J.6 Creating Adobe PDF Porfolio.pdf

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Create PDF Portfolios

You no longer require Flash Player installed on your system to create or view portfolios. You can easily create folders within your PDF Portfolio, delete component �les and folders, edit component �lenames, and add and edit descriptions of component �les.

Create a basic PDF Portfolio in a few quick steps.

Before you begin

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Note: In Windows, the Acrobat PDFMaker in Outlook and Lotus Notes can create PDF Portfolios when you convert email messages.

Add �les and folders to a PDF Portfolio

Note: As you cannot change the order of �les in the PDF Portfolio, it is recommended to add the �les in a sequential order. Also, if you add a folder, the �les in the folder are added in the alphabetical order.

You can add content to an existing PDF Portfolio.

Open Acrobat and select the hamburger menu (Windows), or the File menu (macOS), then select Create > PDF Portfolio.

Select Add Files menu in the upper le� of the Create PDF Portfolio window. You can add a �le, folder of �les, pages from a scanner, web page, or items in the clipboard.

Select Create to add the �les to the PDF Portfolio.

�e selected �les are added to your portfolio, and a new portfolio window opens displaying the �les in your portfolio.

Files in your PDF Portfolio

From an open PDF Portfolio, do any of the following:1

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Rearrange �les in a PDF Portfolio

In the navigation pane of a PDF Portfolio, do the following:

• Drag to rearrange �les within a folder of the PDF Portfolio.

• Drag a �le into a folder or drag a folder to another folder if both are at the same level.

Add web content to a PDF Portfolio

You can link to websites or embed video tags. Linking to web content is useful when you want to reduce the �le size of the PDF Portfolio.

• Right-click in the PDF portfolio window to open the secondary toolbar, then select Add Files, Add Folder, or Add Web Content.

• To create a folder, select the Create Folder icon in the secondary toolbar.

• To add �les from your computer, drag any �les or folders to the PDF Portfolio workspace or a folder in the le� pane.

Note: For best performance, keep the total number of component �les at 15 or less, and the total size of all component �les under 50 MB.

Right-click in the PDF portfolio window, and select Add Web Content.1

Enter a �lename and description for the web content that gets added to your PDF Portfolio.

�is web �le links to the web content you specify.

Do one of the following:3

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Convert multimedia �les in a PDF Portfolio

You can convert multimedia �les, such as MP3 to PDF within a PDF Portfolio. You can also convert these �les to PDF if they are encoded in H.264 (with AAC audio): MOV, M4V, MP4, 3GP, and 3G2.

(H.264 and AAC are encoding and compression options for movies.)

Remove or extract �les and folders from a PDF Portfolio

If you delete a folder, all �les inside it are deleted from the PDF Portfolio. You can also extract one or more components from the PDF Portfolio and save them separately.

• To link to a website, select Add A Web Link, and then add the URL.

• To embed a video tag, select Add An Embed Tag, and then paste the video’s embed code. Video-sharing websites usually include a way to copy a video’s embed code. For example, a website could include an Embed box that shows the code and other embedding options.

From an open PDF Portfolio, right-click/Control-click one or more multimedia �les in the PDF Portfolio and select Convert To PDF.

If a dialog box appears, specify the options as needed and click OK.2

• From an open PDF Portfolio, select one or more �les or folders in the PDF Portfolio and press Delete or select the Delete File icon to remove the selected item from the portfolio.

• If you want to extract (or save) an item from your portfolio, select the Extract From

Portfolio icon , select a location to save the selected item and select Save.

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