Sharing on Adobe Acrobat. Presented at ICT Sharing during Contact Time on 20 September 2010 by Eugene Quake

1. Adobe Acrobat
How to make the MOST
out of this versatile PDF tool
A sharing by
Eugene Quake
ICT Subcommittee
20 Sept 2010

2. What is PDF?
Portable Document Format (PDF) is an open standard for
document exchange
It was originally created by Adobe
Adobe Acrobat is one of the most popular and powerful PDF
tools

3. Why PDF?

4. Why PDF?
Formatting is guaranteed
Compatible across platforms
Security Features
Freely available

5. Formatting is Guaranteed
Word Word
(PC 1) (PC 2)

6. Formatting is Guaranteed
PDF for PDF
Windows for Mac

7. Compatible across Platforms

8. Compatible across Platforms
PDF
for Windows

9. Compatible across Platforms

10. Compatible across Platforms
Apple Preview
for Mac

11. Security Features

12. Why secure your PDF files??
Not Easily Tampered
Schedule for CCA
Exam Schedule
Watermarked

13. Freely Available
Adobe Reader

14. Freely Available
Foxit Reader

15. Freely Available
Apple Preview

16. 1st Useful Tip
Create PDF files from Word

17. 2nd Useful Tip
Set Password for PDF

18. 3rd Useful Tip
Optical Character
Recognition

19. Tip 1:Create PDF from Word

20. Step 1: Select Print

21. Step 2: Select ADOBE PDF

22. Step 3: Save PDF File

23. Tip #2: Create Password for PDF

24. Step 1: Select Secure
(Encrypt with Password)

25. Step 2: Click Yes

26. Step 3: Enter your Password

27. Step 4: Enter your Password

28. Step 5: Confirm the Password

29. Step 6: Click OK and Save PDF

30. Step 7: Click Save to Secure PDF

31. Step 8: Opening a Secured PDF

32. Step 9: Opening a Secured PDF

33. Step 10: Remember Your Password!

34. Step 11: Voila! Congratulations!

35. Tip #3: Optical Character Recognition

36. Step 1: Documents > OCR Text Recognition

37. Step 2: Click Ok

38. Step 3: You are Done!

39. Who to Look For

40. Who to Look For
Installation
Mr Carson Ngoo
All staff notebooks will be installed with Acrobat 9 by the end of the year

41. Who to Look For
Installation
Mr Carson Ngoo
All staff notebooks will be installed with Acrobat 9 by the end of the year
Usage
Mr Vicnes Kumar
Any ICT Comm Member