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USING ACROBAT 9 PRO
Creating PDFs
Settings tab of the Conversion Settings
The settings available for PDFMaker depend on the application in which you're using PDFMaker.
Specifies the standard by which the PDF will be optimized. When you choose an item in the
Conversion Settings
menu, a description of that preset appears immediately below it.
Opens the converted document directly into Acrobat. (Exception: when you choose Convert
View Adobe PDF Result
To Adobe PDF And Email.)
Lets you enter a custom filename for the resulting PDF. Deselect this option to save
Prompt For Adobe PDF File Name
the file in the same folder as the source file, using the same name but with a .pdf extension.
Adds document information from the Properties dialog box of the source file. This
Convert Document Information
setting overrides the printer preferences and settings in the Advanced panel of the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box.
Note: The Advanced Settings button opens the Adobe PDF Settings dialog box, which contains many additional
conversion options. These conversion settings apply to all Acrobat features that create PDFs, such as Acrobat Distiller,
PDFMaker, and the Acrobat application itself.
Creates the PDF so that it conforms to this ISO standard for long-term preservation
Create PDF/A Compliant PDF File
of electronic documents. (In the Microsoft Publisher application alone, PDFMaker does not support the PDF/A
standard.)
Note: When Conversion Settings are opened from within Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, this option specifies PDF/A 1-
a:2005. When opened from within Microsoft Visio, Access, Microsoft Project, or AutoCAD, it specifies PDF/A 1-b:2005.
Security tab of the Conversion Settings
The settings available for PDFMaker depend on the application in which you're using PDFMaker.
When selected, makes the Document Open Password option available,
Require A Password To Open The Document
where you enter a password that users must use to open the document.
When selected, makes the other Permissions options available.
Restrict Editing And Printing Of The Document
Specifies a password you set that users must use in order to do any allowable printing
Change Permissions Password
or editing.
Specifies whether users who use the Permissions Password can print the document and at what
Printing Allowed
resolution.
Specifies what kind of changes users who use the Permissions Password can make.
Changes Allowed
Prevents or allows users from copying from the PDF.
Enable Copying Of Text, Images, And Other Contents
Prevents or allows screen reader devices to
Enable Text Access For Screen Reader Devices For The Visually Impaired
read text. (Selected by default.)
Specifies whether the search engine can read the document metadata. Available only when
Enable Plaintext Metadata
the PDF-compatibility is set to Acrobat 6.0 (PDF 1.5) or later.
Convert Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files to PDF
When creating a PDF from Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or Excel, you can set conversion options for the current file.
You can also select a range of content in the file to convert. The conversion options that you can set in the following
steps are some of the most commonly used settings from the Acrobat PDFMaker dialog box. Any changes you make
to the conversion options apply to the current conversion only.
Last updated 9/30/2011
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