Adobe Acrobat 8 3D - Manual (Page 69)

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User Guide
Creating simple PDFs with Acrobat
Convert a file to PDF
1 In Acrobat, do one of the following:
• Choose File > Create PDF > From File.
• On the toolbar, click the Create PDF button and choose From File.
2 In the Open dialog box, select the file you want to convert to PDF. You can browse all file types or select a specific
type in the Files Of Type menu.
3 (Optional) Click Settings to change the conversion options. The options available vary depending on the file type.
Note: The Settings button is unavailable if you choose All Files as the file type or if no conversion settings are available
for the selected file type.
4 Click Open to convert the file to a PDF.
Depending on the type of file being converted, the authoring application opens automatically or a progress dialog
box appears. If the file is in an unsupported format, a message appears, telling you that the file cannot be converted
to PDF.
5 When the new PDF opens, choose File > Save or File > Save As; then select a name and location for the PDF.
When naming a PDF that’s intended for electronic distribution, limit the filename to eight characters (with no
spaces) and include the .pdf extension. This ensures that email programs or network servers don’t truncate the
filename and that the PDF opens as expected.
See also
“View PDFMaker conversion settings” on page 76
“Combining PDF content” on page 116
Drag and drop to create PDFs
This method is usually best reserved for small, simple files, such as small image files or plain text files, when the
balance between file size and output quality is not important. You can use this technique with many other types of
files, but you won’t have the opportunity to adjust any conversion settings during the process.
1 Using Explorer (Windows) or the Finder (Mac OS), select the file icons of one or more files that you want to
convert to PDF.
2 Drag the file icons onto the Acrobat application icon. Or, (Windows only) drag the files into the open Acrobat
window.
If a message appears saying that the file could not be opened in Acrobat, then that file type cannot be converted to
PDF by the drag-and-drop method. Use one of the other conversion methods for that file.
Note: You can also convert PostScript and EPS files to PDF by dragging them onto the Acrobat Distiller window or the
Distiller application icon.
3 Save the PDF.
(Windows only) You can also right-click a file in Windows Explorer and choose Create PDF.