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Documents on the Web – Adobe Acrobat. Hope Greenberg 14 February 2005. PDF vs. HTML. PDF: Portable Document Format author centric smart photocopy, not text needs plugin HTML: HyperText markup language reader centric flexible text no plugin. Acrobat Choices.
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Documents on the Web – Adobe Acrobat Hope Greenberg 14 February 2005
PDF vs. HTML • PDF: Portable Document Format • author centric • smart photocopy, not text • needs plugin • HTML: HyperText markup language • reader centric • flexible text • no plugin
Acrobat Choices • Adobe Reader (was Acrobat Reader) • reads PDF files • Adobe Acrobat Standard • create PDF files • Adobe Acrobat Professional • creates PDF files, plus
Create PDF Files with Acrobat • MS Office Files and more • Print Command • Multiple Files • Scanner (To OCR or not OCR…) • Web Pages (watch your depth!)
Exercise 1: Create a PDF • Create a PDF file download/save: http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/courses/pdf/sample1.doc
PDF Navigation Aids • >10? Should • >20? Must!! • Link back to web page • >100: consider article/chapter PDFs • Optimize
Exercise 2: Bookmarks/Links • Easy way • let Word help: structure documents with styles • Tedious way • manually http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/courses/pdf/sample1.html
Exercise 3: Modifying PDF Files • Rearranging pages • Adding headers/footers • Page Numbering
PDF Forms • CGI, limitations • In Acrobat, create/open: http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/courses/pdf/flexform.pdf
Other Features • Layers for 4-color printing • Reviewing: add comments to your documents, then send/share them with others for their comments • OCR (Paper Capture)