Adobe READER 8 - Chapter 2: Work area; Quickstart

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Chapter 2: Work area
As you get acquainted with Adobe® Reader® 8, make setting up your Reader work environment a priority. The more
you learn about its potential, the better you can take advantage of its features, tools, and options.
There’s much more to the application than you see at first glance. Reader has hidden tools, preferences, and options
that can enhance your experience and give you greater control over how your work area is arranged and displayed.
Quickstart
Create a PDF online
You can create PDFs directly from Reader using Create Adobe PDF Online, a web-based service that lets you convert
many types of source files into PDF.
1 Choose File > Create Adobe PDF Online.
2 Log in using your Adobe ID and password, or sign up for an account.
3 On the Create Adobe PDF Online page, click Convert A File. Browse to select the file.
4 Set options as desired, and click Create PDF.
Move a toolbar
Sometoolbars,suchastheTaskstoolbar,appearinthetoolbararea.Others,suchastheComment&Markuptoolbar,
open as floating toolbars.
❖ To move a toolbar, drag the grabber bar at the left edge of the toolbar:
• Drag a toolbar to a new location in the toolbar area.
• Drag a toolbar out of the toolbar area to create a floating toolbar.
• Drag a floating toolbar into the toolbar area.
Add tools and toolbars
You can customize Reader to display the tools and toolbars you use most often.
❖ Right-click/Control-click a toolbar and do any of the following:
• Select the buttons you want to display.
• Choose Show/Hide Toolbars and select the toolbars you want to display.
• Choose More Tools, and select the toolbars and buttons you want to display. Select a label option from the pop-
up menu.
Change the look of a tool or object
You can easily change the properties for many tools and objects, including comments, form fields, and bookmarks.
1 Right-click/Control-click the tool or object you want to change.