Using Other Features and Functions - Adobe Acrobat and PDF for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction - page 193

Note: You can specify program preferences for presentations. Choose Edit > Preferences > Full Screen and choose a
transition. Select Ignore All Transitions to hide transitions in any document you open.
Figure 13.12 Use Picture Tasks for a quick slideshow
Using Picture Tasks is a simple way to build a slideshow. In addition to adding the presentation
features, the process also creates and applies a control panel to the finished slideshow (Figure 13.13). If you
build a slideshow manually, be sure to include links, bookmarks, or buttons to control the navigation.
Figure 13.13 Picture Tasks creates a control panel
Batch Processing
Many things in life are simpler if you can work in batches, and working in Acrobat is certainly no
exception. You can use any of the existing scripts as is or customize them, or write your own scripts.
Decide what you need to add in the script before starting a big project to prevent manually repeating
simple tasks that could be incorporated into the batch sequence. Before using a batch script, put the files
you want to batch in a separate folder to keep track of them. Test the batch sequence on a sample file to
make sure you are pleased with the outcome.
We will show you how to construct a simple batch script for adding document information to a series of
image PDF files. Follow these steps to construct and run the batch script:
1. Choose Advanced > Batch Processing to open the Batch Sequences dialog box and click New
Sequence. Type a name for the new sequence in the small dialog box and click OK.
2. The Edit Batch Sequence [name] dialog box opens. Click Select Commands to open the Edit
Sequence dialog box (Figure 13.14).
3. Click an arrow to open the category of action and a specific action and then click Add to move the
action to the list at the right of the dialog box.
4. Click the action in the right column to open a dialog box used to specify the features of the
command. Of course, the available settings depend on the command selected.