enhancing your communications with adobe acrobat 8.0

.PDF = Portable Document Format

Providing a common interface for opening documents sourced in a wide range of applications

Collaborating with others in creating and modifying documents

Organizing (Packaging) documents into groups

Combining pages from different files

Creating interactive forms

Attain a basic understanding of the possibilities offered by Acrobat 8.0

Understand 6 ways a PDF can be created Use Acrobat to:

Skillfully view and navigate a PDF document

Edit and manipulate PDF files, including combining and packaging

Collaborate with others using the review and commenting features of 8.0

Tool Bar Well Task Bar File Bar Page Navigation Bar Select & Zoom Bar Page Display Bar

Navigation Pane Panels & Options

Document Pane

Page Navigation Toolbar Select & Zoom Toolbar The Page Display Toolbar Initial View

Try-It 1: Open BioBlast and utilize the tools on each of the toolbars

Try-It 1a: Set magnification of your Initial View

File>Open File>History submenu File>Organizer menu Organizer Toolbar Button

Try-It 2: Use Organizer to open BioBlast

PDF Maker (from Office applications) Distiller (printing from other

applications)

Try-It 3: Create a pdf using PDF Maker; File: Scanning Instructions in Word

Try-It 4: Create a pdf using Distiller; File: Scanning Instructions in Word

Converting to PDF (from within Acrobat) From File From Multiple Files From Webpage From Clipboard Image From blank page

Try-It 5: Create a pdf from file; File: Policies Manual

Try-It 6: Create a pdf from multiple files; Files: Trouble Report & Bioblast

Try-It 7: Create a pdf from clipboard Image: File: Bioblast

Try-It 8: Create a pdf from the Biomedical Library website: biomed.ucsd.edu

Try-It 9: Create a pdf from a blank page

Inserting pages Removing Pages Extracting Pages Reordering Pages

Try-It 10: Edit a PDF file using the above functions: File: Package.pdf

The Touchup Text Tool

Try-It 11: Edit text in a pdf file using the Touchup Text tool;

File: BioBlast

Using the Touch-Up Objects Tool

Try-It 12: Edit graphics in a pdf file using advanced editing tools; File: BioBlast

Combining PDF files into a package Adding files to a package Navigating your PDF package Sorting PDF files in PDF packages Searching PDF packages Printing PDF packages

Try-It 13: Combine files into a PDF package

Files: Scanning InstructionsBioblastTrouble Report

Try-It 14: Edit the packaged files you combined in the previous Try-It, performing the following functions: Adding files to a PDF packageSorting PDF files in PDF packages Searching PDF packages Printing PDF packages

File:Package.pdf

Bookmarks Attachments

Try-It 15: Create 2 Bookmarks using the Bookmark function in the Navigation Pane; File: Bioblast

Try-It 16: Create an attachment using the Navigation function; File: BioBlast & Trouble Report

Comments & markup tool bar Summary of comments Send for Review

Try-It 15: Try out the various functions on the Comments & Markup tool bar:

Finish by sending file to your email address.

Choose Document> File Size Select Version compatibility and click

OK

Try-It 16: Reduce the size of a file using the “Reduce File” function: File: Bioblast. Save as Bioblast-a

Adobe Live Cycle Creator Creating a form from a template Compiling results

Try-It 17: Create a form using one of the available templates.

Try-It 17a: Create a pdf interactive form from an existing form.

Questions and Comments