Getting started with Adobe Acrobat Pro E-Book

Rémy Lentzner

• Herausgeber: Remylent
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022

Seitenzahl: 57

Beschreibung

Adobe Acrobat Pro enables you to edit PDF files with many features in a clear and easy-to-use environment. 

You will learn about the different menus and the customizable tool panel. You will discover how to insert, replace and extract pages as well as the Header & Footer. 

You will create forms with fields and learn how to program them with the JavaScript language.

Adobe Acrobat allows you to comment the texts in a  multi-user environment. You'll notice the properties that tell you about the identity of the document, especially the metadata and markup for creating bookmarks. 

This book also takes you through the standards and print production in relation to the printers' machines.

Enjoy your reading !


ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rémy Lentzner has been an IT trainer since 1985. Specialized in mastering office automation tools, he supports companies in the professional training of their employees. Self-taught, he has several computer books to his credit.

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REMY LENTZNER

Getting started with Adobe Acrobat PRO

French original title : Bien débuter avec Adobe Acrobat PRO

EDITIONS REMYLENT, Paris, 1ère édition, 2022

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ISBN EPUB : 9782490275830

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This book is dedicated to Anna and Hélène

I could not have written it without their support, advice, encouragements and proofreading.

Graphic illustration : Anna LENTZNER

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INTRODUCTION

This book is intended to anyone who is interested in Adobe Acrobat. At the time of writing this book, you can purchase it for €23.99 per month for Adobe Acrobat Pro, or €15.59 for Adobe Acrobat standard.

The version of Acrobat I used is 2021-005-20048 and I installed it on a Mac computer. Nevertheless, there are several versions of Acrobat that you can discover on the Adobe website at the following address:

https://www.adobe.com/acrobat/pricing.html

The figure below shows different possibilities that can be used with Windows or Mac Os.

Acrobat Pro DC is available on Windows and Mac.Acrobat Standard DC works only on Windows. This version is a bit cheaper (15,59€) but with less possibilities.

Adobe Acrobat Pro is part of a set of software that is called Adobe Document Cloud. It is a group of features that provide many tools:

Editing or creating PDF files.Tracking and electronic signature.The ability to store files on desktops, mobile devices or in the cloud.Form creation with the ability to program calculations.Optical character recognition and scanning.Prepress tools to define printing parameters.

There is also a version called Adobe Acrobat Reader that is free of charge and enables you to view the content of a PDF file but without the possibility to modify it.

For mobiles, you can install a protected version for free but it will only unlock with your license number.

This book is divided in 5 chapters.

Chapter 1 shows the working environment with the different menus and the tool panel that can be customized. You will learn how to modify the quick toolbar. You will discover the properties that inform you about the identity of the document, the metadata and the markup for creating bookmarks.

Chapter 2 details how to edit the elements of a PDF file.

Chapter 3 details comments, revisions and the Document Cloud storage environment.

Chapter 4 details techniques for creating forms. You will discover how to use JavaScript to manipulate the form fields.

Chapter 5 introduces the Print Production tools that help to define many print settings in relation to the printers' machines.

I hope that reading this book will interest you and enable you to manipulate PDF documents better.

Do not hesitate to contact me at [email protected] if you have any comments or questions about this book.

I will be sure to answer you.

Enjoy your reading.

The author

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter 1 The working environment

1.1 The main menu

1.1.1 The File menu

1.1.2 The Edit menu

1.1.3 The View menu

1.1.4 The E-Sign menu

1.1.5 The Window menu

1.2 The Home and Tools features

1.3 Modifying the Quick Toolbar

1.4 Customizing the tools panel

1.5 Properties, Metadata and Markup

1.5.1 Metadata

1.5.2 Security

1.5.3 Fonts

1.5.4 Initial View settings

1.5.5 Custom and Advanced Settings

1.5.6 Additional meta data

Chapter 2 Modifying PDF

2.1 Editing a document

2.1.1 Editing text

2.1.2 Editing a picture

2.2 Managing the pages of a PDF file

2.2.1 The left panel

2.2.2 Deleting a page

2.2.3 Moving a page

2.2.4 Switching to landscape or portrait

2.2.5 Inserting pages

2.2.6 Inserting text into a blank page

2.2.7 Replacing Pages

2.2.8 Extracting Pages

2.2.9 Splitting pages

2.2.10 Header and Footer

2.2.11 Adding a watermark

2.2.12 Adding a background

Chapter 3 Comments and revisions

3.1 The comments menu

3.1.1 Inserting a note

3.1.2 Acting on comments

3.1.3 Comment preferences

3.1.4 The stamp tool

3.2 Sharing and Reviewing with the cloud

3.2.1 Retrieving a file from the cloud

3.2.2 Saving a file to the cloud

3.2.3 Adding an other file storage

3.2.4 Sharing a PDF Document

3.3 File comparison

3.4 The Portfolio

Chapter 4 Forms

4.1 The Forms & Signatures menu

4.1.1 Preparing the form

4.1.2 Creating a blank form

4.1.3 Creating a text area

4.1.4 Aligning objects

4.1.5 Inserting a text field

4.1.6 Displaying the field properties

4.1.7 Duplicating a field

4.2 Calculations in a form

4.2.1 Performing the calculations

4.2.2 Input fields recognition

4.3 Inserting form controls

4.3.1 The option buttons

4.3.2 The Dropdown list or the List Box

4.3.3 JavaScript with a list

4.3.4 The push buttons

4.4 Fill & Sign

4.4.1 Signing yourself

4.4.2 Requesting E-signatures

Chapter 5 Standards and Print Production

5.1 Printers' constraints

5.1.1 The colorimetric modes

5.1.2 Finding the percentages of a color

5.1.3 The PDF standards

5.2 Print Production

5.2.1 The Output Preview

5.2.2 Adding print marks

Chapter 1 The working environment

In this chapter you will study the different menus, the toolbar and the panel that appear when a document is opened. The horizontal menu contains six possibilities: File, Edit, View, Sign, Window and Help. A second menu, Home and View, displays the names of the open files. A moving toolbar is automatically placed under this second menu.

1.1 The main menu

The following figures show different menu options that are available when working with PDF files.

Figure 1.1 : The Acrobat Pro menu

In this menu, you will find the Preferences, i.e. the software general settings. With Windows, you can access them using the Edit menu.

The preferences enable you to modify Acrobat's interface. For instance, in the View category you can set the default zoom or the displaying of the document with one or two pages.

The different settings will be detailed later in the book.

1.1.1 The File menu

Next figure shows the File menu.

Figure 1.2 : The File menu