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Creating, Linking and Posting PDFs on the Web

Creating, Linking and Posting PDFs on the Web. Connect Session May 2012. Why PDFs?. Adobe Reader is free and widely used Posting a Word doc suggests to end-users they need to buy Word Remember to post link to Adobe Reader somewhere prominent on-site

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Creating, Linking and Posting PDFs on the Web

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  1. Creating, Linking and Posting PDFs on the Web Connect Session May 2012

  2. Why PDFs? • Adobe Reader is free and widely used • Posting a Word doc suggests to end-users they need to buy Word • Remember to post link to Adobe Reader somewhere prominent on-site • Document protection, bookmarks, links to specific sections within PDF

  3. Converting a Document to PDF • Several options • MS Office: Print to PDF, Save as PDF • Adobe Acrobat: Create button • Best way: • Save As • File of Type: PDF • Allows you the minimum size option • Allows you Options button

  4. Document Protection • A myth that PDFs cannot be altered • Need to protect them first • In Adobe Acrobat: • File>Properties>Security tab • Check Restrict Editing and printing box • End-user won’t need password, that’s just to change security settings

  5. Creating Bookmarks • Click the Bookmarks icon • Position the page how you’d like it displayed • You can zoom in • Click the New Bookmark icon • Name the bookmark

  6. Creating Named Destinations • Click the Destinations icon • Position the page how you’d like it displayed • You can zoom in • Click the New Destination icon • Name the destination (e.g. – contact) • To link, use the document name, add #, add name of destination (e.g. – 4hflyer.pdf#contact)

  7. Linking • Select the text to link • Should be descriptive of the document • “Click Here” is bad form • For text-to-speech browsers • Drag the Point to File icon to the document • Just left of the link box • Drag it to the document in the File pane • For named destinations, remember the # and the name • To open doc in a new window, set target to blank

  8. Posting • Expand the FTP window • Select the page that links to the PDF • Hit Ctrl • Select the PDF • Easy step to forget • “Include Dependent Files” will not include a linked PDF • Click the up arrow to upload both files

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