Introduction to Acrobat | Making a PDF from Word | Making a PDF from the Web | Opening, Viewing, Saving

Introduction:
PDF (Portable Document Format) files are an excellent way to distribute documents online. Not only are PDF documents generally small in file size, but they also can be universally viewed using any Writing Program Computer Classroom computer (with Windows installed). It's very easy to make your own PDF files for online distribution. You may find this helpful for your own class web pages if you wish to share a file with students. Before you learn how to create your own PDF files, you must first become familiar with the PDF format itself and understand how to view files in this format. If you have not done so already, please review the PDF tutorial.

Adobe Acrobat:
You can create PDF files using the Adobe Acrobat program. All computers in the Writing Program Computer Classrooms should now come equipped with this program.

NOTE: Adobe Acrobat is different from Adobe Acrobat Reader. Reader can only view PDF files. It does not have the ability to create PDF file. For this, you must use Acrobat, which should now be available on Writing Program computers.

Opening Adobe Acrobat:
You might first want to open the Adobe Acrobat program first, just so that the program will already be opened when it comes time for you to make a PDF file. Also, you may want to get an overall view of the program.

Look for the Adobe Acrobat icon on your desktop. Double click on the icon to begin the program.

If you do not see the icon on your desktop, then you can open up Adobe Acrobat by navigating to the Start menu and going to Programs >> Adobe Acrobat.

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