Datasheet

FIGURE 1.28

The Edit toolbar contains a miscellaneous selection of tools used for spell checking and editing.

Forms toolbar (Acrobat Professional only)

From a context menu in the Toolbar Well or the View ➪ Toolbars submenu select Forms toolbar to open

the Forms tools. The eight forms tools shown in Figure 1.29 opens where you can access tools to create

form fields.

In addition to the same form tools you had available in Acrobat 7, a new tool is added to the

toolbar to create bar code fields. In addition two other new tools are added to the Forms tool-

bar. The Edit Layout tool changes from a preview mode to a form editing mode and the Distribute tool used

to distribute forms for an ad hoc data collection and enable the distributed forms for Adobe Reader users.

FIGURE 1.29

To access the Forms toolbar, open a context menu on the Toolbar Well and select Forms.

For more information on using the Forms tools and the new tools added to Acrobat 8, see

Chapters 33 and 34.

Measuring tools

The Measuring tools include the Distance tool used for measuring linear distances, the Perimeter tool for

measuring linear distances of angles and objects, and an Area tool for measuring the surface area of objects.

The Measuring toolbar, shown in Figure 1.30, might be used for examining measurements in engineering

and scientific drawings.

For more information about using the Measuring tools, see Chapter 24.

FIGURE 1.30

The Measuring toolbar offers three tools to measure distances and areas on a PDF page.

Object Data tool

The Object Data tool (see Figure 1.31) is used to select objects on a document page. When you select an

object that has object data associated with it, the Object Data dialog box opens. This dialog box contains

object metadata such as creation date, copyright information, color mode, resolution, and other file attrib-

utes similar to the kind of metadata you can view in programs such as Microsoft Visio, Microsoft Project,

and AutoDesk AutoCAD.

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