Navigation, Text Extraction and Printing Tools for Adobe Acrobat

115 Pages·1997·0.74 MB·English

by  Ambia Corporation

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Copyright © 1994-1997 Ambia® Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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User's Guide
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All Rights Reserved.
The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or non-disclosure
agreement. The software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement.
No part of this manual may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or
mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose other than the purchaser's personal
use without the written permission of Ambia Corporation
Copyright ª 1994-1997 Ambia Corporation. All rights reserved.
Ambia, Aerial, kram:eR , Compose , and Signet are trademarks of Ambia Corporation. Adobe, Acrobat
and PDF are trademarks of Adobe Systems, Incorporated. Microsoft Windows is a trademark of
Microsoft Corporation. Product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be
trademarks of their respective companies.
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Contents
Contents ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... vi
Welcome ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 1
Overview ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 1
Before You Begin ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 1
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Acrobat Exchange and Reader ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 6
Aerial Tools and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 6
The Aerial Floating Tool Palette ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 8
Resizing the Tool Palette ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 8
Adding and Removing Tools from the Tool Palette ................................ ................................ ............. 9
Removing the Aerial Tool Palette ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 11
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Index Manager and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 12
Running the Index Manager ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 13
The Index List ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 14
Searching for a Term in the Index ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 15
How Index Manager Builds the Index List ................................ ................................ ......................... 15
Adding and Editing Index Entries by Hand ................................ ................................ ........................ 17
Deleting Index Entries by Hand ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 18
Navigator ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 19
Navigator and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ................................ .......... 19
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Running the Navigator ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 20
Using the Navigation Pane ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 21
Navigator Preferences ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 24
Opening, Saving and Closing Navigator Collections ................................ ................................ ......... 26
Importing Navigator Collection Data ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 28
Relative and Absolute Links ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 29
Properties of Collections ................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 32
Adding, Editing and Deleting Tags ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 33
Conversion from Quick Tags ................................ ................................ ................................ ............. 38
Go To Document Page ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 39
Go To Document Page and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ..................... 40
Using the Go To Document Page Tool ................................ ................................ .............................. 40
How Go To Document Page Works ................................ ................................ ................................ ... 41
Limitations ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 42
Paper Clips ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 44
Paper Clips and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 44
Paper Clipping a Page ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 44
Jumping to a Clipped Page ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 45
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Print View and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 46
Printing on Multiple Pages ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 46
Printing a Selected View ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 49
Print As and Print Selected View ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 50
Limitations ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 50
Copy Table to Clipboard ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 51
Copy Table to Clipboard and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ .................. 51
Using Copy Table to Clipboard ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 51
How Copy Table Assigns Row and Column Cell Positions ................................ ............................... 53
Improving Results ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 53
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PDF to RTF Converter ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 55
PDF to RTF Converter and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ..................... 55
Using the PDF to RTF Converter ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 55
Automatic Conversion of Graphs and Line Images ................................ ................................ ........... 60
Conversion of Graphs and Line Images Using Article Threads ................................ ......................... 62
Converting Bitmap Images ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 62
Automatic Conversion of Tables ................................ ................................ ................................ ........ 63
Conversion of Tables Using Article Threads ................................ ................................ ..................... 63
Copy Text to Clipboard ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 65
Copy Text to Clipboard and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ..................... 67
Using Copy Text to Clipboard ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 67
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PDF Launcher and Acrobat Reader ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 70
Running the PDF Launcher ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 70
Scanning Documents with PDF Launcher ................................ ................................ ......................... 71
Supplying Missing Table Information ................................ ................................ ................................ 74
Hiding, Ordering and Resizing Display Columns ................................ ................................ .............. 75
Managing Library Files ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 76
Exporting PDF Launcher Data ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 79
Relative and Absolute Links ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 83
Appendix A: Navigator Import File Format ................................ ................................ .............................. 86
File Type Record ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 86
Navigation Header Record ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 87
Detail Record ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 88
Trailer Record ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 89
Product Support ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 90
How to Request Product Support ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 91
Maintenance Subscriptions ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 92
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Welcome 1