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Create an ETD Using Adobe Acrobat

Lesson 2: Create a PDF File

Create a PDF File

Now that you’ve seen what an ETD looks like and how to browse the contents, it’s

time to learn how to convert your own thesis or dissertation into 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. Adobe

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.

Tip

Exercise 1 and

Exercise 2 produce

the same result.

Choose the one that

works best for you.

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

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Create an ETD Using Adobe Acrobat

Lesson 2: Create a PDF File

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.

View Demo

1. Start Microsoft Word and open your thesis or dissertation.

2. Look at the toolbars at the top of the window. Notice there are two areas

related to Acrobat PDFMaker:

• The Adobe PDF and Acrobat Comment menus

• The Acrobat icons

Tip

3. Click the Adobe PDF menu and choose Change Conversion Settings.

If you do not see

Acrobat PDFMaker in

Microsoft Word, go

to Exercise 2 to use

the Print command to

create a PDF file.

4. The Adobe PDFMaker dialog box opens. It contains four tabs with a

number of different options.

5. To create an ETD, choose Standard from the Conversion Settings

pop-up menu on the Settings tab.

The Acrobat 7 installer

scans your system for

a copy of Microsoft

Office 98 or later, and

if found, automatically

loads PDFMaker. This

is the macro that

allows you to create

PDFs from Word as

well as Excel and

PowerPoint.

6. The View Adobe PDF results option should...