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USING ACROBAT 9 PRO
Creating PDFs
When you convert your Visio file, only shapes and guides that are printable and visible in the Visio drawing are
converted and appear in the PDF. Shapes are converted regardless of their protection or behavior. Shape custom
properties can be converted to PDF object data.
When you convert the Visio file to a PDF, you can preserve all or just some layers, or you can flatten all layers. If you
flatten layers, the PDF will look like the original drawing, but won't contain any layer information. When flattened,
the contents of only visible and printable layers will appear in the converted PDF.
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"Adobe PDF conversion
settings" on page 97
Convert Visio files
If you want to change the PDFMaker conversion settings, open Visio and choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion
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Settings. (For information about a setting, place the pointer over the setting to display a tool tip below.)
If you want to convert each page in the Visio file to a bookmarked page in the PDF file, choose Adobe PDF >
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Convert All Pages In Drawing. If this option is deselected, only the current page is converted.
Do one of the following:
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• Click the Convert To Adobe PDF button in the Adobe PDF toolbar.
• Choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF.
• Choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF And EMail. The PDF file attaches to a new email message in your
default email application.
• Choose Adobe PDF > Convert To Adobe PDF And Send For Review. The file converts to an Adobe PDF file, and
an email-based review process begins.
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If you want to include the custom properties of shapes, select that option.
Click Continue.
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Select a layers option to retain or flatten layers in the resulting PDF, and click Continue.
Note: If you select Retain Some Layers In The Selected Page, you'll be prompted to choose which Visio layers to include.
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Click Convert To Adobe PDF, specify a location and filename, and click Save.
Select Visio layers to convert
You can convert a Visio drawing that contains layers to a PDF and retain some or all of the layers in the resulting PDF,
or you can flatten the layers. You can also organize the Visio layers in layer sets, which are folders in the Acrobat Layers
panel.
With the multilayered file open in Visio, click a button in the Adobe PDF toolbar, and select Retain Some Layers
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In The Selected Page.
Note: If the Retain Some Layers In The Selected Page option is not available, deselect the Convert All Pages In Drawing
option.
Select one or more layers in the Layers In Visio Drawing list.
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To add the selected Visio layers to the list of layers to convert to the PDF file, do one of the following:
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• To convert the selected Visio layers to individual PDF layers within a PDF layer set, click Create Layer Set, and
optionally, type a layer name.
• To convert the selected Visio layers to individual layers (but not grouped under a layer set), click the Add Layer(s)
button.
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