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Create Adobe Hyperlinks

The good people at Adobe have created a nice online tutorial to help you create more sophisticated Adobe PDF documents.  In this lesson, you will learn how to:

• Combine several documents in a "binder"
• Use the bookmarks like a table of contents
• Create links within your document as well as in separate documents

Try this tutorial if you would like to sharpen your Adobe skills.

Adobe Online Workspaces

If you use Adobe 9, there is a new on-line service available for you.  Adobe is now offering an online workspace that will allow you to easily collaborate and share documents.  This is good news if you are working with several people on a project.  Instead of emailing the documents back and forth, you can have them in one place where everyone can have access. 

There are some other neat features like web conferencing and PDF conversion tools. 

There is a basic version available for $14.95 a month. 

How to go "Paperless"

Are you still thinking about going "paperless", or maybe you have decided, but don't really know where to begin.  Now you can read all about it in the book called Paperless:  Real-World Solutions with Adobe Technology

This book will provide you with inspiration as well as instructions.  This is a good reference book everyone, even if you are fully entrenched in a "paperless" office.

Free Adobe Acrobat eSeminars

If you are interested in learning more about:

• Creating PDF Forms
• Creating Acrobat 9 Portfolios
• Applying Acrobat Security
• Acrobat 9 Tips and Tricks

Sign up for one of the free seminars offered by Adobe.

Adobe Version Comparisons for Lawyers

If you are an Adobe Acrobat user and have an older version (version 7), you might be wondering if it is worthwhile to upgrade to the latest version.  Following is a link to a document which summarizes the new features in Version 8 and Version 9. 

Download A9_7-8-9-comparison

Once you have decided to upgrade, you might want to take a look at the version comparisons in order to understand the differences between, Reader, Standard, Pro and ProExtended Versions.  Following is a link to the version comparison document.

Download A9_legal_feature_matrix_BW

These are a little different than the ones that you might download directly from the Adobe website, since these documents have been designed to focus on the legal profession.

Adobe's "Typewriter"

Have you ever received an Adobe form that does not have interactive fields?  You may have opted to just print the form and then pick up a pen to fill it in.  Adobe Acrobat actually has a built-in tool to allow you to type directly on the form.  It's simple to use:  Just open the PDF document, then click on the TOOLS option from the toolbar and select TYPEWRITER. 

Position the cursor on the page where you want to type.  It is presumably in a box or on a line.  The mouse will turn into an I-beam.  Type your text.

You can even reposition the text clicking on it with the Typewriter selection.  It is also possible to resize the box by dragging on the "handles".  If the box is too narow to accommodate the text, Acrobat will wrap it into multiple lines.

Adobe Training Video: Using Find and Search

I found this short video very interesting.  Although I've frequently used the "Find" option to locate an occurrence of a specific word or phrase in a document, I never tried the "Search" option, which is much more powerful and has some great time-saving benefits when trying to locate specific information that might be found in several documents.  Click here for the video.