Adobe Acrobat is a family of computer programs designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF).
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The purpose of this article is to explore the concept of PDF Forms as the User Interface for real-world applications on the Web. We will review the creation process for a PDF form, and walk-through a sample Active Server Pages (ASP) script to collect the data, before reviewing an ASP script that can parse this information, act on it, and return results to the client.
De Abrew, Karl and Dan Shea. PlanetPDF (2002). Design>Web Design>Hosting>Adobe Acrobat
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Mit dieser Technik steht Ihnen eine einfache Methode zur Verfügung, Webseiten oder einzelne Bereiche eines Webs downzuloaden und als PDF zu speichern.
TECOM (2003). (German) Articles>Document Design>Software>Adobe Acrobat
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I hate user manuals that are distributed as PDFs. They are mainly used online so why the artificial page constraints? I'm in the middle of a topic and all of a sudden there is a page break--not because of a topical shift but because had it been printed on 8.5 x 11 we would have run out of paper. News flash: I didn't print it and I was not running out of paper.
Hughes, Michael A. User Assistance (2008). Articles>Documentation>User Experience>Adobe Acrobat
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Keep calm for presentations by taking a little PDF.
Thompson, Audrey. Adobe Magazine (1999). Presentations>Information Design>Software>Adobe Acrobat
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Attaining Review Nirvana with Acrobat 8 Professional
Getting documents reviewed has always been a tricky proposition for writers. From pleading to coercion to bribery just stopping short of third-degree torture, writers have documented many methods for getting reviews done effectively and in time. For those writers who gave up altogether and for those who just did not care too much for reviews, there is bad news coming – companies are asking for user feedback on the content that you wrote. Users, as we know them, can shame the most cynical movie critic when it comes to commenting. In my quest many a tool tried to lure me, but when Acrobat 8 strut its shared review stuff in front of me, I finally succumbed.
Kurnool, Preran. Indus (2008). Articles>Editing>Collaboration>Adobe Acrobat
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After HTML, PDF (Portable Document Format) files are probably the most common files on the Web. PDF is usually used when a file needs to appear or print a certain way, regardless of the browser or technology. PDF files can be made accessible to people with disabilities, although usually with more difficulty than with HTML. A key part of this process involves creating tags that make a document more accessible to screen reader users.
NCDAE (2006). Articles>Web Design>Accessibility>Adobe Acrobat
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PDF Manuals: The Wrong Paradigm for an Online Experience
Let me describe a familiar user assistance experience. A user installs a new application, and when the user wants Help, the application directs her to the user documentation on a Web site or CD-ROM. What the user finds there is a PDF file containing the manual—or a collection of PDF files, representing a library of manuals, including a user guide, configuration guide, troubleshooting guide, and various references. And the layout of each of these PDF manuals is exactly the same as if it were a printed book. This raises an interesting question: If we’re giving manuals to users to read online, why do we design and write them for paper?
Hughes, Michael A. UXmatters (2008). Articles>Documentation>User Experience>Adobe Acrobat
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This isn't a discussion of hyphenated vs. not hyphenated. It examines the difference between putting a PDF file on the Internet (what I call an on-line document) and having a truly electronic Web presence for that content (what I call an online document). Unfortunately, the two often get bundled together.
Hughes, Michael A. User Assistance (2009). Articles>Web Design>Publishing>Adobe Acrobat
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Rather than exporting a whole document out of Acrobat, I'll focus on a table within a PDF page. Suppose you'd like to have this table's data in a spreadsheet so you can manipulate it. There's no need to retype the data into Excel. All you need to do is use Acrobat's Selection tool to highlight the content you wish to export.
Mankin, David R. Blogs.com (2009). Articles>Information Design>Databases>Adobe Acrobat
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Creating PDF files from DITA Content 
The DITA OpenToolkit (DITA OT) provides a way to produce multiple outputs, including Portable Document Format (PDF) files; however, the technology for creating PDF files is limited, and modifying the formatting is challenging. This paper explains the alternatives and trade-offs for each method and helps demystify the decision process.
Loring, Sheila and David James Kelly. Scriptorium (2009). Articles>Information Design>DITA>Adobe Acrobat
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Are you aware that PDF documents are readable by your computer? You can listen to any PDF instead of reading it!
CyberText Consulting (2009). Articles>Accessibility>Visual>Adobe Acrobat
