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HOW TO CREATE
ADOBE PDF FILES
USING ADOBE PAGEMAKER…
and access them from your affiliate web site.
It is always worthwhile to consult the software’s
manual or help index for version specific instructions.
In general here is the process for creating a PDF
file.
- Open the file in page
maker.
- Click on file
- Click on export
- Click on Adobe PDF
- Click on ok
- Specify the folder where
you wish the file to be placed. (Creating a PDF for the web folder
will simplify posting the PDF file to the web.)
- When the conversion is
completed, close the file and close PageMaker.
- With Windows Explorer
navigate to the folder to which you saved this file, double click the
file. This should evoke Adobe Acrobat Read and you should be able to
see if your file was properly converted.
- Close the file; close
acrobat reader.
- From Windows Explorer,
copy the file to your clipboard. Close windows explorer, and if
prompted, choose keep file on clipboard.
- Open Internet Explorer,
navigate to the page from which you wish to link to the PDF file.
- Click edit in FrontPage
Icon.
- Name the link (our sample
file is called
 “marriage
illustration”
- Highlight your affiliate
folder
- Right click the mouse and
paste (front page will import the PDF file)
- Return to the page from
which you wish to link to the PDFfile.
- Highlight the link text.
- Hover your cursor over the
highlighted link
- Right click the mouse/
hyperlink.
- In your affiliate folder,
highlight your PDF file and click OK.
- Click the preview in
browser icon.
- When the link page loads,
click on the link text
- When the Adobe Acrobat
Read file has loaded and you have verified that your file has loaded,
close the file in Acrobat reader and Acrobat reader. (This will likely
send you back to FrontPage.
- It is a good idea to
include a link that will allow your users to download Acrobat Reader.
Print and view our
Materials using Acrobat® Reader® Format.
To get Acrobat® Reader® please click our the logo below for a copy at no
cost to you.
When you have installed the software, please return to this site.
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It is also a good idea to precede your PDF file
with the PDF file icon.
- Both of these graphics can
be copied from this page.
- After you have completed
steps 1-23, Navigate to this page again.
- Click on the FrontPage
Icon.
- When this page has loaded
in FrontPage, highlight the Down Load Acrobat Reader text and
linked icon and copy it to your clipboard.
- If you click page is not
available open it in your affiliate folder list.
- Paste the clipboard
content into this page at the insertion point of your choosing.
- If you loose the hyper
click this is the current hyperlink:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/main.html
- Repeat steps 29-31 for the
PDF file icon
- Click on the graphic icon,
then picture property to make sure the graphic will flow text to the
right of the graphic. Adjust text if necessary.
- Save your link page
- Preview your page in your
browser.
- From your browser test
each link to make sure they are working properly.
- Close the browser
Close FrontPage if
you are done using the program. |