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Adobe Acrobat 5.0 makes a seductive promise: With it, you can createsecure, reliable files that anyone, anywhere, can open and read, whether ornot they share the software that originally created the file or even thesame computer platform. Written expressly for prepress professionals andgraphic designers, Real World PDF with Acrobat 5 is yourindustrial-strength guide to realizing that promise.
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