How to Use Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro to convert PDF files?

In terms of security, the new Examine Document command lets you see and remove hidden content, such as metadata, bookmarks and annotations. There's also a new Redaction toolbar that allows you to mark up elements to be permanently removed from the PDF - you can even search for sensitive text and mark it for removal, although the whole process is convoluted. If you're signing off your document, there's a new Preview mode that suppresses dynamic content that might otherwise change and support for a new system of roaming IDs. For the author, there's the ability to set seed values to control a user's choices when signing and, crucially, the option to enable signing capabilities for users of Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro onwards.

Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro software enables business professionals to reliably create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents for easy, more secures distribution, collaboration, and data collection. Protect sensitive information with passwords, permissions, and digital signatures

Step 1:

Create a Portable Document File (PDF). Save documents in other applications as PDF. Open the document in the current application. Click "File" then "Print." Use the drop down box and select "PDF" in the print options. Save the file on your computer or email the file to a recipient for review.

Step 2:

Add comments to documents. Click "File" then "Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro." Locate a document on your computer that you want to add comments to. Click "Comments" at the top of the toolbar in Adobe Acrobat. Click "Add a Note" then "Commenting Tools" then "Note Tool" to add a note to the document.




Click "Show Comments and Markups" to see all comments and edit marks placed on the document since creation. To send comments and changes for review to another person click "Send for Review" at the top of the Adobe Acrobat toolbar.

Step 3:

Create forms. Click "Forms" on the toolbar then click "Create New Form." After the "New Form Assistant" pops up, click "New Blank Form" to create a new form. Click "Import a PDF Document" or "Import a Word Document" to upload an existing form into Adobe Acrobat using Adobe LiveCycle Designer. Click into the "Library" field to review previously created forms.

Step 4:

Add security to documents by clicking "Secure" by the lock icon. Use the drop down box and Click "Check Security Settings for This Document." Use the drop down box next to "Security Method" to click "Password." Create a good password for the document then click "OK." To confirm the password input the password into the second box then click "OK" again.

Step 5:

Sign Adobe Acrobat documents. Click "Sign" next to the pen icon on the toolbar to sign documents. Click "Sign this document" then "Continuing Signing." Click "Create a new signature field to sign" to create a signature all recipients of the document can view. Click "Next." Place your mouse over the area where you want to sign the document. After a box pops up labeled "Apply Digital Signature -- Digital ID Selection" Click "Add Digital ID" to use a current signature stored in Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro or to create a new signature.

Step 6:

Search and index records. Click "Search" next to the binoculars icon on the toolbar. Type the word or phrase you want to search on in the pop-up box titled "Search PDF." Select "In the current PDF document" to search only within the document. Select "All PDF Documents In" to search all PDF documents in a specific file on your computer.

Step 7:

Access the Internet and get help. Click the Yahoo! icon on the toolbar to access the Internet while in Adobe Acrobat. Click "Help" to pull up and index of helpful tips applicable to the tool. Click "Online Support" to log into the Internet and go to the Adobe Acrobat 8 Pro technical support website.