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.sxd, .stw). You can create up to five free PDF files.
To convert a file to Adobe PDF:
Click Create PDF at the top of the organizer window.
Click a file in the organizer, then click the menu button to open the context menu. Choose
Convert To PDF.
You can browse for a file on your computer, or drag a file that's already in your organizer into the
Create PDF pane. While the PDF is being created, you can select or preview other files in the
organizer. When the conversion is done, you can share the PDF file or preview it.
You can create Buzzword documents and save them as PDF files. See
Buzzword? for more information.
Collaborate Live on PDF files
Use Collaborate Live to review a PDF with one or more remote users in an online session. In a
Collaborate Live session, the participants view a document with a live chat window. When sharing
pages, the document page and magnification is shared with all participants, so that everyone sees the
same part of a document. Acrobat 9 or Adobe Reader 9 is required to participate in a Collaborate Live
session.
Initiate a Collaborate Live session
1. Upload the PDF to Acrobat.com, or create a PDF on Acrobat.com.
2. Click the PDF in the organizer, then click the menu button to open the context menu.
3. Choose Live Enable. Acrobat.com creates a copy of your PDF and adds "_collab" to the existing
filename. For example, if your original PDF is titled project.PDF, the collaboration version is titled
project_collab.PDF.
4. Share the collaboration copy of the PDF with other users.
5. Download the PDF from your organizer to your computer and open it using Acrobat 9 or Reader
9.
The Collaborate Live navigation pane opens in the document. Once at least one participant joins the
session, you can share pages and chat online.
Participate in a Collaborate Live session
1. In the e-mail invitation you receive from Acrobat.com, click the URL or type the URL in the
address box of a browser. If prompted, log in with your Adobe ID and password. The PDF opens
with the Collaborate Live navigation pane open.
2. If prompted, sign in as a guest or with your Adobe ID and password.
3. While participating in a Collaborate Live session, do any of the following as needed:
To communicate with others in real time, type chat messages in the box at the bottom of
the pane. Click the color box to choose a different color for your chat text.
To share your pages so that the same page view appears for all participants, click the Start
Page Sharing button. During page sharing, the button changes to Stop Page Sharing, and
you can stop sharing at any time.
To share your screen in an Adobe ConnectNow meeting, from the options menu , choose
Share My Screen.
To save the chat history, from the options menu , choose Save Chat.
Disable live collaboration
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