Adobe Acrobat Basics

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Adobe Acrobat Basics

• Diane Millican
• dmillic_at_ufl.edu
• 273-5051

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What is Adobe Acrobat?

• Multiplatform program
• Windows, Mac, Unix
• View PDFs on screen
• Print PDFs on paper
• Navigate PDFs
• Add Security

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How Does it Work?

• Convert Existing Documents
• Scanning
• Inserting Extracting Replacing
• Security

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Three Easy Steps

• Open your Original Document
• Click Acrobat gtgt Convert to PDF
• Save your file to a known location

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Youre Done!

• Open up your new Acrobat document.

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Toolbars

• BasicViewing
• Zoom

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Basic Toolbar
Snapshot Tool
Hand Tool
Select Tool
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Viewing/Zoom Toolbar
Actual Size
Fit Width
Fit Page
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Status Bar
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View Documents
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Navigation
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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• First Page
• Previous Page
• Choose Page

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Navigation
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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4. Next Page 5. Last Page 6. Previous View 7.
Next View
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Navigation
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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8. Single Page 9. Continuous 10. Continuous
Facing 11. Facing
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Additional Toolbars

• To see more toolbars
• Go to the View Menu
• Choose Toolbars
• Toggle toolbars on and off by clicking
• Right click in the blank toolbar area
• Click on the tool bar you want to see

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Editing
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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• Select Object
• Article Tool
• Crop Tool
• Link Tool

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Editing
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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• Forms Tools
• Movie/Sounds Tools
• Touchup Text Tool

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Inserting Pages
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Extracting Pages
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Replacing Pages
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Security
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Security
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Creating New Files From
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Scanning
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Thanks For Your Time!

• Diane Millicandmillic_at_ufl.edu
• 273-5051