1. Adobe Acrobat 9:
Creating PDF Files for Instruction
Dorcas Chao
Spring 2009 FDI
Dorcas Chao: dchao@vt.edu
Faculty Development Institute (FDI): http://www.fdi.vt.edu/

2. Agenda
 Overview of PDFs in Teaching,
Learning & Research
 Features of Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro
 Creation of PDFs with Acrobat 8
 Hands-on Activities (Through-out)
Dorcas Chao: dchao@vt.edu
Faculty Development Institute (FDI): http://www.fdi.vt.edu/

3. Discussion
 What does PDF stand for?
 How often do you use PDFs?
 What for?
Dorcas Chao: dchao@vt.edu
Faculty Development Institute (FDI): http://www.fdi.vt.edu/

4. Overview of PDFs in Teaching, Learning
& Research
 Portable Document Format
 Takes a consistent look
 Shares files even if audience
do not have the source
software
 Web ready files for online and
offline use
 Customizable security policies
 Easy for distributing,
organizing, annotating and
archiving files
Dorcas Chao: dchao@vt.edu
Faculty Development Institute (FDI): http://www.fdi.vt.edu/

5. What’s New with Acrobat 9 Pro?
 PDF creation, editing, and searching
 Collaboration
 Forms
 Multimedia and 3D models
 And much more…
Dorcas Chao: dchao@vt.edu
Faculty Development Institute (FDI): http://www.fdi.vt.edu/

6. PDF/A
 Subset of PDF
 Long-term archival storage
 100% Self-contained documents
Dorcas Chao: dchao@vt.edu
Faculty Development Institute (FDI): http://www.fdi.vt.edu/

7. OCR (Optical Character Recognition)
 OCR recognition enables
 Searchable text
 Screenreader accessibility
 Exportation to Microsoft Word
Dorcas Chao: dchao@vt.edu
Faculty Development Institute (FDI): http://www.fdi.vt.edu/

8. Additional Resources
 InnovationSpace (1040 Torg)
 Element K: Tutorials for Acrobat 9
 Adobe Help and Support
http://www.adobe.com/support/acrobat/
 Adobe Acrobat User Community:
http://www.acrobatusers.com/
Dorcas Chao: dchao@vt.edu
Faculty Development Institute (FDI): http://www.fdi.vt.edu/