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Adjusting Flesh Tones with Photoshop CS4
Jun 16, 2009
Scott Kelby shares a quick trick for removing the excess red from your photo's flesh tones.
Adjustments
Jun 4, 2007
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #100: Measuring 3D Objects
Oct 23, 2008
Three-dimensional objects in many documents need measurements (height, width, and so on) to be displayed with the object. Donna L. Baker shows how to use the 3D Measurement Tool in Adobe Acrobat 9 to measure a 3D model and display handy measurement labels.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #103: Converting Visio, InDesign, and Illustrator Documents
Oct 30, 2008
Layered graphical documents are great business tools, but exporting them to PDF requires a little caution. Donna L. Baker discusses popular conversion options for Adobe Acrobat 9.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #106: Using Data Embedded in a Document
Oct 20, 2008
A number of programs produce PDF files that contain metadata converted from custom information embedded in the source files. Donna L. Baker shows how to view and work with this embedded object data, using Adobe Acrobat 9.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #110: Bookmarking Drawings, Maps, or Layers
Oct 27, 2008
Bookmarks are familiar to all of us from their use in browsers. Donna L. Baker explains how to extend the capability of bookmarks by adding them to Adobe Acrobat documents containing special elements such as drawings, maps, or layers.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #30: Managing and Distributing a Portfolio
Oct 21, 2008
By combining files in a portfolio PDF, you can keep related documents organized and share them easily. Donna L. Baker points out some useful capabilities for managing portfolios in Adobe Acrobat 9.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #56: Selecting and Editing Text in a PDF
Oct 22, 2008
The Select tool in Adobe Acrobat 9 is an intelligent tool for selecting text, images, and tables. Donna L. Baker explains how to use the Select tool to grab bits and pieces you want to combine to create new content.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #63: Creating an Adobe Presenter Publication
Oct 30, 2008
Donna L. Baker points out how to work with Adobe Presenter to make the best use of your PowerPoint presentations.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #64: Specifying a Theme for an Adobe Presenter Publication
Oct 29, 2008
The default theme in Adobe Presenter is nice but kind of dull. You can jazz it up by creating your own themes with custom colors that match your logo, your own brand name appearing as the download text, and more. Donna L. Baker explains how.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #65: Recording and Using Audio and Video
Oct 21, 2008
Adding audio and video capabilities to your presentation can make it much more interesting for your audience. Donna L. Baker shows how to work with these features in Adobe Acrobat 9.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #84: Comparing Documents
Oct 29, 2008
Acrobat 9 can compare two documents to see what changes have been made from one version to another. Donna L. Baker discusses the Compare feature and explains how comparing differs from reviewing.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #85: Tracking a Review
Oct 21, 2008
The Tracker feature in Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat can help to keep you from going crazy with trying to remember which files you've reviewed, which you've sent to someone else for review, and the current stage of the various files in the process. It sounds much more complicated than it is, as Donna L. Baker shows in this How-To.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #91: Simplifying a Visually Complex Form
Oct 22, 2008
Donna L. Baker demonstrates the power of Adobe Acrobat 9 to recognize form fields, a very useful capability when you need to bring forms (intact, if possible) into PDF files.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #94: Handling Form Returns
Oct 27, 2008
Donna L. Baker shows how to use the portfolio features in Adobe Acrobat 9 to keep form returns organized and find the specific results you need.
Adobe Acrobat 9 How-To #99: Editing in Adobe 3D Reviewer
Oct 22, 2008
Adobe 3D Reviewer is a separate application that's installed with Acrobat Pro Extended. In this How-To, Donna L. Baker describes some of the uses of Adobe 3D Reviewer for working with 3D files.
Adobe Acrobat X Classroom in a Book: About PDF Portfolios
Jan 5, 2011
In Acrobat X Pro, you can assemble multiple files into an integrated PDF Portfolio. This lesson shows you how.
Adobe Acrobat X Classroom in a Book: Actions
Jan 11, 2011
Learn how to run an action in Acrobat Pro, create an action, create an instruction step for an action, set options in steps so the user doesnโ€™t need to provide input, prompt the user for input on specific steps, and share an action.
Adobe Acrobat X Classroom in a Book: The Document Review Process
Jan 5, 2011
This lesson shows you multiple ways to use Acrobat in a document review process, how to annotate a PDF file with the Acrobat commenting and markup tools, view, reply to, search, and summarize document comments, initiate a shared review and initiate live collaboration.
Adobe Acrobat X for Windows and Macintosh: Creating PDF Files
Feb 23, 2011
Acrobat has many powerful features that let you create PDF files: you can convert many common file types to PDF, scan paper documents directly into PDF, convert Web pages to PDF files, and combine several PDF files into a single document. In this chapter, you learn how to do all of these tasks.

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