This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Manipulating pages
The first page of the document (page 1 of 13) is the Table of Contents page, and it’s rather plain. To make the guide more attractive, you’ll add a cover page, which you’ll then rotate to match the other pages in the document.
Inserting a page from another file
You’ll start by inserting the cover page.
Click Organize Pages in the Tools pane.
Click Insert in the Organize Pages toolbar, and then choose From File.
Navigate to the Lesson04/Assets folder, and select Conference Guide Cover.pdf. Click Open or Select.
In the Insert Pages dialog box, choose Before from the Location menu, and select First in the Page area. Then click OK. You want to insert this PDF file before any of the pages in your document.
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The cover document appears as page 1 in the Conference Guide_revised.pdf document.
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Choose File > Save to save your work.
Rotating a page
The cover page is now in the conference document, but it has the wrong orientation. You’ll rotate the new page to match the rest of the document.
Select the thumbnail for the cover. Two rotation icons, a delete icon, and an icon for more options appear superimposed on the thumbnail.
Click the Rotate Counterclockwise icon.
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Acrobat rotates the page so that it matches the rest of the document. Only the selected page is rotated.
Deleting a page
The last page in the document doesn’t quite fit with the others, and the conference committee has decided to distribute it separately. You’ll delete it from the document.
Select the thumbnail for the last page in the document (page 14).
Click the delete icon.
Click OK to confirm that you want to delete the page.
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The page is deleted from the Conference Guide_revised.pdf file.
Close the Organize Pages toolbar to return to the main document view.
Choose File > Save to save your work.