Acrobat X Tips and Tricks

Learn the secret techniques of Acrobat and Reader power users and make working with PDFs fast, efficient, and fun.Let Anne-Marie Concepción share her intimate knowledge of Acrobat with you, and reveal the application's hidden gems. This course goes beyond the manual to reveal the secret techniques of Acrobat power users: editing text and graphics directly within the PDF, adding the Typewriter tool to the toolbar, creating a better default preview for portfolios, outputting double-sided pages and printer spread booklets, and converting JavaScript into one-click actions. These tools can be put to use immediately on the PDFs that users receive and distribute every day. Topics include: Discovering secret toolbars Hiding the superfluous form bar Mastering the Typewriter and Text Box tools Importing new artwork into an existing PDF Creating quick and useful signature stamps Making PDF portfolios backward compatible Searching text in a scanned PDF Decreasing PDF file size for faster downloading Creating a batch action with hot folders