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: #110588 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-09
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1085 pages

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.

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.