1. USING PDF AS SOURCE Liz Roscovius @LizRoscovius 1 #stc16 Mike Sawyer @Akambe

2. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe About us Mike Sawyer @Akambe Liz Roscovius @LizRoscovius 2 www.sawyerhome.net/stc2016

3. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe About you 3

4. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 4 Overview/Scope Explain PDFs and challenges using as source Getting file creation and property info Exporting and importing entire PDF Extracting and tweaking text and graphics Formatting tips Q&A

5. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe Why are PDFs still around? 5 Portable Document Format Flexible display Size-efficient Self-contained Available

6. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 6 Limited edits Explaining editability Determining source file format Unlocking Extracting usable/ editable text & graphics Challenges

7. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 7 Familiarity with Acrobat and DTP Full version of Acrobat Unlocked PDFs Keystrokes in examples will be PC/Windows Assumptions

8. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 8 Restricts viewing, editing, copying, printing Original author can provide password Circumvent: PostScript, online tools Password protection

9. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 9 Do you need to extract anything at all? Latest Acrobat = Awesome tools Change text (font embed) Format text and paragraphs Add text and graphics Add headers, footers, watermarks (including pagination) Editing in place

10. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 10 Author Creation & modification dates Software used Collecting file information

11. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 11 Security type Restrictions Printing Changing Copying Collecting file information

12. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 12 Font usage Match original Collecting file information

13. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 13 Layout Line & column breaks Tables “A place for everything” Exporting problems BEFORE AFTER

14. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 14 File > Export To… Word & RTF Spreadsheet Image HTML & XML Plain text Exporting entire document

15. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 15 Word (File > Open) CorelDraw (File > Import > AI > Text or Curves) Importing entire document

16. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 16 Extracting editable text Click & drag/ Control+A, then copy Pros & cons

17. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 17 Extracting non-editable text Re-type Export as graphic, run OCR On-the-fly OCR in Acrobat

18. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 18 Avoiding the “extras” Headers, footers, pagination Just crop them out

19. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 19 Cleaning up extracted text Line breaks, hard returns, extra spaces Search/replace, esp. character codes (InDesign: GREP) Tools: TextSoap, Textfixer, PDF2ID

20. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 20 Graphics: Vector vs. raster Understanding the differences VECTORRASTER

21. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 21 Extracting usable graphics Convert to Word/RTF Open in drawing program (Illustrator) Other programs

22. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 22 Extracting usable graphics Export from Acrobat When all else fails: Zoom in and screen capture

23. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 23 Converting raster to vector Open raster image in Illustrator Window > Image Trace > [select preset/mode]

24. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 24 Recap Limited editing but still usable Takes some trial & error Patience & perseverance

25. #stc16 | USING PDF AS SOURCE | @LizRoscovius & @Akambe 25 Resources www.sawyerhome.net/stc2016 bit.ly/pdfsource The difference between raster and vector Tracing line art in Adobe Illustrator Using the trace tool in Corel Draw 14 Exporting PDFs to Microsoft Office formats Acrobat help: converting PDFs to other file formats Tips for cleaning up imported text Using GREP to clean up imported text

26. Mike Sawyer @Akambe Mike@sawyerhome.net CONTACT US: Liz Roscovius @LizRoscovius LizRoscovius@d2worldwide.com 26 QUESTIONS? USING PDF AS SOURCE