Adobe Acrobat

I'm using Acrobat alot for reviewing CADs, as about half the time we receive them in PDF format. I keep coming up against problems and was hoping someone had some advice. Thay are:

- Whenever I deselect the measurement tool the scale resets to 1:1, can this be prevented?

- I cannot find an option to embed a scale into the PDF (I suspect there isn't one... Rubbish!), anyone know how?

- I cannot seem to alter the colour/font/size of markup labels, anyone know how?

- I cannot seem to put markup labels inside a box to make readable against busy backgrounds, is it possible?

- I cannot bring a textbox/markup forward or back when overlapping, is it possible?

It is very possibly my own shortcomings, but the more I use Acrobat the more useless it seems to appear. Sorting out these problems would make working with PDFs much less of a chore, and possibly even easier than using aCAD.

2008-12-15 11:12:59

lkassuba

Registered: Jun 28 2007

Posts: 3636

The scale for the measurement tool can be embedded when creating the PDF from AutoCAD using the PDFmaker macro but unfortunately if it isn't set then you cannot permanently set it in Acrobat (it resets when you exit the program).

As for altering markup labels, backgrounds, and layering unfortunately this isn't possible in the current shipping version (A9); however, these would make excellent [url=http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform&product=46]feature requests[/url].

Lori Kassuba is an AUC Expert and Community Manager for AcrobatUsers.com.

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Why can I never do what I need to with measurements... Help!