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C h a p t e r f o u r
Producing a PDF Portfolio
Do you have to collect the correspondence for a contract negotiation? Or
maybe you need to pull together material for a presentation to a potential
customer? An Acrobat portfolio may fit the bill perfectly.
Acrobat 9 takes the idea of packages—the method used to bring
together multiple PDF files within a parent file in Acrobat 8—to a new
Flash-fed feature called Portfolio. In Acrobat 9 Portfolio, available in
Acrobat 9 Standard and up, not only can you gather multiple files into
a parent file, but you can also configure the interface used to present
your files and explore other new features. For example, you can estab-
lish a folder hierarchy, search in a portfolio, apply program commands to
the portfolio’s contents and the overall portfolio, and use both PDF and
non-PDF files in the portfolio. Each file retains its own original features
and elements, such as pagination, security, forms, digital signature, and
default views.
Since Portfolio is a way to bring together content from different
sources, and then manage and edit the component parts in different ways,
this chapter includes dozens of references to specific topics mentioned
elsewhere in the book.
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