User manual

About editing Adobe PDF documents

A common misconception about Adobe PDF documents is that they should behave like

any other document with images and text, letting you freely copy, paste, and move items

on a page. Consider an Adobe PDF file as a snapshot of your original document--whether

it's an Adobe InDesign file or Microsoft Office file: Reserve the more substantial changes

for the authoring application, and use Adobe Acrobat to enhance the "snapshot" PDF file

for readability and distribution.

The major advantages of Adobe PDF are its ubiquitous format, small file size,

navigational tools, and accessibility. Furthermore, you can create tagged bookmarks and

add links and attachments. Examples of edits you can make to a PDF document include

the following:

Add or remove text with the TouchUp Text tool

To create a new line, use Ctrl-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac OS). (See Editing

text with the TouchUp Text tool.)

Copy a line or two of text

Use the Select tool and paste it in another application, or use Save As to save all text in

the file, select Rich Text Format from the pop-up menu, and then save the file.

Add and rearrange bookmarks

Change the appearance of bookmarks in the Bookmarks tab. (See Using bookmarks.)

Insert a copied image on a blank page

Choose Edit > Paste, or use the Paste Clipboard Image tool. (See Pasting an image from

the Clipboard.)

Create a custom link

Select an action that goes to another page in the document. (See Creating links.)

Combine two PDF files

Open one document and choose Document > Pages > Insert, or combine the two by

choosing Create PDF > From Multiple Files.

Add movies and sound clips

Users can play these movies and sound clips when they open the PDF document. (See

Integrating media into documents.)

Add headers and footers

Add information, such as titles and page numbers at the top or bottom of pages. (See

Adding headers and footers.)

Add backgrounds and watermarks

Display text or images in the foreground or background of the PDF document pages. (See

Adding watermarks and backgrounds.)