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    Adobe for MAC

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Adobe, Nov 11, 2011.

  1. Adobe

    Adobe Newbie

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    I write long workshop type manuals and books. Which adobe product do i need for my Apple laptop to be able to compile a table of Cont
    ents and a book type index. Ive Emailed Adoble loads of time -guess they are too busy to respond to thir customers. Any hel appreciated
     
    Adobe, Nov 11, 2011
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  2. Michel.K

    Michel.K 167WAISIQ

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    Adobe pdf creator perhaps?
     
    Michel.K, Nov 11, 2011
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  3. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    acrobat pro or something similar
     
    KCETech1, Nov 11, 2011
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  4. kornchild2002

    kornchild2002 Notebook Deity

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    Would you even need an Adobe product or does Pages (or MS Word) not allow for the creation of something like this? I know that both MS Word and Apple's Pages programs can create documents and save them as PDF files but I don't know if they can create actual indexes.

    If they can't, all you would need is Adobe Acrobat Pro. You would still want to make your document in an actual word processor, import it into Acrobat Pro, and go from there.
     
    kornchild2002, Nov 11, 2011
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  5. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    I've made PDFs with clickable Table of Contents pages and stuff before just fine in Pages...
     
    doh123, Nov 11, 2011
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  6. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    I smell spam incoming...
     
    masterchef341, Nov 12, 2011
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    gms238 Notebook Consultant

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    Does the OP need to publish in PDF? If not, and wants to use an Adobe product, what about InDesign? Expensive, but it's an Adobe product and I've used it on Macs for document layout. Just a thought...
     
    gms238, Nov 12, 2011
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  8. preview

    preview Notebook Evangelist

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    FrameMaker is better for his specific needs. InDesign is not really meant for producing manuals and books.
     
    preview, Nov 13, 2011
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  9. Adobe

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    gms 238 Have you actually used this? I need a table of contents plus an index at the rear of the pdf, plus stamper
    Thanks
    Adobe
     
    Adobe, Nov 18, 2011
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  10. preview

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    InDesign will do this easily, but isn't the right tool for a technical manual. I'm not sure what a stamper is.
     
    preview, Nov 18, 2011
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  11. Adobe

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    Not from me - i have nothing to do with adobe - just a frustrated customer
     
    Adobe, Nov 24, 2011
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