Creating Custom Stamps

Using the command Paste Clipboard Image as Stamp Tool is handy when you want to use a stamp for a single instance. But when you need to create a stamp, specifically designed for your personal identity, that you'll want to reuse, you can create a custom stamp and add it to your Stamps collection.

Custom stamps are created from PDF files enabled with usage rights. Once a stamp is added to the Stamp Tool menu, you can use it with all other files enabled with usage rights.

If you do not have a PDF document to use as a custom stamp, download the customStamp.pdf document from www.peachpit.com/adobereader7.

To create a custom stamp:

1.	Open a file enabled with Reader usage rights.
2.	Open the Stamp Tool pull-down menu and select Create Custom Stamp. The Select Image for Custom Stamp dialog opens.
3.	Click the Browse button and the Open dialog appears. Navigate your hard drive to find the PDF document you want to use for a custom stamp. Select the file in the Open dialog and click Select. You are returned to the Select Image for Custom Stamp dialog, where a preview is displayed in the Sample window (Figure 12.9.) Figure 12.9. A preview of the custom stamp appears in the Select Image for Custom Stamp dialog after you select a file in the Open dialog.
4.	Click OK in the Select Image for Custom Stamp dialog, and the Create Custom Stamp dialog opens. Type a name in the Category field to create a new category. Type a name in the Name field to identify the stamp (Figure 12.10). Figure 12.10. Type a name for the category and a name for the stamp. Note When you type a category name, the name appears as a menu command in the Stamp Tool pull-down menu. When you type a name for the stamp, the name appears as a submenu item in the Category submenu and identifies the custom stamp.
5.	Click OK and your custom stamp is added to the Stamp Tool pull-down menu.
6.	Open the Stamp Tool pull-down menu and select your new category. The submenu displays a preview of your new custom stamp (Figure 12.11). Figure 12.11. Open the Stamp Tool pull-down menu and select the new category. The new custom stamp will be visible in a submenu.
7.	To use the stamp, select it in the submenu and click on the document page. When you quit Adobe Reader and relaunch the program in another commenting session, the custom stamp is available from the same menu options.

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When you create a custom stamp, the stamp becomes the new default stamp. You can use the stamp by clicking the Stamp tool in the Toolbar Well without selecting the stamp from submenus.