Adobe 22002420 - Acrobat Standard - PC User Manual page 271

Most desktop publishing programs allow you to generate article threads automatically as you convert the files to
Adobe PDF. If the file you're viewing has articles, you can show the names of the articles on a tab and navigate easily
through them.
Choose Tools > Advanced Editing > Article Tool, or select the Article tool
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The pointer appears as a cross-hair pointer in the document window.
Drag a rectangle to define the first article box. An article box appears around the enclosed text, and the pointer
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changes to the article pointer.
Each article box you create has a label that consists of the article number and its sequence within the article. For
example, the first box for the first article is labeled 1-1, the second box 1-2, and so on. The boxes for the second article
in the same document are labeled 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, and so on.
Go to the next part of the document you want to include in the article, and draw a rectangle around that text.
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Repeat until you have defined the entire article.
Note: To resize or move an article box, you must first end the article.
To end the article, press Enter or Return.
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In the Article Properties dialog box, enter the article title, subject, author, and any keywords to describe the article,
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and click OK.
View and edit an article
Use the Article tool to create, display, and make changes to an article box in the PDF document.
View articles on the page
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Choose Tools > Advanced Editing > Article Tool.
View articles in the PDF
1 Choose View > Navigation Panels > Articles.
Note: The Articles panel is a floating panel; it is not docked in the navigation pane by default. Drag the Articles panel to
the navigation pane to dock it with the other panels.
To read an article, double-click it, or select the article and choose Read Article from the Options menu in the
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Articles panel.
The first line of the article appears in the upper left corner.
To hide the Articles panel after the article opens, select Hide After Use in the Options menu of the Articles panel.
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Delete an article or article box
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In the Articles panel, do one of the following:
• To delete the entire article, select the article in the Articles panel, and press the Delete key.
• To delete only one box from an article, right-click/Control-click the box, and choose Delete. In the warning
message, select Box. If you select Article, the entire article is deleted.
The remaining articles or article boxes are automatically renumbered.
Insert an article box into an article thread
In the Articles panel, select the article box that you want the new article box to follow.
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