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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Sometimes you have PDF files that contain multiple columns, which may be hard to read without a lot of vertical and horizontal scrolling. In this case, you may want to use Acrobat’s article tool to help readers move easily through the document. To use the article tool:
Go to Tools > Advanced Editing > Article Tool.
Click […]
