Adobe Acrobat 9 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide walks readers through tasks that are enhanced by numerous screenshots to teach beginning and intermediate users how to take advantage of the productive power of Adobe Acrobat. Author John Deubert takes readers through all of the basic Acrobat 9 features, from the basic tools used to create PDF documents and the newly enhanced review functionality, to the advanced tools that create digital signatures, interactive forms, and PDF Portfolios. Beginning users will find a thorough introduction to this indispensable application, and Acrobat power users will enjoy a convenient reference guide that relies on straightforward language, clear steps, and practical tips to explore Acrobat's many capabilities. Visual QuickStart Guide--the quick and easy way to learn! / Easy visual approach uses pictures to guide you through Acrobat and show you what to do. / Concise steps and explanations let you get up and running in no time. / Page for page, the best content and value around. / John Deubert is a longtime consultant and instructor in Acrobat and PDF, having worked with both since the mid-nineties.He has extensive experience in PostScript and JavaScript and is the author of Adobe Acrobat 8 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide, and two books from Adobe Press: Creating Adobe Acrobat Forms and Extending Acrobat Forms with JavaScript.

Chapter 1
Starting with Acrobat
1 Opening and Quitting Acrobat 9
3 Examining the Initial Screen
4 Examining the Menus
6 Examining the Toolbars
8 Customizing Toolbars
11 Working with Navigation Panes
12 Setting Preferences
15
Chapter 2
Viewing a Document
17 Opening a PDF File
18 Moving from Page to Page
19 Moving from View to View
20 Zooming In and Out
21 Choosing a Page Layout
28 Searching for Text
30 Arranging Documents on the Screen
33 Using Reading Mode
34 Using Links and Bookmarks
36 Measuring Sizes and Areas
38
Chapter 3
Saving and Printing Files
43 Saving a PDF File
44 Exporting to Other Formats
45 Minimizing File Size
50 Printing a Document
52 Print Options
54 Printing Multiple Pages per Sheet
57 Printing a Booklet
58
Chapter 4
Making PDF Files
59 Printing to a PDF File
60 Using PDFMaker in Microsoft Office
(Windows)
62 Converting Images and Other Files to PDF
64 Scanning Directly to PDF
65 Converting Web Pages to PDF
66 Converting Screen Shots to PDF
67 Merging PDF Files
69
Chapter 5
PDF Portfolios
71 Creating a Portfolio
73 Choosing a Layout
77 Adding a Welcome Page
79 Adding a Header
81 Choosing a Color Scheme
83 Setting File Information
84 Publishing Your Portfolio
85 Sharing with Acrobat.com
87
Chapter 6
Adding Comments to a Document
89 Examining Acrobat's Commenting Tools
90 Adding a Sticky Note Comment
92 Adding a Text Box Comment
94 Adding a Callout Comment
97 Adding Lines and Arrows
98 Drawing Ovals and Rectangles
99 Adding Polygons and Clouds
100 Text Edits
102 Adding a Stamp Comment
104 Creating Your Own Stamp
106 Checking Spelling in Comments
108 Exporting and Importing Comments
109 Enabling Commenting in Adobe Reader
110
Chapter 7
Reading Commented Documents
111 Examining the Comments List
112 Replying to a Comment
114 Marking Comments
115 Managing the Comments List
116 Searching for Text in Comments
117 Printing Comments
119 Migrating Comments
122
Chapter 8
Reviewing PDF Documents
123 Starting an E-mail--Based Review
124 Reviewing an E-mailed Document
126 Receiving E-mail--Reviewed Documents
127 Starting a Shared Review
128 Reviewing a Shared Document
132 Receiving Server-Based Reviews
133 Real-Time Collaborative Reviews
134
Chapter 9
Manipulating Pages
139 Rearranging Pages
140 Extracting Pages
141 Inserting One File into Another
142 Replacing Pages
143 Rotating Pages
144 Cropping Pages
146
Chapter 10
Adding and Changing Text
and Graphics
149 Touching Up Text
150 Modifying Line Art
152 Adding Headers and Footers
156 Adding a Background
159 Adding a Watermark
161 Redacting a Document
163
Chapter 11
Adding Simple Navigation Features
169 Adding Bookmarks
170 Creating Links
173 Modifying Existing Links
176 Making Automatic Web Links
177 Creating Articles
178
Chapter 12
Creating an Acrobat Presentation
181 Setting Open Options
182 Creating a Full-Screen Slide Show
184 Creating a Next Page Button
186 Creating a Self-Running Presentation
188 Placing a Movie on a Page
190 Playing a Movie
196 Placing a Flash Animation on the Page
199 Adding Sound to a PDF Page
200
Chapter 13
Organizing Documents
203 Examining the Organizer
204 Using the History Pane
206 Using the Places Pane
207 Using the Collections Category
208
Chapter 14
Creating Forms with Acrobat Pro
211 About LiveCycle Designer
212 Creating a Form from a Template
213 Editing Forms with LiveCycle Designer
216 Converting Electronic Documents to Forms
219 Distributing Forms
223 Responding to a Distributed Form
228 Receiving and Viewing Results
229
Chapter 15
Password Protection
233 Restricting File Access
234 Restricting Reader Activities
236
Chapter 16
Digital Signatures
239 About Adobe Self-Sign Security
240 Creating a Digital ID
241 Creating a Certificate from an ID
243 Importing a Certificate as a Trusted Identity
245 Signing a PDF Document
247 Creating a Signature Appearance
249 Creating a Signature Field
251 Validating a Signed Document
253
Chapter 17
Converting Paper to PDF
255 Typing on a Paper Form
256 Creating a Searchable Image
258 Converting a Scan with ClearScan
260
Index
262