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Jonathan5C3A
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November 30, 2020
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Exporting as PDF

  • November 30, 2020
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I've worked on a presentation on Keynote, exported it as a PDF and uploaded it onto Acrobat Pro in order to embed videos in the PDF itself. Once I've uploaded these videos onto my PDF using Acrobat (rich media), I know want to save and finish my work, and then export it as a PDF again, in order to send to others that can now view the PDF with the videos embeded. 

 

I feel like I'm missing something here. Every time I go to export my work, I see every option ASIDE from exporting as as a PDF (that doesn't HAVE to be opened using Adobe Acrobat). 

 

Please help!

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JR Boulay
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JR BoulayCommunity Expert
Community Expert
November 30, 2020

All multimedia-PDF and PDF-form makers should know this great trick:
https://www.abracadabrapdf.net/ressources-et-tutos/creation/forcer-utilisation-pdf-avec-acrobat-reader/
(Google translate is your friend)

Acrobate du PDF, InDesigner et Photoshopographe
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Test Screen Name
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November 30, 2020

Exporting is mainly for converting. It's already a PDF, so no converting - just save it.

Bear in mind most PDF viewers can't view multimedia properly, but Acrobat and Acrobat Reader can.

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    Jonathan5C3AAuthor
    Participant
    November 30, 2020

    Hmm, I thought that using Acrobat would allow embedding of multimedia in PDFs so that everyone can open? No matter if you have a reader or not? I've just tried sending it to a friend and the videos aren't working. Is there any way around this?

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    November 30, 2020

    The problem is that lots of people make PDF readers. There is one in Google Chrome, for example, and another ion Microsoft Edge. There's one on iPhones, and one on Android tablets. The people who make these readers only did half the job - they just didn't bother to do the part for playing videos. PDF multimedia used to work really well, when only Acrobat Reader was out there, but it's now pretty much killed by its success. Ironic. Consider using a web page instead. In any case, a mulitmedia PDF is usually way too big to email, like any video file.

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    November 30, 2020

    After adding the videos save the file.

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