Archive for October, 2007

Customizing Toolbars in Adobe Acrobat

You can greatly customize the different toolbars in Acrobat. The program lets you move, eliminate, and add new toolbars with ease. To customize Acrobat’s toolbars:

Go to Tools > Customize Toolbars.
When the More Tools window appears you’ll see all of the available Acrobat tools.
To add a tool just check the box next to it or uncheck […]

How to ‘Take a Picture’ of a PDF File

Using Acrobat’s Snapshot tool you can quickly ‘take a picture’ of a page (or part of a page) in a PDF file and paste the image into another program. To use Acrobat’s Snapshot Tool:

Open a PDF and go to Tools > Select and Zoom > Snapshot Tool
To capture the entire page, simply click anywhere on […]

Using Bates Numbering in Adobe Acrobat

You can use Bates numbering in Acrobat for legal documents and other PDF files. Bates number is similar to normal page numbering except that every page is given a unique ID. To add Bates numbers in Acrobat:

Open Acrobat and go to Advanced > Document Processing > Bates numbering
Click Add, which brings up the Bates Numbering […]

Changing a PDF File’s Initial View Settings

Did you know that you can change how a PDF looks when it’s first opened? With Acrobat, you can alter the default magnification and layout settings for individual files. To do so:

Open a PDF file and go to File > Properties > Initial View
Here you can use the dropdown menus to increase or decrease the […]

Crop Pages in Adobe Acrobat

Sometimes you will receive a PDF file with a large page size that needs to be cropped. Acrobat can do this with ease:

First open the PDF file and go to Document > Crop Pages
Under Margin Controls, check the box for Constrain Proportions if you’d like to keep the width and height ratio the same.
Next, click […]