Adobe 22020738 User manual

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Using Adobe Acrobat X
Professional
Adobe Acrobat X Professional is the version of Acrobat that Publishing uses.
This chapter covers the following topics:
Configuring Adobe Acrobat Distiller X
Creating a PDF with Automatic Bookmarks
Bookmarking PDF Files Manually
Printing to a PDF
Inserting Pages in a PDF Document
Replacing Pages in a PDF Document
Adding the Title and Product ID Number to the Document Summary Tab
Adding Security to a PDF File
Saving a PDF File
Adobe Acrobat X Professional
Adobe Acrobat X Professional (or later) should be installed on the computer
being used to produce the report. To check, go to Help > About Acrobat X
Professional. The version number is on the second line. If the version is older
than X, go to Help > Updates and follow the instructions.

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The following procedure explains how to configure the defaults for Acrobat
Distiller. This only needs to be set once.
Configuring Distiller X
1. Open Adobe Acrobat Distiller X.
2. Go to Settings > Edit Adobe PDF Settings.

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3. On the General page, set the following:
a. File Options:
i. Compatibility: Acrobat 6.0 (PDF 1.5)
ii. Object Level Compression: Off
iii. Auto-Rotate Pages: Individually
iv. Binding: Left
v. Resolution: 600 dots per inch. (for most MarCom documents, use
150 dpi).
vi. Select All Pages
vii. Select Optimize for Fast Web View
b. Do not change the settings for Default Page Size.

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4. On the Images page, set the following:
a. Color Images:
i. Downsample: Average Downsampling to 300 pixels per inch for
images above 450 pixels per inch
ii. Compression: Automatic (JPEG)
iii. Image Quality: Medium
b. Grayscale Images: same as above
c. Monochrome Images:
i. Downsample: Average Downsampling to 300 pixels per inch for
images above 450 pixels per inch
ii. Compression: CCITT Group 4
iii. Anti-alias to gray: 4 bit

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5. On the Fonts page, select the following:
a. Select Embed All Fonts
b. Select Subset embedded fonts when percent of characters used is less
than: 100%
c. When Embedding Fails: Cancel job
d. Embedding:
i. Do not change font source
ii. The Always Embed and Never Embed fields should be blank.

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6. On the Color page, set the following:
a. Settings File: None
b. Color Management Policies: Leave Color Unchanged
i. Document Rendering Intent: Preserve
c. Leave Working Spaces as is
d. Device Dependent Data:
i. Select Preserve under color removal and black generation
ii. When transfer functions are found: Preserve
iii. Select Preserve halftone information

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7. On the Advanced page, set the following:
a. Select Convert gradients to smooth shades
b. Select Preserve overprint settings
c. Select Overprinting default is nonzero overprinting
d. Select Save original JPEG image in pdf if possible
8. Click Save As. Save as EPRI.joboptions.

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Creating a PDF with Automatic Bookmarks
This procedure works on single-file template documents only.
Creating Conversion Settings
1. Open the Word file to PDF.
2. Select Acrobat>Preferences to configure PDFMaker. The Acrobat
PDFMaker window appears.
3. On the Settings page, set the following:
a. Conversion Settings: EPRI (EPRI.joboptions should already be
configured—see Configuring Distiller X).
b. Select the following:
View Adobe PDF result
Prompt for Adobe PDF file name
Convert document information
Note: Do not check Create PDF/A-1a:2005 compliant file. This will
create a read-only PDF.
Create bookmarks
Add links
Enable accessibility and Reflow with tagged Adobe PDF

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4. On the Security page, make sure no boxes are selected.
5. On the Word page, select the following:
a. Convert footnote and endnote links
b. Enable advanced tagging

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6. On the Bookmarks page, select Convert Word Headings to Bookmarks and
then choose the following from the bottom field:
a. Heading 1 (Level 1)
b. Heading 6 (Level 1)

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c. EPRI Level 2 Subhead (Level 2)
d. EPRI Level 3 Subhead (Level 3)
e. EPRI Level 7 Subhead (Level 2)
f. EPRI Level 8 Subhead (Level 3)
g Make sure that no other Word Headings or Word Styles is chosen.
7. Click OK to close the window.

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Converting to Adobe PDF
1. Select Acrobat > Convert to Adobe PDF.
Note: If the automatic bookmarking function does not work, create bookmarks
manually.
Creating Bookmarks Manually
1. Open the PDF in which to add Bookmarks.
2. Click the Bookmarks tab to bring the bookmarks pane to the front.
3. Click the Selection tool and highlight the text to be bookmarked.
4. Highlight the text to be bookmarked.

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5. Do one of the following:
a. Click the New Bookmark icon on the bookmark ribbon to the left,
or
b. Press Ctrl + B, or
c. Right click and select Add Bookmark.
6. When finished, check that all the bookmarks are listed and are in the correct
order.
7. When creating bookmarks manually, set up the PDF so that when it opens,
the bookmarks appear automatically. To do this, go to File > Properties
(Ctrl+D) and select Initial View. Set the following:
a. Layout and Magnification:
i. Navigation Tab: Bookmarks Panel and Page
ii. Page Layout: Single Page

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iii. Magnification: Fit Page
iv. Open to Page: 1
b. Window Options: Leave all unchecked
i. Show: File Name
c. User Interface Options: Leave all unchecked
Note: Check the page number after inserting the cover and reset it to 1 if it has
changed.
Note: When creating a PDF from a multi-file template document, combine the
individual PDF files into one complete file. Then create the bookmarks following
the same directions as above.

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Printing to a PDF
Occasionally printing directly to PDF is necessary, such as when creating
individual pages or PDFing a cover in InDesign.
1. Go to File > Print.
2. Select Adobe PDF as the printer.
3. Click Properties and set the following:
a. Default Settings: EPRI
b. Adobe PDF Security: None
c. Adobe PDF Output Folder: Prompt for Adobe PDF filename
d. Adobe PDF Page Size: Letter (unless this is a nonstandard page size such
as a foldout)
e. Select View Adobe PDF results
f. Select Add Document Information
g. Select Delete log files for successful jobs
h. Select Ask to replace existing PDF file

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Inserting Pages into a PDF Document
1. Open the PDF document.
2. Click the Tools button on the top right of the screen.
3. Click Pages.
4. Click Insert from File.
Note: Or press Shift + Ctrl +I.
5. Browse to find the PDF file to insert.
6. Indicate whether to insert the new page before or after the current page.
Note: If there are headers on the inserted page, create or update bookmarks for
them.

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Replacing Pages in a PDF Document
1. Open the PDF document.
2. Click the Tools button on the top right of the screen.
3. Click Replace.
4. When prompted, browse to find the PDF file to use.
5. Indicate the page number(s) to be replaced.
6. Click OK.

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Adding the Title and Product ID Number to the Document
Summary Tab
In all PDF files, please be sure to do the following:
1. Go to File > Properties (Ctrl+D) and select Description.
2. Copy the title and subtitle of the report and paste them into the Title line.
3. Type EPRI into the Author line.
4. Copy the Product ID number of the report and paste it into the Subject line.
5. Click OK and then save the document.

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Saving a PDF
If using a PDF document online, use the Reduce File Size feature. To preserve the
correct Acrobat version compatibility of EPRI documents, use the following
procedure.
1. Go to File > Save As > Reduced Size PDF.
2. Make compatible with: Acrobat 7.0 and later.
3. Click OK.

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4. Go to File > Properties (Ctrl+D) and select Description.
5. Verify that the file location and name are correct.
6. Click Save.
Note: The PDF Information field (File > Properties > Description) should read
PDF Version: 1.6 (Acrobat 7.0).