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page caching, 125, 125

page gap option, 57

page layout

document properties for, 128, 128

setting preferences for, 122, 123

page layout applications, 19 “20, 74 “75

page layout documents.

See also preflighting

applications best suited for, 19 “20

avoiding font substitution and copyright problems, 35 “36

content preflight, 38, 39

font selection for, 32 “37

graphics applications for, 21

maintaining graphics links, 31, 32

master pages, 21, 22

matching font architecture to end use, 34 “35

presentation applications for, 19, 20 “21

selecting typefaces and styles, 37, 37

separating system and document construction fonts, 33, 33

style sheets, 22 “23, 23

technical preflight for, 38, 39 “40

types of applications for, 18 “23

web design applications for, 19, 20

word processors for, 18 “19, 20

page numbering

automatic, 22

for combined documents, 175

preferences for, 122, 123

renumbering pages, 183 “184, 184

page positioning, 6, 56, 57, 65

Page Properties dialog

Actions tab, 393 “394, 393 , 394

Tab Order tab, 344

Page Scaling menu, 358

page sequence, 53, 53

page size

changing output but not original, 56

previewing, 65

printing at 100 percent, 364

pages.

See also navigating PDFs;

page numbering

advantages of page-based documents, 174

changing output size but not original, 56

collating printed, 54

cropping, 179 “181, 180

deleting, 176 “177, 176 , 177

extracting, 177 “178, 178

inserting, 175 “176, 175

master, 21, 22 , 23

moving, 174 “175, 174

navigating

with keyboard, 154 “156, 155 , 156

by mouse, 151 “154, 152 “154

orientation of, 55 “56, 179

page flip, 60

page positioning, 6, 56, 57, 65

printing

blank, 53

facing , 54

reordering , 154, 181 “182, 182

repeating page elements, 187 “192

adding in Acrobat, 188

headers and footers, 187 “189, 187 , 190

replacing, 178 “179, 178

rotating, 6, 181, 181

setting Acrobat page display preferences, 122 “123, 123

single- vs. separate-page summaries, 281

specifying sequence of printed, 53, 53

transitions in presentations, 223, 224 “226, 225

watermarks and background graphics, 189 “192, 190 , 191

palettes

modifying for PDF navigation, 148 “149, 148 , 149

navigating with Navigation Tool, 151, 152

turning menus into floating, 150, 150

Pan & Zoom tool, 159, 159

paper offset option, 57

paper size, width, and height, 56

passwords, 92 “93, 92 , 131 , 132

PDF (Portable Document Format) document.

See also Adobe Acrobat Distiller;

document management;

navigating PDFs;

pre-PDF documents;

preflighting

about, 7 “8

advantages of page-based, 174

bookmarks in, 263 “264, 263 , 264

comparing, 184 “186, 185 , 186

compressing for Internet delivery, 280

construction of, 14, 16

converting web pages to, 301 “302, 301

customizing conversion settings, 302 “306, 302 , 306

scaling page layout for documents, 303, 303 , 304

creating, 99 “115

choosing method, 46, 47, 115

exporting PDFs, 104 “107, 104 “ 106 , 110 “111, 110 , 111

one-button PDFs, 114 “115, 115

PostScript + Distiller method, 78 “82

from PostScript files, 45 “46, 47

Save As PDF method, 112 “114, 112 , 113

through PDF printer drivers, 112 “114, 112 , 113

designing master pages and style sheets for, 23

distributing

by e-mail, 296 “297

indexes of, 211

document properties for, 128 “129, 128 , 129

eBooks vs., 313

editing, 335 “353

adding alternate text to image, 346 “347, 346

adding text, 349, 349

in Illustrator, 351 “352, 351 , 352

manipulating vs., 5 “6, 16

moving and editing objects, 350

optimizing files, 336 “341, 337 , 338 , 339

reducing file size, 336, 336

reflowing contents of, 341 “346, 342 “ 346

reformatting with PostScript, 341

steps for, 347 “349

third-party tools for, 353

tips on, 352

generic PostScript printer drivers with, 47

icon for, 4

linking, 6, 289 “291, 290 , 291

location of newly distilled, 81, 81

native documents vs., 4 “6, 5

orientation of pages, 55 “56, 179

placing pages on Photoshop images, 381 “382, 382

preferences for opening, 124 “125, 125

previewing onscreen, 356

printing, 112, 113 , 357 “359, 357 , 358

to PDF file, 359 “361, 359 , 360

protecting images in, 377

reformatting with PostScript, 341

reordering pages, 154

role of PostScript document language for, 10 “13

running batch sequences on, 386 “387, 386 , 387 , 392

scrolling through, 160

searching, 200 “204, 200 “ 203

over Internet, 307 “308, 308

security for, 92 “94, 92

structured and tagged, 161 “163, 162 , 163

using, 16

workflows for, 13 “16, 15

PDF Image Import dialog, 383

PDF Optimizer dialog, 336 “341, 337 , 392

Clean Up tab, 339

Fonts tab, 339

Images tab, 337

PDF Options dialog, 377 “378, 378

PDF Options menu (Print dialog), 360 “361, 360

PDF/X (Portable Document Format Exchange) standard

about, 80, 82

preflighting, 330 “333, 330 “ 333

removing PDF/X-specific contents from file, 333, 333

verifying standard compliance of PDFs as, 332, 332

.pdx file, 207

Pencil tool, 273

performance

creating print styles for PostScript files, 74 “75

downloading converted web page background elements, 305

editing PDF files, 4 “5

embedding multimedia content and, 293, 304

fast Web viewing, 121

optimizing PDFs, 336 “341, 337 , 338 , 339

page caching, 125, 125

quick access to main menu controls, 149 “150, 150

separating system and document fonts, 33, 33

speeding up

printing, 120 , 121

screen redraw of text, 123, 123

using spot colors, 28, 29

phone number fields, 239 “240, 240

Photoshop. See Adobe Photoshop

PitStop, 333, 353, 364

plaintext metadata, enabling, 131 , 133

plug-ins

enabling only certified, 125, 125

function of, 9 “10

list of, 10

warning of uncertified plug-ins with e-Books launch, 309

Polygon tools, 273

Portable Document Format. See PDF documents

Portable Document Format Exchange standard. See PDF/X standard

positioning pages, 6, 56, 57, 65

PostScript, 10 “13.

See also PostScript files;

PostScript printer drivers

configuring levels for, 73, 73

as document language, 11

file creation in, 15 , 16

reformatting PDF documents in, 341

workflows for documents, 13 “16, 15

PostScript + Distiller method. See Adobe Acrobat Distiller;

PostScript files

PostScript files

capturing settings for, 75, 76

configuring settings for, 72 “74, 73

creating, 70 “72, 71

print styles for, 74 “75

defined, 11

distilling to watched folders, 95 “99, 96 , 97 , 98

following distilling process of, 80, 81

making PDF documents from, 45 “46, 47, 360

previewing output, 64 “65, 64

printing

advanced options for, 366 “367, 366

color -separated proofs, 66 “67

commercial printing, 66

composite color proofs, 67 “68

composite grayscale proofs, 67

desktop color printing, 68 “69

from Mac OS X, 103 “104, 103 , 104

to, 359, 359

Web and e-books, 69 “70

saving, 76, 76

as PDF files, 360

selecting

data output for, 60 “61, 61

printer drivers, 46 “52

PostScript Printer Description files (PPDs), 55

PostScript printer drivers

assigning in Mac OS X, 48 “50, 48 , 49 , 50

color conversion with, 57

configuring fonts for, 74

constructing PDF documents with generic, 47

defined, 11 “13, 13

editing properties from Windows, 51

error handler for, 60

finding and installing, 47 “48

naming, 48, 51

page and output settings for, 52 “70

setting layout options for, 53 “54, 53

specifying setup options for, 54 “57, 55

types of document settings for, 53 “54, 53 , 54

Windows, 50 “52, 51 , 52

PostScript Type 1 fonts, 34, 35

PPDs (PostScript Printer Description files), 55

ppi (pixels per inch), 26, 27

pre-PDF documents

designing master page and style sheets, 21 “23

font selection, 32 “37

preflighting, 37 “43

selecting and preparing graphics, 23 “32

types of applications for, 18 “23

Preferences dialog (Acrobat)

Catalog, 208, 208

Commenting, 275

General, 120 “121, 120

Identity, 121 “122, 122

Page Display, 122 “123, 123

Smoothing, 123 “124, 124

Web Capture, 306, 307

Preferences dialog (Distiller), 95

preferences in Acrobat, 120 “127

about, 120 “121, 120

choosing startup and document opening, 124 “125, 125

comments, 275 “276, 275

document properties vs., 128, 228

general, 120 “121, 120

identity, 121 “122, 122

improving readability of eBooks, 317

keyboard, 167 “168, 167

layer state properties, 197, 197

making catalog and index settings global, 208, 208

page display, 122 “123, 123

presentation, 218 “219, 219

ruler and grid spacing, 125 “126, 126

smoothing, 123 “124, 124

update, 126, 127

web capture, 306, 307

Preflight: PDF/X-3 Sets window, 333, 333

Preflight: PDF/X window, 333

Preflight: Profiles window, 326 , 330

Preflight: Report dialog, 328

Preflight: Results window, 327

Preflight: Save As PDF/X dialog, 331 “332, 332

Preflight: Validations window, 329

preflighting, 37 “43, 321 “334

checking accessibility in, 322 “325, 322 “ 325

content preflight, 38, 39

controlling quality and image size in, 86

defined, 14, 15 , 37 “38

finding incorrect settings in PostScript files, 65

PDF/X, 330 “333, 330 “ 333

preflight reports , 328 “329, 328

running on PDFs, 326 “329, 326 , 327 , 328

saving documents as PDF/X, 331 “332, 331

technical, 38, 39 “40

tools

built-in, 40 “41, 41

third-party, 42 “43, 333 “334

validating PDFs, 329 “330, 329

watched folders, 72, 95 “99, 96 , 97 , 98

who should do, 334

workflow and, 43, 99

presentation applications, 19, 20 “21

presentations, 214 “228

advantages of, 214

converting and animating PowerPoint files, 222 “223

creating, 214 “222

multiple-source, 219 “221, 220 , 221

single-source, 214 “219, 215 , 216 , 219

document order for combined PDF files, 221

editing slide order in, 224

navigating in, 221

security settings for, 227

setting document properties for, 226 “227, 227

setting page transitions in, 223, 224 “226, 225

previewing, 64 “65, 64

color separations, 356, 357

crop adjustments, 217

enabling page previews, 121, 121

headers and footers, 187

output, 64 “65, 64

page positioning, 57

PDFs onscreen, 356

spot colors, 67

Print Center Printer List window (Mac OS X), 49 , 50 , 103 , 112

Print dialog

marks and bleeds options, 364, 364

printing PDFs from, 112, 113 , 357 “359, 357 , 358

printing PowerPoint files to PDF file, 222 “223, 222 , 223

varying names and options of, 71, 71 , 358

Windows, 52

Print Ready, 42 “43, 42

print styles, 74 “75, 74 , 75

printer drivers.

See also PostScript printer drivers

creating PDFs through, 112 “114, 112 , 113

downloading Adobe, 48

Printer List window (Mac OS X), 49 , 50 , 103 , 112

Printer Profile option (Advanced Print Setup dialog), 361 , 363

Printers and Faxes utility (Windows), 51

printing, 357 “367 .

See also commercial printing;

output;

PostScript printer drivers

advanced options, 361 “367, 361 , 364 , 365 , 366 , 367

marks and bleeds options, 364, 364

PostScript options, 366 “367, 366

separations and other color options, 362 “363

transparency flattening, 365 “366, 365

blank pages, 53, 53

color-separated proofs, 66 “67

composite color proofs, 67 “68

composite grayscale proofs, 67

desktop printing, 68 “69

facing pages, 54

importance of PostScript printer drivers for, 11 “13, 13

layers , 195 “196, 195 , 196

orientation of pages, 55 “56

over Internet, 367, 367

to PDF file, 359 “361, 359 , 360

PDF formatted handouts, notes, or outlines, 222

PDFs, 112, 113 , 357 “359, 357 , 358

to PostScript file, 359, 359

PostScript files

to Distiller watched folder, 70 “72

from OS X, 103 “104, 103 , 104

registration marks, 54, 54 , 65

restricting with password, 92 , 93

rotated images, 61

security settings for, 132

setting resolution for output, 26 “27, 27

settings for commercial, 66

specifying paper size, width, and height, 56

speeding up, 120 , 121

testing watermarks and background graphics, 191

thumbnails, 54

Web pages and e-books onscreen, 69 “70

PrintMe service, 367, 367

Professional edition of Adobe Acrobat, 8, 9, 325

Proof Setup dialog, 356

proofs

color-separated, 53, 66 “67

composite color, 67 “68

composite grayscale, 67

selecting print options for, 362

purchasing eBooks, 313