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The Adobe
Acrobat program allows files created with virtually any Windows program to be
converted to Acrobat Reader format. This keeps the exact appearance of the
original. Since Acrobat Reader is a free program, these files can then be shared
with anyone. Acrobat Reader files have an extension of .PDF. The Acrobat Reader comes installed on many PCs, but if you don’t have it, you can download it here. Sometimes people experience problems printing with Acrobat Reader. Part of the page will be missing, or it will be garbled. When you print an Acrobat file, in the upper right part of the Print window, check the box labeled “Print as image.” |
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There are several different versions of Acrobat Reader. The appearance and location of the buttons may differ, but the functions are the same. The graphic below was taken from Acrobat 5.0. |
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Acrobat 5.0 has tabs at the left as shown in the following graphic. |
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Clicking on the Bookmarks tabs displays information about the document in outline form. Clicking on Thumbnails displays small graphics of all the pages in the document. Clicking on the thumbnail immediately takes you to that page. |
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Acrobat allows you to find a particular page number by using the scroll bar, as shown in this graphic: |
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Acrobat 9 lacks some of the icons described above, including the one to turn on the cursor to highlight text. In Acrobat 9, RIGHT click anywhere on the page for a menu of options. "Select tool" turns on the cursor to highlight text. |
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On the left side of the Acrobat 9 screen there is an icon that looks like two pieces of paper, one on top of the other. Clicking on this opens a visual list of pages. Click on any page to jump to that location. |
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