Introduction to Adobe Acrobat Software, version 6

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Introduction to
Adobe Acrobat.
version 6
WVU OIT Support Services
293-4444 x1 (Help Desk)
oit.wvu.edu/support/training/classmat/acr/
This workshop will teach you how to create and enhance Portable
Document Format (PDF) files using Adobe Acrobat software.
Acrobat PDF files are often used as an alternative to HTML to display
documents and forms on the WWW.
Instructors: Kathy Fletcher, Rick Bebout
Copyright 2003 West Virginia UniversityIntro to Acrobat 2
Adobe Acrobat Software Components
$ Adobe Reader - freely distributed from adobe.com, read and print PDF files
$ Acrobat - read, print, combine, annotate, and enhance PDF files
$ Acrobat Distiller - convert PostScript files to PDF files
$ Acrobat Paper Capture - convert scanned files to PDF
$ Acrobat Web Capture - create a PDF version of a web site or collection of web pages.
$ Acrobat Catalog - create a full-text index of a PDF collection
Why create PDF documents?
General:
.. A PDF file will look pretty much the same on other computers and print the same on printers other than the one that was used by the author.
.. Those who are reading the document do not have to have the original software used to create the file; they just need a copy of the freely distributed Adobe Reader software.
.. Adobe Acrobat PDF files are cross platform; this means that people who are using Macintosh, Windows, and Unix computers can all view and print the same PDF files.
.. Often, a PDF file is smaller than the original document used to create it.
.. Risk of virus transmission is…