4. Software
• Need Acrobat 9 Pro or Pro Extended to add
movies, sound files, Flash animations and
widgets to your PDF.
– 9 Pro: add FLV (Flash video) files or F4V (H.264
video)
– 9 Pro Extended: Add videos in a much larger
range of formats and convert them into FLV
automatically
5. User Requirements
• Anyone can view embedded video or
animation files in PDF documents as long as
they have Acrobat 9 Reader.
• Acrobat 9 supports Flash technology natively –
no additional software is needed.
6. Adding a video file to a PDF file
1. Open the Aquo_Bottle_Ad.pdf file
2. Click Multimedia button & choose Video Tool
3. Drag a box over the right side of the document.
Insert Video dialog box appears
4. Click Browse and select Aquo_T03_Loop.flv file
5. Select Show Advanced Options in the Insert
Video dialog box
6. Click Launch Settings tab
8. Adding a video file to a PDF file
7. An image from the video file appears on the
PDF page.
8. A Play button automatically appears in the
bottom-left corner of the page.
9. Click the Play button to play the video.
10.Save the file.
9. Adding Flash animation
1. Open the Aquo_FAQ.pdf file
2. Click Multimedia button & choose Flash Tool
3. Drag a box over the right side of the document.
Insert Flash dialog box appears
4. Click Browse and select Aquo_Header.swf file
5. Select Show Advanced Options in the Insert
Video dialog box
6. Click Launch Settings tab
11. Adding Flash animation
7. The header appears across the top of the
document.
8. Select the Hand tool and move the cursor
over the header. Click the header to activate
it. The animation plays and continues to
play.
9. Select the Flash Tool in the Multimedia
toolbar again and double-click the header.
16. Typewriter tool
• Provides a simple solution for filling out forms
that do not contain interactive form fields.
http://apps.americanbar.org/lpm/lpt/articles/att04061.shtml
18. Enable Typewriter
• Users of Acrobat Professional can enable the
Typewriter tool for users of the free Adobe
Reader.
• This allows Reader users to add their own
typewritten annotations on top of the PDF and
save the changes.
• To enable the Typewriter tool for Adobe Reader
users, go to Tools>Typewriter and choose Enable
Typewriter tool in Adobe Reader.
• Give the document a name and save it.
19. Adding Text
• The Reader user simply clicks on the
Typewriter tool to add text to the document.
• The Reader can also save this document
because the document itself has special
capabilities once enabled to do so by Acrobat
Professional.
20. Typewriter Tool in Adobe Acrobat X
• The Typewriter tool is
now called Add or Edit
Text Box.
• To get to it, open the
Tools panel, then twirl
down the Content
section.
http://blogs.adobe.com/acrolaw/2011/01/where-is-the-typewriter-tool-in-acrobat-x/
22. Introduction
• You can convert an existing electronic
document (for example, a Word, Excel, or PDF
document) or scan a paper document to a PDF
form, and then add interactive form fields to
the form.
24. Create Basic Document
• Create the basic document leaving a place for
the data fields – I used PPT with tables.
• Save the document as a PDF file.
25. Create the Form
• Choose Forms >Start Form Wizard
• Select An Existing Electronic Document and
click Next.
• Select Use the Current Document and click
Next.
26. Add the Sale Price Per Fish Field
• This is going to be a combo box – let the user
select an item from a pop-up menu
• Select Forms>Form Tools>Combo Box
34. Add the Number of Fish Sold Field
• Combo Box
• Number of Fish Sold
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – 1 to 20 (commit immediately)
• Format – Number with Zero Decimal Places
35. Add the Equipment CostField
• Combo Box
• Equipment Cost
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – 1 to 10 (commit immediately)
• Format – Number with Zero Decimal Places
36. Add the Hourly Wage Field
• Combo Box
• Hourly Wage
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – 1 to 8 (commit immediately)
• Format – Number with Zero Decimal Places
37. Add the Output field
• Text Box
• Output – Read Only
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – Center
• Format – Number with 2 Decimal Places
• Calculate – Product of Number of Fish Sold,
Sale Price Per Fish
38. Add the Input field
• Text Box
• Input – Read Only
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – Center
• Format – Number with 2 Decimal Places
• Calculate – Sum of Equipment Cost, Hourly
Wage
39. Add the Value-Added field
• Text Box
• Input – Read Only
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – Center
• Format – Number with 2 Decimal Places
• Calculate – Simplified field notation - Output-
Input
41. Specify Full Screen Mode
• Choose File >Properties
• Select Initial View tab
• In the Windows Options area, select Open in
Full Screen mode
• Click OK
• Choose File Save and then File Close
• Open the file again
43. Create Basic Document
• Create the basic document leaving a place for
the data fields – I used PPT with tables.
• Save the document as a PDF file.
44. Create the Form
• Choose Forms >Start Form Wizard
• Select An Existing Electronic Document and
click Next.
• Select Use the Current Document and click
Next.
45. Add the 24 months ATOI field
• Combo Box
• Yr2ATOI
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – 65989, 60989, 55989, 50989 etc. to
30989
• Format – Number with 0 Decimal Places
46. Add the ROI field
• Combo Box
• ROI
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – 20% - 90%
47. Add the Investment Now field
• Text Box
• InvestAmt
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – Center
• Format – Number with 0 decimal places
48. Add the Investment 24 Months field
• Text Box – Read Only
• FutureValue
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – Center
• Format – Number with 0 decimal places
• Simplified notation -
(InvestAmt+(InvestAmt*ROI/100))+((InvestAm
t+(InvestAmt*ROI/100))*ROI/100)
49. Add the Investment value of the business field
• Text Box – Read Only
• FutureBusValue
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – Center
• Format – Number with 0 decimal places
• Simplified notation - 2*Yr2ATOI
50. Add the Required Share field
• Text Box – Read Only
• OwnershipPercent
• Text – 18 Helvetica Maroon Color
• Options – Center
• Format – Percentage with 0 decimal places
• Simplified notation -
FutureValue/FutureBusValue
52. Specify Full Screen Mode
• Choose File >Properties
• Select Initial View tab
• In the Windows Options area, select Open in
Full Screen mode
• Click OK
• Choose File Save and then File Close
• Open the file again
54. Articulate Presenter
• Add as a web object
• Need PDF
• HTML page (filename = index.html)
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<embed src="form.pdf#toolbar=0&navpanes=0&scrollbar=0"
width="640" height="480">
</body>
</html>
56. Support
These video and PDF tutorials give you an overview of
how to use Adobe® Acrobat® 9.
• http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/acrobat/articles/
tutorial_index.html
For tutorials and videos on creating forms, see these
resources:
• Simplifying form
creation: www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4203_a9
• Creating Acrobat
forms: http://movielibrary.lynda.com/html/modPage.a
sp?id=540
57. Links and Bookmarks
• This video shows you how links and
bookmarks can be added to your PDF file to
create an easier navigation method. Starting
from Microsoft Word to the final PDF settings.
• http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-tips-and-
tricks/adding-interactivity-to-your-pdf-
document-links-bookmarks/