Read PDFs with the Adobe Reader
Use Adobe's Acrobat Reader, renamed Adobe Reader in its latest release, to read PDF files on the Web and elsewhere
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Read PDFs with Mac OS X's Preview
If you have a Macintosh running OS X, the operating system includes a Preview application that enables you to look at PDFs without downloading Acrobat Reader
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Read PDFs with Ghostscript's GSview
The Ghostscript toolkit for working with PostScript and PDF supports a number of simple viewers, including GSview
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Speed Up Acrobat Startup
Move the plug-ins you don't need out of your way
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Manage Acrobat Plug-Ins with Profiles on Windows
If you use Acrobat for several purposes, create several profiles
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Open PDF Files Your Way on Windows
Multipurpose PDF defies the double-click, so make a right-click compromise. Impose your will on Internet Explorer or Mozilla with a registry hack
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Copy Data from PDF Pages
Extract data from PDF files and use it in your own documents or spreadsheets
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Convert PDF Documents to Word
Automatically scrape clipboard data into a new Word document
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Browse One PDF in Multiple Windows
Tear off pages and leave them on your desktop for reference as you continue reading
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Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Acrobat or Reader
You can make Acrobat or Reader advance a document at a preset interval, making it easy to maintain a given reading pace or to present slides
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Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Mac OS X Preview
Turn your Mac into a big, beautiful e-book reader, thanks to the wonders of Preview
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Unpack PDF Attachments (Even Without Acrobat)
Save attachments to your disk, where you can use them
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Jump to the Next or Previous Heading
Use PDF bookmark information to stride from section to section in Acrobat on Windows
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Navigate and Manipulate PDF Using Page Thumbnails
Acrobat's thumbnail view pane has some useful, unexpected features for reorganizing or jumping through your documents
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Bookmark PDF Pages in Reader
Create and maintain a list of PDF pages for rapid access

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Create Windows Shortcuts to Online PDF Pages with Acrobat
Quickly return to the particular page of an online PDF, and manage these shortcuts with your other Favorites
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Create Windows Shortcuts to Local PDF Pages
Pinpoint and organize the essential data in your local PDF collection
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Turn PDF Bookmarks into Windows Shortcuts
Turn your PDF inside out
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Generate Document Keywords
Complement your search strategy with document keywords
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Index and Search Local PDF Collections on Windows
Teach Windows XP or 2000 how to search the full text of your PDF along with your other documents. Or, use Adobe Reader to search PDF only
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Spinning Document Portals
Help readers navigate your PDF documents with an HTML front-end. Let them search your PDF's full text, and then link search hits directly to PDF pages
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Spinning Collection Portals
Convert directories full of secretive PDFs into inviting HTML portals, automatically
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Identify Related PDFs
Analyze word frequency to find relationships between PDFs
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Keep Your Source Smart
Cherish and maintain your source document; dumb PDF is no substitute
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Convey Your Document's Value with Good Design
Ensure that your document looks good and reads well
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Create Charts and Graphs from Raw Data
Put a friendly face on your data before turning it into PDF
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Become a Publisher
Purchase your book's ISBN and become a publisher
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Print at Home, at the Office, or at Kinko's
Copy shops pick up where your laser printer leaves off
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Publish POD and E-books
Partner with Lightning Source and plug your book into the system
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Sell Through Amazon
Partner with Amazon and let them handle the transaction
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Sell Your Book, Sell Yourself
What are you selling? Who's going to buy it?
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Create Interactive PDF with Your Word Processor
Interactive PDFs take advantage of the information in word processing documents to create navigation features such as bookmarks and hyperlinks
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Create a Printable, On-Screen Edition from Word
Change a few page settings to yield two-column, screen-oriented pages
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Multipurpose PDF
Give readers many editions in one package without tagging your PDF
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Create an HTML Edition from Your Word Processor
Offer readers both PDF and HTML editions of your work and they will love you
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Create a Handheld Edition from Your HTML
Deliver your content to mobile professionals and gadget geeks without PDF's overhead
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Convert Documents from Tools You Don't Own to PDF
Even if you don't have the document's authoring tool, you can often convert it to a PDF file
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Acrobat Distiller and Its Profiles
Select the best Distiller profile for your purpose
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Print to PDF with Ghostscript and RedMon on Windows
Enjoy a convenient path to PDF, free of charge
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Save As PDF with Mac OS X
Create PDFs quickly and easily from any Macintosh OS X program
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Maximize PDF Portability
PDF version differences can affect you and your readers
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Configure Distiller and Ghostscript for Your Purpose
Unlock the secret powers of Distiller and Ghostscript
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Embed and Subset Fonts to Your Advantage
Sometimes it makes sense to embed fonts, while other times it just costs you space
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Share a PDF Network Printer with Samba
Share a PDF printer with your entire network using Ghostscript, Samba, and Linux
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Print to Image and Other Rasterizing Options
Thumbnail the cover or rasterize the entire document
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Print to SVG
Create SVG as easily as PDF using pstoedit, and then embed it into your web page
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Print Over the Internet
Print via HTTP by submitting your print streams as HTML form data
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Create a PDF Album of Your Digital Pictures
Quickly prepare your photos to share with family and friends
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Print to Fax on Windows
Treat fax machines like remote printers instead of remote copiers
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Convert Incoming Faxes to PDF on Linux
Wrap an incoming fax in PDF and deliver it by email
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Split and Merge PDF Documents (Even Without Acrobat)
You can create new documents from existing PDF files by breaking the PDFs into smaller pieces or combining them with information from other PDFs
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Encrypt and Decrypt PDF (Even Without Acrobat)
Restrict who can view your PDF and how they can use it
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Add PDF Encryption Actions to Windows Context Menus
Apply or remove encryption from a given PDF with a quick right-click
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Add Attachments to Your PDF (Even Without Acrobat)
Include live data that your readers can unpack and use
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Easily Attach Your Document's Tables
Pack your document's essential information into its PDF edition
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Add PDF Attachment Actions to Windows Context Menus
Pack or unpack PDF attachments from the Windows File Explorer with a quick right-click
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Create a Traditional Index Section from Keywords
Add a search feature to your print edition
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Rasterize Intricate Artwork with Illustrator or Photoshop
When distributing a PDF online, some vector drawings outweigh their usefulness
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Crop Pages for Clarity
Aggressive page cropping ensures maximum on-screen clarity
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Refry Before Posting Documents Online
Run your assembled PDF through Acrobat Distiller to reduce its file size. In Acrobat 6, try PDF Optimizer
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Copy Features from One PDF to Another
Restore bookmarks, annotations, and forms after refrying your PDF
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Polish Your PDF Edition
Little things can make a big difference to your readers
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Add and Maintain PDF Bookmarks
Bookmarks greatly improve document navigation. Adding them is pretty easy
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Get and Set PDF Metadata
Add document information to your PDF, even without using Acrobat
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Add a Web-Style Navigation Bar to PDF Pages
Ensure that readers see your essential links
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Copy-Protect Your PDF
Control how far your document can wander by making it difficult to copy
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Support Online PDF Reading
Serve PDF pages on demand and spare readers a long download
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Force PDF Download Rather than Online Reading
Prevent your online PDF from appearing inside the browser
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Hyperlink HTML to PDF Pages
Take readers directly to the information they seek
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Create an HTML Table of Contents from PDF Bookmarks
Give web surfers an inviting HTML gateway into your PDF
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PDF Web Skins
Split a PDF into pages and frame them in HTML, where the fun begins
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Share PDF Comments Online (Even Without Acrobat)
Use our PDF skins to add commenting features to PDF pages
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Tally Topic Popularity
Organize PDF page hits by document headings to get a sense of what readers like best
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Collect Data with Online PDF Forms
Turn your electronic document into a user interface and collect information from readers
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Serve Filled-Out PDF Forms
Populate online PDF forms with known data
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Drive PDF Forms with Your Data
Convert your data into FDF so that Acrobat or Reader can merge it with a PDF form
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PDF Form-Filling Sessions
Walk your users through the form-filling process
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Permanently Merge a PDF Form and its Data
Provide online users with a copy of their completed form to save
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Tool Up with pdftk
Take control of your PDF with pdftk
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Decipher and Navigate PDF at the Text Level
Turn obfuscated PDF code into transparent data so you can work with it directly
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Edit PDF Code Freely
Take control of PDF code by mastering its XREF table
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Integrate pdftk with gVim for Seamless PDF Editing
Turn gVim into a PDF editor
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Modify PDF Hyperlinks at Serve-Time
Add live session data to your PDF on its way down the chute
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Tailor PDF Text at Serve-Time
Create a PDF template that you can populate as it is served
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Use HTML to Create PDF
Format your content in HTML and then transform it into PDF
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Use Perl to Create PDF
Create or modify PDF with a Perl script
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Use PHP to Create PDF
Generate PDF from within your PHP script
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Use Java to Create PDF
Generate PDF from within your Java program
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Assemble Pages and Serve PDF
Collate an online document at serve-time
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Superimpose PDF Pages
Merge your PDF pages with a background letterhead, form, or watermark
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Generate PDF Documents from XML and CSS
Produce PDF documents for XML documents styled with CSS using YesLogic Prince
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Create PDF with XSL-FO and FOP
Use Apache's FOP engine together with XSL-FO to generate PDF output
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Modify or Convert Batches of Documents
Automate repetitive tasks using Acrobat, such as converting folders of Word documents to PDF
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Script Acrobat Using Visual Basic on Windows
Drive Acrobat using VB or Microsoft Word's Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
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Script Acrobat Using Perl on Windows
Install Perl and use it instead of Visual Basic to drive Acrobat
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Customize Acrobat Using JavaScript
Create custom Acrobat menu items and batch processing scripts
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Tool Up for Acrobat Plug-In Development
Compile Acrobat plug-ins on Windows using GCC
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Explore the Acrobat SDK Documentation and Examples
Look under Acrobat's hood, and explore the possibilities
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Use Acrobat Plug-Ins to Extend PDF
The Acrobat API gives you the power to adapt PDF to your needs
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PostScript and PDF Games
Have some fun, thanks to PostScript and PDF programming
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