Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) is the open, de facto standard for electronic document distribution worldwide, permitting information to be shared online across a broad range of hardware platforms, software applications, versions, and fonts. More than 200 million copies of Acrobat Reader software have been distributed worldwide.
* Covers accessing and distilling PDF files; converting Microsoft Office documents; capturing paper documents and Web pages; printing, annotating, editing and securing PDF files; extracting text and graphics; cataloging and distributing PDF files; creating interactive forms; and building multimedia presentations.
* Readers can convert any document to this universal file format, preserving all the fonts, formatting, graphics, and color of the source document regardless of the application and platform used to create it.
* PDF files can be published and distributed anywhere: in print, attached to e-mail, on corporate servers, posted on Web sites, or on CD-ROM
* Adobe PDF is the emerging workflow standard in the $400 billion publishing industry and plays a key role in financial services, regulated industries, and government, with more than 155 agencies worldwide sharing Adobe PDF files.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction 1
Part I: Presenting Acrobat and PDF Files 7
Chapter 1: The Ins and Outs of PDF Files 9
Chapter 2: Accessing PDF Files 21
Chapter 3: Getting Acquainted with Acrobat 6 53
Part II: The Wealth of Ways for Creating PDF Files 79
Chapter 4: Distilling PDF Files 81
Chapter 5: Converting Microsoft Office Documents 107
Chapter 6: Capturing Paper Documents 121
Chapter 7: Capturing Web Pages 133
Chapter 8: Printing PDF Files 147
Part III: Reviewing, Editing, and Securing PDFs 159
Chapter 9: Annotating PDF Files for Review 161
Chapter 10: Editing PDF Files 203
Chapter 11: Securing PDF Files 239
Chapter 12: Extracting Text and Graphics from PDF Files 263
Chapter 13: Cataloging and Distributing PDF Files 275
Part IV: PDFs as Electronic Documents 291
Chapter 14: Creating Interactive Forms 293
Chapter 15: Building and Publishing eBooks 327
Chapter 16: Making PDFs into Multimedia Presentations 355
Part V: The Part of Tens 377
Chapter 17: Top Ten Third-Party Acrobat Plug-Ins 379
Chapter 18: Top Ten Online Resources 383
Index 387
