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Adobe Acrobat X Pro: I
Quick Reference Guide
CREATE PDF
DOCUMENTS
From Microsoft Office 2010
Select “file”
Choose “save and send”
Select “create adobe PDF”
Choose your file name
Select “publish”
The PDF should launch in
Adobe Acrobat
From Adobe Acrobat
Open Adobe Acrobat
Select “create” from tool bar
Select the option for creating
a PDF that fits your needs
Some of the options include:
From file
From webpage
From multiple files
INSERT MULTIMEDIA
Open a PDF
Add audio
Select the “tools” panel
Choose “content”
Select “multimedia,” then
choose “sound”
This should turn your cursor
into a “bull’s-eye”
Left click and drag an area
on the PDF where you want
the video to be placed
The “insert sound” dialogue
box should appear
Select “browse,” and locate
an audio file on the
computer
Double click when located
Select “ok,” and the audio
should automatically be
embedded into the PDF
Open a PDF
Insert a video
Select the “tools” panel
Choose “content”
Select “multimedia,” then
choose “video”
This should turn your cursor
into a “bull’s-eye”
Left click and drag an area
on the PDF where you want
the video to be placed
The “insert video” dialogue
box should appear
Select “browse,” and locate
an video file on the computer
Double click when located
Select “ok,” and the audio
should automatically be
embedded into the PDF
INSERT COMMENTS
INTO A PDF
Select the “comment” panel
on the right side of the
interface
Select either;
annotations, drawing
markups to insert comments
Select either review or
comment list to view left
comments
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Adobe Acrobat X Pro: I
Quick Reference Guide
Revised: Summer 2011
ADD SECURITY TO A
PDF
Open a PDF
Select the “tools” panel
Choose “protection”
Select “encrypt,” then choose
“encrypt with password”
The “password security
settings” dialogue box will
appear
When finished adding
security preferences select
“ok”
Adobe Acrobat will require
the input of any new
password to confirm the
settings
Adobe will require saving the
PDF before the security
settings will take effect
COMPRESS A PDF
Open a PDF
Select “file,” then “save as,”
then choose “reduce file size
PDF”
The “reduce file size PDF”
dialogue box will launch
Select to “make compatible
with”
Make this at least
Acrobat 6 or higher
When finished choose “ok”
This will prompt the “save
as” dialogue box
Save the PDF to the
desired location
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Published by Learning Design and Technology
Contact: learn@maryville.edu