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Web Publishing With Acrobat/Pdf
By Thomas Merz
Published 1998
Book Description
Although the World Wide Web is enjoying enormous growth rates, many Web publishers have discovered that HTML is not up to the requirements of modern corporate communication. For them, Adobe Acrobat offers a wealth of design possibilities. The close integration of Acrobat in the World Wide Web unites the structural advantages of HTML with the comprehensive layout possibilities of Portable Document Format (PDF). On the basis of practical examples and numerous tricks, this book describes how to produce PDF documents efficiently. Numerous tips on integrating Acrobat into CGI, JavaScript, VBScript, Active Server Pages, search engines, and so on make the book a mine of information for all designers and
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Acrobat Pdf Bible
By Ted Padova
Published 1999
The Acrobat PDF Bible preaches the gospel of the Portable Document Format (PDF) with religious thoroughness. Written by Ted Padova, a knowledgeable lecturer, businessman, and PDF zealot, it covers the fundamentals of Adobe Acrobat; the process of creating and enhancing documents with links, movies, and sounds; and the benefits of PDF on the Web, on CD-ROM, and in the world of digital prepress.
At over 700 pages, it's an impressive doorstop of a book. The writing style is clear if somewhat perfunctory. Screen shots are never merely decorative but rather are carefully chosen to enhance the reader's understanding, while the accompanying CD-ROM contains the stock selection of examples from the book, plus third-party shareware. The book particularly emphasizes third-party plug-ins--something you won't find in the "official" guide.
To be frank, this title probably contains more than most people want to know about a technology that has never become quite as widespread as many people believe it should be. The voluminous Acrobat PDF Bible is a book for those who really want an in-depth, cross-application, comprehensive treatment of PDF. --Josh Smith, amazon.co.uk
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Acrobat 3 for Macintosh & Windows: Visual Quickstart Guide
By Ted Alspach
Published 1997
The Visual Quickstart Guide gives a mercifully concise overview of dealing with all aspects of Adobe Acrobat, from installing the software and viewing documents in Acrobat's PDF file format to creating your own Acrobat documents using the Acrobat Distiller. If you need to use Acrobat but don't know where to start, this inexpensive and unassuming guide devotes just about the right amount of time and energy to the subject. All in all, it's a smart overview of the Acrobat system.
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PDF with Acrobat 4: Visual QuickStart Guide
By Ted Alspach
Published 1999
We've all been there: You receive a document from someone but can't open it because the sender created it on a PC and you use a Mac. Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) was designed to alleviate that frustration, and it's quickly become the cross-platform standard. If you need to send and receive documents without losing any of the formatting, you need PDF with Acrobat 4: Visual QuickStart Guide. This edition covers all the latest Acrobat features--including the new annotation and document-management tools--in the popular Visual QuickStart Guide style. That means concise, step-by-step instructions and plenty of screenshots and helpful tips. If you're new to the program, you can start with such basic topics as creating and editing PDF files, while veterans can use the handy tabbed format to page straight to more advanced sections, such as using PDFs on the Web.
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Inside The Publishing Revolution: The Adobe Story
By Pamela Pfiffner
Published 2002
Tech journalist Pamela Pfiffner explores the rich history behind the modernpublishing revolution, as seen through the lens of one of its most importantplayers. In the past 20 years, Adobe Systems has become synonymous withgreat design tools, and the company's impact on how we work in publishing,graphic arts, and on the Web is unmatched. Join Pfiffner on a colorfuljourney from the roots of the desktop publishing revolution through the riseof the Web and interactive design. Along the way, you'll witness the birthand evolution of PostScript, the explosion of the Photoshop market, therealization of the paperless office, and other events that have shaped theway we communicate.
Inside the Publishing Revolution is not one of those dull historicaltomes you know and loathe from high school. Pfiffner packs its pages withlively, insightful interviews with world-class designers and illustrators,as well as personal insights and recollections from John Warnock, ChuckGeschke, Jonathan Seybold, and other publishing luminaries. Richlyillustrated and beautifully designed, the book features galleries ofhistorically significant work by leading artists and rare photographs fromthe Adobe archives. For added perspective, Pfiffner walks you through anillustrated timeline of the publishing revolution. As with history, thefinal chapter of the Adobe story remains to be written, so the book endswith an eye toward the future: an exclusive overview of the company'svision of publishing in the next decade.
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Pdf Printing and Workflow
By Frank J. Romano
Published 201998
Written by one of electronic publishingís pioneers, this practical guide helps you learn how to use Adobe's portable document format (PDF) to create cross-platform files for easy transmitting, viewing, and printing. PDF files retain all of your formatting, even your fonts and graphics, and can be shared electronically in any number of ways--via disk, intranets, e-mail, CD-ROM, and the Web.
Unfortunately, the book has a few typos; the chapter on "Adobe Capture," for example, is called "Adobe Culture." But there's useful information nonetheless, including details on creating and fine-tuning PDF files. You learn about Adobe Acrobat, the software for converting files to PDF format and for publishing the completed files, and you explore the uses of Acrobat's companion tools: Adobe Capture, Distiller, Exchange, Catalogue, PDF Writer, and Reader. More technical chapters cover printing issues, such as trapping and OPI (Open Prepress Interface); digital workflow issues, such as networks, printers, and workflow systems; and PostScript, the page-description language. There's also a lot of technical information on the PDF format itself. Other topics include the Acrobat SDK, plug-ins for extending Acrobat's functionality, and the uses for PDF files in publishing and other fields.
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PDF Reference, Second Edition: Version1.3
By Adobe Systems Inc.
Published 152000
This book/CD-ROM package describes the Portable Document Format (PDF), the native file format of the Adobe Acrobat family of products. It is the first publication of the specification that is completely self- contained, including precise documentation of the imaging model from PostScript along with all of the PDF-specific features combined in version 1.3 of the PDF standard. Explains the architecture of PDF, presents the PDF syntax at the object, file, and document level, and covers graphics operators, fonts, and interactive features. The CD-ROM contains the text of the book in PDF. For application developers
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Adobe Acrobat 4.0 Classroom in a Book (The Classroom in a Book Series)
By Adobe Development Team
Published 1999
Amazon.com
If you'd like to learn in depth how to use Adobe Acrobat--and you prefer plenty of hands-on guidance--you'll enjoy this installment in the well-regarded "Classroom in a Book" series. It shows both Windows and Macintosh users how to go from beginner to qualified PDF (portable document file) publisher without needless hassle. You work along with the step-by-step projects and come to a thorough understanding of Acrobat's various features. Each lesson ends with review questions and answers, and a few also have suggestions for exploring the subject further, on your own.
The book starts with an interactive tour of the Acrobat interface, which shows you how to convert, navigate, edit, annotate, and distribute portable documents. It provides a strong introduction to Acrobat's uses, including specifics on the program's tools, palettes, and navigational elements. One of the tasks has you creating an online version of a book using custom bookmarks. Later you're taught how to include interactivity, in addition to a searchable library and catalog. Multimedia rounds out the book, showing you how the specifics of sound and movies work to enhance a software tutorial. --Kathleen Caster
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Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book
By Adobe Creative Team
Published 142001
Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a BookAdobe Acrobat is the essential tool for universal document exchange. Acrobat can convert almost any document into a PDF file, with its original appearance preserved, for distribution, viewing and printing on virtually any operating system. Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book is the best way to learn all the key features and abilities of Acrobat. Fully revised for version 5.0, Adobe Acrobat 5.0 Classroom in a Book contains new lessons and updated projects that cover creating and editing PDF files, how to make PDF files available as Web pages, the many new features of version 5.0, and numerous tips and techniques. The companion CD-ROM includes images and lesson files customized for the projects and lessons throughout the book.
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