I did not know Acrobat could do that

Acrobat 3D Version 8 gets CAD Translator Update. The update contains several updated dynamic link libraries (DLLs) that provide support for more recent versions of CAD file formats when using Acrobat 3D Version 8 and Acrobat 3D Toolkit Version 8. It also fixes a number of issues related to CAD format import in Acrobat 3D Version 8. Read the rest of this entry »

I love to have dynamic content. I have often thought about doing more with a PDF file than documents, spreadsheets, and text. Now I can. In this article, I will show you how you can amaze and dazzle your friends, or win a bar bet, by adding cool movies to your PDF’s. As some of you know, you can add links, pictures, 3D… inside of a PDF file, however, I want to expand to digital learning, cool movies, just explore my creativity! (Hey, I work at Adobe, I get all the toys for free! )

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Hello all you Acrobat heads, well, I have taken the big dive into PODCasts! Of course, the podcast is called Man, I didn’t know Acrobat could do that! It should be listed on iTunes by Thursday November 15th , but if you are not an iTunes user, then you can go to my hosting site and watch it with any media player. You can also download it! Click here for my podcast site.

Well just thought you would enjoy that, so please as always, keep some life in your life, and show a little love!

Tim

Oh yes and if you have any suggestions on what you would like for me to cover in the podcast or this blog please enter it in the comment area!

Steps to adjust Acrobat Line Merge settings for PDF creation from AutoCAD

I’ve was recently reading on a few competitors web sites that Acrobat can not do Lines Merge and Lines Overwrite when publishing PDF from AutoCAD. Well this is false and we’ve put together step by step instructions on how this setting can be adjusted for PDF being created from AutoCAD using Acrobat 8 Professional, there is a link to a sample DWG file and the resulting variations in PDF output depending on what setting is chosen (Lines Merge or Lines Overwrite). This isn’t currently documented as part of the Acrobat 8 Pro help files, so we’re providing this a tip and trick for all of you out there, enjoy.

Read on for the instructions.

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Hello all, I may kill two birds with one stone here, introduce our inner nerd to our Labs site and get the 64bitters up to speed. Adobe has placed a pre-release of its 64 bit iFilter For Acrobat 8 and the Free Adobe Reader 8 on the Adobe Labs Site. Read the rest of this entry »

Hey all, Adobe is sponsoring a 3D PDF contest for you to show off your coolest 3D PDF files.

Example:
3D Trailer Example by Tim Huff Read the rest of this entry »

Hello all of you from the PDF Central Conference, as I promised, here are the links to the documents From my sessions. Read the rest of this entry »

This is funny but get this question alot. Previous to release 8 of Acrobat, this was not an easy task. But in Acrobat 8 we gave you an easy way to create a blank PDF Read the rest of this entry »

Yep you asked for it and you got it, in all it’s glory, the Acrobat in Action eSeminars are now available on demand!  Yippee!!  Now you can relive all those touching moments, that make your PDF creations so special!  Here is the official info that came in the e-mail! Read the rest of this entry »

Hello all, well this is a direct reference to a comment to that was on this site. ( So see, I do read them ), so the question was how to use a drop-down list to change an image in an Acrobat Form? Well click the more button to find out!
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