Chapter 2. Creating a PDF


IN THIS CHAPTER:

1 Create a PDF in Acrobat

2 Create a PDF from Multiple Files

3 Convert a Website to a PDF

4 Create PDFs from Microsoft Office

5 About Creating PDFs from Other Applications

Portable Document Format ( PDF ) was created by Adobe Systems to establish a universal file format that is accessible by anyone on any computer running almost any operating system in the world (as long as the free Adobe Reader program is installed, which is available to download at http://www.adobe.com/reader). In addition to this universal accessibility, the two other primary reasons to create a PDF version of a document is that the PDF format preserves both the appearance and formatting integrity of the original source document.

KEY TERM

Portable Document Format (PDF) A widely used file format that preserves the font, image, and formatting integrity of the original source document and makes it viewable across almost any operating system.


Acrobat can convert just about any document to the PDF format. This includes scanned documents or images; files created with other Adobe products such as InDesign, Illustrator, GoLive, and Photoshop; Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, and Outlook files; web pages; AutoCAD files; and more. The following list includes file formats supported by Acrobat:

  • AutoDesk AutoCAD

  • AutoDesk Inventor

  • BMP

  • CompuServe GIF

  • HTML

  • JDF Job Definition

  • JPEG

  • JPEG2000

  • Microsoft Access

  • Microsoft Office

  • Microsoft Publisher

  • Microsoft Visio

  • PCX

  • PDF

  • PNG

  • PostScript/EPS

  • Text

  • TIFF

  • XML

Even though many people (including us) refer to Acrobat's ability to "create PDFs," it is important to keep in mind that Acrobat doesn't really create anything. It converts existing documents to the PDF file format and then lets you do some pretty amazing things with that PDF file, but you must use some other application to actually create the source document. If you look at Acrobat's toolbars and menus , you won't see a New command as in most other applications.

Acrobat offers several ways to convert a file to the PDF format, ranging from creating a PDF from single and multiple files, to creating a PDF version of an entire website to creating PDFs in other applications.



Adobe Acrobat 7 in a Snap
Adobe Acrobat 7 in a Snap
ISBN: 0672327015
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2005
Pages: 139
Authors: Shari Nakano

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