List of Sidebars

Chapter 2: Creating Pre-PDF Documents

Bitonal vs. Multitonal Images

One More Pitch for Style Sheets

Chapter 3: Creating Quality PostScript Files

Selecting a PDF Creation Method

Paper Size, Paper Width, and Page Positioning

Color Conversion

Resolution, Line Screen or Frequency, and Halftoning

Chapter 4: Creating the PDF You Want

PDF/X Standard

Font Substitution

Disabling Image Sampling and Compression

Password Support System

Corruption of PDFs across the Internet

Alternative PDF Creation Methods

Overriding a Distiller Setting

Style Sheets, TOCs, and Hyperlinks

InDesign Styles vs. Distiller Settings

Choosing a PDF-Making Method

Chapter 5: Controlling Acrobat and Access to Your PDFs

Getting Familiar with the Other Preferences

Compatibility

Certification

Chapter 6: Using Acrobat and Navigating PDFs

Reordering Pages

Of Mice, Menus, and Keyboard Shortcuts

Loupe vs. Pan & Zoom

Structured and Tagged PDFs

Text and Line Art Smoothing

Mac/Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

Voice Activation and Commands

Chapter 7: PDF Document Management

Page Numbering

PDF Page Sizes and Orientations

Building Elements in Acrobat Instead of Page Layout

Preparing Watermark and Background Graphics

Text on Graphics

Layers Navigation, Commenting, and Editing

Set Your Preferences to Use Layer State Properties

Index PDFs Organization and Cross-Platform Naming

Document vs. Global Index Settings

Distributing Indexes

Chapter 8: Building Presentations and Forms

Advantages of PDF Presentations

Presentation Navigation

Acrobat Preferences vs. PDF Document Properties

PDF Version for Forms

Distiller Settings and Graphics Formats for Forms

Font Selection

Auto-Forms Filling of Duplicate Named Fields

The List Box Tool

Complex and Custom Calculations

Mutually Exclusive Buttons

HTML and XFDF Data

Setting Forms Security

Chapter 9: Collaborative Publishing and Interactivity

Bookmarks Views

Style Sheets Again!

Hand Tool vs. Item Tool

Comments as Bookmarks

Single-Page vs. Separate-Page Summaries

To Embed or Not to Embed

Chapter 10: Acrobat E-mail, eBook, and Web Features

Corrupted PDFs

MAPI-Savvy E-mail Applications

Web and PDF Pages

Background Elements

Fonts and Websites

PDFs vs. eBook Documents

Creating Your Own Lending Library

Chapter 11: Preflighting PDFs

Report Formats

Preflighting: Who, What, Where, and When

Chapter 12: Editing PDFs

Embedded vs. Computer Station Fonts

Where and When to Edit PDFs, and Version Challenges

Chapter 13: Outputting PDFs and Their Contents

Separations

Color Assignments

File Formats

Using PDF Security to Secure Your Images

Chapter 14: Automating Acrobat Tasks

When to Use Batch Processing

Variety of Automatic Actions