The Action Wizard helps users create new automated Actions for Acrobat X Pro. This can now be automated with Actions, and Acrobat X Pro includes a “Prepare for Web Publishing” Action that does exactly this (Figure 1).įigure 1.

Optimizing PDFs beyond InDesign’s Smallest File Size preset is something I have to do regularly when distributing PDFs online or via email. Even though creative applications such as InDesign and QuarkXPress have made PDF generation fairly easy, some situations call for further refinement in Acrobat. To watch a video overview of most of what I’ll cover in this review, click the screenshot below:Īcrobat X Pro brings Actions - automated multi-step tasks - to PDF workflows, and I think it will provide a big benefit to creative professionals. While some past features (such as redaction) haven’t targeted creative professionals, Acrobat X Pro steps up with cool new things creative professionals will embrace.

Pros: Actions and the Action Wizard, improved customization for PDF Portfolios, simplified user interface that promotes efficiency.Ĭons: Unclear method for creating PDF Portfolio custom layouts, lack of Read Mode as an initial view, Acrobat X Suite is Windows only.Īdobe’s new Acrobat X Pro, like previous versions of Acrobat, delivers new features designed to serve its large market of creative and corporate customers.

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