Create an ETD Using Adobe® Acrobat®
Lesson 1: Create a PDF File
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Create a PDF File
In this exercise, you will learn how to convert your own thesis or dissertation to
a PDF file. There are several different options for doing this, and all require that
you have a copy of Adobe® Acrobat® Standard or Professional installed on your
computer. Acrobat Reader, which is freely available for downloading from many
Internet sites, can only be used to read a PDF file. You cannot use it to create
a PDF file.
In this lesson, you will learn how to:
1. Create a PDF using PDFMaker from within Microsoft Word
2. Create a PDF using the Print Command
3. Combine multiple files
Tip
Exercise 1 and
Exercise 2 produce
the same result.
Choose the one that
works best for you.
Tip
The instructions that
follow assume you are
using Acrobat 6
Standard or
Professional. You
should easily be
able to duplicate the
exercise steps in later
versions of Acrobat.
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Create an ETD Using Adobe® Acrobat®
Lesson 1: Create a PDF File
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Tip
The default settings
will create an ETD.
Click on the Restore
Defaults button to
make sure that the
defaults are selected
or click on the
Advanced Settings
button and click on
the appropriate tabs
to make sure fonts
are embedded or to
change image or
color settings.
Exercise 1 – Create a PDF Using PDFMaker
In this exercise, you will learn how to use PDFMaker to convert a
Microsoft Word document to a PDF file.
1. Start Microsoft Word and open your thesis or dissertation.
2. On the Tools menu, click Options, and then click the Save tab.
Select the Embed True Type Fonts check box. Save the document.
3. Look at the toolbars at the top of the window. Notice there are two areas
related to Acrobat PDFMaker:
a) the Adobe PDF and Acrobat Comment menus and
b) the Acrobat icons.
4. Click on the Adobe PDF menu and choose Change Conversion
Settings.