Acrobat for Legal Professionals

July 30, 2008

Use Adobe Presenter to create a Flash-embedded PDF Slide Show

Last week, I conducted several Acrobat 9 eSeminars for various bar associations and legal groups.

I received a lot of requests for the presentation materials.

Normally, I would just PDF the presentation, but each slide had multiple animated graphics which just wouldn't translate well to a "flat" PDF.

Fortunately, I was able to use the new Adobe Presenter to create a Flash-embedded, narrated PDF.

Screenshot of A9 Blog Preso
Download Narrated Presentation
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Adobe Presenter is a plug-in for PowerPoint that is included with Acrobat 9 Pro Extended. It allows you to covert your PowerPoint files— complete with animations— to narrated, compact Flash presentations that anyone can play using the free Adobe Reader 9. It's great for trainers or anyone who uses PowerPoint and needs to transfer knowledge.


In this blog entry, I'll tell you more about Adobe Presenter and my process for creating this material.   Read on . . .

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July 15, 2008

Bates Numbering Across a PDF Portfolio

Bates Numbering is the consecutive numbering of legal documents.

With Acrobat 9 Pro, you can Bates number all of the files in a PDF Portfolio in a single step, even converting common Office formats automatically along the way. Keeping all the files in a PDF Portfolio is convenient and makes it easy to deliver and maintain the document set.

Bates Numbered document

Want to learn more about PDF Portfolios?
PDF Portfolios are the next generation of PDF Packages— a single PDF that may contain many other files.

SEE: Legal Portfolio Movie

Want to know about Bates Numbering in Acrobat 9?
Check out this movie which shows off all of the basic Bates Numbering capabilities of Acrobat 9 Professional.

SEE: Bates Numbering Movie

Still on Acrobat 8? See this older article on Bates Numbering


In this article, I'll discuss how you can Bates number across a Portfolio, and also discuss a few limitations.

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