Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail

Frank Romano (Author)

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Product Description

A start-to-finish professional's guide to digital, PDF-based workflow with Acrobat and InDesign. Includes comprehensive coverage of Adobe's powerhouse tools for PDF workflow, InDesign, and Acrobat 4.05. Softcover. DLC: Adobe Acrobat.

From the Back Cover

The definitive guide to PDF-based workflow with AcrobatTM and InDesignTM!

• Digital workflow, start to finish: equipment, software, processes, and more!
• Advanced PDF techniques with Adobe Acrobat 4.05 and InDesign
• Real-world solutions for the toughest PDF problems

The professional's guide to PDF workflow with InDesign and Acrobat!

• Choosing the right equipment for digital workflow environments
• Creating and applying PDF files: key options, settings, and techniques
• Establishing designer/printer relationships that will work for you
• Short runs, personaliztaion, repurposing, soft proofing, and archiving
• Adobe Capture: Converting paper to PDF
• Advanced trapping solutions, including In-RIP trapping
• Third-party plug-ins: Crackerjack, PitStop, Checkup, and more

This is the start-to-finish professional's guide to digital, PDF-based workflow with Acrobat and InDesign! Frank Romano—the industry's leading expert—shows exactly how to use PDF to achieve breakthrough speed, productivity, and creativity! From preflighting to color management, trapping to RIPping, you'll find it here!

Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail includes comprehensive coverage of Adobe's powerhouse tools for PDF workflow, InDesign and Acrobat 4.05. You'll find proven solutions to dozens of real-world problems, from PDF touch-ups to distilling files on a network, creating searchable PDF catalogs to handling TrueType fonts—even creating separations from Microsoft Office files!

Want all the benefits of PDF workflow-without many of the headaches? This book will help you do that.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 528 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1st edition (June 20, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130889482
• ISBN-13: 978-0130889485
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,116,120 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy construction, useful info, October 22, 2000

By A Customer

This book fills a BIG gap in the computer press - i.e. the lack of good books on Adobe Acrobat 4.0. It contains a lot of really useful information for the intermediate/advanced PDF user. I bought it to learn how to tweak some advanced PDF settings for a large document job, and I am pleased to say it gave me exactly the information (compression settings etc) I was looking for.

That said, I'm only giving it three stars. This is because the presentation of the book is not good. It has spelling and grammar mistakes. It occasionally references the wrong product (Acrobat 3.0?). The writing is verbose, and the logical structure of the book leaves a bit to be desired.

It is also completely Mac-centric. It does not mention that its screenshots, examples etc are all taken from a Mac, which might confuse some Windows readers (they look pretty similar, but not exactly the same). And it offers almost nothing in the way of Windows-specific information. At least it tells you when fumctionality is different between the Windows and Mac versions, though.

Overall, a great book for the PDF power user - highly recommended for the detailed information it provides. However it's only great because there are so few books out there on this topic. I'd buy a better-written one tomorrow, if such a book existed.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Amateurish disappointment on a major league level, May 24, 2001

By	Charles Flemming (Burleson, TX USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book was scrapped together with content almost totally downloaded from software makers' web sites. Not even edited together in any coherent fashion. The same topics were treated multiple times in numerous places. Mr. Roman may be knowlegable about PDF workflow, but it doesn't show in this overpriced, over-rushed, overly-complex and already out-of-date book.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars PDF Reference, March 19, 2001

By	Frank Sinkavich (York, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

"Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail" is the book to have if you know the basics of Acrobat. Written for those who have some experience with Acrobat, PDF, and prepress, "Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail" will fill in those areas that can be somewhat confusing. The early chapters cover the PDF format its roots and relationship to postscript. This is followed by features in Acrobat 4 including plug-ins.

"Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail" covers all aspects of the PDF format and the application of PDF files in various workflow environments. From prepress to web publication "Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail" addresses many questions that come up in real-world situations (e.g., correct compression settings, trapping, imposition and other print related issues). Use of Acrobat with Excel, Word, and Quark are covered as well as a section on PDF and InDesign.

Distiller 4 is covered in detail from fonts through color management, including compression options. There is not too much about Acrobat and PDF that "Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail" does not include. If you use Acrobat or want to know how to take better advantage of PDF and what a digital workflow has to offer, I suggest you read "Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail." This is the reference book for PDF and its application in digital publishing.