Creating Geospatial PDF's

Does anyone have any experience creating geospatial PDFs using PDF library SDKor Adobe Acrobat SDK ?

LiveCycle is now a separate program that you can purchase for $299. You might try seeing if they will give you a free upgreade since you've upgraded to Acrobat 11 with Creative Cloud. Here's a form you can submit to see if they'll approve it: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/support/index.cfm?event=opencscase&loc=en_us&csedutype=ACROX IPAU&issue=ACROXIPAUZ006

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Creating geospatial PDFs on a server

Hi,
Does anyone have any experience creating geospatial PDFs on a server, or know of a good method for doing so? This would be on Apache, using data from a remote instance of GeoServer, in case that's relevant. There's the PHP PDF library, but I didn't see any geospatial functionality there, unless I'm missing it. Any ideas?
Much thanks,
Tom

This is the wrong forum to ask this on, since this is about the details of the PDF file format.

Acrobat Pro XI Extended - Geospatial PDF

I generate maps using ArcMap 10.3. This will export to PDF (simple or with layers). However, the layers must be very simplistic and small in file size. I have clients that don't have the GIS software and are not GIS savvy. I need a map viewer.
I read that Acrobat Pro Extended will save the maps in a geospatial PDF. Right now I am using Acrobat Pro XI. How do I or can I get the Extended version and will it generate geospatial PDF maps that will have layer information that can be viewed by Acrobat Reader users?

I think there may be some potential here. Not exactly straightforward, such as using a map viewer would be, but probably workable. I think I will wind up using a base map PDF, then creating various shape files with Python scripts to show what I need to show on the map, and then importing those shape files into the base map. I will try this on a few of the maps I am working with and see if it will provide something of value to my clients.
Thanks,
Benny

How to create dynamic PDF drawings

I once saw somewhere a PDF file that contained a drawing frame and the content of the drawing within that frame could be dynamically moved around within the drawing frame by the user (i.e. the content could be panned around, in this case the content was OS maptiles with design information on top covering an area 20 times larger than the drawing frame could display). This allowed the user to move the content to suit their requirements and print different areas of the drawing as and when they desired yet still retained a drawing frame & title block etc.
How does one go about producing such a PDF file that would allow the end user to move content around within a framed view?

Here is some information from the Acrobat XI FAQ: How can I work with 3D PDF and geospatial PDF files?
Acrobat XI and Reader XI support 3D PDF files by enabling viewing and interaction with 3D data in the PRC and U3D formats. They also support measurement, analysis, and commenting functions for geospatial PDF files.
Customers interested in 3D PDF document creation should work with tetra4D™, Adobe's exclusive provider of 3D technology for Acrobat XI Pro. tetra4D offers a full suite of solutions that run directly inside Acrobat XI Pro, enabling users to combine the value of 3D CAD data with the benefits of PDF document management. With 3D PDF Converter™, you can easily import native 3D CAD data from the latest versions of CATIA, Pro/E, NX, SolidWorks, Revit, Rhino, and other leading 3D formats. Then use tetra4D's Animate™, Publish™, and Compare™ products to create complex animations; publish rich, interactive, and customizable PDF documents for work instructions, parts catalogs, and other technical publications; and compare versions of 3D PDFs to review document changes. Only tetra4D's products for Acrobat XI Pro enable you to turn on related measurement, sectioning, collaboration, and security features within free Adobe Reader. Learn more.

Is there a way to create a PDF form that ANYONE can fill out and SAVE with their content?

Is there a way to create a PDF form that ANYONE can fill out and SAVE with their content? By anyone, I mean someone who can download and use the free Adobe Reader, on either a Mac or PC. I have Acrobat Pro, and would like to be able to create forms that can not only be filled out and printed, but saved and emailed, which is not an option with the forms I have created to date. They can be filled out, but not saved, with Adobe Reader.
TIA,
Nancy

To do what Dave indicated you need to do, it depends on what version of Acrobat you have:
Acrobat 8: Advanced > Enable Usage Rights in Adobe Reader
Acrobat 9: Advanced > Extend Features in Adobe Reader
Acrobat 10: File > Save As > Reader Extended PDF > Enable Additional Features
Acrobat 11: File > Save as Other > Reader Extended PDF > Enable More Tools (includes form fill-in & save)
I wonder what it will be next time?

I am working in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and just created a pdf form from a MS Word document. I need to find out how to have a date field in my form which will update automatically. Can some one out there help me?

I am working in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro and just created a pdf form from a MS Word document. I need to find out how to have a date field in my form which will update automatically.

Update automatically under which circumstances, exactly?

Can't create a PDF using "print" from Office 2010 w/ Acrobat 9.5.1 installed

I've been working on a lengthy Word document for the past three days, upgrading most of the inserted images and straightening out the formatting. Converting the entire 180-odd page document every time I made a few updates is a bit time-consuming. I also noticed that when I converted the entire document as a whole, the quality of some (not all) of the images in the document was significantly degraded. So I'd been using the Adobe Acrobat printer selection in Word to create single page pdf files, and then used the documents tab in Acrobat to insert the new page and delete the undesirable page.
This was working fine for two days. Then I was attempting to print a page, and didn't notice the "Creating a PDF Document" window, nor did I see the requested filename in the target folder. I attempted to print the page a second time, but nothing happened. After closing several open pages, I found the "Creating a PDF Document" pop-up. But the progress bar was stuck at about 20% and never moved. Eventually I closed the pop-up and attempted to print again. The pop-up reappeared but stuck at 20%. Rebooted and got the same. I rebooted again and went into Program and Features and ran repair on both Office 2010 and Acrobat. No change.
I'm operating Win 7 (64 bit) w/ SP1 on an AMD E-350 1.60Ghz processor w/ 8GB of ram. I'm using Office Professional Plus 2010 build 14.0.6112.5000 (32 bit). I've included the System Report below. The only trick I have left is to uninstall and reinstall, but hoping for a more specific solution. Any help would be appreciated.
Available Physical Memory: 4194303 KB
Available Virtual Memory: 1511340 KB
BIOS Version: ALASKA - 1072009
Default Browser: C:\Program Files (x86)\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe
Version: 9.00.8112.16421 (WIN7_IE9_RTM.110308-0330)
Creation Date: 2011/06/04
Creation Time: 17:17:11
Default Mail: Microsoft Outlook
mapi32.dll
Version: 1.0.2536.0 (win7_rtm.090713-1255)
Graphics Card: AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics
Version: 8.17.10.1077
Check: Not Supported
Installed Acrobat: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\Acrobat.exe
Version: 9.5.1.283
Creation Date: 2012/04/19
Creation Time: 22:26:37
Installed Acrobat: C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Reader 10.0\Reader\AcroRd32.exe
Version: 10.1.3.23
Creation Date: 2012/04/04
Creation Time: 01:53:54
Locale: English (United States)
Monitor:
Name: AMD Radeon HD 6300 series Graphics
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 x 60
Bits per pixel: 32
OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation
OS Name: Microsoft Windows Vista
OS Version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
Page File Space: 4194303 KB
Processor: AMD64 Family 20 Model 1 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~1600 Mhz
System Name: GARYSTOASTER-PC
Temporary Directory: C:\Users\GARYST~1\AppData\Local\Temp\
Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time
Total Physical Memory: 4194303 KB
Total Virtual Memory: 2097024 KB
User Name: Garys Toaster
Windows Directory: C:\Windows
Installed plug-ins:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\Accessibility.api
Version: 9.5.1.283
Creation Date: 2012/04/19
Creation Time: 22:26:48
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\AcroForm.api
Version: 9.5.1.283
Creation Date: 2012/04/19
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\Annots.api
Version: 9.5.1.283
Creation Date: 2012/04/19
Creation Time: 22:26:52
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\DigSig.api
Version: 9.5.1.283
Creation Date: 2012/04/19
Creation Time: 22:26:47
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\EScript.api
Version: 9.5.1.283
Creation Date: 2012/04/19
Creation Time: 22:26:51
C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\IA32.api
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\ImageConversion.api
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\PDDom.api
Version: 9.5.1.283
Creation Date: 2012/04/19
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\PPKLite.api
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\Preflight.api
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\reflow.api
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\SaveAsRTF.api
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\Search.api
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\TouchUp.api
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Acrobat 9.0\Acrobat\plug_ins\Updater.api
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As far as the images are concerned, that may be a result of your choice of job settings. You may want to use the Press or Print option if the image quality is important. I assume you are talking about bit images in this case.
As to the hangup, have you checked to see if AcroTray is active on your system? It may not be running as needed. In the meantime, try checking print to file and then opening that file in Distiller to complete the conversion to PDF.
Before you ever try a reinstall, you need to do a repair first to see if that resolves the problem. There are a lot of unknowns about your exact process for the printing and your job settings that may be part of the problem. The rest of your system setup is useful in some cases, but did not help me see your problem.

I have created a PDF form with field but for some reason I cant type in them

I have created a PDF form with field but for some reason I cant type in them

May be that the text fields are read-only.

I have created a PDF form with multiple drop downs, all with the same drop down values. When I select a value from 1 of the drop down fields, it replicates in all of the others - which I do not want. How can I fix this?

I have created a PDF form with multiple drop downs, all with the same drop down values. When I select a value from 1 of the drop down fields, it replicates in all of the others - which I do not want. Can I fix this?

I'm fairly new to this, but I think it has to do with the way you have the drop downs named. Did you copy one then keep pasting it in each field? If so, that is the problem. You should rename each one with a different number: Dropdown1, Dropdown2, etc. I think that might solve the issue.

Creating a PDF from Word, endnote links jump to wrong page

I have a Word file with a large number of endnotes. In Acrobat 9.5.5 the endnote links jumped to the correct page. In Acrobat XI, which I just upgraded to, all endnotes jump to the wrong page. Somehow when converting the Word to PDF the calculation of what page to jump to is calculated incorrectly. Is this a known problem? I see other discussions on problems with endnotes but they are for different problems. How can I resolve this. I don't want to have to revert to Acrobat 9, but it worked.

Well I tried that. I set the printer driver to Adobe PDF. I then selected all text and hit F9 to refresh all links and saved the file and then went to the Acrobat tab to create the PDF version. Using the application and importing the file to create a PDF causes the same result. I can now see a pattern of what is happening. This has a large number of endnotes, 525. There are probably 30+ endnotes links per page. I noticed that all the endnotes links for the first page that has the links all point to the second page of endnotes in the endnote section (strange that it starts with the second page and not the first), then all the endnote links of the next page point to the third page of endnotes and it continues that way until the end.
Another way to describe this is that the first page of endnote links should point to endnote pages 1 through 4 but they all point to page 2.
I checked and all the links in the Work doc are linking correctly.
I wonder if version XI has been rewritten since version 9 and my case is too extreme for this version and it chokes. I'm trying to rebuild part of the file from scratch and see if the problem goes away since there is a lot of history to this file and it started at least at Word 2007. I'm using Word 2013 now and have converted the format to the 2013 level.
I've sent in a bug report but have not heard anything and talked to customer service over chat but they don't seem to care enough to pass this to development even though it's easily reproducible.
Thanks for your help.

I have created a PDF and password protected it for view. However, when reading the PDF in Adobe Reader app on the iPad the commenting and annotation options are not available. Is there a way to allow commenting and annotation in the app while password pro

I have created a PDF and password protected it for view. However, when reading the PDF in Adobe Reader app on the iPad the commenting and annotation options are not available. Is there a way to allow commenting and annotation in the app while password protecting the document?

Is there a setting that needs to be set to allow the annotation features? I set password protection to open and then password for editing and set it to Any except page extraction, but it still did not give the annotation option

How can I create a pdf but not have it open in acrobat afterwards

I want to be able to create a pdf file but not have it open up in acrobat after it is created.
I am doing this in an Access application that outputs a report to a pdf and then faxes that pdf to a fax number associated with that report. It might loop thru several hundred reports so I don't want to have close several hundred pdfs manually, plus I doubt my computer could even handle that many opened pdf files. Is there someway of configuring acrobat so that it won't open after a pdf is created?
Thank you
Ben Tolsky

Using VBA I open up a report and then use the following code:
DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, RptName, acFormatPDF, strFile, 0
RptName is the name of the report
strFile is C:\Reports\test.pdf
It creates the pdf no problem, its just that it opens it up afterwards. I would like it to not open up the pdf in acrobat because I want to loop thru several hunderd reports and fax them to different numbers.

Hyperlinks not converting when creating a pdf from Word 2010 to Adobe Acrobat 11.0.6

First off, let me say that these are not table of contents hyperlinks. I have created a document in Word 2010 (not a MAC) with hyperlinks to files residing on our company's intranet. In Word the hyperlinks work great but when I create the pdf, the links do not work. I have converted using both PDFMaker from Word and Create a pdf from within Acrobat. Yes, I have all the boxes checked regarding saving links. The links appear to work partially. Meaning that when I hover the cursor over the link, the pointy finger appears but when I click I get a pop-up message telling me the file could not be opened. Also, when I hover over the hyperlink, the address appears. So, I think it knows there's a link and it tries to open but can't. When I create the file within Adobe the link works - once. When I click on the link I get a pop-up window asking me if I want to save my file before closing. After my response the file closes and the linked file opens. However, when I go back into the file and try the hyperlink again, I get the pop-up telling me the file cannot be opened. HELP! I am at my wits end. After spending hours yesterday trying to research (I think I read every thread related to hyperlinks but I am not using a Mac, table of contents or Adobe 7 around which it seems all the prior questions revolve) and futily creating and recreating the pdf (as if doing the same thing repeatedly would somehow magically work) I am about to give up. This is a document that will be published to our intranet for use by employees which cross-references other documents to which they can refer for additional information. I would prefer to publish a pdf and not a Word document. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks for your input Bill. I've checked the preferences and "view large images" is turned on. It's not all of the images which are missing, only certain ones do not transfer over to PDF.

Creating a PDF that is customizable/interactive for different companies and representatives

I am rather new to Adobe, however I am able to use most of the software (illustrator, indesign, Photoshop, LiveCycle) just fine.
My issue is I am not sure which program/technique I should use for an interactive PDF I need to create.
I am trying to create a PDF document that will be around 50 pages. This document I will distribute to representatives in my company who work for many different financial institutions. I somehow want to create this PDF for them to be able to customize by inserting their financial institution's logo and date to the footer and insert their name to title page (and any other applicable pages).
If possible, I was hoping there was a way to include a page where our representatives could select from a checklist which of the 50 pages of the PDF they wanted to include in their document. The representatives also are not that tech savvy and think just telling them to delete the pages from the PDF could cause potential problems. Also a checklist would be simple and look much more professional.
The representatives would not have access to any Adobe design software, so the final document would have to be some sort of interactive/customizable PDF through Acrobat.
I am kind of lost as to how I can create this PDF and so if anyone can point me in the right direction I would greatly appreciate it! It's also possible I may be in the wrong program forum. So apologize if I am.
Thanks!

This can be done using Adobe Acrobat yes.
You need to decide how many uses this item will get. The reason is you have to specially enable the forms so that the users can use Reader to save the changes afterwards. These enabled files have use restrictions. You can send them to 500 people and they can use them as many times as they want or you can send them to as many people as you want but can only collect the item back 500 times.

Creating a .pdf with different page views

I'm tyring to create a .pdf with different page views. For example as the viewer goes through the .pdf some pages I would like viewed as "single page view" and others "two page view". Is this possible? I'm working with Adobe Acrobate Pro. Thanks for any suggestions.

It's possible to use the Page Open actions to trigger a view mode change but it's messy - if the user tries to override them because they prefer to zoom in, etc. then they'll get very annoyed when things keep resetting.
To create a Page Open action, open the thumbnails panel, right-click on a page, choose Page Properties, then the Actions tab. You can use the Execute a Menu Item tool to fire one of the view modes.

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