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Creating a PDF portfolio

1. Preparedocumentsthatyouwanttoincludeinyourportfolio:a. ConvertMSWordfileintoPDFfilesb. Saveallfilesinonefolder,callitPortfolio

2. OpenAdobeAcrobatProExtendedorAdobeAcrobatPro

3. IntheFilemenuchooseCreatePDFportfolio

4. Youllgettotheportfoliowizard5. Addcontent:Irecommendthatyouaddfilesonebyone.

a. ClickonAddfiles(bottomofthescreen)browseforthefilesyouwanttoadd.Addfilesonebyone.

b. Thedocumentswillappearintheworkingpane.6. Choosethelayout.Looktotherightpaneandchoosethelayout

thatyoulike.Thecriteriaforthechoiceareconvenienceandclarity

forthereader:tooflashymaybedistracting.a. YouhaveBasicGridasdefault.

b. TryGridwithfilePreviewtoseethechange.

c. Ultimately,choosethelayoutthatfitsyourneedsandtheneedsofyourviewers.

7.

Next,clickonAddwelcomeorheader(ontherighthandpane).

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a. Welcomepageaddsacover.Developawelcomepagewithyourname,portfoliotitle,andotherappropriate

information(course,semester,etc.)

b. Headeraddsmoreimagesandadditionaltext.Developasyouseefit

c. Minimally,Iwouldexpecteitherawelcomepageoraheader.

8. ClickonSelectColorScheme.HereIchosepurple.

9. ClickonSpecifyfiledetails.a. Sortthefiles.Usuallythefilewithnarrative,whereyousummarize

andanalyzeyourworkoverallgoesfirst.Tomakethatfileappearfirst

youneedtoincludenumberinginthetitle.Sortingisdone

alphabetically.MakesureyouchooseNamefromthedropdown

menu.

b. Changethefiletitletoincludeanumber.Clickonthetitle,and

addanumber.Assoonasyou

clickawayyouexittheediting

modeandthelistgetssorted

automatically,andthefilewithnumber1movestothetop.

c. Addannotationforthedocuments.Clickonceintheboxwhere

descriptionissupposedtobe.Typea

briefannotationtointroducethe

document.Clickaway.

10.Saveyourportfolio.a. ClickonPublish

tabinthewizardpane.

b. ChooseSavec. Giveyourportfolioanamed. Saveittothefolderforthecoursee. ClosewizardclickonXintherighttopcorner.

11.Reviewyourwork.a. Checkforerrorsandmistakesb. Checkfordesignconsistencyc. Ifyouwanttochangethesizeofthepanes,movethecursorto

thedividersanddragthearrowsleftorright.

12.Makemodificationsifnecessary:a. Clickonmodifymenub. Chooseeditportfolioc. Makechangesandsavethefile.