Assembling the Package - Adobe Acrobat and PDF for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction - page 87

Project

The goal in this project is to manipulate the file content for the project and complete the
assembly of the project pages. The tasks include organizing, inserting, rotating, and cropping
the pages. Since the drawings are not for construction as they are not printed to scale, they
need to be labeled as such using a watermark. You will add a header, and create a collection in
the Organizer to store the project files. Use the PDF project file from Chapter 5's project, as
well as the two PDF files created in Chapter 6's project. If you do not have access to AutoCAD
or MicroStation, PDF versions of the two CAD drawings required in this project are available in
the ch07_project folder.

Task 1: Organizing project pages

1. Open the DuPont Soccer Park Civil.pdf file in the ch07_project folder.
2. Click the Pages tab to display the Pages pane.
3. Drag the thumbnails into the proper order to rearrange the document's pages. Look for
the page numbers at the lower right of each drawing - Drawing 02279_C01-Model.pdf
(shown as 2 in the Pages pane) should be the first page.
4. Drawing 02279_C04-Model.pdf is inverted. To correct its orientation, right-click the
thumbnail in the Pages pane (shown as 4) and choose Rotate Pages > 180 degrees.

Task 2: Inserting project pages

1. Insert another page. Click Drawing 02279_C01-Model.pdf and choose Document >
Insert Pages. Follow the dialogs and insert Drawing 02279_C02-Model.pdf to follow
page 1.
2. Using your desired insertion method, insert your converted PDF files for the two
additional drawing pages to follow page 4. The files were created in Chapter 6's project.
If you do not have access to AutoCAD or Microstation, you can insert the files supplied in
the ch07_project folder, named 02279_C05-Model If you do not HAVE CAD.pdf and
02279_C07-Model If you do not Have CAD.pdf.
Task 3: Sizing project pages

1. Select the Crop tool from the Advanced Editing toolbar. Drag a marquee around the
border of page 1 and release the mouse.
2. Double-click the box with the Crop tool to open the Crop Pages dialog box.
3. Adjust the margins numerically on the dialog box if required.
4. Click the All button in the Page Ranges area on the dialog box to apply the cropping to
all drawings.
5. Click OK to close the dialog box and initiate the page crops.
6. Check the pages individually in the project to evaluate the cropping. To make
adjustments to any margins, double-click the drawing with the Crop tool to reopen the
Crop Pages dialog box and adjust the margin settings. Click OK to close the dialog box
and adjust the margins on the page.
Task 4: Applying a watermark

1. Choose Document > Add Watermark & Background to open the dialog box.

2. Click the Add a Watermark radio button at the top of the dialog box, and leave the Show

when displaying on screen and Show when printing check marks selected.