Adobe Acrobat 8 3D - Manual (Page 83)

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User Guide
4 Follow the directions in the wizard that appears, as described in “Start an email-based review” on page 158.
Use PDFMaker to convert a file to PDF (Mac OS)
The default Acrobat installation adds Convert To Adobe PDF buttons to Office application toolbars. You can use
these buttons to create Adobe PDF files quickly and easily from Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files without
opening Acrobat.
The PDF creation process applies the currently selected conversion settings. If you want to change those settings, you
must open Acrobat Distiller and select options there. In most cases, the default settings produce good results.
Note: Password-protected Excel files can’t be converted to PDF on Mac OS. Also, many PowerPoint features aren’t
converted when you produce a PDF from a PowerPoint file on Mac OS. For example, animations and transitions aren’t
converted.
1 Open the file in the Office application.
2 On the Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker 8 toolbar, select one of the following:
• Convert To Adobe PDF.
• Convert To Adobe PDF And EMail.
3 In the Save dialog box, type a filename, select a folder in which to save the PDF, and click Save.
4 When the conversion is complete, choose View File if you want to open the new PDF in Acrobat, or Done if you
want to close the Acrobat PDFMaker status dialog box without opening the PDF.
If you selected Convert To Adobe PDF And Email, the newly created PDF is attached to a blank email that opens in
your default email application. You can either address, complete, and send the message immediately or save it as a
draft to send later.
See also
“Customize Adobe PDF settings” on page 101
View PDFMaker conversion settings
PDFMaker conversion settings vary according to file types. For example, the options available for PowerPoint files
aren’t the same as those available for Outlook files. Once you’ve selected conversion settings, those choices apply to
all subsequent PDFs you create from that file type. It’s a good idea to review the settings occasionally.
1 Open a PDFMaker-enabled application (such as Word or Excel).
2 Do one of the following:
• (Lotus Notes) Choose Actions > Change Adobe PDF Conversion Settings.
• (Office 2007 applications) Choose Acrobat > Preferences.
• (All other applications) Choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings.
3 (Optional) To revert to the original default settings, click Restore Defaults on the Settings tab.
Note: PDFMaker isn’t available for email applications on Mac OS.