About PDF Portfolios
A PDF Portfolio contains multiple files assembled into
an integrated PDF unit. The files in a PDF Portfolio can be in a
wide range of file types created in different applications. For
example, a PDF Portfolio can include text documents, e-mail messages,
spreadsheets, CAD drawings, and PowerPoint presentations. The original
files retain their individual identities but are assembled into
one PDF Portfolio file. You can open, read, edit, and format each
component file independently of the other component files in the
PDF Portfolio.
Note:
Acrobat Standard and Adobe Reader® users
cannot create PDF Portfolios or edit the layout, colors, headers,
and so on.
Depending on the circumstances, PDF Portfolios offer several
advantages over merging multiple files into a single PDF:
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Adding and deleting
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Add or remove files easily, without having to find and select
all the pages that originated in that file.
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Previewing
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Quickly preview component files without having to open them
in their native applications.
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Editing
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Change individual files within the PDF Portfolio without
affecting the other files. For example, you can renumber pages in
one document without renumbering other documents in the PDF Portfolio.
You can also edit non-PDF files in their native applications from
within a PDF Portfolio. Any changes you make are saved to the file
within the PDF Portfolio.
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Distribution
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Share a PDF Portfolio with others and be sure that they are
getting all the component parts. Publish a PDF Portfolio on a website
for others to view.
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Sorting
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Sort component files by categories that you can add to, delete,
hide, and customize. Simply click a column name to sort the list.
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Reordering
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Drag files to change their order. You can then define the
new order as the initial sort order—the order in which files appear
when someone opens the PDF Portfolio.
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Printing
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Print all the PDFs in a PDF Portfolio, or selected component
PDFs.
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Searching
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Search one or all files in a PDF Portfolio. You can even
search non-PDF component files.
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Incorporating other formats
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Add non-PDF files to an existing PDF Portfolio without converting
them to PDF.
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Independence from source files
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The source files of a PDF Portfolio—even existing files you
add to the PDF Portfolio—are not changed when you create a PDF Portfolio.
Changes you make to the component files within a PDF Portfolio do
not change the original files from which you created the PDF Portfolio.
You can move a PDF Portfolio anywhere on your computer or network
without any risk of losing or disconnecting its components.
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Reuse
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Include the same file in multiple PDF Portfolios.
For videos on PDF Portfolios, see the following resources:
