Adobe Acrobat and PDF for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction

Chapter 7: Assembling the Package

Overview

Content from a number of documents can be combined in Acrobat to make one document using either the binder process, described in Chapter 5, or by manipulating document pages. A common workflow is to create a collection of PDF files that can then be combined and recombined in Acrobat to make a cohesive, finished file.

Acrobat also contains features that further enhance the unity of a document, including a range of elements that can be added to a PDF file. Keeping track of large numbers of PDF files can be a very difficult task; this task is made much simpler with the introduction of the Organizer window in Acrobat 7.

In this Chapter

In this chapter you learn ways to manipulate the page content in a file and how to manage and organize PDF files and attachments.

You will learn about:

  • Working with different document commands to add, remove, replace, and otherwise manipulate page content in a file

  • Cropping and resizing pages in a file

  • Using the Pages pane to navigate content in a file

  • Adding page numbers to a document

  • Applying header/footer elements to a document

  • Using backgrounds and watermarks in a PDF document

  • Organizing, sorting, and accessing files using Acrobat's Organizer window

Manipulating Pages

Rather than working through the Create PDF task button's command to create a document from multiple files, you can manipulate pages manually using the Document menu's commands and the Pages pane, one of the default Navigation tabs in Acrobat. If the pane is...

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