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Getting the most of the Acrobat Distiller Printer

When Acrobat is installed, a special printer called the Acrobat Distiller
Printer is setup on your computer. This feature is not available with
the free download version of Acrobat. The printer serves in just the
same way as any printer except that instead of printing a paper copy
of your material, it will create a .pdf file. The printer can be used with
any program that provides a print option. Simply change the default
printer to the Acrobat Distiller Printer and when the document is
printer a request for a .pdf file name will appear.

Create Forms with Acrobat Professional 6.0

Acrobat provides various types of form fields: button, check box,
combo box, list box, radio buttons, text fields, and digital signature
field. To create a form field, follow these steps:
 Select Tools...Advanced Editing...Forms...Show Forms Toolbar

 On the Forms Toolbar, select a forms tool

 Drag the cross-hair pointer to create the desired form field.

Form Field Properties

 Select the form tools used to create the form field you want to

change.
 Select Tools...Advanced Editing...Select Object Tools

 Double-click the form field

 Click the General Tab and specify the properties. Choose

Read Only to keep the user from changing the form.

 Click the Appearance Tab and specify appearance

preferences.
 Click the Actions Tab and specify desired actions.

Using and Creating PDF files and forms

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