Product Description

"The Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible is the comprehensive guide to Acrobat for novices and power users alike. With a concise, easy–to–read format, you will be creating interactive XML forms, enabling streamlined document review processes, and publishing high–impact electronic documents in no time."
—Rick Brown, director of product management, Adobe Acrobat

The book you need to succeed with Adobe Acrobat!

Why do readers turn to the Adobe Acrobat Bible again and again? Because whether you′re already experienced with Adobe Acrobat or you′re learning to use this powerful tool for the first time, you′ll find exactly what you need to know in these well–organized pages. Packed with helpful tips and step–by–step instructions, this latest edition will guide you through both basic and advanced features, enabling you to take full advantage of everything Acrobat 8 has to offer.

• Create, collect, and distribute forms with LiveCycle® Designer
• Work seamlessly with Microsoft® Office applications
• Convert AutoCAD® and Visio® files to PDF
• Discover new ways to edit PDFs and remove sensitive data
• Explore enhanced Shared Reviews tools with easy–to–use Wizard
• Collect form data by exporting it directly to Microsoft Excel®
• Combine files and create PDF Packages using new Acrobat 8 tools

What′s on the CD–ROM?

You′ll find valuable, author–developed sample files including PDF documents, Adobe Designer forms, and Acrobat PDF forms with JavaScripts—all arranged in folders according to chapters in the book, so you use them along with the book′s tutorials. The CD also includes:

• Adobe Reader software
• Entire book in searchable PDF with embedded index
• Windows demonstration plug–ins

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #246625 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-09
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1085 pages

Review
"Filled with step by step sections and easy to follow diagrams and screenshots make this a good studio reference." (Twohundredby200, October 2007)

Synopsis
'"The Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible" is the comprehensive guide to Acrobat for novices and power users alike. With a concise, easy-to-read format, you will be creating interactive XML forms, enabling streamlined document review processes, and publishing high-impact electronic documents in no time' - Rick Brown, director of product management, Adobe Acrobat. This is the book you need to succeed with Adobe Acrobat! Why do readers turn to the "Adobe Acrobat Bible" again and again? Because whether you're already experienced with Adobe Acrobat or you're learning to use this powerful tool for the first time, you'll find exactly what you need to know in these well-organized pages. Packed with helpful tips and step-by-step instructions, this latest edition will guide you through both basic and advanced features, enabling you to take full advantage of everything Acrobat 8 has to offer.Create, collect, and distribute forms with LiveCycle[registered] Designer. Work seamlessly with Microsoft[registered] Office applications. Convert AutoCAD[registered] and Visio[registered] files to PDF. Discover new ways to edit PDFs and remove sensitive data.

Explore enhanced Shared Reviews tools with easy-to-use Wizard. Collect form data by exporting it directly to Microsoft Excel[registered]. Combine files and create PDF Packages using new Acrobat 8 tools. The CD-ROM includes valuable, author-developed sample files including PDF documents, Adobe Designer forms, and Acrobat PDF forms with JavaScripts - all arranged in folders according to chapters in the book, so you use them along with the book's tutorials. The CD also includes: Adobe Reader software; entire book in searchable PDF with embedded index; and, Windows demonstration plug-ins.

From the Back Cover
"The Adobe Acrobat 8 PDF Bible is the comprehensive guide to Acrobat for novices and power users alike. With a concise, easy–to–read format, you will be creating interactive XML forms, enabling streamlined document review processes, and publishing high–impact electronic documents in no time."
—Rick Brown, director of product management, Adobe Acrobat

The book you need to succeed with Adobe Acrobat!

Why do readers turn to the Adobe Acrobat Bible again and again? Because whether you′re already experienced with Adobe Acrobat or you′re learning to use this powerful tool for the first time, you′ll find exactly what you need to know in these well–organized pages. Packed with helpful tips and step–by–step instructions, this latest edition will guide you through both basic and advanced features, enabling you to take full advantage of everything Acrobat 8 has to offer.

• Create, collect, and distribute forms with LiveCycle® Designer
• Work seamlessly with Microsoft® Office applications
• Convert AutoCAD® and Visio® files to PDF
• Discover new ways to edit PDFs and remove sensitive data
• Explore enhanced Shared Reviews tools with easy–to–use Wizard
• Collect form data by exporting it directly to Microsoft Excel®
• Combine files and create PDF Packages using new Acrobat 8 tools

What′s on the CD–ROM?

You′ll find valuable, author–developed sample files including PDF documents, Adobe Designer forms, and Acrobat PDF forms with JavaScripts—all arranged in folders according to chapters in the book, so you use them along with the book′s tutorials. The CD also includes:

• Adobe Reader software
• Entire book in searchable PDF with embedded index
• Windows demonstration plug–ins

See the CD appendix for details and complete system requirements.

Customer Reviews

Made in a hurry! Windows is just a footnote. Worse, new features not tested at all!!!
Well, the number of pages was impressive. But once you start looking into the book, you'll quickly notice that it is all about Acrobat 8 on Mac OS X. And even that isn't really complete.

90% of the users have Windows, so skipping these users completely and making them just a footnote is certainly a disservice. But even if you are a Mac user and don't care about Acrobat 8 on Windows. Authoring of multimedia doesn't work on Mac OS X and the author doesn't even care about it. It was neither tested nor mentioned.

Shared Reviews are new in Acrobat 8 Professional, but apparently there was no time to test the software thoroughly before finishing the book. If he had done so, he would have certainly noticed that this is new and different from the previous version.

To put it in a nutshell, it is very frustrating to have purchased this book.