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Rick’s Top Tricks for Acrobat 9 (R3)
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Annotations and Comments
13.
Use the Properties Bar to edit Text Boxes
Using the Properties Bar, you can edit all aspects of a Text Box annotation
a.
ViewToolbars Properties Bar (CTRL-E or CMD-E)
b.
Select text inside a text box to change font, color, style, etc.
c.
Select the text box itself to change border width, border, color, fill, etc.
14.
Use the Snapshot Tool
The Snapshot tool takes a picture of any selection of a PDF page—or — the entire page.
See: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/?p=63
a.
Right-click on the Zoom tool to turn on the Snapshot tool
b.
Click to grab an entire page or click and drag to grab a selection
15.
Create a Custom Stamp
A custom stamp may be created from image files (JPEG, GIF) or from any other PDF document.
See: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/?p=21
16.
Create a Transparent Signature Stamp
See: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/?p=35
17.
Using the Pencil or Line tool as a highlighter
You can’t use the standard text highlight tool on image-only PDFs, but you can change the properties of either
of the these tools to make it easier to highlight.
See: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/?p=18
See: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/?p=59
Add a pencil or line annotation to the page, then right-click and choose Properties
a.
Set thickness to 8-12 pts
b.
Change to the color of your choice (orange, yellow green, etc.)
c.
Change the opacity (transparency) to 50%
d.
Check “Make Properties Default”
e.
Click OK
Working with PDFs
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Reducing File Size of scanned documents
See: http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/?p=105
a.
DocumentOptimize Scanned PDF
b.
Drag sliders to compress more or less