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One other way. Don't change the mode of the photo, but select the layer and duplicate it. (Don't work on the original layer, keep it as a back up). Go to Image>Adjustments>Hue and set the Saturation slider to -100 percent (turning your image grey). Now, select your history brush, and "paint"...

You can also go to the server and do a find. Set one of the parameters to Visibity: Invisible and enter the first part of the name of the file. You may then see the hidden .ldk file for the ID document. Move that to the trash. Sometimes the server doesn't immediately quit the locked file, so it...

If you know that the item to overprint will always be that particular color, you can set the overprint in object, paragraph, or character styles. So create an object style for, say, a polygon, then edit the object style: Under Fill and Stroke (first two editable options), select overprint fill...

I can help with some of this. In the Pages panel, click on the contextual menu, and choose "Numbering and Section Options". You'll have to forego sections (each chapter will be its own section). Put the number of the chapter and a hyphen or en dash in the sections prefix, and click on "Include...

I am on a Mac. There is a built in program that converts files to pdf in the Scripts Panel in the folder "Printing Scripts". I tested it and it works on .txt files. But... I'm thinking that your document is so large that the system just times out (I know my Mac would). Is it possible to split...

No need for scripting this one. I posted a detailed how-to on my blog. Here is the link: http://macproductionartist.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/delete-blank-pages-in-acrobat-9/ It's pretty straightforward. They may take the link away, but you can still get there by clicking on my user name...

Look in Preferences, under Page Display, and change the Zoom field to 100%. In Acrobat 6, it's called the Default Zoom. I don't know where it is in 5. Oh, and perhaps you should do this without documents being open.

I'm not a programmer, but there should be a way for you to access Preflight. (Advanced.../Preflight) Click on the wrench icon to see the options, then click the down arrow under Pages. There's a fix up called "Remove Empty Pages". If I was writing an Applescript, I'd have to use GUI scripting...

Or you could export each page to a jpeg, then combine the jpegs in Acrobat. It looks like a normal pdf, but it cannot be edited. You can even put a water mark (in Acrobat) on it so it will really foil him. Greg macproductionartist.wordpress.com

I'm on a Mac. InDesign is always doing weird things with screen drawing. One solution is to turn off rulers, save, quit, reopen. (Some bug causes screen issues when rulers are turned on.) If that doesn't work, I repair the disk and permissions using a freeware called "Applejack". That always...

Try Preferences>Page Display (or the Windows equivalent) and change the View option there. If you mean that the customer would get that, you can try to set it File>Properties>Initial View, but any end user can override your settings.

If you don't have Form Wizard on Standard, you will need Acrobat Pro 9. Form wizard will look at your document and put in text fields. It generally fails at other types of form fields, like radio buttons. I would highly suspect (cause I've done it) that Form Wizard would find cells in tables...

Now for the cheezy way. Save the pdf as a hi res jpeg. Open it in a photo editor (you can buy a cheap one or download the open source GIMP), set the size A5 (use actual dimensions) while resampling the image. Another cheezy way. If you have illustrator, open the pdf in it, select everything and...

Yes. There is a very good book called Creating Adobe Acrobat Forms (Paperback) by John Deubert It will walk you step by step through the process. Good luck. Greg macproductionartist.wordpress.com

You can try Preflight under Advanced/Preflight. Select Profiles. Then Select Acrobat/PDF Version Compatiblity. Then select the version you want, and click analyze and fix in the bottom right corner of dialog. Warning: if your pdf has features only supported in a more recent version (such as...