There are several products in the Acrobat X family to choose from. This video explains the different products and helps you to understand which one is right for you.
In this chapter, you'll be introduced to the Acrobat X interface and see how to customize it to suit your needs.
The Acrobat X Interface
Nothing is more frustrating than struggling through the interface of a new application. Whether you're new to Acrobat or have used a previous version, this video will familiarize you with the Acrobat X interface.
There's no need to limit yourself to working with the workspace that ships with Acrobat X. In this lesson, you'll learn how to customize the Acrobat X interface to meet your needs.
Preferences control how Acrobat X behaves in certain situations. This video shows you how to customize some of your preferences so that Acrobat behaves the way you expect it to.
In this chapter, you'll learn how to efficiently navigate PDF files using the tools available in Acrobat X. You'll also learn how to add your own custom bookmarks to aid in navigation.
Navigating a PDF
Being able to effectively navigate through the pages of a PDF document is very important. In this video, you'll learn several ways to do this and get a few tips as well.
Page display controls how the pages in a PDF document are displayed in Acrobat X. In this video, you'll learn about the different page modes and how they can be helpful when viewing a PDF.
Bookmarks provide a way to easily access key areas of a PDF file. In this lesson you'll learn how to add bookmarks to an existing document to provide an easier means of navigation.
After adjusting the page display and adding bookmarks to a document, you may want the reader to benefit from these settings as well. In this video you'll learn how to control the initial view of a PDF document to improve the reader's experience.
Acrobat X provides an easy way for you to search the contents of a PDF file to find specific words or phrases. In this lesson, you'll learn how to search within a PDF document or multiple PDF documents to find results quickly.
There are many ways to create PDF files. In this chapter you'll get a better understanding of how to control the different aspects of PDF creation. You'll also learn several methods by which you can create PDF files - from Office applications, from other applications, from a scanner, and more!
PDF Creation
PDF Settings control all aspects of how a PDF file is generated. In this video you'll learn about the different options that can be controlled and how to change them.
Acrobat X adds the PDFMaker component to all Microsoft Office applications during installation. You'll see how easy it is to create a PDF file from the Office applications in this video.
The PDFMaker provides advanced features that allow you to perform tasks you can't do any other way. In this lesson, you'll learn how to add links and bookmarks automatically using the PDFMaker.
If you have a scanner attached to your computer, you can convert that stack of paper documents to electronic form in no time at all. In this video you'll learn how to scan content to a PDF and even use OCR (optical character recognition) on the PDF to make the file searchable!
Creating a PDF file from a web page is a great way to capture content for future use. In this video, you'll see several ways to do this using Acrobat X.
Acrobat X can convert a variety of different file types to a PDF file in the matter of a few clicks! In this lesson you'll learn how to do this and you'll use several images to create a PDF to share and distribute.
Once a PDF file is created, there are still things you can do to make it better. In this chapter, you'll learn how to apply modifications to PDF files such as adding headers, footers, and watermarks, and even doing basic PDF editing.
Modifying PDF Files
A watermark is a great way to indicate the current status of a document. In this video, you'll learn how to both create and remove a watermark in a PDF document.
Adding a header or footer to an existing PDF document is a great way to provide consistency to the document. In this lesson, you'll learn how easy it is to use Acrobat X to add a header and/or footer.
PDF optimization allows you to modify the content of the PDF file to save file size and clean up the PDF. In this video, we'll take a fairly large PDF file and optimize it for posting to a website.
Although making extensive edits to a PDF file is generally not recommended, basic edits are easy to do in Acrobat X. In this lesson you'll learn how to edit text, images, and objects within a PDF file.
If you perform repetitive modifications to multiple PDF files, actions are going to save you a ton of time. In this video you'll see how easy it is to create and run your own actions.
There are several ways to combine existing PDF files. This chapter discusses various ways to combine multiple files into a single PDF or into a PDF portfolio.
Combining PDF Files
It's quite common to want to selectively insert pages from one document into another. In this lesson, you'll learn how to extract pages from one PDF file and insert them into another very easily.
Acrobat X makes combining multiple files into a single PDF file quick and easy. In this video, you'll see how to combine files of varying formats into a single PDF document.
A PDF portfolio can be a great way to transport a variety of different file formats within a PDF file. In this video you'll see how to create a PDF Portfolio, add files to it, and customize the appearance of the portfolio.
Once a PDF file is created you need to be able to make changes to the file. This chapter discusses how to indicate changes using the comment and markup tools and how to collaborate with other users while using those tools.
Collaborating
Sharing files with other users couldn't get any easier than it is with Acrobat X and the Adobe online services. In this lesson, you'll learn about these services and see how easy they are to use.
Acrobat X provides very useful comment and markup tools for indicating text and other changes to a document. In this video, you'll see how to use these tools and how to set up a document for users of the free Adobe Reader application so they can use these tools as well.
When extensive comments have been made to a document, it can be hard to keep track of them all. In this video, you'll learn how to create a comment summary to easily see what comments have been made and where they are located.
Applying changes indicated in a commented PDF file opens up the potential for errors. In this lesson, you'll learn how to automatically apply comments in a PDF file to the original Word document that created the PDF.
It can be difficult to manage comments from other users. This video introduces you to the email-based shared review process, which takes a lot of the guesswork out of managing comments from multiple reviewers.
Creating a shared review allows multiple people to add comments to a PDF file and then send them to the initiator as well as to other reviewers. In this video, you'll learn how to set up a shared review to get your work done faster!
The Review Tracker is a central hub that allows you to manage reviews that you've sent and joined. In this video, you'll see how easy it is to manage your reviews and stay in control.
Sometimes your PDF file may contain sensitive information that you need to protect. In this chapter, you'll learn how to password-protect a file and how to mask information in a PDF file with the redaction tools.
Security
Password security allows you to limit a user's access to certain aspects of a file. In this video you'll learn how to apply security to a PDF file and how to control access.
Redaction allows you to remove sensitive information from a PDF document. In this video you'll learn how to apply redaction to a document using the Redaction tools.
A PDF form offers the advantage of portability to fillable forms. This chapter will show you how to take a flat PDF file and make it a fillable form. You'll also learn how to distribute forms in a variety of ways and how to efficiently collect the data entered into the forms by end-users.
PDF Forms
PDF forms can be basic flat forms, or they can be fillable forms. In this video you'll learn the difference between these two types of forms and their uses.
When you have a form already created as a PDF file, Acrobat X can automatically detect where fillable form fields should be created in your document. In this video you'll learn how the Form Wizard works and how to make basic edits.
There will be times when you need to create a fillable form manually. In this video, you'll learn how to add text fields to a PDF file to begin making it fillable.
There are many types of form fields that can be added to enhance a form. In this video, you'll learn how to add drop-down lists, radio buttons, checkboxes, and more to your PDF form.
Distributing a form via e-mail is quick and easy. In this video you'll learn how to send a form for users to fill out using your desktop email application.
Acrobat.com makes distributing a form and collecting data very easy. In this video, you'll learn how to distribute a form using Acrobat.com and see how easy it is to collect the data.
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