PDF Features

Acrobat's TouchUp Text Tool: Dancing with the Devil

Using the TouchUp Text Tool can be like a pact with the devil. You may get the changes you want, but you may also get way more than you bargained for. However, there are three situations in which the TouchUp Text Tool is a valuable resource.

HerGeekness Says: Screen-Share with Your Clients

Letting far-flung clients see your screen makes online proofing as good as in-person proofs and online collaboration a cinch. Recent technology improvements free you from worrying about routers, firewalls, computer platforms, or browser compatibility.

TypeTalk: A Cornucopia of Font Facts

This month, learn how to handle scaling surprises, PDFs that need editing, an optical font family, and those weird marks some editor scribbled on your layout.

Search Faster in Large PDFs

Just one simple command in Acrobat 8 makes it far easier for you -- and your clients -- to hunt through massive files.

Plug-Ins and XTensions: Helpers for Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, InDesign, and QuarkXPress

This month's round-up of plug-ins and XTensions includes tools for getting better black-and-white images, adding frames to photos, exporting PSD files from PDFs, educating style sheets in Quark, and more.

Let Acrobat Organize You

Most people who use Acrobat 7 don't realize that it comes with its own free file browser and manager, called the Organizer. It gives you quick access to files anywhere on your hard drive. It can track locations of any PDF you've viewed in the last 24 months, show you the date and time a file was modified, let you group aliases of PDFs into virtual collections, and a lot more.

QuarkXPress 7 Public Beta: Not the Same Old Toolbox

From the most modern laser level to the trustiest ol' hammer, we've got the facts about everything in the QuarkXPress beta.

Microsoft Metro Takes on the World

A burgeoning Microsoft technology has been dubbed a "PDF killer." Should you toss Acrobat out the window?

Creativeprose: To Upgrade Or Not to Upgrade; That Is the Question

We asked if you were going to upgrade to the Adobe Creative Suite 2, and you answered.

Plug-Ins and XTensions: What's New for Photoshop, QuarkXPress, InDesign, and Acrobat

Do you have the wrong colors? Too smooth a bevel, or too noisy an image? Inconsistent tables? Is your printing out of control? We've got the software solutions for you.

The Art of Business: Do Unto Others

If every instance of copyright infringement were penalized, we'd all be in court. Here's the scoop on keeping fair and clean in a digital world.

dot-font: Twenty-five Years of Type

As the Type Directors Club celebrates fifty years of competitions and twenty-five years of annuals, John D. Berry takes a look at the resulting book, "Typography 25."

What's New In Creative Suite 2

In this excerpt from "InDesign Magazine Issue 5," we give you details on the hot new features in the suite as a whole, and in the updated Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, InDesign, and Acrobat.

dot-font: Acrobatics -- Putting the Story on the Screen

How do you meet the challenge of designing a PDF page for comfortable reading of a long piece of fiction -- onscreen? John Berry tells the saga.

dot-font: Stylin' Communication

A practical handbook from India, "Communicating in Style," gives technical and scientific writers good advice on both their words and how to present them.

The Art of Business: Welcome the E-Magazine

Digital "replicas" of print magazines offer publishers a number of benefits and may provide graphic artists with new markets to ply their trade. Eric J. Adams takes a closer look.

First Impressions of Acrobat 7.0 with Claudia McCue

With Acrobat 7.0 hitting the streets, you may wonder what this new version has in store for creative professionals. Graphics consultant Claudia McCue shares her impressions of Acrobat 7.0 with Planet PDF.

Adobe Acrobat 7.0: First Look from Planet PDF

With one of its fastest updates to the product family yet, Adobe this week announced the Acrobat 7 family of products, which includes Standard, Professional, and Reader versions. We turn to the PDF experts, Planet PDF, for a rundown of the new features.

XML Can Go to H***: One Designer's Experience with the "Future of Publishing"

Ask any guru about the next frontier in publishing and you'll hear the snazzy-sounding letters "XML." But according to Susan Glinert, who bears XML battle scars, the future is not bright.

Plug-Ins and XTensions: Photoshop Frames, Illustrator Mockups, QuarkXPress Audits, Acrobat Images

This month's round-up of plug-ins and XTensions includes tools for exporting images from Acrobat, fashioning packages in Illustrator, changing colors in Photoshop, importing RTFs into QuarkXPress, and updating style sheets at the push of a button.