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Ever need to replace a page in a PDF with one from a different file?

In this video, Adobe's Rick Borstein shows you two methods:
  1. Drag and Drop using the Pages Panel
  2. Document>Insert Page
Adobe's Rick Borstein presents this session. Rick is Adobe Business Developer Manager for the Legal and Life Science markets.
Visit Rick's AcroLaw Blog
Visit Rick's AcroLife Blog
Direct download: 024_replace_pages.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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Acrobat offers robust form fields, but sometimes you just want to tweak a text field to change the font, size or wrapping of text.

In this brief video, Adobe's Rick Borstein shows you how to quickly make these changes.

In this video, you'll receive a high-level overview of each field type and find out which is best for the data you need to collect.

Adobe's Rick Borstein presents this session. Rick is Adobe Business Developer Manager for the Legal and Life Science markets.
Visit Rick's AcroLaw Blog
Visit Rick's AcroLife Blog
Direct download: 023_set_font_wrap_for_form_fields.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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Acrobat offers many form field types such as:
Text Fields
Combo Boxes
Radio Buttons
Drop Down Lists
Check Boxes
Digital Signature
Bar Code

In this video, you'll receive a high-level overview of each field type and find out which is best for the data you need to collect.

Adobe's Rick Borstein presents this session. Rick is Adobe Business Developer Manager for the Legal and Life Science markets.
Visit Rick's AcroLaw Blog
Visit Rick's AcroLife Blog
Direct download: 022_understand_form_field_types.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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Acrobat Pro Extended can import and convert over 40 different 3D file formats to compact 3D models that play seamlessly across the entire Acrobat product line.

Adobe's Mark James shows you how to use the Adobe 3D Reviewer, which is included with Acrobat Pro Extended, to add views and a cutaways to the customize the model viewed in Acrobat.
Direct download: 021_3D_configuration.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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Adobe's Mark James shows you how Adobe Acrobat 9 PDF Portfolios can enhance the way you deliver documents, brand your work and communicate.

A PDF Portfolio is a single PDF document that may contain PDF and non-PDF content. For example, you could include native Word or Excel files in a PDF Portfolio.

PDF Portfolios take advantage of the Flash player that is built into Acrobat 9 by delivering engaging viewing experiences.

Check out the video to see PDF Portfolios in action.
Direct download: 020_pdf_portfolios.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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Ever want to password protect a PDF? In this lesson, Rick Borstein, Adobe's Business Development Manager for the Legal Market, will show you how to apply passwords to PDF using two methods:
  1. "One-off" setting of a password
  2. Security Policies
Security Policies allow you to repeatedly apply the same password security to documents. This is useful, for example, if you regularly send sensitive documents to a client.

Make sure you visit Rick's Acrolaw Blog where he has over 70 articles on the legal application of Acrobat.


Direct download: 018_security_check_and_remove.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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Why can't I print this PDF? Why can't I copy text from this PDF?

If the PDF you receive is secured, then the author of the document may have applied security restrictions.

Or, perhaps, you've secured a file and want to remove security from it.

In this demonstration, Rick Borstein of Adobe answers these questions:
  1. How do I check the security of a PDF?
  2. How do I remove security from a PDF?
You can visit Rick's Blog which covers the legal applications of Adobe Acrobat.
Direct download: 018_security_check_and_remove.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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PDF Portfolios allow you to package up a number of different types of files in a professional-looking, engaging way for clients and customers. A portfolio is like a digital envelope that has a Welcome Page and may contain PDFs, Word documents, images, PowerPoint files, Excel files and much more.

In this podcast, Adobe's Tim Plumer shows you how to create a professional marketing portfolio. Demo on the Mac, but applicable to all platforms.
Direct download: 017_A9_pdf_portfolios.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended offer a time-saving batch processing feature.

Batch Processing allows you to perform many operations across many files. For example, you could OCR, Watermark and Secure multiple files all at once.

Adobe's Tim Plumer show you how to use Batch Processing in this podcast. Since this feature has been in Acrobat Pro for several versions, even owners of older versions of the product will find something of value here.
Direct download: 016_a9_batch_processing.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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Doug Halliday, one of Adobe's Business Development Managers for Manufacturing, explores the 3D commenting and measuring capabilities of Acrobat 9.

Did you know that Acrobat 9 Pro Extended can import and convert over 40 common 3D file formats?

Once converted, you can add annotations and accurately measure.

Don't forget to check out Doug's Product Lifecycle Management blog.
Direct download: 015_3D_commenting_measuring.mov
Category: podcasts -- posted at: 8:00 AM
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