Operation Manual

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USING ACROBAT X STANDARD
Creating PDFs
Last updated 10/11/2011
Drag and drop to create PDFs
This method is best reserved for small, simple files, such as small image files and plain text files, when the balance
between file size and output quality is not important. You can use this technique with many other types of files, but
you won’t have the opportunity to adjust any conversion settings during the process.
1 Select the icons of one or more files.
2 Drag the file icons onto the Acrobat application icon. Or (Windows only) drag the files into the open Acrobat
window.
If a message appears saying that the file could not be opened in Acrobat, then that file type cannot be converted to PDF
by the drag-and-drop method. Use one of the other conversion methods for that file.
Note: You can also convert PostScript and EPS files to PDF by dragging them onto the Acrobat Distiller window or the
Distiller application icon.
3 Save the PDF.
(Windows only) You can also right-click a file in Windows Explorer and choose Convert to Adobe PDF.
Convert clipboard content to PDF
You can create PDFs from text and images that you copy from applications on Mac OS or Windows.
1 Capture content in the Clipboard:
• Use the copy command in the applications.
• Press the PrintScreen key (Windows)
• Use the Grab utility (Applications > Utilities > Grab), and choose Edit > Copy to place the content on the clipboard.
(Mac OS)
2 In Acrobat, choose File > Create > PDF from Clipboard.
Note: The PDF from Clipboard command appears only when content is copied to the Clipboard. If the Clipboard is empty,
the command is disabled.
Convert screen captures to PDF (Mac OS)
In Mac OS, you can create PDFs from screen captures.
❖ Do one of the following:
• In Acrobat choose File > Create > PDF [From Screen Capture, From Window Capture, or From Selection Capture].
• Use the Grab utility (Applications > Utilities > Grab) to capture a screen image, and choose Edit > Copy to copy
the image to the clipboard. Then start Acrobat and choose File > Create > PDF From Clipboard.
Note: The PDF From Clipboard command appears when an image or text is copied to the clipboard. If the clipboard is
empty, the command is not available.
Create a PDF from a blank page
You can create a PDF from a blank page rather than beginning with a file, a clipboard image, or scanning.