Vermont NRCS Adobe Help Document #1
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How To Insert a graphic or photo into a PDF document and print
the document
Background
Vermont NRCS conservation practice job sheets are now being
developed in Adobe PDF format. Other Vermont NRCS documents will
likely be provided in this format in the future (example: various
resource inventory worksheets). The process for adding a graphic or
digital photograph to an Adobe document and then printing the
document is not intuitive. This document provides you with a simple
procedure to accomplish the task in Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Standard
which NRCS employees now have loaded on their computers. Example: A
conservation planner is completing a Prescribed Grazing job sheet
for her customer. She has already created a map in Customer Service
Toolkit which shows the planned location of grazing paddocks,
livestock walkways, fences, pipelines, and water facilities which
will be included within the system. She wishes to capture a
snapshot of just the planned grazing system from the map and import
it into the grid on page 3 of the job sheet (which can be used for
drawing a sketch of the planned practice). This will save her the
time of sketching a system which has already been created in a map
format, and also provide her with a method of creating a high
quality document for the client. Any image or graphic which has
been stored in the computer memory (clipboard) can be pasted into
an Adobe PDF document. Follow the process listed below to
accomplish this task and print the document with the pasted image
attached. I: Copy an image or graphic to the clipboard (three
examples listed below)
In any application that contains graphics, select an image, and
then choose Copy. Example: in MS Word, you have a document which
includes a photograph you would like to paste to an Adobe PDF
document. Open the Word document, left click on the photograph to
select it, then right click on the photograph and choose Copy.
Copy a digital photograph (.jpg or other format). Example: you
have a digital photograph which you would like to copy into an
Adobe document. Open the photograph in the Paint program (Start -
All Programs Accessories Paint).
Choose the Select button on the toolbar. Draw a box around the
portion of the digital image you wish to copy, then right click on
the outlined portion of the image and select Copy.
In an Adobe PDF document use the Select Image tool to select and
copy an image. Example: you have an existing conservation plan map
developed in Customer Service Toolkit which you would like to copy
into the Adobe document (or a specific portion of the plan
map).
II: Pasting an image from the clipboard to the Adobe
document
Add the graphic or image to an Adobe PDF document by pasting it
as an image comment.
Open the PDF document in which you want to paste the image.
Choose Advanced Commenting Attach - Paste Clipboard Image from the
Tools menu
(see the graphic below).
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3. Click on the document where you want the image to appear. The
image will appear.
4. Use the Hand tool to move the image, or drag one of its
handles to resize it. To print the Adobe PDF document with the
image attached:
1. In Adobe Acrobat, select File-Print. 2. In the Print window,
select Document and comments from the Print What drop-down list. 3.
Continue printing (select OK).
