This concise, easy-to-read guide introduces the basics of document exchange and Portable Document Format (PDF), the standardized format that makes it possible to view documents--whether or not readers have the software from which they were created. A step-by-step guide to viewing, searching, and printing PDF documents, the book brings readers up to speed quickly using this new tool.

This second edition covers additional security features in Acrobat 4.0 that were previously available only to Windows users, but are now available for Macintosh as well. The authors focus on Web Capture (the ability to create PDF files from Web sites), Digital Signatures (allows for electronic sign-off of shared files), Compare Pages, (the ability to open more than one file in separate windows), Send Mail (the ability to automatically attach a PDF file to an email document) and Web Buy, a new tool for sharing files that require a key to access them.

Applied Acrobat for Engineers is the first and only book to be written specifically to give engineers the skills that they need to use pdfs and Adobe Acrobat in engineering applications. Teaches the use of PDF in communication and archiving of complex documents with a specific slant towards various engineering disciplines and the related areas of architecture and construction management Better document control reduces project review and approval times Uses the progressive treatment of a sample project, throughout the book, to explain and illustrate the application of Acrobat techniques Encourages easier interaction with clients and regulatory agencies by employing a completely searchable document format which is available to all

This book will appeal to graphic designers as well as Web developers who are new to Acrobat as an Internet tool. It's the perfect book for the publishing crowd that is grounded in existing skills in page layout and design and is interested in extending these practices to Web page development.

Written for those with Acrobat experience, and seeking to take advantage of the feature enhancements of either the Standard or Professional version of Acrobat 6.0. This work teaches the techniques for creating professional PDFs for print, the web, or CD. The author produces the Adobe-supported PDF Conference.

This book will enable you to start and maintain a cutting-edge Web publishing venture using Adobe's Acrobat software and the PDF electronic publishing format. You'll learn to produce electronic documents that retain their high-quality design, whether they're distributed through your Web site or other electronic media. Web Publishing with Adobe Acrobat and PDF teaches you all the major Web Acrobat publishing techniques, including how to: * Prepare information for multimedia publishing via PDF and the Web. * Create PDF documents with both Acrobat and traditional desktop publishing tools (Quark, Pagemaker, Word). * Configure a Web server to manage interwoven PDF and HTML documents and indexed sets of PDF files. * Publish PDF documents on CD-ROM, and via Lotus Notes and other networks.