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Translation method or any way to customize view on Adobe ?

corley
Registered: Oct 19 2007
Posts: 23

Hi,
I'm making a lot of translation from a language to another. I receive my original documents in PDF. I'd like to have something that could for example open the PDF on left and on the right a editable blank page, a sort of twin view but with a editable side. This way I could read and make the translation on the same program without changing from a program to another.
 
Is there any way (or perhaps any other program) that you could suggest ?
 
Thanks !

try67
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Registered: Oct 30 2008
Posts: 2398
Why not simply resize the windows so that each fills half of the screen? There's even a built-in option to do that if you right-click on an empty spot in the menu at the bottom of the screen (where the Start button and Icon Tray Bar are located).

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UVSAR
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Registered: Oct 29 2008
Posts: 1357
Acrobat isn't a text editor or desktop publishing application, so the concept of an "editable blank page" doesn't really apply here. You can make minor corrections to existing documents, but beyond that you will need to work in your original application, and use Acrobat as a visual reference only.
gkaiseril
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Registered: Feb 23 2006
Posts: 4307
I would look at a product like OpenOffice.org that with an extension can open a PDF in their Write program and then you would have a document editor. When don you can even export to a PDF.

George Kaiser

UVSAR
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Registered: Oct 29 2008
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Or, of course, join the pre-order list for Acrobat X Pro - which can export PDF files into Word (DOCX and DOC) files with class-leading accuracy and intelligent recognition for headers, multi-column flowing text, etc. - even if the PDF structure doesn't include the tags to identify those features properly!