Note: In Reader, complete commenting tools are available only in PDFs that have commenting enabled. PDFs in a review workflow typically include commenting rights. You can use text edit comments in a PDF to indicate where text should be edited in the source file. Text edit comments do not change the actual text in the […]
A background appears behind text or images on the page. The background can be as simple as a solid color, or you can use an image. You can selectively apply a background to only specific pages or page ranges in one or more PDFs. A PDF supports only one background per page, but the backgrounds can vary […]
A watermark is text or an image that appears either in front of or behind existing document content, like a stamp. For example, you could apply a “Confidential” watermark to pages with sensitive information. You can add multiple watermarks to one or more PDFs, but you must add each watermark separately. You can specify the page or […]
You can adjust the visible page area using the Crop Pages tool and the Set Page Boxes dialog box. Cropping pages can help you create consistency within a PDF composed of pages of different sizes. Note: This document provides instructions for Acrobat DC and Acrobat 2017. If you’re using Acrobat XI, see Acrobat XI Help. […]
Headers, footers, and Bates numbering Acrobat lets you add a header and footer throughout a PDF. Headers and footers can include a date, automatic page numbering, Bates numbers for legal documents, or the title and author. You can add headers and footers to one or more PDFs. You can vary the headers and footers within […]
Combine two or more files into a single PDF in the office or on the go. Drag and drop thumbnails to arrange pages in the right order from your computer or any web browser. Note: This document provides instructions for Acrobat DC and Acrobat 2017. Create merged PDFs Use the Combine Files tool to merge Word, Excel, […]
About barcodes Barcode fields translate a user’s form entries into a visual pattern that can be scanned, interpreted, and incorporated into a database. Barcodes are helpful when users submit the form on paper or by fax. The advantages of using barcodes are that they save time, eliminate the need for responses to be manually read […]
Create form fields In Acrobat, you create a form field by choosing one of the form tools. For each field type, you can set various options through the form field Properties dialog box. After you convert your document to a PDF form, do one of the following: Choose a form field from the toolbar. Right-click […]
About buttons Buttons are most commonly associated with forms, but you can add them to any document. Buttons can open a file, play a sound or movie clip, submit data to a web server, and much more. When deciding on how to initiate an action, remember that buttons offer the following capabilities that links and […]
Easily fill, sign, and send forms fast from your desktop, browser, or tablet device. An interactive or fillable form contains fields that you can select or fill in. For such forms, the Fill & Sign tool displays only the Sign option. A flat form does not have interactive fields. It could be a paper form or PDF that hasn’t been optimized […]
About form field properties How a form field behaves is determined by settings in the Properties dialog box for that individual field. You can set properties that apply formatting, determine how the form field information relates to other form fields, impose limitations on what the user can enter in the form field, trigger custom scripts, […]
Note: This document provides instructions for Acrobat DC and Acrobat 2017. If you’re using Acrobat XI, see Acrobat XI Help. Is the form fillable? Not all forms are fillable. Sometimes form creators don’t convert their PDFs to interactive fillable forms. Or, they intentionally design a form that you can fill in only by hand or with the Fill & […]
Easily turn a scanned paper form or a simple form made in Microsoft Word, Excel, or another application into an intelligent PDF form. Distribute forms to recipients and track the status of replies. Note: This document provides instructions for Acrobat DC and Acrobat 2017. If you’re using Acrobat XI, see Acrobat XI Help. Create a […]
You can fill in forms using either Acrobat or the free Acrobat Reader. You can create static or interactive forms in Acrobat. Interactive forms streamline the process of filling in and collecting data. About forms You can use Acrobat to create forms using one of the following methods: Convert an existing electronic document (for example an […]
Save using PDF Optimizer (Acrobat Pro) PDF Optimizer provides many settings for reducing the size of PDF files. Some of the PDF Optimizer settings are comparable to the settings that are available when you create a PDF file using Distiller. Whether you use all of these settings or only a few depends on how you intend to use […]
Clean up document photos to remove backgrounds and adjust perspective. Clean up images captured using a mobile camera The Enhance Camera Images feature helps clean up images that are captured using smart phone cameras. Using this feature, you can click photographs of a document from your mobile devices and then create a nice-looking, clear, and […]
Acrobat can easily turn your scanned documents into editable PDFs. When you open a scanned document for editing, Acrobat automatically runs OCR (optical character recognition) in the background and converts the document into editable image and text with correctly recognized fonts in the document. Also, a prompt on upper-right corner appears showing you the recognized OCR […]
Easily add, resize, move, or replace images— without returning to your original source document. Note: This document provides instructions for Acrobat DC. If you’re using Acrobat XI, see Acrobat XI Help. Place an image or object into a PDF Open the PDF in Acrobat, and then choose Tools > Edit PDF > Add Image . In the Open dialog box, locate […]
Font embedding and substitution A font can be embedded only if it contains a setting by the font vendor that permits it to be embedded. Embedding prevents font substitution when readers view or print the file, and ensures that readers see the text in its original font. Embedding increases file size only slightly, unless the […]
Web pages and PDFs The core of a web page is a file written in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML). Typically, the HTML file includes associations with other files that either appear on the web page or govern how it looks or works. When you convert a web page to PDF, the HTML file and all […]
