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USING ACROBAT 9 STANDARD
Saving and exporting PDFs
Export multiple PDFs
Note: When you export multiple PDFs, conversion settings are not available during the procedure. Before you export
multiple PDFs, you can specify conversion settings from the Preferences dialog box in the Convert From PDF panel. Under
Converting From PDF, select Microsoft Word Document, and then click Edit Settings.
Choose File > Export > Export Multiple Files.
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Click Add Files, choose Add Files or Add Open Files, and select the files.
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Click OK to close the Add Files dialog box.
In the Output Options dialog box, specify a folder, filename preferences, and a file output format.
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File format options
When you export PDFs to different file formats using the Save As command, each file format includes unique
conversion settings.
If you want to use the same settings every time you convert PDFs to a particular format, specify those settings in the
Preferences dialog box. In the Convert From PDF panel, select a file format from the list and click Edit Settings. (Click
the Default button at any time to revert to the default settings.)
PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) options
You can export a PDF to PostScript® for use in printing and prepress applications. The PostScript file includes full DSC
(Document Structuring Conventions) comments and other advanced information preserved by Adobe Acrobat
Distiller®. You can also create an EPS file from any PDF for placement or opening in other applications. The options
available depend on whether you are converting a document to PostScript or EPS.
The PostScript Printer Description (PPD) provides the necessary information to format a
Printer Description File
PostScript file correctly for a particular output device. Device Independent creates only composite (not color-
separated) PostScript or EPS files. Acrobat Default provides a starting point and reference for creating all types of
PostScript and restores all default settings for the conversion. Adobe PDF 7.0 is compatible with most devices. This
option is available only for PostScript (PS) format.
Specifies the output format of image data. Binary output yields smaller files, but not all workflows can
ASCII or Binary
accommodate binary output.
Specifies the level of PostScript compatibility. Use Language Level 3 only if the target output device
PostScript
supports it. Language Level 2 is suitable for EPS files that will be placed in another document and color-separated as
part of that document. Use Language Level 2 for EPS files that you import into Microsoft applications.
Specifies the pages you want to export. When you export files to EPS output, each page in the range is
Page Range
saved as a separate EPS file.
More Help topics
"PostScript
options" on page 356
HTML or XML options
When you export a PDF file to HTML or XML format, any images in PDF are converted to JPEG format.
Refers to the binary values, based on international standards, used to represent the text characters. UTF-8
Encoding
is a Unicode representation of characters using one or more 8-bit bytes per character; UTF-16 represents characters
using 16-bit bytes. ISO-Latin-1 is an 8-bit representation of characters that is a superset of ASCII. UCS-4 is a Universal
Character Set coded in 4 octets. HTML/ASCII is a 7-bit representation of characters developed by ANSI.
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