July 2008

Topic of the month: “PDF Portfolios”

June was a big month in the world of Adobe Acrobat and PDF, with the announcement and shipping of the Acrobat 9 family of products. Accordingly, we made a change in our scheduled eSeminar for last month, offering a free online introduction titled “Acrobat 9: A revolutionary release.” If you missed it, we’ve posted an archived version for on-demand viewing.

The abrupt switch bumped the previously announced eSeminar topic, which disappointed some members of the user community. So we responded by offering a second eSeminar last month, which also has been archived and can be viewed at your convenience – titled “Acrobat 8 tips & tricks.”

This month’s free eSeminar — “PDF Portfolios and Beyond” — takes a closer look at one of the new Acrobat 9 features, an enhancement of the PDF Packages capability introduced in the previous version. You can still register for the July 16 event (10 a.m. US Pacific/1 p.m. US Eastern), which will be led by Acrobat 9 experts Ian Campbell and Matt Wicks. Other experts will be available in the AUC Forums to answer your questions following the session through the end of the month.

And there’s more! We’ve posted more than two dozen video tutorials on Acrobat 9, from working with forms to adding Flash to PDFs. Also, several of our bloggers have been sharing their early insights and impressions.

If you’re one of the early users of Acrobat 9, we’re eager to have you share your experiences, tips and questions with other members of the community by participating in relevant forum discussions. Of course, we also welcome queries and input from those working with earlier versions, too.

Best Regards
~ Kurt, Editor, AcrobatUsers.com

Acrobat 9 in the Office – Wow!
Donna Baker offers the first in a series of articles highlighting specific additions, enhancements and capabilities in Adobe Acrobat 9—beginning with a look at some of the new PDFMaker features available in the Microsoft Office suite and products.

Building a PDF Portfolio
Acrobat 9 takes the spirit of PDF Packages to a whole new level of visual interest and functionality--with the introduction of PDF Portfolio. This article, Part 2 of a two-part series on Acrobat 9's PDF Portfolio feature, looks at customizations and specialized tasks you can perform in Portfolio.

Rich, Rich, Very Rich Media
Acrobat 9 brings Flash and Acrobat together in very interesting ways—no Flash player required. All Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader versions use an internal Flash player, embedded as part of the program. Updates? No problem.

Pre-order Acrobat 9 books from Adobe Press
AUC members can get discounted prices while pre-ordering one or both of a pair of upcoming Adobe Press books covering Acrobat 9 — "Adobe Acrobat 9 Classroom in a Book" from Adobe Systems and "Adobe Acrobat 9 How-Tos: 125 Essential Techniques" by Donna Baker.

New podcasts available
View and/or download a pair of new podcasts on Acrobat Bookmark Basics. You can also subscribe to the AUC podcast series via iTunes.

August eSeminar: How to use Acrobat.com with Acrobat 9
Register now for next month's 75-minute online event that will take a look at Acrobat.com, Adobe's new, free online service that is tailor-made for use with Acrobat 9. You can use it to upload and share files, engage in review sessions, hold online meetings in real time, distribute forms, collect form data and more. The eSeminar is scheduled for Wed., Aug., 13 at 10 a.m. US Pacific/1 p.m. US Eastern.

Current poll:
Should AUC offer an eSeminar on creating custom PDF Portfolio navigators?

AUC bloggers – recent posts

Ted Padova:
Returning to the post with Acrobat 9

Thom Parker:
Acrobat 9 JavaScript Revealed

Leonard Rosenthol:
Acrobat 9 and destructive cropping

Leonard Rosenthol:
Crop Tool does more than just crop

Leonard Rosenthol:
Acrobat & Reader 9 are Shipping!

Leonard Rosenthol:
ISO 32000 is published

Leonard Rosenthol:
Overprint Preview - it just works!

Leonard Rosenthol:
Preflight audit trails

Leonard Rosenthol:
Acrobat 9 knows standards

Leonard Rosenthol:
Reference  XObjects, PDF/X-5 and Acrobat 9

Heard in the AUC Forums

• Playing a media clip [video] from a file
• Any recent updates on how Google indexes PDF files?
• 3D measurement
• Editing in Adobe Reader
• Linking form fields to spreadsheet cells
• Creating a field to calculate age
• Applying dates to a PDF
• Capturing mouse coordinates in axAcroPDF control
• Email response when document is signed
• Add title metadata
• Removing a batch process
• Word '07 to Acrobat 8 changes page layout
• How to create sequential barcode numbers
• Mailmerge into PDF?
• Interactive form process and security
• Link to bookmark in PDF on website
• Form distribution and data collection/retrieval
• Fonts print out 'fuzzy' from Acrobat Reader

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Upcoming events

eSeminar
PDF Portfolios and Beyond
Wed, Jul 16, 2008
10:00 a.m. US Pacific /
1:00 p.m. US Eastern

eSeminar
How to use Acrobat.com with Acrobat 9
Wed, Aug 13, 2008
10:00 a.m. US Pacific /
1:00 p.m. US Eastern