Adobe Acrobat 7.0 QuickSteps [Paperback]

Marty Matthews (Author), John Cronan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 29, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0072260327 | ISBN-13: 978-0072260328 | Edition: 1

Here is a full-color, fast reference to the most popular electronic document exchange program--Adobe Acrobat. Release 7 is a major upgrade with new features that include enhanced PDF creation, watermarks, improved collaboration functions, digital signature capability, and more. All these and more features are covered in the book. Color screenshots with callouts show and explain exactly what you'll see on your computer screen while you're doing a task. The lengthwise layout of the book provides a more open, visual display and allows the book to lie flat for easy reference. Learn to:

• Create, view, and edit PDFs
• Use distiller
• Create interactive forms
• Add links and multimedia
• Establish document security

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From the Back Cover

Learn instantly from step-by-step graphics!

We know a picture is worth a thousand words--so we went heavy on pictures and light on words in this easy-to-use guide. Color screenshots and brief instructions show you how to use all of Acrobat’s powerful features in no time. Follow along and learn to create, view, edit, search, and print PDFs, use Distiller, create interactive forms, mark up, and index documents, add links and multimedia, ensure document security, and much more. Each chapter’s “How to” list and color-coded tabs make it easy to flip straight to the tasks you need to do. Get the book that gets you started using Adobe Acrobat right away.

In each chapter:

• Shortcuts for accomplishing common tasks
• Need-to-know facts in concise narrative
• Helpful reminders or alternate ways of doing things
• Bonus information related to the topic being covered
• Errors and pitfalls to avoid

Screenshots with callouts show and explain exactly what you’ll see on your computer screen while you’re doing a task

Marty Matthews has more than 40 years of computing experience and has written or co-authored more than 60 books, including Windows XP QuickSteps, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 QuickSteps, and Microsoft Office Word 2003 QuickSteps. John Cronan has more than 25 years of computing experience and has been writing and editing computer-related books for more than 12 years. His recent books include Microsoft Office Excel 2003 QuickSteps, Microsoft Office Access 2003 QuickSteps, and eBay QuickSteps.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media; 1 edition (March 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072260327
• ISBN-13: 978-0072260328
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 10 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,318,772 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Martin (Marty) Matthews has been writing books that help people easily use technology for over 25 years, authoring or co-authoring over 80 books in that time. He is the co-creator of the very successful and highly acclaimed QuickSteps series of books, published, as most of his books are, by McGraw-Hill. His most recent books in print, appearing in 2011, are "Computing for Seniors QuickSteps," "Windows 7 for Seniors QuickSteps," and "Windows 7 SP1 QuickSteps." He is currently working on "Quicken 2012 QuickSteps," and will soon start "Genealogy QuickSteps," due out in the first half of 2012.

Marty does consulting when he is not writing and likes to backpack, ski, and sail in the great Pacific Northwest where he lives with his wife Carole (who is also a writer) on an island in Puget Sound. Prior to their writing career, Marty and Carole were the co-founders and principal executives of a software company that developed and sold an estimating and accounting system for printing and contracting businesses. Marty has been "playing" with computers since they took up the better part of a football field.

See Marty and Carole's web site at http://www.matthewstechnology.com.

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3.0 out of 5 stars This Adobe crumbles....., December 12, 2006

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This review is from: Adobe Acrobat 7.0 QuickSteps (Paperback)

Was looking for a "quick step" booklet to gather some tips on the versatile Adobe Acrobat 7.0 and this isn't quite it. I am a layperson for most computer technology. This book repeats processes that are already onscreen instructions and obvious to even the most basic user. This causes information overload and muddles and obscures any truly useful "tips" that are for intermediate users that might help you in the business world. I used a yellow highlighter on sections that were helpful or insightful. I found that I could condense the points onto a 3x5 card for easier reference. This book should be renamed Adobe Basics, or simplified to "play with the toolbars on Adobe". The zoom key means this...etc, the whole page key means this.... I will still search for a business person's pratical application guide to Adobe. I love their product, I would just quick-step over this one.