Many people who use Acrobat have a lot of experience and expertise to share. If you are one of those people, you might be interested in creating a tutorial or tip using the new Adobe Community Publishing System. This new AIR application lets anyone with an Adobe ID publish content on Adobe products and technology directly to Adobe.com.

 

Continue Reading "Create your own Acrobat tutorial or tip"

• PDF: Inside & Out - Leonard Rosenthol
• PDF files via the Web: Creating a Better Experience - Ian Campbell
• WOW Your Audience with Multimedia PDF Documents - Harry Hemus
• Scripting PDF: Inside the Acrobat JavaScript SDK - Thom Parker
• Best Kept Secrets of Acrobat Revealed: Batches, Fixes, and Checks - Donna Baker
• ActionScript in Acrobat: Portable RIAs and PDF Portfolios Demystified - Joel Geraci

• A Designer's Guide to Deciphering the Web - Chris Converse
• Building Accessible LiveCycle Forms - Charlie Pike
• Effective Form Design for Developers - Angie Okamoto

MAX Companion Multi-touch Screen

During MAX, visit the MAX Companion wall, sponsored by Miller & Associates, in the Community Pavilion. Use this interactive multitouch screen to view:

• Live Twitter stream of all tweets tagged with #adobemax or session-specific Twitter tags
• Photos from the Twitter stream
• Featured tweets from conference luminaries
• Information regarding upcoming sessions and locations
• MAX-related keyword trends
• MAX news and late-breaking updates

Join the conversation at MAX using Twitter

Start tweeting with other MAX attendees by including #adobemax. Unique Twitter tags have been created for sessions and labs and can be found in your pocket guide upon arrival.

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[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\9.0\FlashDebug]
"bDebugBridge"=dword:00000001
"bResourcesFromFiles"=dword:00000000
"bUseAcrobatMode"=dword:00000000
"bLogTraceOutput"=dword:00000001
"iLogLevel"="6"
"tLogFilter"="bridge, AVPackageHost"

With these changes, you can see errors and trace statements in your navigator code. Look for ".log" files in the same directory as "Acrobat.exe". To find them easier, I sort the directory by date so my latest log file is at the bottom.

Looking Forward...
Now - obviously, we want to make the process of debugging Flash applications running in Acrobat and navigator development easier in future versions so if you have input on this, I'd be happy to hear it. Please email me directly rather than commenting on this post. Just click on the little envelope below.

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Combine All Open PDF Portfolios:
This script will look at all of the open PDF files to see which are PDF Portfolios meaning the collection object returns a value. Then, it will combine all the open PDF Portfolios into a single new PDF Portfolio that contains all the files and metadata from the sources. This version will not maintain folder structure so it's best to use on PDF Portfolios that do not contain folders. Creating a new PDF Portfolio through app.newCollection() is a privileged function so you'll need to wrap it in a trustedFunction to make it work, the code snippet below shows how.

trustedNewCollection = app.trustedFunction (
function()
{
app.beginPriv(); // Explicitly raise the privilege
var d = app.newCollection();
app.endPriv();
return d;
}
)

 

newPortfolio = trustedNewCollection();

Go to the original post to read about the rest of the functions and download the example script.

Ian Campbell: ICCS

About MAX this year, Ian says:

I've been to Barcelona and Milan MAXs before, but it's my first time at MAX USA so I am really looking forward to hearing some of the US-based Adobe experts talking live. Nowadays we can regularly follow their product blogs and eSeminars from this side of the pond, to the point where many Adobe US names, faces and voices feel pretty familiar already - but being able to hear them live and ask questions will be something else.

 

At previous MAX events I've worked the Acrobat User Group booth, but this time I'll also be on stage delivering my own session and co-presenting the Acrobat labs with Lori DeFurio. It's going to be a blast.

 

Unless you've been to one of Lori's sessions before, you won't know how much fun it can be to learn about Acrobat - the title,"I Didn't Know Acrobat Could Do That", really sums up how you feel by the end of one. I firmly believe that to be effective, 'training' should be as enjoyable as possible, no matter how serious the subject - I was once in a lecture given by a Nobel prize winner, and it was a total riot!

 

People the world over use Acrobat day in, day out - but often don't realize that they are just a couple of menu choices away from some feature that could truly revolutionize their daily work. At previous sessions I've literally heard gasps as people find how easy it is to do things like create fillable forms, add interactive 3D content and start shared document reviews.

 

The great thing about Acrobat 9? Well, being able to reliably deliver high quality multimedia thanks to the embedded Flash player in both Acrobat and the free Reader has really been a 'final frontier' event - check out my colleague Harry Hemus' session at MAX if you get the chance.
It's also been great to see how the collaboration and form distribution workflows have become so polished - especially now that we can use the Acrobat.com 'cloud' option. I still remember that 'wow' moment during the Beta period when a colleague in San Francisco turned to page 140 in a long document - and the PDF in my Adobe Reader in London automatically did the same!

 

I never get tired of training or talking about Acrobat - every day brings different organizations finding different uses for it, though many don't always find the time to check out all the possibilities. It still makes me smile when a slightly nervous delegate grabs me before a course and says "I think I should know more about Acrobat, but I really don't..." - especially when it turns out to be a guy or gal from the company's IT department...
If you are in LA, come along - it will be a great session!

Ian's 60 minute session is only scheduled to be delivered once during MAX this year and seating is limited so sign up as soon as possible. Also, the labs fill up early and fast and there are only 48 slots per lab this year so sign up as soon as possible. In the MAX scheduler, look for these events.

PDF Files via the Web: Creating a Better Experience
Learn how to get PDF files to behave on the web the way that you and your viewers want. We'll share best practices for making sure that PDF files are easy to read, navigate, and access, as well as details on how to make PDF files as streamlined as possible without losing quality.

 

October 5th at 05:00PM

 

I Didn't Know Acrobat Could Do That
Come join us for a look into what's possible with Acrobat 9 -- from creating a PDF Portfolio and embedding multimedia in your documents to creating and distributing Acrobat forms (with calculations) to adding navigation aids (links, buttons, or bookmarks) to your content. Samples will be distributed.

 

October 7 at 11:00AM
October 6 at 01:00PM
October 6 at 03:30PM