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USING ACROBAT X STANDARD
What’s new
Last updated 10/11/2011
You can also access the desktop tools you use most by adding individual items to the customizable Quick Tools toolbar.
(The Quick Tools toolbar replaces the floating toolbars in Acrobat 9.) See
“Workspace basics” on page 4.
Streamlined commenting process Access mark-up tools and view comments from a single, unified Annotations
panel. A read or unread indicator shows which comments you have read and which you have not. Find comments
quickly using the new Filter Comments feature. See
“Managing comments” on page 142.
Read mode Optimize your screen for reading and presentation of PDFs. Menus and panels disappear and a semi-
transparent floating toolbar appears for navigation as needed. See
“View PDFs in Read mode” on page 13.
Scanning enhancements Scan paper documents into PDF and automatically recognize text with improved optical
character recognition (OCR). Text can be copied for reuse in authoring applications or exported into Word and Excel
formats. Reduce file sizes by up to 50%, improve image fidelity, and scan a combination of color and monochrome
documents together with automatic color detection. See
“Scan a paper document to PDF” on page 42.
Search enhancements Find and save a search, then export the search results to a PDF file or to a spreadsheet. See
“Searching PDFs” on page 292.
PDF creation and sharing
PDF Portfolios View PDF Portfolios in newly designed layouts, visual themes, and color palettes. Digitally sign child
documents within a PDF Portfolio. Accessibility support in File mode. See
“PDF Portfolios” on page 83.
Microsoft Windows 7 and Office 2010 Create PDF files from within the most popular Office 2010 applications, as well
as specialized applications such as Microsoft Project and Visio. See
“Convert Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel
files to PDF” on page 54.
Mozilla Firefox support Convert web pages to PDF, keeping all links intact. See “Convert web pages to PDF in Internet
Explorer and Firefox (Windows)” on page 62.
PDF conversion to Excel and Word Save PDF files as Microsoft Word documents and Excel spreadsheets, retaining the
layout, fonts, formatting, and tables. See
“Convert PDFs to Word, RTF, spreadsheets or other formats” on page 109.
Password strength meter Create better passwords with the password strength meter. See “Add password security” on
page 200
Online forms creation and distribution Create and distribute online forms using your web browser and the Adobe
FormsCentral service. Recipients fill out these forms using any Internet-connected device. See
“Create online forms
using FormsCentral” on page 155.
Document sharing and storing Send and store large documents using services at Acrobat.com. Use online
Workspaces at Acrobat.com to store and share a set of documents with individuals or teams outside your organization.
See
“File sharing and real-time collaboration” on page 114.
Where’s my Acrobat 9 tool?
Most Acrobat 9 menus have moved to a corresponding panel in the Tools, Comment, or Share pane.
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