Episode 44: These tips are for the beginner publishers out there.

Hi Everyone,

MS Word: Let Microsoft Word do the work for you
Do you create large word docs (handbooks & manuals) and manually create your tables of contents, references, indexes, etc? Did you know by creating an outline, assigning styles or references, you can automatically create and update your table of contents, references, indexes, and more?

Try creating your document in the outline view to setup your chapters and sub-chapters. With a simple click, you can organize and move your chapters around without having to cut and paste them into your document. The added bonus, is when you let Word create the “Table of Content”, it will list the chapters/sub-chapters with their corresponding page numbers. If you add or make changes to the doc, you only have to run the update to renumber the document. What to learn more? Let me know and I’ll setup a short Adv Word workshop.

Adobe Acrobat Pro: I can save the form you sent/posted!
Did you know that when you create/publish a pdf form, you can enable users to save that form? When you create a standard pdf forms (for Acrobat Reader), users only options are to complete the form and print it out (especially frustrating with long forms). Users needed Acrobat Pro if they wanted to save their form. Well, try creating an extended PDF forms that Acrobat Reader users can save. Follow the steps below to create an extended PDF form.

*Remember, you must have Acrobat Pro to create these forms. You are just making it easier for them to save and complete these forms.

Looking for an app to complete pdf forms on your iPad, try PDF Expert ($9.99). Yes, it’s a little pricey, but there are only a few apps out there that will let you complete a pdf form. It does all of the features annotate, stamp, sign, rotate, organize, add pages to the doc and more. If you just want an app to annotate and not fill out a pdf form, try Goodreader ($4.99).