Adobe Acrobat
Portable Document Format (PDF)

At that pond
the frog is growing old now
among fallen leaves.

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  1. Acrobat family   Product comparison chart
  2. Adobe Products   Acrobat / PDF
  3. Internet Publishing With Acrobat by Gordon Kent   [PDF: 2.1 MB / 400 pages]
  4. Planet PDF    PDF Links
  5. PDFzone.com
  6. Personalizing PDF files   [PDF]   [414kb[   OnLine demo
  7. For e-gov, feds turn to reliable tool    [GCN 4/28/03]
  8. PDF/A, PDF for Long-term Preservation
  9. Caltech Library System:
    1. How to Create a PDF   
    2. PDF for Long Documents and Dissertations Outline [PDF]
    3. Compression Options for Creating a PDF in Acrobat 5.0  [PDF]
  10. Google Group: adobe . acrobat     Adobe user forum     [Guest login]
  11. Paper Capture Plug-In
  12. DocMorph    MyMorph   [National Library of Medicine]
  13. Online conversion tools for Adobe PDF documents
  14. All Government PDF Forms Improved
  15. PDF-Worker
  16. Adobe’s Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP)

Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional   [Product comparison chart]

  1. Adobe Acrobat® 7.0 Professional
  2. Acrobat solutions for creative professionals
  3. Adobe Acrobat 7.0: First Look from Planet PDF *
  4. Adobe Creative Suite Enhanced With New Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional
  5. Acrobat 7
  6. Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional
  7. Include Adobe Reader users in reviews   [PDF]
  8. RSS
    1. Adobe Acrobat 7 - Using the Tracker to read XML RSS Newsfeeds
    2. Using Acrobat 7.0's Tracker to read RSS feeds
    3. From RSS To PDF: Acrobat 7 Does It
    4. RSS Meets PDF - Ah, The Possibilities

Adobe Aceobat Tutorials

Acrobat 7.0 Standard

  1. Acrobat 7.0 Standard

XML

In File/Doc Properties/Description/Additional Metadata/Advanced, there's
a list of Dublin Core properties. You can create an RDF
file that encloses other DC properties and import it.  Adobe calls this
their "Extensible Metadata Platform" and has some information at

You may also find help

at <http://www.adobe.com/products/xmp/pdfs/xmpspec.pdf> and
<http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/09/22/xmp.html>.

 

  1. The Extensible Stylesheet Language Family (XSL)   w3C
  2. What is XSLT?
  3. Adobe XMP: Adding intelligence to media
  4. Adobe XML Aechitecture   [ .jpg - new window ]
  5. Adobe's Sample files

Adobe LiveCycle Designer 7.0

  1. Adobe's LiveCycle Designer Home Page
  2. Understanding the Submit function in Adobe LiveCycle Designer

Accessibility

  1. David's Web Accessibility page
  2. David's Section 508 page
  3. Adobe Acrobat Accessibility Techniques    [WebAIM]
  4. Accessibility Features in Adobe Reader 7
  5. The Adobe Acrobat 6.0 family and accessibility
  6. Creating Accessible Adobe PDF Files: A Guide for Document Authors    [PDF: 4.3M]
  7. Reading PDF Documents with Adobe Reader 6.0   [ A Guide for People with Disabilities ] [PDF]
  8. Adobe Acrobat 6.0, Adobe Reader 6.0, and accessibility: FAQs
  9. Adobe Acrobat 6.0 and Accessibility at a Glance    [PDF ]
  10. IRS makes tax forms accessible    [2002]

Forms

  1. Forms
  2. PDF Forms
  3. Planet PDF - Acrobat PDF Forms: A Step-by-step Introduction   [2001]
  4. Adobe Acrobat Reader and Forms Data without Custom CGI
  5. Adobe Designer 6.0 beta program
  6. All 526 IRS fill-in forms improved   [post to: misc.taxes.moderated]
  7. Transform any PDF document into a fillable form
  8. Optional Next Of Kin Registration Card    [fill out form and print]
  9. Using HTML forms to fill in PDF fields with PHP and FDF
  10. Tutorial: Fill in PDF Fields With Submitted Form Data

Layers or Optional Content Group (OCG)

  1. Optionally Speaking  [PDF]
  2. Layered PDF Example File: House Plan

Security

  1. Digital signatures
  2. Certified documents
  3. IETF/W3C XML-DSig Working Group
  4. Adobe Acrobat - Adobe Document Security
  5. Adobe Acrobat Security: Not Just a Bunch of Mud and Straw Bricks!   [pdf   76kb]
  6. MD5 - One-way hash algorithim
  7. MD5 Homepage (unofficial)
  8. Digital Signature Trust > Guaranteeing Identity in Digital Transactions
  9. Digital Signature Guidelines Tutorial    [American Bar Association]
  10. GPO signs on to using PKI
  11. Public-Key Cryptography Standards
  12. Advanced PDF Password Recovery
  13. PKCS #12: Personal Information Exchange Syntax Standard   [ .pfx / .p12 ]
  14. C:\Documents and Settings\< ? >\Application Data\Adobe\Acrobat\7.0\Security\PatJones.pfx

How to Create a PDF File without Acrobat

Resources

  1. PS2PDF.com    [free online converter]
  2. Acrobat in the Browser
  3. Archive Builders Document Imaging and Document Management - White Papers
  4. Acrobat 6 Classroom in a Book Page
  5.  EFI PrintMe    Adobe Integrates EFI PrintMe Into Acrobat 6.0
  6. Quite Software
  7. A Lesson inTemplates  [PDF]
  8. Tips for distributing PDF files on the Web (Acrobat 6.x)
  9. Preventing Public Search Engines from Spidering PDF Files
  10. Top Ten Mistakes in Web Design    #2   [ Alertbox]
  11. PDF: Unfit for Human Consumption    [Alertbox July 14, 2003]
  12. Gateway Pages Prevent PDF Shock    [ Alertbox, July 28, 2003 ]
  13. Avoid PDF for On-Screen Reading   [Alertbox June 10, 2001]
  14. Quick Tips
  15. Search Engines and PDF (Acrobat) Files: SearchTools Report
  16. RoboPDF   A cheaper way to create PDF files
  17. Tips for distributing PDF files on the Web (Acrobat 6.x)
  18. Converting Multiple Excel or Word Documents to PDF   [Acrobat 6.x on Windows 2000 or XP]
  19. Adobe: Job Definition Format (JDF)
  20. sharemation   [Xythos WebFile Server]
  21. Adobe Certified
  22. Planet PDF - What it takes to become an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in Acrobat
  23. Editorial cartoonist links PDF to U.S.-Muslim misunderstandings
  24. An Acrobat Mystery: A dark and stormy (and monstrous) PDF
  25. When is a long document not a long document?
  26. Scrambled Engish is esay to raed
  27. A Comparison of Popular Online Fonts: Which is Best and When?    samples
  28. FlashPaper vs PDF   [PDF]
  29. Choice example:
    1. Emergency Guidance   [PDF or .rtf]
    2. Mail In Or FAX Your Registration Form
  30. Bookmarking example:
    1. Adobe Photoshop 7.0   [PDF]
  31. Microsoft Office Issues
    1. Convert PDF to Word
    2. PDFMaker is unavailable in a Microsoft Office application (Acrobat 7.0 on Windows)
    3. Microsoft Office Converters and Viewers
    4. How to Obtain Microsoft Word Viewers
    5. PowerPoint Viewer 2003
    6. Excel 97/2000 Viewer: Spreadsheet Files
  32. Einstein-Image and Impact     Download this Web site in PDF format   (7 MB)
  33. Archive Builders    [Entire Website in One PDF File]
  34. Contribute End-User Training Guide    [PDF]
  35. Macros: c:\program files\microsoft office\office 11\startup\pdfmaker.dot
  36. Organizer: C:\Documents and Settings\<User's name>\Application Data\Adobe\Acrobat\7.0\organizer70
  37. X3D
    1. CIS/2, IFC, VRML, and X3D
    2. PDFs go 3D with Adobe Acrobat 7 professional
    3. Right Hemisphere's 3D-viewing technology included in Acrobat, Reader 7
    4. Adobe: View a 3D Adobe PDF file in action   (PDF: 6.0M)
    5. U3D model in PDF
    6. Auto Chassie Demo    [ PDF 8.2Meg ]
    7. Turbine demo    [ PDF 9.2Meg ]
  38. Course ILT: Adobe Acrobat 6.0
    1.     Topic-Level Outline
    2.     Student data files     [.exe  3415 KB ]
  39. Course ElementK:  Acrobat 7.0 New Features
    1. Company Picnic Survey  [ PDF 182Kb ]
    2. Export Form Data - Company Picnic Survey
  40. Readers
    1. Adobe Reader
    2. Include Adobe Reader users in reviews   [PDF]
    3. Foxit PDF Reader
    4. Online viewer for PDF, PostScript and Word
    5. Security Hole in PDF Reader Could Expose Local Files


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