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All rights reserved. tclib-editorial@eserver.org (TC Library Editorial Board) webmaster@eserver.org (Geoffrey Sauer) http://tc.eserver.org/images/newlogo.gif http://tc.eserver.org/dir/PDFzone http://tc.eserver.org/22776.html http://tc.eserver.org/22776.html How can I generate a Table Header Cell Element (TH) field automatically with Acrobat? http://tc.eserver.org/22773.html http://tc.eserver.org/22773.html How can I convert Word documents to PDF and ensure their embedded Excel documents also get converted? http://tc.eserver.org/22774.html http://tc.eserver.org/22774.html How can I tell if JBIG2 compression was used on my PDF file? http://tc.eserver.org/22777.html http://tc.eserver.org/22777.html What’s the easiest way to e-mail a PDF form and have people fill it out? http://tc.eserver.org/22775.html http://tc.eserver.org/22775.html How do you ensure the PDF file you distill includes bleeds that are acceptable to a printer? http://tc.eserver.org/22772.html http://tc.eserver.org/22772.html Is there a way to take a regular PDF and make it searchable? http://tc.eserver.org/22782.html http://tc.eserver.org/22782.html Some caveats when placing PDFs in Quark prior to distilling. http://tc.eserver.org/22781.html http://tc.eserver.org/22781.html When I convert my PowerPoint presentations to PDF, why do they become so huge? 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You may find that your file will open and view differently in every Acrobat application that is used if you do not save the document with your preferences. http://tc.eserver.org/14861.html http://tc.eserver.org/14861.html First, if you don't produce forms for federal government, it is wasted time, but there is information available. Adobe has the accessibility section on its Web site with useful documentation. There are other Web sites about accessibility in general on all the federal government sites, and finally, there are further links from there. 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