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ADOBE ACROBAT

ADOBE ACROBAT. Presented by: Theresa James Helen Mueller. INTRODUCTION. Our presentation is on Adobe Acrobat and the Acrobat family of products available. OBJECTIVES.

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ADOBE ACROBAT

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  1. ADOBE ACROBAT Presented by: Theresa James Helen Mueller

  2. INTRODUCTION • Our presentation is on Adobe Acrobat and the Acrobat family of products available

  3. OBJECTIVES • To provide you with a brief overview of Adobe Acrobat and the Acrobat family of products as well as some information on system requirements (“Minimum” and “Recommended”) and free downloads of product trial versions available

  4. AGENDA • A look at Adobe Acrobat 3.0 • Brief overviews of Adobe Acrobat Capture 2.0, Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.02, and Adobe Acrobat Forms Plug-in Update • Wrap up with conclusions • Answer any questions

  5. ADOBE ACROBAT 3.0 • Adobe Acrobat 3.0 is just one of many products developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated • It provides the fastest way to publish any document online, empowering everyone to create and share documents across platforms while maintaining the documents’ original look and feel

  6. ADOBE ACROBAT 3.0 • Acrobat 3.0 works with existing Web browser and servers, so all you need to instantly access Portable Document Format (PDF) files on the Web is the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software • It is independent of platforms, applications, and distribution media • It is the ideal basis for document distribution, archiving, and retrieval strategy

  7. ADOBE ACROBAT 3.0 • It includes a complete tool set for converting electronic files created in your favorite applications into PDF and publishing them on your Web site, intranet, CD-ROM, or distributing them by e-mail • Acrobat Reader for viewing PDF documents • Acrobat Exchange(R) for adding navigational links, annotations, and security options • Acrobat PDF Writer for creating PDF files from you favorite business applications

  8. ADOBE ACROBAT 3.0 • Adobe Acrobat is available for a number of platforms including MAC, Windows (3.1, 95, NT), UNIX, and Ten-Pack • Upgrades available for all platforms include Acrobat 3.0 (Free), Acrobat 1.0, 2.0, or Acrobat Exchange, Acrobat Pro 2.0 or 2.1, and Acrobat for Workgroups Ten-Pack

  9. ADOBE ACROBAT 3.0 • Acrobat 3.0 is also available in a number of other languages including Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Latin American/Spanish, Castilian Spanish, and Swedish

  10. Streamline Graphic Arts Workflow from Design to Production • Acrobat 3.0 enables you to create compact, cross-platform electronic documents with fonts, colours, formatting and images embedded when you create brochures, catalogues, direct mail pieces, ads, or other publications in any application and save them in Portable Document Format (PDF) with Acrobat 3.0.

  11. Streamline Graphic Arts Workflow from Design to Production • With this kind of efficiency at work, the review, editing, preflighting, and production processes are all significantly expedited • Put your work up for review instantly, anywhere, by distributing it in a PDF file via e-mail or on your intranet

  12. Streamline Graphic Arts Workflow from Design to Production • Make necessary changes, then send your compact PDF document electronically to the printer, with all its fonts, colours, images, and graphics embedded • This facilitates preflighting and virtually eliminates opportunities for error throughout the process

  13. Streamline Graphic Arts Workflow from Design to Production • Using PDF also: • Drastically reduces the time searching for missing fonts and images • Cuts down on the number of jobs returned to you with missing resources • Decreases the time it takes to make the file print-ready at the print site

  14. Distribute Marketing Documents Electronically To Be Viewed and Printed Anywhere - Exactly As Created • You can rest easy knowing that what you created and viewed on your computer will look exactly the same to the recipient - whether you’ve e-mailed it to Japan, posted it on your corporate intranet or Web site, or saved it on CD-ROM. • It can be viewed or printed anywhere exactly as you intended

  15. Provide Access to Paper-Based Information by Getting It On-Line • With a desktop scanner and Acrobat 3.0 you can easily convert paper documents, such as paper letters, contracts, insurance forms, or legal documents, into compact, searchable PDF files ready for publishing on your intranet, Web site, or by e-mail or CD-ROM

  16. Provide Access to Paper-Based Information by Getting It On-Line • For converting large volumes of documents or entire archives of printed material into PDF, use Adobe Acrobat Capture(R) 2.0 software.

  17. Differences Between Acrobat 3.0 and Acrobat 3.01 for Windows(R) • For Windows 95: • Acrobat 3.01 adds MS Office macros to support Office 97 (in addition to Office 95) • For Windows 95 and Windows NT: • Acrobat Exchange(R) 3.01 and Acrobat Reader 3.01 enable improved integration with MS Internet Explorer, including support for submitting PDF forms to Web servers and displaying search highlighting

  18. Differences between Acrobat 3.0 and Acrobat 3.01 • As a note, other differences are listed for both Macintosh systems and UNIX systems • These can be reviewed at the adobe web site (included in conclusions section)

  19. MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION • The Adobe Acrobat 3.0 web site also offers tips and information on some other related areas including Creating PDF Files, Enhancing PDF Files, Integrated Viewing, and Optimization for the Internet

  20. Minimum i386(TM), i486(TM), Pentium(R), or Pentium Pro processor-based personal computer MS Windows 3.1, Windows 95,or Windows NT 3.51 or later 8 MB of RAM (16 MB for Windows NT) for Acrobat Reader, Exchange, or Catalogue 16 MB of RAM (24 MB for Windows NT) for Acrobat Distiller or Capture Plug-in CD-ROM drive (1.44 MB floppy disks available on request Recommended Pentium processor-based personal computer Windows 95 or Windows NT 16 MB of RAM (24 MB for Windows NT) CD-ROM drive 40 MB of available hard-disk space ADOBE ACROBAT 3.0SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

  21. ADOBE ACROBAT READER 3.02A BRIEF OVERVIEW • Acrobat Reader 3.02 can be downloaded off the website free • It is the fastest way to publish any document on your corporate Intranet, on the Web, or on CD-ROM • It enables you to view, navigate, and browse PDF files seamlessly, either inside a Web browser or in a standalone application • System requirements are similar to those for Acrobat 3.0

  22. Differences BetweenAcrobat Reader 3.0 and 3.01 • Acrobat Reader version 3.01 for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX [and Acrobat Reader 3.0 for OS/2(R)] will allow users to find, select, and copy text when they view PDF files within Web browsers • It also includes enhanced security on links to external applications

  23. ADOBE ACROBAT CAPTURE 2.0A BRIEF OVERVIEW • With Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) Capture(R) 2.0 software, you can easily turn volumes of paper into searchable PDF libraries. • It’s perfect for forms, manuals, specifications, books - any important document you need to make accessible on your Web site or intranet

  24. ADOBE ACROBAT CAPTURE 2.0A BRIEF OVERVIEW • With this software you can convert scanned pages to PDF format - Acrobat Capture performs character, font and page recognition • Anyone with free Acrobat Reader software can view PDF files within their Web browsers • PDF files are searchable with standard Web search engines • It works with all the most popular scanners • In batch-processing mode, your system can convert thousands of pages

  25. KEY FEATURES OFADOBE ACROBAT CAPTURE 2.0 • Choose from a variety of scanning options • Accurately perform OCR, font, and page recognition • View and enhance your electronic documents • Distribute files in a variety of ways • Fine-tune your files to optimize searchability • Integrate Acrobat Capture with your existing software • View, Navigate, and Print PDF Files • Store, Manage, and Send PDF Files • Convert Paper to PDF • Serve PDF Files on the Web

  26. ADOBE ACROBAT CAPTURE 2.0SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS • The system requirements are fairly similar to Acrobat 3.0 and Acrobat Reader 3.01

  27. ADOBE ACROBATFORMS PLUG-IN UPDATE(Product Description) • Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) 3.0 software currently has a forms feature. Adobe Acrobat Forms Update adds powerful new forms features to PDF files making it faster and easier to exchange information either in familiar paper or electronic forms converted to PDF files with Acrobat 3.0, or as dynamic interactive database templates

  28. ACROBAT FORMS PLUG-IN UPDATE - KEY FEATURES • JavaScript can be used for performing actions such as client-side field validation and calculations • Export Forms allows users to save a form and its data to a local hard drive • Dynamic Page Templates allow the creator to specify a first, last, and any number of middle pages to support form applications such as database publishing and high-end printing of bills and other forms

  29. ACROBAT FORMS PLUG-IN UPDATE - KEY FEATURES • Embedded PDF Graphics Support allows the user to embed PDF graphics within forms and then submit those graphics to a Web server • Send Acrobat Forms data to a database - works with Web servers via standard Web server CGI scripts (a PDF form can replace HTML forms with little or no change to existing scripts)

  30. ACROBAT FORMS PLUG-IN UPDATE - KEY FEATURES • The Acrobat FDF (Forms Data Format) Toolkit, which allows you to easily create and parse the Acrobat FDF, is available through Adobe Developer Relations on their Web site. It allows you to manipulate form information as a data tree, and extract and populate forms with graphical data. • This update requires Acrobat 3.01 or Acrobat Reader 3.01

  31. ACROBAT FORMS RESOURCESFDF TOOLKIT 2.0 • If you want to learn how to send data to and from a Web server with PDF Forms, you should read this document. Learn how to use FDF to reprogram field properties on the fly, update fields in a form without changing the form, and compose PDF documents from a server based on a user’s input

  32. CONCLUSION • As you can see, the list of Adobe Acrobat family products is quite extensive, and the details too numerous to view in one session. • Each product is broken down into various components when it comes to system requirements - also too detailed for our presentation, but the information can be reviewed at the Adobe web site.

  33. CONCLUSIONS • Also notice how each product is not only made to operate with other software applications, but in conjunction with each other as well to form a kind of “total” package • If you go to www.adobe.com, you will find a number of applications that are downloadable for free within the different categories of ADOBE products

  34. FOR YOUR INFORMATIONTerms Defined • PARSE v.t.: describe (a word) or analyze (a sentence) in terms of grammar • PREFLIGHTING: checking a document for errors before it is “output”

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