Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended - Manual (Page 69)

63 USING ACROBAT 9 PRO EXTENDED
Creating PDFs
Last updated 9/30/2011
Convert screen captures to PDF (Mac OS)
In Mac OS, you can create PDFs from screen captures.
❖ Do one of the following:
• In Acrobat choose File > Create PDF > [From Screen Capture, From Window Capture, or From Selection Capture].
• Use the Grab utility (Applications > Utilities > Grab) to capture a screen image, and choose Edit > Copy to copy
the image to the clipboard. Then start Acrobat and choose File > Create PDF > From Clipboard Image.
Note: The From Clipboard Image command appears only when an image is copied to the clipboard. If the clipboard is
empty or if you have copied text to the clipboard, the command does not appear.
Create a PDF from a blank page
With the PDF Editor feature, you can create a PDF from a blank page rather than beginning with a file, a clipboard
image, or scanning.
This process can be useful for creating relatively small PDFs of up to about 20 pages. For longer, more complex, or
heavily formatted documents, it’s better to create the source document in an application that offers more layout and
formatting options, such as Adobe InDesign or Microsoft Word.
Note: The PDF Editor can make changes in text only with PDFs created from blank pages. To add a blank page to a PDF
created by another method, create a blank document in another application and convert that file to PDF. Then import
the blank file into the existing PDF.
Create and add text to a new, blank PDF
1 Choose File > Create PDF > From Blank Page.
2 Begin typing text to add to the page.
3 Add any formatting to the text by selecting it and selecting options in the New Document toolbar.
4 As needed, select other tools and options.
5 Choose File > Save, and select a name and location for the PDF file.
Note: When the page is filled with text, the PDF Editor automatically adds a new blank page to the document.
Edit text in a PDF created from a blank page
1 Choose File > Open, and locate and select a PDF created with PDF Editor (that is, one created from a blank page).
2 Choose Document > Resume Editing.
3 Add text and formatting as needed.
Prevent changes in PDF Editor
You can freeze the text you have added to PDFs created from a blank page. This prevents anyone from adding or
changing the text. There is no Undo for this process.
1 Choose Document > Prevent Further Edits.
2 In the message that appears, click Prevent Further Edits to confirm your choice. Or, click Keep Text Editable if you
want to continue adding or editing text with the PDF Editor.
3 In the Save As dialog box, select a new name and location for the file, or leave the original name and location
selected to replace the original file with the uneditable version.