The basics of the wonderful program, Adobe Acrobat

1. Acrobatic DocumentsDigital Paper

2. Terms of Use PDF: Portable Document Format (PDF) OCR: designed to translate images of handwritten or typewritten text (usually captured by a scanner) into machine-editable text, or to translate pictures of characters into a standard encoding scheme. Digital Printer: a program that converts a document formatted in one application to a PDF document. E-Book: an electronic version of a book

3. Adobe Acrobat 9.0

4. Not Adobe Reader

5. File Menu – Adobe Acrobat

6. Edit Menu -- Adobe Acrobat

7. View Menu

8. Document Menu

9. Comments Menu

10. Tools Menu

11. Advanced Menu

12. It’s a digital printer It’s a digital book

13. It’s a Printer

14. It’s a Printer

15. Print to Adobe’s “Printer”

16. Digital Paper is Created

17. Word Document is now a PDF

18. Ways to Create Files & Documents

19. Ways to CreateDocuments From a File

20. Ways to CreateDocuments From a File Select the File

21. Ways to CreateDocuments From a File Converted from File to PDF

25. No Security

26. No Security

27. Adding Security to a Document

28. Adding Security to a Document

29. Adding Security Properties

31. Security -- Printing

32. Security – Changes to Document

33. Security – Changes to Document

34. Document View Customizations

35. User View Navigation

36. User Page Layout

37. User Page Layout

38. User Page Magnification

39. User Page Magnification

40. Document Metadata

41. Document Metadata

42. Creating Documents and Collections Documents comprised of multiple different documents can be combined together in a number of ways; including from files located on various drives.

43. Creating Documents and Collections Documents comprised of multiple different documents can be combined together in a number of ways; including from files located on various drives.

44. Combining Documents

45. Documents & Folders Documents can be added individually (by file) or in collections (by folders)

46. Selecting Documents

47. Selecting Documents

48. Drag & Drop Documents, too

49. Drag & Drop Documents, too

50. File Size & Options

51. File Size & Options You can choose most file formats Choose File Size (usually small) Choose File Options. Those shown are default and usually adequate.

52. Bookmarking Bookmarks assist in navigating documents– Clicking on a bookmark takes the user to that document

53. Bookmarking

54. Bookmarking Bookmarks can be added to any part of the document to assist in more detailed navigation for users

55. Commenting & Mark Up Tools

56. Commenting & Mark Up Tools Commenting & Mark Up Tools

57. Using Sticky Notes

58. Using Sticky Notes

59. Using Sticky Notes

60. Using Sticky Notes

61. More Mark Up Tools Highlighting Tool Cross Out Text Tool Rectangle Tool Underline Tool

62. …And More Text Box Tool Arrow Tool

63. Redacting Documents

64. Redacting Documents

65. Selecting Redacted Area

66. Adjust Redaction Properties

67. Adjust Redaction Properties

68. Right Click & Select Redaction

69. Adjust Redaction Color & Custom Text

70. Bates Numbering

71. Bates Numbering

72. Bates Stamp Options

73. Bates -- File Naming

74. Setting Numbering Format & Position

75. Setting Numbering Format & Position

76. Setting Numbering

77. Creating a PDF Portfolio

78. Creating a PDF Portfolio

79. PDF Portfolio Interface

80. PDF Portfolio Interface

81. Add an Image

82. Add an Image

84. Drag & Drop files from anywhere onto the image

85. Files Dragged & Dropped

86. Files Dragged & Dropped

87. Mass Tort Marketing Materials

88. Mass Tort Marketing Materials Click on Folder

89. Folders & Files Navigation Navigation of files and folders

90. Opening Folders

91. Documents Inside Folders

92. Any File Format – Power Points

93. Single File Presentations

94. Single File Presentations Any file format will work

95. Include Instructions for Use of Disk & File

96. Instructions We Use Instructions for Use On this disk you will see three files: These instructions you are reading now; titled as Instructions—Read First A program file titled as: AdbeRdr910_en_US_Std A PDF file titled as: SDSBS Mass Tort Projects First, please check to see whether you have Adobe Acrobat 9.0 or Adobe Reader 9.0 or 9.1. If you do, please proceed to open the PDF file titled as: SDSBS Mass Tort Projects. Once you open that file, you will see a Welcome Screen with a button at the bottom that says: Get Started. Click that button and you will see a series of files set forth on a picture of our firm’s lobby. Clicking any file opens up the contents of that file and those contents can be used just like any PDF file. If you do not already have Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader 9.0, go to the program file titled as AdbeRdr910_en_US_Std. Double click that file and follow the instructions to install Adobe Reader 9.1 on your computer. If you encounter any difficulty at all, simply go to http://get.adobe.com/reader/ and download the free Adobe Reader program. Once Adobe Reader 9.1 is installed, you can use the PDF file titled: SDSBS Mass Tort Projects, as described above. Should you encounter any problems with the disk or these materials, feel free to contact John Hopkins at 1.800.780.8607 or e-mail him at j.hopkins@searcylaw.com

97. Miscellaneous Navigation

116. E-Books

117. Password Removers

118. Other PDF Converters