Direction for creating a PDF file in the Library Techlab:

PDF files, or Portable Document Format files, are a great way to save documents that need to be scanned in to Chalk and Wire. Here is some information on how to make PDF files and put them into your Chalk and Wire account.

Advantages of PDF’s:

• PDF’s take up less disk space than other ways of saving scanned documents. This will allow them to load faster in Chalk and Wire.
• PDF’s allow for an effective way of displaying multiple page documents that are scanned in to the computer.

Disadvantages of PDF’s:

• The person using the PDF must have a viewer to read them. (The viewer is a free download that many computers already have).
• They take more time to create than other ways of saving scanned documents.

Creating a PDF File:

• In the Techlab open up Adobe Acrobat from the start menu.
• After the program has loaded put the first page of your document face down on the scanner glass.
• In the program under the file menu select import. Under the import menu select the HP 3500 series scanner.
• Select if your document is one sided or two and press Ok.
• Wait for the scanner to warm up. It will do a preview scan of your document. If the scan looks like what you want press accept, if not reposition your document on the scanner glass and press preview again until you get an acceptable preview.
• The scanner will then scan the document in PDF format. When it is done it will ask you for the next page. Place the next page on the scanner glass, press next, and repeat the step above. If you are done press Cancel.
• When you have scanned all or your pages in go to Save As under the File menu. Name your document and save it to a location where you can easily find it.

Directions for putting a PDF file into Chalk and Wire:

· Go to the Artifact library in your Chalk and Wire account.

· Under deposit file press browse and find your PDF file. Once you have, deposit it into the Library.

· On the next screen choose a name for the file and under file type choose other, and finish depositing the file into your account.

· When you use the PDF file in your portfolio make sure that under the comments text box you indicate that the user must have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the file. It is available for free download from the following link: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html