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1. #ADOBE ACROBAT READER DC FOR MAC PDF#
2. #ADOBE ACROBAT READER DC FOR MAC PROFESSIONAL#
3. #ADOBE ACROBAT READER DC FOR MAC WINDOWS#

My general rule is to never use these options for importing, creating, or managing stamps unless absolutely necessary. This button is just a shortcut to the "Create" option on the "Custom Stamps" tool (also not shown).

The next tool, the "Stamp Palette," is another way to select stamps for placement, but it also contains a button for importing stamps (not shown). The Stamps at the top of the list are all from stamp files in the user folder, and stamps at the bottom of the list are all from stamp files in the app folder.įigure 1: The Stamp menu lists the user and app stamps in separate groups.The other stamp tools are not just useless, but dangerous. The stamp categories are not randomly placed.

#ADOBE ACROBAT READER DC FOR MAC PDF#

This is where you select the stamp to be placed on a PDF page. You can place your own stamps in the App folder as well, but as shown in the table above, you'll need administrative privileges on the system.Īlternatively, when the Acrobat/Reader tools are used to create a new stamp, that stamp is automatically placed in the user folder.Īll of the stamp tools are available from the "Stamp" toolset/toolbar (Figure 1).The first stamp tool is the categorized list (dropdown menu) of stamps. Often hidden from users.ĭoes not exist on initial Acrobat/Reader install.Īcrobat/Reader comes with a standard set of stamps, which are placed in the app folder. Requires administrative privilege to access.

Sub-folder of the Acrobat/Reader installation area. But first we'll look at the differences between the two folders. But while the Acrobat/Reader applications are similar, the file systems on each platform are very different, and this is where the details of stamp file installation get a little complicated (on both platforms). One other similarity is that the user folder doesn't exist when Acrobat/Reader is first installed. And in both, a stamp file is installed by copying it into one of two file system folders, the user folder or the app folder. They even look the same on both platforms. Both have the same menus and tool buttons, so the Stamp and Commenting tools are accessed in the same way.

#ADOBE ACROBAT READER DC FOR MAC PROFESSIONAL#

MacintoshĪcrobat Professional and Acrobat Reader are nearly identical on both platforms.

#ADOBE ACROBAT READER DC FOR MAC WINDOWS#

These steps are similar, but different for the Macintosh and Windows platforms. It's not difficult, but there are a few steps you need to follow.

But if you acquired a stamp file from somewhere else, or want to share a stamp you've created, then it gets more complicated. If you are making your own static stamp with the Acrobat stamp tools, then Acrobat does the installation for you. To add a new stamp to Acrobat's list of stamps, that stamp file has to be installed into Acrobat. In Adobe Acrobat/Reader and most other PDF viewers, that custom image is a page in a special kind of PDF file, called a stamp file. And like a rubber stamp, a PDF stamp has a custom graphic/image. A PDF Stamp is a type of PDF markup (comment), just like a rubber ink stamp for paper.