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PDF Hacks By Sid Steward Publisher: O'Reilly Pub Date: August 2004 ISBN: 0-596-00655-1 Pages: 296
Copyright Credits About the Author Contributors Acknowledgments Preface Why PDF Hacks? How to Use This Book A Note on Software Using Code Examples How This Book Is Organized Conventions Used in This Book How to Contact Us Got a Hack? Chapter 1. Consuming PDF Introduction: Hacks #1-14 Hack 1. Read PDFs with the Adobe Reader Hack 2. Read PDFs with Mac OS X's Preview Hack 3. Read PDFs with Ghostscript's GSview Hack 4. Speed Up Acrobat Startup Hack 5. Manage Acrobat Plug-Ins with Profiles on Windows Hack 6. Open PDF Files Your Way on Windows Hack 7. Copy Data from PDF Pages Hack 8. Convert PDF Documents to Word Hack 9. Browse One PDF in Multiple Windows Hack 10. Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Acrobat or Reader Hack 11. Pace Your Reading or Present a Slideshow in Mac OS X Preview Hack 12. Unpack PDF Attachments (Even Without Acrobat) Hack 13. Jump to the Next or Previous Heading Hack 14. Navigate and Manipulate PDF Using Page Thumbnails Chapter 2. Managing a Collection Introduction: Hacks #15-23 Hack 15. Bookmark PDF Pages in Reader Hack 16. Create Windows Shortcuts to Online PDF Pages with Acrobat Hack 17. Create Windows Shortcuts to Local PDF Pages Hack 18. Turn PDF Bookmarks into Windows Shortcuts Hack 19. Generate Document Keywords Hack 20. Index and Search Local PDF Collections on Windows Hack 21. Spinning Document Portals Hack 22. Spinning Collection Portals Hack 23. Identify Related PDFs Chapter 3. Authoring and Self-Publishing: Hacking Outside the PDF Introduction: Hacks #24-31 Hack 24. Keep Your Source Smart Hack 25. Convey Your Document's Value with Good Design Hack 26. Create Charts and Graphs from Raw Data Hack 27. Become a Publisher Hack 28. Print at Home, at the Office, or at Kinko's Hack 29. Publish POD and E-books Hack 30. Sell Through Amazon Hack 31. Sell Your Book, Sell Yourself Chapter 4. Creating PDF and Other Editions Introduction: Hacks #32-50 Hack 32. Create Interactive PDF with Your Word Processor Hack 33. Create a Printable, On-Screen Edition from Word Hack 34. Multipurpose PDF Hack 35. Create an HTML Edition from Your Word Processor Hack 36. Create a Handheld Edition from Your HTML Hack 37. Convert Documents from Tools You Don't Own to PDF Hack 38. Acrobat Distiller and Its Profiles Hack 39. Print to PDF with Ghostscript and RedMon on Windows Hack 40. Save As PDF with Mac OS X Hack 41. Maximize PDF Portability Hack 42. Configure Distiller and Ghostscript for Your Purpose Hack 43. Embed and Subset Fonts to Your Advantage Hack 44. Share a PDF Network Printer with Samba Hack 45. Print to Image and Other Rasterizing Options Hack 46. Print to SVG Hack 47. Print Over the Internet Hack 48. Create a PDF Album of Your Digital Pictures Hack 49. Print to Fax on Windows Hack 50. Convert Incoming Faxes to PDF on Linux Chapter 5. Manipulating PDF Files Introduction: Hacks #51-73 Hack 51. Split and Merge PDF Documents (Even Without Acrobat) Hack 52. Encrypt and Decrypt PDF (Even Without Acrobat) Hack 53. Add PDF Encryption Actions to Windows Context Menus Hack 54. Add Attachments to Your PDF (Even Without Acrobat) Hack 55. Easily Attach Your Document's Tables Hack 56. Add PDF Attachment Actions to Windows Context Menus Hack 57. Create a Traditional Index Section from Keywords Hack 58. Rasterize Intricate Artwork with Illustrator or Photoshop Hack 59. Crop Pages for Clarity Hack 60. Refry Before Posting Documents Online Hack 61. Copy Features from One PDF to Another Hack 62. Polish Your PDF Edition Hack 63. Add and Maintain PDF Bookmarks Hack 64. Get and Set PDF Metadata Hack 65. Add a Web-Style Navigation Bar to PDF Pages Hack 66. Copy-Protect Your PDF Hack 67. Support Online PDF Reading Hack 68. Force PDF Download Rather than Online Reading Hack 69. Hyperlink HTML to PDF Pages Hack 70. Create an HTML Table of Contents from PDF Bookmarks Hack 71. PDF Web Skins Hack 72. Share PDF Comments Online (Even Without Acrobat) Hack 73. Tally Topic Popularity Chapter 6. Dynamic PDF Introduction: Hacks #74-92 Hack 74. Collect Data with Online PDF Forms Hack 75. Serve Filled-Out PDF Forms Hack 76. Drive PDF Forms with Your Data Hack 77. PDF Form-Filling Sessions Hack 78. Permanently Merge a PDF Form and its Data Hack 79. Tool Up with pdftk Hack 80. Decipher and Navigate PDF at the Text Level Hack 81. Edit PDF Code Freely Hack 82. Integrate pdftk with gVim for Seamless PDF Editing Hack 83. Modify PDF Hyperlinks at Serve-Time Hack 84. Tailor PDF Text at Serve-Time Hack 85. Use HTML to Create PDF Hack 86. Use Perl to Create PDF Hack 87. Use PHP to Create PDF Hack 88. Use Java to Create PDF Hack 89. Assemble Pages and Serve PDF Hack 90. Superimpose PDF Pages Hack 91. Generate PDF Documents from XML and CSS Hack 92. Create PDF with XSL-FO and FOP Chapter 7. Scripting and Programming Acrobat Introduction: Hacks #93-100 Hack 93. Modify or Convert Batches of Documents Hack 94. Script Acrobat Using Visual Basic on Windows Hack 95. Script Acrobat Using Perl on Windows Hack 96. Customize Acrobat Using JavaScript Hack 97. Tool Up for Acrobat Plug-In Development Hack 98. Explore the Acrobat SDK Documentation and Examples Hack 99. Use Acrobat Plug-Ins to Extend PDF Hack 100. PostScript and PDF Games Colophon Index
