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| CreativeTechs QuickTips #196 | Week of April 21, 2008 |
Creative
Tip: Ted
Padova's 101 PDF Form Tips.
Ted Padova, author of the Acrobat Bible, has created this free 55-page document that covers some of his most popular techniques for creating Acrobat PDF forms. The tips range from the design stage through adding specialized scripts. And since the document is a PDF itself (of course) Ted has provided working examples showing many of the techniques in action.
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We've
been mining for Acrobat tips in preparation for Jason Hoppe's upcoming
workshop on Building PDF Forms. If you are interested in creating
Forms in Acrobat, here is the mother lode of PDF Form tips:
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Tech
Tip: Change
your Adobe CS3 serial number.
Managing serial numbers is a headache in almost every creative studio. If you have more than three designers, someone has to take responsibility for keeping track of which serial numbers belong on which computers. Note: CreativeTechs has recommended for years that creative teams stop buying single-user copies of CS3. For the same cost, your studio can get a site license with a single serial number for your entire team: 
Transactional
Licensing: Avoid serial number headaches with CS3!
But back to today's tip. What if you are using a single-user copy of CS3, and you need to change which serial number is installed on a particular computer? It turns out Adobe makes changing the serial number easy as can be. No need to uninstall and reinstall software if you know where this "Erase my serial number" checkbox is located.
Source: This tip inspired by a recent install of 3 new Mac Pro design workstations for the in-house creative team at Seattle's Swedish Medical Center, where this particular technique saved a lot of time and energy. For a related issue, check out our tip on how to Change Microsoft Office's serial number. |
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Seattle
Training: Upcoming
Workshops.
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Dunham referred by designer Philip Salmon.| CreativeTechs QuickTips is a free weekly newsletter for creative professionals who use Macs. Each week we publish a fresh mix of left-brain and right-brain tips based on our real world experience supporting hundreds of creative teams in the greater Seattle area. For a complete archive of previous tips, visit www.creativetechs.com/tips For IT Professionals supporting Mac users, visit Make Mac Work. This weekly technical blog focuses on IT issues facing Macs in Enterprise environments. It is written by CreativeTechs' lead enterprise engineer, Jordan Bojar. For an archive of previous topics, visit www.makemacwork.com Your referrals wanted! CreativeTechs relies on word-of-mouth introductions. If you know a Seattle-area creative team who might benefit from our unique expertise providing computer support for creative professionals, please introduce us. We are never too busy for your referrals. Email help@creativetechs.com, or call us at 206-682-4315. Copyright 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 CreativeTechs, Inc. |