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Introduction to Adobe Acrobat

Introduction to Adobe Acrobat. James Crowley C3 – Crowley Computer Consulting. Survey. Have you read PDF file(s)? Screen Paper PDA Can you search a PDF? Can you email a PDF? Have you created a PDF?. Survey. Have you used an application besides Adobe Acrobat?

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Introduction to Adobe Acrobat

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  1. Introduction to Adobe Acrobat James Crowley C3 – Crowley Computer Consulting

  2. Survey • Have you read PDF file(s)? • Screen • Paper • PDA • Can you search a PDF? • Can you email a PDF? • Have you created a PDF?

  3. Survey • Have you used an application besides Adobe Acrobat? • Do you want to create PDFs? • Purpose? • How often? • Why are you here?

  4. Electronic document exchange • PDF = Portable Document Format • Required for the “paperless office” • Universality • PDF is a proprietary format owned by Adobe.

  5. Current standards • PDF/A: May 2005, for the long term preservation of digital documents. • PDF/X: for exchange of high-quality, print-ready pages. • U3D: open, extensible format for sharing and viewing 3D designs

  6. Future standards • PDF 1.7: Jan 2007, submitted to AIIM, for the purpose of publication as a standard by the ISO. • PDF/E: officially accepted as ISO working item for exchange of project info, review and document markup with a 3D component • PDF/UA: universally accessible - extended for visually or mobility impaired individuals

  7. Electronic document exchange • PDF is not the only game in town, but it is the market leader. • Past: Envoy • Current • HTML • XML • ODF: Open Document Format • Microsoft XPS: XML Paper Specification

  8. PDF History • Original concept by John Warnock in 1984 when hand programming an IRS tax form into PostScript for an Apple LaserWriter. • In 1991, Warnock wrote a paper referring to Camelot that led to the development of COS which is the foundation of the PDF language and data structure. • Acrobat Reader was not free at first and nearly sunk PDF when competing products like Envoy gave their reader away.

  9. What is so tough about universal documents? • Media • Resolution

  10. Who is who… • Adobe is the corporation that owns the PDF format. • Current version is 8. • Reader is the application to read PDFs. Reader used to be called Acrobat Reader. • Acrobat is the application to read and create PDFs.

  11. Adobe Pricing

  12. From Adobe • Reader available from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html • 30 day demo of Acrobat Professional available from http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tryout.html

  13. Other PDF creating options • Create Adobe PDF Online • Five free PDFs • Subscribe for $9.99 per month or $99.99 per year • Non Adobe options: Adobe “opened” the file format to allow others to write PDF creation applications. • Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software • PC Magazine: http://www.pcmag.com and search reviews for PDF

  14. Other PDF creating options • Not all PDF creators are create equally!

  15. Adobe Reader - when you download... • Acrobat Reader 8.1 - 22.3MB • Do you want Photoshop Album Starter Edition? 8.4MB • Do you want Google Toolbar? 1.1MB • Installation of Adobe Download Manager • Close apps during installation so it can “plug in” better.

  16. Making PDFs • You already have the tools you need to make PDFs! • Then you create the PDF!

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