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C h a p t e r f i v e Creating Output: Saving, Exporting, and Printing
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You can use a PDF document for a variety of purposes and pass it through
various programs. For example, you can create a document in Microsoft
Word, convert it to a PDF using PDFMaker, and then export it from Acrobat
as an HTML Web page that includes PNG images, or as a PDF file compliant
with a standard.
To save a PDF document in another file format (in this case, Word):
1. Choose File > Save As. Select a format in the “Save as type” pop-up
menu (Figure 34a). Alternatively, choose File > Export, and select
the format to open the Save As dialog. The file format extension is
appended to the filename and the Settings button becomes active.
Figure 34a Choose from a variety of export options, ranging from
optimized and standards-based PDF formats to image and Web formats.
2. Click Settings. The available options in the Settings dialog are specific
to the file format you chose and appear as part of the dialog’s name.
Check out an overview of the Word export settings in the sidebar
“What’s the Good Word?”
3. Adjust the settings in the dialog, and click OK to return to the Save As
dialog.
4. Click Save. Acrobat exports your file in your chosen format.
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exporting pDf Documents
in Other formats
Pick a Format—
Any Format
How do you know what for-
mat to use for exporting from
PDF? Here are some tips:
•
Acrobat lets you save a
PDF file in two formats
to use in Word or other
document-processing
programs. If the document
contains a lot of structural
elements, such as col-
umns, use the DOC format.
For simpler content that is
intended for other word or
text processing, use RTF.
•
If you want to use a PDF
document as a Web
page, use one of two
HTML formats.
•
If you want to use the
data, use XPDF or XML
formats. Converting your
document’s data to XML
or XPDF reduces the com-
plexity and creates data
that can be read by many
types of applications. Use
XML format when you
want to export a docu-
ment for data exchange,
such as for use in spread-
sheets or databases. Use
XPDF when you want
to use the data for data
exchange in a variety of
PDF formats, such as forms
and documents.
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