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PDF Hacks 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools By Sid Steward
August 2004
Pages: 296

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Chapter 1 Consuming PDF
1. Introduction: Hacks #1-14
2. Read PDFs with the Adobe Reader
3. Read PDFs with Mac OS X's Preview
4. Read PDFs with Ghostscript's GSview
5. Speed Up Acrobat Startup
6. Manage Acrobat Plug-Ins with Profiles on Windows
7. Open PDF Files Your Way on Windows
8. Copy Data from PDF Pages
9. Convert PDF Documents to Word
10. Browse One PDF in Multiple Windows
11. Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Acrobat or Reader
12. Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Mac OS X Preview
13. Unpack PDF Attachments (Even Without Acrobat)
14. Jump to the Next or Previous Heading
15. Navigate and Manipulate PDF Using Page Thumbnails
Chapter 2 Managing a Collection
1. Introduction: Hacks #15-23
2. Bookmark PDF Pages in Reader
3. Create Windows Shortcuts to Online PDF Pages with Acrobat
4. Create Windows Shortcuts to Local PDF Pages
5. Turn PDF Bookmarks into Windows Shortcuts
6. Generate Document Keywords
7. Index and Search Local PDF Collections on Windows
8. Spinning Document Portals
9. Spinning Collection Portals
10. Identify Related PDFs
Chapter 3 Authoring and Self-Publishing: Hacking Outside the PDF
1. Introduction: Hacks #24-31
2. Keep Your Source Smart
3. Convey Your Document's Value with Good Design
4. Create Charts and Graphs from Raw Data
5. Become a Publisher
6. Print at Home, at the Office, or at Kinko's
7. Publish POD and E-books
8. Sell Through Amazon
9. Sell Your Book, Sell Yourself
Chapter 4 Creating PDF and Other Editions
1. Introduction: Hacks #32-50
2. Create Interactive PDF with Your Word Processor
3. Create a Printable, On-Screen Edition from Word
4. Multipurpose PDF
5. Create an HTML Edition from Your Word Processor
6. Create a Handheld Edition from Your HTML
7. Convert Documents from Tools You Don't Own to PDF
8. Acrobat Distiller and Its Profiles
9. Print to PDF with Ghostscript and RedMon on Windows
10. Save As PDF with Mac OS X
11. Maximize PDF Portability
12. Configure Distiller and Ghostscript for Your Purpose
13. Embed and Subset Fonts to Your Advantage
14. Share a PDF Network Printer with Samba
15. Print to Image and Other Rasterizing Options
16. Print to SVG
17. Print Over the Internet
18. Create a PDF Album of Your Digital Pictures
19. Print to Fax on Windows
20. Convert Incoming Faxes to PDF on Linux
Chapter 5 Manipulating PDF Files
1. Introduction: Hacks #51-73
2. Split and Merge PDF Documents (Even Without Acrobat)
3. Encrypt and Decrypt PDF (Even Without Acrobat)
4. Add PDF Encryption Actions to Windows Context Menus
5. Add Attachments to Your PDF (Even Without Acrobat)
6. Easily Attach Your Document's Tables
7. Add PDF Attachment Actions to Windows Context Menus
8. Create a Traditional Index Section from Keywords
9. Rasterize Intricate Artwork with Illustrator or Photoshop
10. Crop Pages for Clarity
11. Refry Before Posting Documents Online
12. Copy Features from One PDF to Another
13. Polish Your PDF Edition
14. Add and Maintain PDF Bookmarks
15. Get and Set PDF Metadata
16. Add a Web-Style Navigation Bar to PDF Pages
17. Copy-Protect Your PDF
18. Support Online PDF Reading
19. Force PDF Download Rather than Online Reading
20. Hyperlink HTML to PDF Pages
21. Create an HTML Table of Contents from PDF Bookmarks
22. PDF Web Skins
23. Share PDF Comments Online (Even Without Acrobat)
24. Tally Topic Popularity
Chapter 6 Dynamic PDF
1. Introduction: Hacks #74-92
2. Collect Data with Online PDF Forms
3. Serve Filled-Out PDF Forms
4. Drive PDF Forms with Your Data
5. PDF Form-Filling Sessions
6. Permanently Merge a PDF Form and its Data
7. Tool Up with pdftk
8. Decipher and Navigate PDF at the Text Level
9. Edit PDF Code Freely
10. Integrate pdftk with gVim for Seamless PDF Editing
11. Modify PDF Hyperlinks at Serve-Time
12. Tailor PDF Text at Serve-Time
13. Use HTML to Create PDF
14. Use Perl to Create PDF
15. Use PHP to Create PDF
16. Use Java to Create PDF
17. Assemble Pages and Serve PDF
18. Superimpose PDF Pages
19. Generate PDF Documents from XML and CSS
20. Create PDF with XSL-FO and FOP
Chapter 7 Scripting and Programming Acrobat
1. Introduction: Hacks #93-100
2. Modify or Convert Batches of Documents
3. Script Acrobat Using Visual Basic on Windows
4. Script Acrobat Using Perl on Windows
5. Customize Acrobat Using JavaScript
6. Tool Up for Acrobat Plug-In Development
7. Explore the Acrobat SDK Documentation and Examples
8. Use Acrobat Plug-Ins to Extend PDF
9. PostScript and PDF Games

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Consuming PDF

Introduction: Hacks #1-14

Read PDFs with the Adobe Reader

Read PDFs with Mac OS X's Preview

Read PDFs with Ghostscript's GSview

Speed Up Acrobat Startup

Manage Acrobat Plug-Ins with Profiles on Windows

Open PDF Files Your Way on Windows

Copy Data from PDF Pages

Convert PDF Documents to Word

Browse One PDF in Multiple Windows

Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Acrobat or Reader

Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Mac OS X Preview

Unpack PDF Attachments (Even Without Acrobat)

Jump to the Next or Previous Heading

Navigate and Manipulate PDF Using Page Thumbnails

Chapter 2 Managing a Collection

Introduction: Hacks #15-23

Bookmark PDF Pages in Reader

Create Windows Shortcuts to Online PDF Pages with Acrobat

Create Windows Shortcuts to Local PDF Pages

Turn PDF Bookmarks into Windows Shortcuts

Generate Document Keywords

Index and Search Local PDF Collections on Windows

Spinning Document Portals

Spinning Collection Portals

Identify Related PDFs

Chapter 3 Authoring and Self-Publishing: Hacking Outside the PDF

Introduction: Hacks #24-31

Keep Your Source Smart

Convey Your Document's Value with Good Design

Create Charts and Graphs from Raw Data

Become a Publisher

Print at Home, at the Office, or at Kinko's

Publish POD and E-books

Sell Through Amazon

Sell Your Book, Sell Yourself

Chapter 4 Creating PDF and Other Editions

Introduction: Hacks #32-50

Create Interactive PDF with Your Word Processor

Create a Printable, On-Screen Edition from Word

Multipurpose PDF

Create an HTML Edition from Your Word Processor

Create a Handheld Edition from Your HTML

Convert Documents from Tools You Don't Own to PDF

Acrobat Distiller and Its Profiles

Print to PDF with Ghostscript and RedMon on Windows

Save As PDF with Mac OS X

Maximize PDF Portability

Configure Distiller and Ghostscript for Your Purpose

Embed and Subset Fonts to Your Advantage

Share a PDF Network Printer with Samba

Print to Image and Other Rasterizing Options

Print to SVG

Print Over the Internet

Create a PDF Album of Your Digital Pictures

Print to Fax on Windows

Convert Incoming Faxes to PDF on Linux

Chapter 5 Manipulating PDF Files

Introduction: Hacks #51-73

Split and Merge PDF Documents (Even Without Acrobat)

Encrypt and Decrypt PDF (Even Without Acrobat)

Add PDF Encryption Actions to Windows Context Menus

Add Attachments to Your PDF (Even Without Acrobat)

Easily Attach Your Document's Tables

Add PDF Attachment Actions to Windows Context Menus

Create a Traditional Index Section from Keywords

Rasterize Intricate Artwork with Illustrator or Photoshop

Crop Pages for Clarity

Refry Before Posting Documents Online

Copy Features from One PDF to Another

Polish Your PDF Edition

Add and Maintain PDF Bookmarks

Get and Set PDF Metadata

Add a Web-Style Navigation Bar to PDF Pages

Copy-Protect Your PDF

Support Online PDF Reading

Force PDF Download Rather than Online Reading

Hyperlink HTML to PDF Pages