Creating Other Package Components - Adobe Acrobat and PDF for Architecture, Engineering, and Construction - page 47

Pasting a Clipboard Image as a Stamp
Rather than creating a new PDF file, you can use an image copied to the clipboard as a stamp in an existing
document. The pasted image is a type of comment. Follow these steps to paste the image as a stamp:
1. Select and copy the image from your source program or from Acrobat using the Snapshot tool
on the Basic toolbar.
2. Open the PDF document in which you want to paste the content.
3. Choose Tools > Commenting > Paste Clipboard Image. The mouse cursor changes to a Stamp
cursor.
4. Click the page where you want to insert the image; the position you click on the page defines the
center of the pasted image.
Once the image is placed on the page, you can reposition it by dragging on the page, or resize it by
dragging a resize handle.
Converting Web Pages to PDF
In addition to converting a Web page from within Acrobat, you can also create a PDF file directly via the
PDFMaker installed by Acrobat 7 into Internet Explorer. The commands are also accessible by right-
clicking the page to display the shortcut menu.
Click the drop-down arrow on the Adobe PDF toolbar and choose Convert Web Page to PDF from the
menu (Figure 5.9). In a framed Web page, all content is flattened into one PDF page.
Rather than creating a new document, you can attach a Web page to an existing PDF file by following
these steps:
1. Click Add Web Page to Existing PDF from the Adobe PDF toolbar to display the Open dialog box.
2. Locate and select the document to which you want to attach the Web page.
3. Click Save to convert the Web page and append it to the end of the selected document.
Figure 5.9 Internet Explorer includes a PDFMaker
The Internet Explorer PDFMaker includes an interesting feature for locating files. Click the Adobe PDF
toolbar and select Adobe PDF Explorer Bar. A pane opens at the left of the Web browser window (Figure
5.10). PDF documents opened from the Adobe PDF Explorer Bar display in Adobe Reader within Internet
Explorer. Close the Explorer Bar when you are finished working with it, as it will display the next time you
open the browser.