Tips'n'Tricks

When every second counts

Ever tweaked an animation exactly how you wanted it-only to have it run just a bit short on time? To [...]



When you’re hot, you’re hot

Hot text is not just for Property inspectors. (Note: Hot text [a.k.a. scrubby sliders] is any field that contains a [...]



Set default view for video and flash

When you embed a video or flash object in a PDF document, you may want to control how it appears [...]



Overcome email limitations

Many organizations have email attachment size limitations. Both Acrobat and Adobe Reader 9 include a connection to Acrobat.com, allowing you [...]



Edit non-PDF files within a PDF portfolio

Once you’ve created a PDF portfolio, if you need to edit any of the files, just Control-click (PC: Right-click) on [...]



Custom sort files in your PDF portfolio

To re-order the files in a PDF Portfolio, select Modify>Edit Portfolio from the top of the document window. Select Specify [...]



Clear forms without a reset button

During form template development, you may want to test all the fields in your form. To easily reset all fields, [...]



Be a movie critic

You can comment on embedded Flash video in Acrobat 9 (or Reader 9 when the document is enabled for commenting). [...]



Keep commenting tools selected

To keep a comment or markup tool selected once you’ve used it, open the Properties bar (Command-E [PC: Ctrl-E]), click [...]



Quick content information

An easy way to see information about a piece of content on the page, including text, is to use the [...]



Add new layers

To add additional layers to an existing PDF file, first display the Layers navigation panel (View>Navigation Panels>Layers), then click on [...]



Enable commenting in any document

You can allow anyone with the free Adobe Reader 9 to have access to the comment,= markup, and analysis tools [...]



Scale frame and content at the same time

Say you have a frame that’s five inches wide, and you want to scale it and the picture inside the [...]



Kill the stroke!

Did you just draw a rectangle and end up with a stroke on it that you didn’t want? You can [...]



Better polygons and starbursts

You can modify the attributes of a polygon (or starburst) as you create it. Just use the Arrow keys while [...]