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Acrobat PDF and workflow in detail

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The definitive guide to PDF-based workflow with Acrobat TM and InDesign TM!

  • Processes, equipment selection, software, troubleshooting, and beyond. Includes up-to-the-minute coverage of Acrobat 4.05!
  • Sophisticated solutions: PDF touch-ups, In-RIP trapping, scanning to PDF, creating searchable catalogs, using third-party plug-ins, and more!
  • The first book to cover the use of XML with PDF files!
This is the first start-to-finish professionals guide to digital, PDF-based workflow with Acrobat and InDesign! Frank Romano -- the industrys leading expert -- shows exactly how to use PDF to achieve breakthrough speed, productivity, and creativity. From preflighting to color management, trapping to RIPping, its covered here: the best practices, answers, and workarounds that would otherwise take years to discover. This book covers every aspect of setting up and managing digital workflow with PDF and Adobes Acrobat and InDesign tools. Learn how to choose the right equipment for digital workflow environments, and establish efficient designer/printer relationships that enable outstanding work. Discover crucial options, settings, and techniques for creating and applying PDF files, and learn how to use PDF in diverse applications, from short runs and personalization to repurposing and archiving. The book includes detailed coverage of converting paper to PDF with Adobe Capture, advanced In-RIP trapping, third-party PDF plug-ins, and much more. Youll 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!

Frank J. Romano s career has spanned over 34 years in the printing and publishing industries. He is author of over 30 books, co-author of the International Paper Pocket Pal, contributor to major graphic arts encyclopedias and dictionaries, and founder of TypeWorld, now Electronic Publishing Magazine. Romano currently teaches digital publishing and digital printing at the Rochester Institute of Technology. His PH PTR books include InDesign InDetail and Professional Prepress, Printing and Publishing.

1. Digital Workflow.
Component Files. Consolidated Files. Embedded Elements. Editability. Technological Pitfalls. Islands of Automation. Why Workflow Automation? Workflow Design. Typical Tasks in a Print Production Environment. Preflighting. Color Management. PostScript File Creation. PDF File Creation. Imposition. RIP. Proofing. Remote Proofing. Corrections. Film Output. Plate Output. Blueline Proof. Printing. Storage. Variable Data Printing. From CEPS to DTP. PostScript. RIP. Development of Imagesetters. Color and Multiple-Page Imagesetters. Computer-to-Plate (CTP). Digital Printing and Direct-to-Press.

2. It Started with PostScript.
In the Beginning (No, Not that Beginning). The Revolution (No, Not that Revolution). A Little about PostScript. The RIP. RIP Evolution. PostScript Printer Description Files. PostScript Interpreters and RIPs. PostScript Level 2. Hardware and Software RIPs. Configurable PostScript Interpreter (CPSI). PostScript. Extreme and the Future of RIPs. Working with PostScript. Outputting PostScript. PostScript Conclusions. More about PostScript than You May Wish to Know. From PostScript to Workflow. PDF Is Different. Acrobat and PDF. PostScript Errors. Checking for Corrupt Graphics. Common Errors.

3. PDF Introduction.
What Is a Portable Document? The Portable Document Enters the Market. Adobes Portable Document. The Ultimate Portability. The Ideal Digital Document. Design Richness. Bitmap or Raster Images. Line Art. Text. Portability. Editability. Predictability. Searchability. Repurposability. PDF and PostScript. How PDF Files Work. Creating a PDF File. What is New in Acrobat 4.0 and 4.05. Major Features in Acrobat. Acrobat 4.05 Features and Revisions. Acrobat with Web Buy. Integration with Microsoft Office 2000 (Windows only). Proper JPEG Compression in PDF Files Created by Distiller. Less Restrictive TrueType Font Embedding. Improved Web Browser Integration. Improved Printing. PDFMaker Support for all Windows NT User Privileges (Windows only). Distiller Crashes and Color Management Fixed. Printer Driver Updates. Downloading Plug-ins for Acrobat 4.0 for Mac OS. Acrobat 4 Menu Bar. File. Edit. Document. Tools. View. Window. Help. Apple Menu. Acrobat Toolbar. Top Menu Bar. Acrobat Tools. Hand Tool. Zoom Tool. Selection Tool. Selecting Graphics. File Management. Document Layout. Page Navigation. Page View Modes. Web Link Tool. Location Tools. Side Menu Items. Other Toolbars. The PDF File. Drag and Drop. File Management. Open Document Settings. Font Information. Security Options. Prepress Information. Index Information. Base URL. Acrobat Preferences. General Preferences. Display. Magnification. Color. Options. Preferences. Annotation Preferences. Preferences for Full Screen. Navigation Settings. View Appearance Settings. Forms Grid Preferences. Capture Preferences. Search Preferences. TouchUp Preferences. Web Link Preferences. Saving a PDF File. Save As. Security Settings. Batch Processing. Importing. Importing Images. Import Annotations. Importing Form Data. Page Navigation. Go To Page. Forward and Backward. Page and Document Management. Inserting Pages. Thumbnail Pages. Extracting Pages. Replacing Pages. Deleting Pages. Cropping Pages. Rotating Pages. Page Numbering. Bookmarks. Bookmark Properties. Moving Bookmarks. Thumbnails. Tearing Off Panes. Showing Destinations. Switching Between Multiple Open PDF Files.

4. Print-Related Issues.
Trapping. Trapping Approaches. Some Trapping Functions. In-RIP Trapping. Imposition. OPI. Working with OPI. DCS and OPI. Encapsulated PostScript. Placed PDF and Refined PDF Export. PDF Import Filter. Proofing. Remote Proofing. Fonts, What Are They?

5. Workflow Environments.
Before Networks. Network Basics. Networking Macintosh Computers. Networking Windows Computers. Local Area Networks. Interconnection. Sharing of Information and Resources. Disadvantages of a LAN. LAN Concepts. LAN Topologies. Star Networks. R

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