Web Publishing with Acrobat/PDF [With Cross Platform CDROM]

by Thomas Merz

This book describes how to combine the structural advantages of HTML with the comprehensive layout possibilities of PDF. It explains not only many tricks for the efficient production of PDF data but also the dynamic generation of PDF data with or without Acrobat software.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0041UZIYS
• ISBN13: 9783540637622
• Release Date: April 1998
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

This book has the details a PDF web publisher needs.

I train people on Acrobat for a living, and I can tell you that this book has captured the annoying little quirks that surprise users. Especially helpful is the account of differences in PDF display between IE and Netscape. The first half of the book is pretty basic, and may mislead the experienced user into thinking that the book is not on their level. Those users may want to skip to Chapter six and beyond. The second half is a goldmine of undocumented and/or one-of-a-kind tidbits of information that will benefit all users. I highly recommend this book to both new and experienced users.

An excellent reference

Web Publishing with Acrobat (or its German original, Mit Acrobat ins World Wide Web) gives an excellent overview on how to use the interactive features of the PDF format. Particularly the PDFMARK and the JavaScript sections cover topics otherwise not so easily accessible. The information in this book did save a major project for me.

This book contained more than I expected.

Merz's book is a goldmine of information about publishing with Acrobat. It does not rehash the well-known items contained in the Acrobat documentation, but goes far beyond that. Merz describes undocumented techniques for creating PDF files which interact with Web documents in useful ways. He also includes techniques for creating PDFMarks using Word and including JavaScript in PDF, two things I was really looking for. A very useful book.