Converting Visio, Indesign, And Illustrator Documents - Adobe ACROBAT 9 HOW-TOS Manual

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Using the AutoCAD
PDFMaker
Acrobat 9 Pro includes a
Windows-only PDFMaker
for AutoCAD. Here are some
tips for working with the
AutoCAD PDFMaker:
•
Page size and plotting
information transfers from
AutoCAD to the PDFMaker
automatically to specify
the right page size.
•
Click PDF Layer Settings to
open a menu listing set-
tings previously created
and saved. Choose the set-
ting you wish to use and
click OK to return to the
Acrobat PDFMaker dialog,
where you see the selected
settings displayed.
•
After you convert an
AutoCAD drawing to PDF,
you have to resave the
AutoCAD drawing again
to actually store the PDF
settings.
•
Use the Named layer
filters options in the
Acrobat PDFMaker dialog
to select a filter fitting
specific criteria. If you
want to use all layers
except those filtered on
your named criteria, click
the Invert option.
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Microsoft Visio and Adobe InDesign and Illustrator are popular source
programs for producing layered PDF files. Visio gives you the power to use
one document structure and layer the information and data as needed.
InDesign and Illustrator offer collections of PDF presets for export, and
you can specify separate layers in most of those presets.
Note
Acrobat 9 Pro also installs a PDFMaker in AutoCAD. Read some hints on
using it in the sidebar "Using the AutoCAD PDFMaker."
Layered Visio files. Layers convert using the settings you choose in
Visio's Layer Properties dialog, such as visibility, locks, and names. In the
Adobe PDF program menu, choose Adobe PDF > Convert all Pages in
Drawing to include all layers, including the background. Select basic con-
version options as with the other PDFMakers.
The Visio PDFMaker settings include options for embedded data.
Choose Adobe PDF > Change Conversion Settings to display the Acrobat
PDFMaker dialog. In the Application Settings area of the General tab, look
for options to include Visio properties, as well as how to manage objects
without custom properties (Figure 103a).
Figure 103a
Specify how to handle objects and their data in the dialog.
Using Drawings, Maps, and Layers
Converting Visio, InDesign,
and Illustrator Documents
From the Library of Daniel Dadian