Things You'll Need:
- Computer
- Adobe Acrobat
- Software programs like Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, PhotoShop, Microsoft Word, Publisher, PowerPoint and Excel.
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Step 1
InDesign Print menuGo to the File and pull down menu to print and select Adobe PDF to create a PDF in InDesign Acrobat files are created by "printing" instead of "saving" the file.
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Step 2
Preference buttonSelect the Setup button and then the Preference button to set your preferences for the document. Do not assume your page size, orientation or file quality is correctly selected.
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Step 3
Printing Preferences menuSelect the Adobe PDF Setting Tab in the Printing Preference menuto select the file quality. Standard is default. When the document has photos the High Quality setting will produce clearer photos but the file size will be larger.
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Step 4
Layout tabSelect the Layout tab in the Printing Preference menu to select the correct orientation of the page.
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Step 5
Advanced Options menuSelect the Advanced button on the Layout tab to open the menu to select the paper size.
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Step 6
PhotoShop Print menuSelect the Page Setup button to open up the printing preferences in Photoshop and Illustrator.
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Step 7
Microsoft Print menuSelect the Preference button in Microsoft Word, Publisher, PowerPoint and Excel to select the setting for the files.
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Step 8
Hit the Print button when you have finished selecting your preferences to create or print Acrobat file.











