Acrobat 6 and PDF Solutions
1st Edition
Published on 1. February 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
412 pages
978-0-7821-4273-0 (ISBN)
Description
"If Taz writes a book, I can tell you this--I WANT IT!"
Scott Kelby, President, National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)
With Acrobat 6, Adobe has delivered a vastly improved product that streamlines and fortifies document exchange using PDF. Rich with sophisticated new features and an enhanced interface, Acrobat 6 gives business, creative, engineering, and now prepress professionals greater control over high-quality document exchange and review.
Acrobat 6 and PDF Solutions offers expert instruction on putting this complex tool to good use. With his characteristic enthusiasm, acclaimed instructor and author Taz Tally introduces you to key features and techniques, then leads you through real-world tutorials that reinforce the material. In addition to a complete tour of Acrobat 6, you get an in-depth guide to creating PDF documents and working with Distiller and other PDF creation workflows. Productivity tips and automations throughout help you work faster and more accurately.
Inside, you'll discover the ins and outs of Acrobat Standard and Professional versions, including how to:
* Implement an effective PDF workflow
* Create catalogs, e-books, multimedia presentations, and web pages from your documents
* Build PDF order forms with specially formatted data-entry fields
* Set up collaborative review of documents
* Control access to and use of your PDFs
* Edit text and graphics in PDF files
* Use PDFs and Acrobat with Photoshop
* Control import and export of PDF contents
* Run preflight and on-screen proofing on PDFs
* And more!
Scott Kelby, President, National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP)
With Acrobat 6, Adobe has delivered a vastly improved product that streamlines and fortifies document exchange using PDF. Rich with sophisticated new features and an enhanced interface, Acrobat 6 gives business, creative, engineering, and now prepress professionals greater control over high-quality document exchange and review.
Acrobat 6 and PDF Solutions offers expert instruction on putting this complex tool to good use. With his characteristic enthusiasm, acclaimed instructor and author Taz Tally introduces you to key features and techniques, then leads you through real-world tutorials that reinforce the material. In addition to a complete tour of Acrobat 6, you get an in-depth guide to creating PDF documents and working with Distiller and other PDF creation workflows. Productivity tips and automations throughout help you work faster and more accurately.
Inside, you'll discover the ins and outs of Acrobat Standard and Professional versions, including how to:
* Implement an effective PDF workflow
* Create catalogs, e-books, multimedia presentations, and web pages from your documents
* Build PDF order forms with specially formatted data-entry fields
* Set up collaborative review of documents
* Control access to and use of your PDFs
* Edit text and graphics in PDF files
* Use PDFs and Acrobat with Photoshop
* Control import and export of PDF contents
* Run preflight and on-screen proofing on PDFs
* And more!
More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 22.9 cm
Width: 19.2 cm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
874 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7821-4273-0 (9780782142730)
Schweitzer Classification
Person
Prepress "guru" Dr. Taz Tally is a Ph.D. and author of Avoiding The Output Blues, Avoiding the Scanning Blues, and his Electronic Publishing textbook. He has also created numerous training videos and CDs, and authored textbooks used throughout the industry. He is in demand nationally as a presenter on topics related to pre-press and graphics, and writes a regular prepess column for Photoshop User. More than 30,000 graphics professionals have attended his seminars.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Creating Proper PDF Files.
Chapter 1: Acrobat Parts and Workflow.
Chapter 2: Creating Pre-PDF Documents.
Chapter 3: Creating Quality PostScript Files.
Chapter 4: Creating the PDF You Want.
Part II: Fundamentals of Acrobat.
Chapter 5: Controlling Acrobat and Access to Your PDFs.
Chapter 6: Using Acrobat and Navigating PDFs.
Chapter 7: PDF Document Management.
Chapter 8: Building Presentations and Forms.
Chapter 9: Collaborative Publishing and Interactivity.
Chapter 10: Acrobat E-mail, eBook, and Web Features.
Part III: Advanced Acrobat.
Chapter 11: Preflighting PDFs.
Chapter 12: Editing PDFs.
Chapter 13: Outputting PDFs and Their Contents.
Chapter 14: Automating Acrobat Tasks.
Index.
Part I: Creating Proper PDF Files.
Chapter 1: Acrobat Parts and Workflow.
Chapter 2: Creating Pre-PDF Documents.
Chapter 3: Creating Quality PostScript Files.
Chapter 4: Creating the PDF You Want.
Part II: Fundamentals of Acrobat.
Chapter 5: Controlling Acrobat and Access to Your PDFs.
Chapter 6: Using Acrobat and Navigating PDFs.
Chapter 7: PDF Document Management.
Chapter 8: Building Presentations and Forms.
Chapter 9: Collaborative Publishing and Interactivity.
Chapter 10: Acrobat E-mail, eBook, and Web Features.
Part III: Advanced Acrobat.
Chapter 11: Preflighting PDFs.
Chapter 12: Editing PDFs.
Chapter 13: Outputting PDFs and Their Contents.
Chapter 14: Automating Acrobat Tasks.
Index.