Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended - Manual (Page 146)

140 USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Saving and exporting PDFs
Last updated 9/30/2011
Note: Reducing the file size of a digitally signed document removes the signature.
1 Open a single PDF, or select one or more PDFs in a PDF Portfolio.
2 Choose Document > Reduce File Size.
3 Select the version compatibility that you need.
If you’re certain that all your users use Acrobat 9 or Adobe Reader 9, limiting compatibility to the latest version can
further reduce file size.
Note: If you select Acrobat 4.0 And Later, and the document contains transparency, the transparency is flattened.
4 (Optional) To apply the same settings to multiple files, click Apply To Multiple, and add the files. Click OK, then
in the Output Options dialog box, specify your folder and filename preferences.
Note: The Apply To Multiple button is not available in PDF Portfolios.
To control changes and quality trade-offs, use PDF Optimizer, which makes more options available.
More Help topics
“ PDF Optimizer ” on page 324
Exporting PDFs to other file formats
Exporting PDFs
You can export or convert one or more PDFs to several different file formats, and then open and use those files in other
applications. The available formats include both text and image formats. To make a PDF compatible with earlier
versions of Adobe Acrobat and Reader, you can resave the PDF to an earlier PDF version.
When you save a PDF in an image format, each page is saved as a separate file.
Note: You cannot export PDF Portfolios, or PDFs within them, to other file formats.
Export a single PDF
1 With the PDF open, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Export, and choose a file format.
• Choose File > Save As, and choose a file format from the Save As Type menu.
2 Click Settings to set conversion options. (If the Settings button is unavailable, the format you selected has no
options.) Click OK to apply the settings. Conversion settings can also be edited in the Convert From PDF
Preferences.
Note: These conversion settings are stored separately from the settings used with the Export All Images command.
3 Click Save to export the PDF to the selected file format.
By default, the source filename is used with the new extension, and the exported file is saved in the same folder as the
source file.