By Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on FrameMaker and Acrobat When you create a PDF in FrameMaker, the first decision you encounter is which job option aligns with the document intent. Are you just emailing this to a client for feedback on the layout? Posting it on a website where someone may decide to print […]
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Redaction is the process of permanently deleting data from a digital document. It is used when visible confidential information needs to be covered so that third parties cannot read it, such as social security numbers, names of minor children, account numbers, and addresses. It is vital to use the redact tool as opposed to merely […]
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by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Acrobat This question came up in a FrameMaker class recently: my student needed to provide a single PDF for a large project, and then break it into smaller sections for posting online. FrameMaker has a checkbox for this function and that solved her issue. But then it came […]
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by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Adobe Acrobat X Professional From a recent Technical Communications Suite student: My document .pdf file screenshots are not very good. The screenshot in the original document is perfect, but the same screenshot in the .pdf is barely readable. Is there some type of setting I can adjust in Reader […]
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by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on FrameMaker Updated: May 25, 2020 Author’s Note: This post was written in 2012 for FrameMaker 11 and works for versions 11, 12, 13, 2015 and 2017. In FrameMaker 2019 and later, the PDF export process was updated. Bookmarks, Tags and Links can still be modified for each file using […]
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by Barb Binder Picture this: you’ve finished up a project using FrameMaker (or InDesign, PageMaker, Word, Publisher) and all you have left to do is create a PDF. Sounds simple. You’ve done it before and you know what to do. But your work comes to a screeching halt when this error message appears on your screen: […]
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by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on FrameMaker Updated Nov 5, 2016 This should be so easy, right? And usually it is, but I just received this inquiry from a former Adobe FrameMaker 9/10 student: I am sorry to bother you, but I have a quick question. I have FrameMaker 10, so does my co-worker. I […]
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by Barb Binder These days, all of our PDF documents really should be 508 compliant. This includes adding text descriptions to images so that someone using a screen reader to accommodate a visual disability can hear a description of what an image contains. These descriptions can be added in Acrobat (Standard or Professional) via View > […]
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by Barb Binder, Adobe Certified Instructor on Adobe Acrobat Updated for Acrobat DC on Jul 1 2016 This ought to be easy to figure out, but while not many Adobe Acrobat Professional users care about measuring, those that do tell me they have a tough time figuring out how to use it. Here’s how it works: The measuring scale […]
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by Barb Binder I had an opportunity last week to teach an Advanced Acrobat X class for one of the well-known ski towns in Colorado. The folks in my class were responsible for reviewing building plans from architects, engineers and even the untrained homeowner scribbling on a napkin to make sure that the plans adhered to […]
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