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This is the first start-to-finish professional's guide to digital, PDF-based workflow with Acrobat and InDesign! Frank Romano -- the industry's leading expert -- shows exactly how to use PDF to achieve breakthrough speed, productivity, and creativity. From preflighting to color management, trapping to RIPping, it's covered here: the best practices, answers, and workarounds that would otherwise take years to discover. This book covers every aspect of setting up and managing digital workflow with PDF and Adobe's Acrobat and InDesign tools. Learn how to choose the right equipment for digital workflow environments; and establish efficient designer/printer relationships that enable outstanding work. Discover crucial options, settings, and techniques for creating and applying PDF files; and learn how to use PDF in diverse applications, from short runs and personalization to repurposing and archiving. The book includes detailed coverage of converting paper to PDF with Adobe Capture; advanced In-RIP trapping, third-party PDF plug-ins, and much more. You'll find proven solutions to dozens of real-world problems, from PDF touch-ups to distilling files on a network, creating searchable PDF catalogs to handling TrueType fonts -- even creating separations from Microsoft Office files!
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The definitive guide to PDF-based workflow with AcrobatTM and InDesignTM!
- Digital workflow, start to finish: equipment, software, processes, and more!
- Advanced PDF techniques with Adobe Acrobat 4.05 and InDesign
- Real-world solutions for the toughest PDF problems
The professional's guide to PDF workflow with InDesign and Acrobat!
- Choosing the right equipment for digital workflow environments
- Creating and applying PDF files: key options, settings, and techniques
- Establishing designer/printer relationships that will work for you
- Short runs, personaliztaion, repurposing, soft proofing, and archiving
- Adobe Capture: Converting paper to PDF
- Advanced trapping solutions, including In-RIP trapping
- Third-party plug-ins: Crackerjack, PitStop, Checkup, and more
This is the start-to-finish professional's guide to digital, PDF-based workflow with Acrobat and InDesign! Frank Romano—the industry's leading expert—shows exactly how to use PDF to achieve breakthrough speed, productivity, and creativity! From preflighting to color management, trapping to RIPping, you'll find it here!
Acrobat PDF and Workflow InDetail includes comprehensive coverage of Adobe's powerhouse tools for PDF workflow, InDesign and Acrobat 4.05. You'll find proven solutions to dozens of real-world problems, from PDF touch-ups to distilling files on a network, creating searchable PDF catalogs to handling TrueType fonts—even creating separations from Microsoft Office files!
Want all the benefits of PDF workflow-without many of the headaches? This book will help you do that.
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