PDF for print prepress, the Internet, CD-ROMs, and all the new media
* Packed with real-world insights and techniques gained from the author's daily use of Acrobat and PDF under deadline situations
* Acrobat and its file format, PDF, have become the standard for portable documents, including everything from high-resolution color files destined for print to Internet and e-book content; more than 200 million copies of Acrobat Reader have been downloaded for use on all popular operating systems
* CD-ROM features an interactive, bookmarked, and indexed Acrobat interface, a searchable PDF version of the book, and scores of useful plug-ins and trial software
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Acrobat and PDF Books - Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Pro Classroom in a Book (Classroom in a Book)
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If you're like most creative professionals, you can ill afford to shut down your production cycle and halt your workflow in order to learn a new piece of software--even one as critical as Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional. That's why the folks at Adobe have brought the class to you! Realizing that the users Acrobat 6 Professional is designed for--creative, business, and engineering pros who work with graphically complex layouts--can't miss a beat in their print production workflows, this guide provides a series of self-paced lessons in Acrobat 6.0 Professional's industrial-strength features for creating, editing, restructuring, and preflighting PDF files. Each lesson builds on the last and includes hands-on projects you can create using the files on the accompanying CD. Scattered throughout are time-saving tips and advanced techniques designed especially for working pros like yourself.
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Acrobat and PDF Books - Adobe Acrobat 5 Pdf Bible
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With 1000f what you need to know about Adobe Acrobat and PDF, this critically acclaimed, authoritative reference has now been completely updated and enhanced to cover the powerful new release of Adobe Acrobat.

From the Back Cover
If Acrobat 5 can do it, you can do it too...Whether you're a graphic artist or prepress specialist looking for the most efficient way to deliver files to clients and printers, a Webmaster repurposing information for your Web site, or a manager aiming to cut software licensing costs and streamline information distribution, you need this book. Packed with insider tips and innovative ideas, Acrobat 5 PDF Bible delivers all the information you need to create files that anyone can view, annotate, edit, print, and publish — regardless of platform, software, or media. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of Acrobat and PDF files
Cut review cycles by having people annotate PDFs online
Use Adobe Acrobat 5 to edit PDF documents and prepare them for print, Web, and screen viewing
Convert Web pages into PDF files automatically using Web Capture
Use PDF instead of HTML when viewing, downloading, or posting information on the Web
Discover how to work with multimedia, thumbnails, and hyperlinks in PDF
Create and upload a PDF e-book
Use JavaScript when creating interactive dynamic PDF forms
Import and export PDF files from and to other Adobe programs
Rectify output to different imaging devices using the Distiller's Job Options
Extend Acrobat 5's functionality with third-party plug-ins
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Acrobat and PDF Books - Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book
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Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a BookAdobe Acrobat is the essential tool for universal document exchange. Acrobat can convert almost any document into a PDF file, with its original appearance preserved, for distribution, viewing and printing on virtually any operating system. Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book is the best way to learn all the key features and abilities of Acrobat. Fully revised for version 5.0, Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book contains new lessons and updated projects that cover creating and editing PDF files, how to make PDF files available as Web pages, the many new features of version 5.0, and numerous tips and techniques. The companion CD-ROM includes images and lesson files customized for the projects and lessons throughout the book.
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Acrobat and PDF Books - PDF with Acrobat 5: Visual QuickStart Guide.
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We've all been there. You receive a document in email that won't print correctly because it was created with fonts not installed on your system, or the file is a QuarkXPress document and you use PageMaker. Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) was designed to alleviate that frustration, and it's quickly become the cross-platform standard. If you need to send, annotate, and receive documents that retain fidelity to their formatting, you need PDF with Acrobat 5: Visual QuickStart Guide. Author Jen Alspach takes a task-based, visual approach to teaching Acrobat, using pictures to guide readers through the basics of creating PDF files with Acrobat 5, adding annotations, creating forms, viewing PDFs online, and using Acrobat with Adobe Illustrator and InDesign. Acrobat 5.0's new features, including digital signatures, batch processing, customizable toolbars, and increased security options are also explained throughout this book.
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Acrobat and PDF Books - PDF with Acrobat 4: Visual Quickstart Guide.
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Get the most out of Adobe's latest release of Acrobat with this completely updated cross-platform guide to using Acrobat and creating PDFs, including coverage of the all-new annotation and document management tools. The Acrobat Portable Document Format (PDF) has become the standard, cross-platform method for sending and receiving formatted documents online. No matter what kind of system the original PDF file was created on, it can be read on any other system. This makes Acrobat valuable for all kinds of electronic and online publishing. PDF with Acrobat 4: Visual QuickStart Guide is the best way to get up and running quickly with Acrobat. The book focuses on creating and editing PDF files, and teaches how to make PDF files available as Web pages. In addition to teaching Acrobat-specific techniques, the book also provides basic page design principles, tips, and techniques.
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Acrobat and PDF Books - Web Publishing with Adobe Acrobat and PDF
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This book will enable you to start and maintain a cutting-edge Web publishing venture using Adobe's Acrobat software and the PDF electronic publishing format. You'll learn to produce electronic documents that retain their high-quality design, whether they're distributed through your Web site or other electronic media.

Web Publishing with Adobe Acrobat and PDF teaches you all the major Web Acrobat publishing techniques, including how to:
* Prepare information for multimedia publishing via PDF and the Web.
* Create PDF documents with both Acrobat and traditional desktop publishing tools (Quark, Pagemaker, Word).
* Configure a Web server to manage interwoven PDF and HTML documents and indexed sets of PDF files.
* Publish PDF documents on CD-ROM, and via Lotus Notes and other networks.
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Acrobat and PDF Books - Designing Interactive Documents with Acrobat Pro.
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Now you can create and view electronic documents for use on disk, CD-ROM, and the World Wide Web faster and easier than you ever imagined. This book/CD set provides you with all the information you need to create professional, interactive documents with Adobe Acrobat Pro. You'll be able to create everything from interactive advertisements to dynamic electronic books, magazines, and much more!

Authored by two experts on interactive multimedia, one of whom was an original Acrobat development team member, Designing Interactive Documents with Adobe Acrobat Pro will take you step-by-step through building several complete documents. Specifically, you'll learn how to:
* Navigate through a document with the Acrobat Reader
* Create, edit, and enhance documents with Acrobat Exchange and PDF Writer
* Convert files from other applications for use in your interactive document
* Add notes and icons, and embed fonts
* Link graphics, video, and audio to your document
* Convert PostScript files to PDF using Distiller
* Create links to Web pages or URLs

Real-life case studies illustrate how Acrobat has been successfully used at Adobe, Intel, Thomsen Financial Services, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Wharton Business School, and other organizations.

The first complete hands-on guide to using Adobe Acrobat, this book/CD set is a valuable resource for publishers, marketers, and multimedia developers.

CD-ROM Includes:
* -Acrobat Viewer for Windows, Macintosh, DOS, and UNIX(r) that lets you browse Acrobat documents
* A hypertext version of this book in Acrobat
* -Sample Acrobat Documents
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