When Adobe Systems began expanding PDF beyond the original mission of a portable file with reliable printed output, they added navigational, interactive and other features intended to improve the end-user experience. Hence, Acrobat became RAD = Rapid Application Development (Wikipedia definition). Beginning with links and bookmarks, then adding form field elements, buttons, javascript, movies, full-screen […]
View PostA PDF form enabled for Reader Save in Acrobat 8 Professional may now be completed and SAVED using the free Adobe Reader! From the introduction of forms technology to PDF nine years ago until today, users with the free Adobe Reader could certainly fill out and print a PDF form (if, in fact, it included […]
View PostAs noted by my esteemed fellow Blogger and AUC Editor Kurt Foss, AcrobatUsers.com has now made it easier to learn how to get things done with Acrobat by posting the Acrobat Help file online. Now, why do they need to post it online, you might ask? Isn’t the Acrobat Help file available right there in […]
View PostThere are loads of nifty features scattered throughout the electronic document tool-chest that is Adobe Acrobat. Even though I don’t have much occasion to use it, one of my favorite such gems is the Measuring Tool. It’s come in handy on several occasions for the very simple reason that I can quickly and easily measure […]
View PostI offer a simple sketch of views on the “ideal” Reader Extensions business model. Suggestions for amendments or additions to the Manifesto are encouraged! If this post threatens to become a serious document, I’ll move it to it’s own page for further development. Background For these purposes, “Reader Extensions” amount to a “switch” within a […]
View PostI just learned this trick today on a top-secret website. Then I discover that Kurt knew all about it since at least June! Anyhow. It’s strange how often I’ve needed to create a blank PDF page. Assembling documents, building up forms applications – there are many odd little instances where a truly “blank” PDF page […]
View PostDigital signatures are one of those ideas that seem so obvious and good… but almost no-one has ever used one, or could tell you the real difference between a digital signature, certificate, login or PIN number if they sat on it. This article is intended to at least help begin the demystification process. It may […]
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