Adobe 22002484 User Guide - Page 62

USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD 57 Creating PDFs Drag and drop to create PDFs This method is best reserved for small, simple files, such as small image files and plain text files, when the balance between file size and output quality is not important. You can use this technique with many other types of files, but you won't have the opportunity to adjust any conversion settings during the process. 1 Select the icons of one or more files. 2 Drag the file icons onto the Acrobat application icon. Or (Windows only) drag the files into the open Acrobat window. If a message appears saying that the file could not be opened in Acrobat, then that file type cannot be converted to PDF by the drag-and-drop method. Use one of the other conversion methods for that file. Note: You can also convert PostScript and EPS files to PDF by dragging them onto the Acrobat Distiller window or the Distiller application icon. 3 Save the PDF. (Windows only) You can also right-click a file in Windows Explorer and choose Create PDF. Convert clipboard content to PDF (Windows) You can create PDFs from text and images that you copy from any application. 1 Capture content in the Clipboard, either by using the Copy command in any application, or by pressing the PrintScreen key. 2 In Acrobat, choose File > Create PDF > From Clipboard. Note: The From Clipboard command appears only when content is copied to the Clipboard. If the Clipboard is empty, the command does not appear. Convert screen captures to PDF (Mac OS) In Mac OS, you can create PDFs from screen captures. ❖ Do one of the following: • In Acrobat choose File > Create PDF > [From Screen Capture, From Window Capture, or From Selection Capture]. • Use the Grab utility (Applications > Utilities > Grab) to capture a screen image, and choose Edit > Copy to copy the image to the clipboard. Then start Acrobat and choose File > Create PDF > From Clipboard Image. Note: The From Clipboard Image command appears only when an image is copied to the clipboard. If the clipboard is empty or if you have copied text to the clipboard, the command does not appear. Create a PDF from a blank page With the PDF Editor feature, you can create a PDF from a blank page rather than beginning with a file, a clipboard image, or scanning. This process can be useful for creating relatively small PDFs of up to about 20 pages. For longer, more complex, or heavily formatted documents, it's better to create the source document in an application that offers more layout and formatting options, such as Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Word. Last updated 9/30/2011