Adobe 22020807 User Guide - Page 91

USING ACROBAT 9 PRO 85 Creating PDFs • To include a visibility property that can be switched on or off in Acrobat, deselect Locked On for the PDF layer. To lock the resulting PDF layer's visibility on, select Locked On. • To save the current list of selected AutoCAD layers, click Add PDF Setting. Later, you can retrieve this list from the PDF Layer Settings menu. 6 Click Convert, specify a filename and location, and then click Save. Convert AutoCAD files in batches 1 Choose Adobe PDF > Batch Conversion. 2 Specify your preferences for layers, page size, plot style, and output PDFs. Click Conversion Settings to specify the Acrobat PDFMaker settings. 3 In the DWG List, do any of the following: • Click Add Folder or Add Files, and then specify the folder or files. • To load a previously saved list of files, click Append List, and then specify the list. • As needed, expand individual files and select or deselect the items you want, such as model space and layouts. To exclude or include all model space, click the associated buttons. • To exclude a file from the conversion, deselect the file box. As needed, select or deselect all of the files in the list, change the order of the files, remove files, or clear the list. • To show the complete file paths, select Expand File Name(s). • To save the DWG list for later use, click Save List. This action saves the list in its current state, including the file order and file selections. You can retrieve this list at any time by clicking Append List. 4 Click Convert. 5 Once the conversion is finished, you can click Save Details to save a log file of the conversion. Application-specific PDFMaker settings The conversion settings available in one PDFMaker-enabled application may be different from those settings you would encounter within a different application. Some PDFMaker settings are common to several or most applications. Some options are unique to a specific application. More Help topics "Adobe PDF conversion settings" on page 97 "Convert web pages to PDF in Internet Explorer (Windows)" on page 89 "Convert Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files to PDF" on page 76 Settings tab options available from within most applications The following settings appear on the Settings tab available from within most PDFMaker-enabled applications. Attach Source File Includes the document being converted as an attachment to the PDF. Create Bookmarks Converts certain elements in original Office documents to PDF bookmarks: Word headings, Excel worksheet names, or PowerPoint titles. Selecting this option overrides any settings on the Bookmarks tab of the Conversion Settings dialog box. Last updated 9/30/2011