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Creating PDF Files

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I recall the first time I opened Acrobat, which I think was version 3. By that time, I had been working with software for years and thought this was just one more weapon to add to my digital arsenal. Well. Didn’t work out so smoothly right from the start. I nonchalantly opened the File drop-down menu and moved my mouse over to click New. Which wasn’t there. Tried my usual shortcut keys. Nothing.

In the previous chapter, l supplied a PDF document for you to use in our projects. But how does a file become a PDF file, and what kinds of files can be used? Inquiring minds, read on.

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Baker, D.L. (2002). Creating PDF Files. In: Adobe Acrobat 5: The Professional User’s Guide. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-1100-6_3

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