How to Create & Manipulate PDF Files

Adobe Acrobat software creates a PDF starting from a variety of file formats. It includes Microsoft office documents, several graphic formats (e.g. JPEG, TIFF), Internet WebPages (HTML format) and plain text files. Adobe Acrobat also allows manipulating with the created PDF e.g. page deletion, insertion of additional files, saving PDF.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Adobe Acrobat

The Steps

1. Open Adobe Acrobat.

2. Click menu "File > Create PDF> From File."

3. Using the "Open" window, browse your computer and find a file (e.g. Microsoft Word file) you want to convert to PDF. Double-click on the file. Creation of PDF starts automatically and takes one to three minutes.

4. Click menu "Document >Delete pages" and enter a page range (e.g. from "3" to "5") you wish to delete. Click "OK" and then "Yes" to confirm the page deletion.

5. To insert any additional file as page(s) of the current PDF, click menu "Document >Insert pages." Select a file type from the drop-down listbox (e.g. JPEG), browse your computer, find a desired file and double-click on it. Select location to insert (i.e. page number and "before" or "after") and click "OK."

6. Click menu "Document > Watermark & Background." Select "Add a Watermark" radio button and type any text string in the source box. Click "OK." The watermark appears as text (e.g. "Draft") across the document pages.

7. Click menu "File > Save" and type a filename followed by clicking "Save" to store PDF on your computer.

References

• "How to Do Everything with Adobe Acrobat 8", D. Sahlin, 2007.