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Lesson 12 Using the Legal Features
Acrobat 9 Pro and Pro Extended have new and improved features for the legal
community:
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PDF Portfolios make it easy for you to collect documents for e-Briefs and case
management. For information on PDF Portfolios, see Lesson 5, “Combining Files
in PDF Portfolios.”
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周e Forms tools help you manage data collection within your firm as well as
from clients and outside counsel. See Lesson 10, “Working with Forms in
Acrobat.”
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Improved scanning and optical character recognition facilitate conversion of
paper documents to smaller, more searchable PDF files. See Lesson 3, “Creating
Adobe PDF Files.”
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周e improved Compare tool allows you to more easily compare two versions of a
document.
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New collaboration features allow you to share documents online so all
participants can collaborate on the most current version of a document. You can
even coordinate in real-time through web conferencing and screen-sharing. See
Lesson 9, "Using Acrobat in a Review Cycle.”
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周e Split Document command allows you to split a large document easily and
quickly into smaller documents based on file size to better meet court systems’
upload requirements.
周is lesson will focus on redaction and Bates Numbering.
about Bates numbering and redaction
Increasingly in the court systems and in law offices across the U.S., documents are
processed electronically, usually as Adobe PDF. Acrobat 9 Pro and Pro Extended
offer several features designed specifically to enhance the workflow in this
environment.
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周e Bates numbering feature allows you to automatically apply Bates numbering
(as a header or footer) to any document or to documents in a PDF Portfolio. (If
the PDF Portfolio contains non-PDF files, Acrobat will convert the files to PDF
and add Bates numbering.) You can add custom prefixes and suffixes, as well as
a date stamp. And you can specify that the numbering is always applied outside
the text or image area on the document page.
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周e redaction feature allows you to search a PDF document and automatically
and permanently redact images, privileged or confidential words, phrases, or
character strings (numbers and letters). You can search for patterns, such as
patterns associated with phone numbers or social security numbers.
