quick question about pdf files

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

I would appreciate any help on this.

For the last eight months, I've been writing for a monthly periodical. I would like to incorporate articles I've written in a portfolio. creating a tangible portfolio is easy.

However, I would like to create an online portfolio, something that, if it's requested, I can email. I can send the Word documents of the files but that's lame. The periodical does put pdf's of all issues on its website for easy ready and downloading of all publications just as they appeared on paper. I would like to take just the articles I've written and put them ina new folder. How can I take only portions of a pdf file to make a new file?

Thanks

 

[TerriO]

I only know how to do this in Acrobat. Is that what you're working in?

 

[Shaw]

Unless there are restrictions added to a PDF file, extracting pages generally isn't too hard... specially if you have the full version of Adobe Acrobat. But yeah, PDF is a great medium for an online portfolio, specially in that you can create things like a fully linked (within the document) table of contents and index, and additional external links to web or e-mail addresses.

But the best thing of all is that you have control over how the content will look pretty much no matter what type of system someone else is viewing your document on. Not everyone has Microsoft Word, those that have it might not have the same version as you, and other aspects such as fonts can't be assumed either. Plus, Word is a document creation application, and I don't think you want to be sending out easily editable versions of your work (specially considering the large amounts of metadata regarding you and previous versions of your document that Word saves within documents).

But what options you have available greatly depends on what platform you are using. I have a number of applications on my systems for dealing with PDFs, and I would assume that most platforms have such tools given the fact that the PDF specification is an openly available standard. Acrobat is generally the best tool for someone like me who deals with this format extensively, but if you don't need access to all the features, there are less expensive options.

As just an example, one of the platforms I use called Rhapsody, of which I'm pretty much the only user these days (and there was never a large amount of users to speak of), actually has quite a few PDF options available even though Adobe never made a version of either Acrobat or their Reader software for it. While only really helpful to me and the handful of people who try Rhapsody from time to time, it does outline some of the features that have been available in the PDF format for quite a few years. And in the end, knowing what you can do with a format is often quite helpful in figuring out what you might want to do with it.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

thanks. I'll try both Acrobat and Rhapsody.

I really appreciate it

 

[137th Gebirg]

There's a great freeware (more like adware, but still free) tool called PDF995. It builds compatible PDF files without having to spend money on Acrobat Pro. Instead of saving the file as a PDF, it installs itself as a printer driver. I use it all the time and it seems to work very well. Give it a shot:

http://www.pdf995.com/

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

ah I will, 137the Gebirg, thanks.

I'll give you all an update soon. Thanks for your help!

 

[farmkid]

I use one called CutePDF which also installs as a printer. It does not create links in documents, but it will produce a PDF of anything you can print. It's free and doesn't come with any andware.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

farmkid I want to thank you for the tip!

 

[Canadave]

I use one called CutePDF which also installs as a printer. It does not create links in documents, but it will produce a PDF of anything you can print. It's free and doesn't come with any andware.

I've used this one too, it's good.

 

[Non Sync]

Another free one is BullZip. It allows the creation of watermarks, properties, and security features.

http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php