Tips & Tricks

All categories

Editing & Publishing

Doc-Management & Workflow

Best Practices & Usability

Collaboration & Exchange

Pre-press & Print

Development

Forms & FDF

Standards & Accessibility

Acrobat 7.0

Acrobat 6.0

Acrobat 5.0

Acrobat 4.0 and Older





Archive: Acrobat 6.0

Converting paper documents to PDF using Acrobat

Dan Shea

Looking for a quick and easy way to convert your paper documents into PDFs? Look no further! Paper documents can quickly and easily be converted to PDF using Acrobat's "Create PDF from scanner" feature.

Enterprise & Government   October 02, 2008

Copying text in Acrobat

Dan Shea

If you only need to cite some PDF text, it can be inconvenient and inefficient to send the whole PDF document. It may be easier to simply copy and paste the desired text into an email or report and forward it on. This tip explains how.

Enterprise & Government   July 10, 2008

Insert pages into existing PDF documents with Acrobat

Dan Shea

If you need to add new content such as a cover page, spreadsheet or appendix to an existing PDF document, you can do this easily in Acrobat. This tip explains how.

Enterprise & Government   May 01, 2008

Merging multiple files in Acrobat

Dan Shea

One of the most convenient things about PDF is its ability to combine files from different source programs such as Word and Excel into combined documents for emailing, filing or archival purposes. What's more, the source documents don't even need to be converted into PDF before being merged. Supported file types will automatically be converted during the merging process.

Enterprise & Government   November 27, 2007

Reducing screen clutter in Acrobat

Dan Shea

Are you looking to remove all distractions to read your PDF content? Perhaps you just want to remove all distractions so that you can skim through your PDF document before signing off on it and sending it off? This tip explains how to reduce on-screen clutter in Acrobat to allow you to focus your attention completely on the content.

Enterprise & Government   May 31, 2007

Opening PDF documents in Full Screen Mode

Dan Shea

Are you looking to present your PDF presentations in a less cluttered way with greater visual impact? Adobe Acrobat allows users to configure the opening settings of PDF documents to display them in full screen mode. It's as effective as a PowerPoint display and very easy to accomplish. This tip explains how.

Enterprise & Government   April 26, 2007

Adding notes in Acrobat

Dan Shea

One benefit of PDF files is that it's possible to add annotations without compromising the integrity of that content by editing it directly. One such option is adding a note in Acrobat. This tip explains how.

Enterprise & Government   March 22, 2007

Opening PDF documents in Full-Screen mode in Acrobat

Dan Shea

If you have a graphically rich PDF, you might want to set it to open in Full-Screen mode to reduce clutter and increase the document's visual impact. This is particularly useful when preparing PDF (rather than, say, PowerPoint-based) presentations. This tip explains how to set your PDF documents to open in Full-Screen mode every time in Acrobat.

Enterprise & Government   February 14, 2007

Importing and exporting form data in Acrobat

Dan Shea

When using PDF forms, it's possible to export, store and import the data in Form Data Format (FDF). Since an FDF file only includes the form data and not the form itself, it is much smaller and more lightweight that the complete PDF form, making it more efficient to manipulate. This tip explains how to export and import FDF data using Acrobat.

Enterprise & Government   January 23, 2007

Applying page numbers and the date in Acrobat

Dan Shea

You may often find yourself needing to add page numbers to a PDF document to enhance navigability or stamp a date for version tracking purposes. This tip explains how to perform these functions in Acrobat.

Enterprise & Government   December 20, 2006

PAGES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

PDF In-Depth Free Product Trials
PDF In-Depth PDF Products

Pitstop Pro

Now graphic arts professionals have even broader and more expert control over their PDF documents. With...

Download free demo

ARTS PDF Aerialist

The ultimate plug-in for Adobe Acrobat and #1 selling product at PDF Store. Advanced splitting, merging,...

Download free demo

  More PDF Products

Search Planet PDF
more searching options...







Free PDF Creator

Most Popluar Articles
Platinum Sponsor
Create & Edit PDF - Nitro PDF Software

ARTS PDF

Silver Sponsors

PDF-Tools enfocus

QuickPDF: The Unrivaled PDF Developer Toolkit

Planet PDF Newsletter
Get Nitro PDF Professional
Featured Product

NITRO PDF Professional

Built from the ground up, the perfect desktop PDF product for business and enterprise. Nitro PDF Professional has an uncompromising feature set so you can create, combine, edit, collaborate on and...

Featured Event

No upcoming events

PDF Store Categories