Tim Huff - Man, I didn't know Acrobat could do that!

A question from Liz made me think, humm, what's for dinner, whoops, got off track there, actually the question was: "I understood the lesson you gave on creating forms and then distributing them. But what if my organization wants to create a form and post it to our Web site for people to download and complete, then mail back? Is there no way to do that? Must it be distributed via e-mail by me, the document/form creator?" This is a great question, and one that does not get enough discussion, so let's go for it!

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I was recently asked this question, "Tim, You showed us that you didn't need AutoCAD on your computer to get 2D DWG files into Acrobat 8 Professional, but what about AutoCAD 3D models into Acrobat 3D version 8?" Well, you are in luck, just like Beckham at a Spice Girls Concert! We got you covered here, just sit back relax and let your ol’ buddy Tim kick this one out for you.

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Hello all, most of you that know me, know I am a bit impatiant. Waiting for iTunes to finally list my Podcast was killing me, but, I am happy to say it is there, and I will be trying to post at least 2 times a week with some great tips and tricks on Acrobat. With every one I will try to make you say...(all together now) "Man, I didn't know Acrobat could do that!". To get to the iTunes page Click Here.

Keep some Life in you Life!

Tim

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Ok, I have been getting a lot of you that still cannot get your PDF Makers in Office 2007 to come back after Office decided to lock them out. Here is a link to the original "Adobe Supported" approach to fixing the problem.

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Hello all, most of you that know me, know I am a bit impatiant. Waiting for iTunes to finally list my Podcast was killing me, but, I am happy to say it is there, and I will be trying to post at least 2 times a week with some great tips and tricks on Acrobat. With every one I will try to make you say...(all together now) "Man, I didn't know Acrobat could do that!". To get to the iTunes page Click Here.

Keep some Life in you Life!

Tim

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Hello all you Acrobat heads, well, I have taken the big dive into PODCasts! Of course, the podcast is called Man, I didn't know Acrobat could do that! It should be listed on iTunes by Thursday November 15th , but if you are not an iTunes user, then you can go to my hosting site and watch it with any media player. You can also download it! Click here for my podcast site.

Well just thought you would enjoy that, so please as always, keep some life in your life, and show a little love!

Tim

Oh yes and if you have any suggestions on what you would like for me to cover in the podcast or this blog please enter it in the comment area!

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Escalating attacks exploiting PDF files have prompted Microsoft to issue an all-hands-on-deck call to fix a vulnerability that lurks in the bowels of Windows XP

Ok, this is a bit of justification for us here at Adobe, Now please, I am not Microsoft bashing here, but, The boys in Redmond, took the high road on this threat vector and blamed us, along with any other company that creates PDF's saying it was our problem.

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Hello all you crazy Acrobat kids, I have been getting a lot of feedback on the entry I did on Custom Dynamic Stamps in Acrobat 8. I have to say that you all are doing great and I love the fact that you are thinking outside the box.

Continue reading "Custom Dynamic Stamps - Know your limitations!" »

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Hello all, well, I am rededicating myself back to my blog and really trying to get you the best information about the Acrobat Family of products out there! So here is a quick hit for you!

Continue reading "Whiz bang Keyboard Shortcuts extend Acrobat 8 functionally" »

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Hey all, Adobe is sponsoring a 3D PDF contest for you to show off your coolest 3D PDF files.

Example:

3D Trailer Example by Tim Huff

Continue reading "Hey all you 3D Rockers out there, Do I have the contest for you!" »

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Continue reading "Files for the PDF Central Conference" »

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Hello all, I am moving this blog to my own blog, so come on by and visit.

Come by http://acrobat.timhuff.net

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For all of you that have hammered my blog on this one, here is an official statement from us:

"Adobe will remove the 'Send to FedEx Kinko's' service and functionality, currently available to US customers in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat."

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Thirty Dirty Tricks for Acrobat 8: An eSeminar on Thursday, July 26

Click here to register. (Opens in a new window)

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Hello all if you want a great overview of Acrobat 8 Professional today is your day! Myself, Bryant Bell, and Rick Borstein are going to cover Creating PDF's, Combining Multiple files, Collaborating, Forms, and Security!

Continue reading "Big 2 Hour eSeminar with Tim Huff and Rick Borstein-All things Acrobat" »

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Continue reading "Setting the default for drop downs in Acrobat LiveCycle Designer" »

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Continue reading "Creating a forms Workflow in Acrobat 8 Professional" »

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Continue reading "I'm doing a 30 Minute eSeminar on Forms this Wed!" »

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Continue reading "Recent update to Acrobat and Acrobat reader to 8.1" »

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Continue reading "3D AutoCAD to Acrobat 3D Ver 8 with out Autocad part deux" »

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Continue reading "How to get Autodesk Revit models into Acrobat 3D version 8" »

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I was at one of the largest oil field tool provider today and things were going pretty good. We where discussing Acrobat 8 Professional, Acrobat 3D Version 8 and a little LiveCycle Policy Server, when a one of the ladies from the document group asked what I thought was a very simple questions…..How do you change the text style in a Text Box? Well I piped up and said…..

Continue reading "Mark up tool text…How the heck do you change that??" »

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Yep, the big 2 hour Acrobat for AEC review is this Wednesday June 6! This has been a great series and really fun for me. These training video's will continue but will be more general, but, you will get some amazing information! Click to read more!

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Great news for all of you that use 3D in your AEC and EPC designs and collaboration workflow's. Acrobat 3D Version 8 is now shipping. This version of Acrobat 3D is full of new features that will take your 3D designs to millions of possible consumers! 3D PDF's can be enabled by Acrobat 3D for users that use the Adobe free Reader. Click here to read more ab out the new version of Acrobat 3D.

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This Wednesday's Acrobat for AEC / EPC Lunch is Security! Product design and confidential information. We will focus on document and policy based security. Read on for more info:

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Hello all and for today's subject on the Wednesday's Acrobat for AEC Lunch is OCR. Click below for more info.

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How many times have you gotten a DWG file from some where and needed to view, collaborate, mark up, or print it and didn't have AutoCAD or a proprietary viewer du jour to do it with. Well Acrobat 8 Professional and Acrobat 3D version 8 handles that for you by creating a feature rich PDF without having AutoCAD on your system.

Continue reading "Creating PDF’s from DWG’s without AutoCAD!" »

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Acrobat 3D

Technical Communication

CAD

3D Models

U3D

E-seminar

communication

You're probably saying to yourself; "ok Tim, you've gone off the deep end on this one. Eating your own dog food and being green go together in many ways, but for Acrobat in the AEC and EPC community, it's not totally obvious." I love it when I get to mess with you all a little. But this will become so apparent after I explain.

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Hey all, are you in the Washington DC area? Come by and see me (Tim Huff) and Jonathan Bowman at the FIATECH Tech Conf.

What is FIATECH? Well it is "The Power of Collaboration!" or put into words it is... "FIATECH provides the focus needed to leapfrog ahead with practical new technologies to support FIAPP (Fully Integrated and Automated Project Processes). As a non-profit research, development and deployment (RD&D) consortium, FIATECH offers the collaborative vehicle to fully maximize expertise, attract and leverage scarce RD&D dollars, and reduce risks."

Why is Adobe at FIATECH? That's easy, we want to support the workflows that you all are dealing with. Being members of FIATECH, CII, and others will not only help you by getting more industry specific information into PDF files, but help us be part of the standard creation and there fore be at the fore frount of the spec delivery. Yes that is all marketing speak for "I really dig getting PDF in these workflows and love to geek out on new standards." I admit it, I love to be on the cutting edge, I'm a bleeding edge junkie! Stay tuned for reports from me and Jonathan (See his blog here) on FIATECH.

Keep some life in your life
Tim Huff
Acrobat for AEC
Adobe for the AEC and EPC Industry

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Yep it's that time again, tomorrow is Wed 4/4/2007 and we have another installment of Acrobat for AEC / EPC series. In this session I will talk about how to put together files from multiple different file types; from CAD, Word Processors, Spead sheets, Visio, Scanned A and D sized sheets, and many other files types including 3D. So please come by and enjoy some free Acrobat 8 Professional training. To Registar Click Here. And as alway Keep a little Life in your Life!

Thanks all
Tim Huff
Acrobat for AEC
Acorbat in the AEC and EPC Industry

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Sorry, but, I get asked this question almost every day! How do I create a custom stamp in Acrobat 8 Professional or Acrobat 3D Version 8?

Well, that is the million dollar question today. I was recently at one of the largest EPC firms and that question came up in every group I talked to. I feel your pain, and understand, this is a feature that we need to add to Acrobat 8 Professional and Acrobat 3d version 8 (Hopefully we can get it spec’d for Acrobat 9).

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Hello all, I wanted to introduce you to a new webinar series I am doing called called Adobe Acrobat for AEC / EPC Online eSeminar Series. I am really excited, it is every week for 30 minutes and will cover a certain subject in our industry. Take for example Forms, we will have 2 sessions of how to use forms, and how to set up collaborative sessions, how to mark up a document, tips and tricks, you name it we got it! So, tell your friends to come on by and check it out. I will be giving a way 1 Acrobat 8 Professional EACH Week!!! So you’ll want to come by….Humm maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned that, now you may not tell your friends to up your odds. Well forget that, and the more sessions you attend the better your odds, hows that!

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