And they’re better than ever… … ok… not really. They’re exactly the same, I just rebranded them. Even though I created these at my former job, one of the folks on the Enablement Team at Adobe was kind enough to allow me to begin distributing them here. They’re now called Practical:PDF Portfolio Utilities and can [...]
March 22, 2013
Tree with Preview PDF Portfolio Layout Available now
If you’re looking for a really simple way to navigate a lot of files in a PDF Portfolio and don’t need all the bells and whistles of the default layouts, check out “Tree with Preview”. I’ve removed everything except the most basic file navigation features making the preview window as large as possible and highly [...]
March 21, 2013
TreeView 1.0.2 PDF Portfolio Layout Available Now
The TreeView was updated to version 1.0.2 on 3-20-2013 It’s been a hectic few months here at Practical:PDF World Headquarters but I’ve finally been able to update the TreeView Layout so that it functions properly. Check it out… even if you were disappointed in the last version. The TreeView Layout is a simple list of [...]
January 10, 2013
I’ve Been Acknowledged!
Acrobat and Reader 9, X, and XI were updated recently and it looks like the security vulnerability that I identified has been fixed; check out the Acknowledgements section of the Security Bulletin, APSB13-02. It didn’t hurt your machine but the vulnerability would allow a PDF to invisibly communicate with a server and track your use [...]
December 28, 2012
TreeView 1.0.1 PDF Portfolio Layout Available Now
The TreeView was updated to version 1.0.1 on 12-28-2012 The update fixes a sorting bug inside folders. Child documents of folders now are properly sorted based on the sort order of the Portfolio. Well – I was finally able to squash the bugs in my TreeView layout and now it’s working exactly the way I [...]
December 26, 2012
CoolList 2.0.1 PDF Portfolio Layout Available Now
The CoolList was updated to version 2.0.1 on 12-27-2012 I’ve been incredibly busy these last few months and haven’t had much time to blog let alone create new stuff but I finally caught a bit of a break and had a chance to make some much needed improvements to one of my layouts. CoolList 2.0.1 [...]
November 8, 2012
Book Review: All About PDF Stamps In Acrobat ® & Paperless Workflows
If you don’t count audio books, I don’t read a lot of books. I certainly don’t read them for technical information; I search Google (not Bing… sorry Microsoft). All About PDF Stamps In Acrobat ® & Paperless Workflows has been sitting on my shelf for months but recently, I finally had the chance to sit [...]
July 30, 2012
Grid with File Preview PDF Portfolio Layout Available Now
Look out! I’ve gone retro. I’ve gotten enough requestes to do this type of layout that I decided to carve out a few hours from my schedule and just do it. The Grid with File Preview Layout is reminiscent of the Acrobat 9 layout of the same name. It’s extremely basic. There’s a list of [...]
May 25, 2012
PDF Bookmarks as a PopUp Menu
I recently completed a job for one of my customers and in the process developed a little proof-of-concept piece that we ended up not using. The customer wanted a way to navigate a collection of PDF files via bookmarks but didn’t want to lose all of the screen real estate that the bookmark panel takes [...]
April 3, 2012
The CoolList PDF Portfolio Layout Available Now
The CoolList Layout is now available on the PDF Portfolio Layouts, Themes and Tools page. The CoolList Layout is my first layout that provides both a preview of the file and a vertical list of files. It was inspired by the media browser interface in one of my favorite devices ever. It makes very clean, [...]
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