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Acrobat How-To: PDF Printing, Preflighting, and Prepress

How-Tos: Written by Ted Padova on April 21, 2004

PDF is becoming the de facto standard for not only viewing documents onscreen but also for printing them on paper. Acrobat 6 Professional includes better printing and prepress tools than ever before. PDF pundit Ted Padova shows you how they work.

Acrobat How-To: Working with Layered PDFs

How-Tos: Written by Ted Padova on January 27, 2004

The ability to work with layered PDF documents is one of the most exciting new features in Adobe Acrobat 6. As with other Adobe applications, you can turn layers on and off to see different views. PDF pundit Ted Padova shows how it's done.

Acrobat and PDF: The Hub of Adobe CS

Features: Written by Ted Padova on October 7, 2003

With the inclusion of Acrobat 6 Professional in Adobe CS Premium Edition, Adobe underscores the importance of PDF in the creative workflow. Here's an in-depth look at some of the ways in which Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, GoLive, and Acrobat work together.

Illustrator How-To: Using Pathfinder Effects to Design Woodcut Logos with Doug Panton

How-Tos: Written by Ted Padova Barbara Obermeier on June 13, 2003

Adobe Illustrator's Pathfinder effects give you control over the interaction of compound shapes. See how Illustrator expert Doug Panton uses Pathfinder techniques to create a complex woodcut-style logo that can be adapted to multiple uses.

Illustrator How-To: Designing Print-Friendly Greeting Cards with Sarajo Frieden

How-Tos: Written by Ted Padova Barbara Obermeier on April 30, 2003

Adobe Illustrator gives you the freedom and flexibility to draw extremely complex art -- so complex that it bogs down your printer. See how Illustrator expert Sarajo Freiden simplifies her point-laden drawings as she designs a UNICEF greeting card from rough pencil sketch to follow-up project.