Adobe has improved the editing tools in recent versions of Acrobat. However, you may not always want other users to be able to use those editing tools on your PDF. This tutorial explains how to restrict editing in Adobe Acrobat Pro and Adobe Acrobat Standard. These steps also include printing restrictions. First, we’ll look at how to turn on editing restrictions, and then … [Read more...] about How to Restrict Editing in Adobe Acrobat (Tutorial)
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Three Differences between Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Pro
Today’s post discusses three differences between Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Pro to help you decide which program you should use for your PDF projects. First, a quick note on cost: Acrobat Reader is free. Acrobat Pro is available as an annual subscription called Acrobat Pro DC (DC stands for Document Cloud) and as a one-time purchase called Acrobat Pro 2017. Adobe also offers … [Read more...] about Three Differences between Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Pro
How to Insert Trademark, Copyright, and Registered Symbols in PDFs (Tutorial)
This tutorial shows three methods for inserting trademark, copyright, and registered symbols in PDFs: alt codes, the Character Map, and copying and pasting. This tutorial is for editable PDFs in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Acrobat Standard DC, and Acrobat Reader DC running on Windows. These steps should also work with most earlier versions of Acrobat and Reader. This tutorial is … [Read more...] about How to Insert Trademark, Copyright, and Registered Symbols in PDFs (Tutorial)
How to Search Multiple PDFs with Adobe Acrobat’s Advanced Search (Tutorial)
Have you ever needed to search for a word or phrase in multiple PDFs but you didn’t have time to search each PDF individually? Today’s tutorial shows how to search multiple PDFs simultaneously by using the Advanced Search tool in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, Acrobat Standard DC, and Acrobat Reader DC. This tutorial is also available as a YouTube video, which you can watch on my … [Read more...] about How to Search Multiple PDFs with Adobe Acrobat’s Advanced Search (Tutorial)
Three Ways to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC (Tutorial)
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and Adobe Acrobat Standard DC offer several ways to print PDFs with comments and mark-ups. Today’s tutorial explains how to (1) print comment and mark-up summaries on separate pages, (2) print comments and mark-ups with lines to the text, and (3) print comment and mark-up symbols without the text in the comment and mark-up pop-ups. This tutorial is also … [Read more...] about Three Ways to Print PDFs with Comments and Mark-Ups in Adobe Acrobat DC (Tutorial)
How to Find and Replace Text in Adobe Acrobat DC (Tutorial)
Today’s tutorial explains how to find and replace text in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and Acrobat Standard DC. Acrobat’s find-and-replace tool is similar to Microsoft Word’s find-and-replace tool but offers fewer options. For example, Word lets us find and simultaneously replace all occurrences of a word based on nine parameters; whereas Acrobat’s find-and-replace tool offers four … [Read more...] about How to Find and Replace Text in Adobe Acrobat DC (Tutorial)
