Highlighting and underlining text in a purchased textbook using Adobe DE

[Guest]

This is the same issue that I have with the Adobe Reader. I am not certain if it is a permissions issue, in some cases in might be, or Adobe just wants you to upgrade to another edition of their software to underline or highlight .pdf files. In this case I purchased and downloaded a textbook from Cisco and then had to download and install Adobe DE to view the file. This has been an unanswered question for a long time.  So what is the process or procedure to I have to follow to be able to highlight this book. I like digital books because I can store and view them on my laptop, but when I am studying I like to underline etc.

Thanks, kztec2000

[Frustrated in AZ]

ADE has Reader components built into it. Check the FAQ's on the Help page

for more information. It might be a 'level' compatibility problem.

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[Guest]

Yes, this is very frustrating. I'm used to Adobe Acrobat Pro and hoped for the same features in Acrobat DE. As it states on theAcrobate DE website:

Powerful markup features

Add bookmarks to PDF or EPUB documents so that you can quickly  navigate around a document. You can also highlight text and add comments  for future reference within your digital publications.

The "find" option is not working either. As previous frustrated customers and users mentioned - this is not a copyright issue! Adobe, please fix it, you do such great work otherwise.

Best,
Kraut&Rüben

[Frustrated in AZ]

If you read the FAQ's for ADE, you'll see that the current edition

incorporates features in Reader 5, but not higher..... I agree that they

should incorporate a much more current version.

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2011/8/5 Kraut&Rüben <forums@adobe.com>

>

Yes, this is very frustrating. I'm used to Adobe Acrobat Pro and hoped for

the same features in Acrobat DE. As it states on theAcrobate DE website:

h4. Powerful markup features

Add bookmarks to PDF or EPUB documents so that you can quickly navigate

around a document. You can also highlight text and add comments for future

reference within your digital publications.

>

The "find" option is not working either. As previous frustrated customers

and users mentioned - this is not a copyright issue! Adobe, please fix it,

you do such great work otherwise.

>

Best,

*****&Rüben

>

[Guest]

We have reader 10.1 now - so the statement on the website is kind of

misleading. Or how should I see that?

[Frustrated in AZ]

No, the statement isn't misleading. It's telling you that the Reader

functions that ADE supports are those incorporated in Reader through its

version 5. IOW, when they created the software, they built in those

functions - and haven't incorporated more recent functions in their

upgrades. To put it a different way, Adobe has Reader 10.1 in the

marketplace, but it's not built into ADE.

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2011/8/5 Kraut&Rüben <forums@adobe.com>

>

We have reader 10.1 now - so the statement on the website is kind of

misleading. Or how should I see that?

>

[Guest]

Sorry to hear that. But thanks for the information. There is nothing to do

I guess, then to buy the book again, as an old fashioned hard copy. Or do

you have other suggestions?

Thanks!

[Frustrated in AZ]

Wish I had more experience in that area, but I just read for pleasure.

There is other software that will manage ebooks, and perhaps one of your

fellow students can suggest a package that has those features in it. BUT -

and it's a pretty sizeable 'but' - the publisher of the ebook assigns

digital rights to it, which can limit what you can do, such as copying,

printing or even loading the ebook onto an ereader. You can check those

rights if you have the ebook loaded to ADE by placing your cursor on the

name of the ebook. A small arrow will appear next to the name. Place your

cursor on that arrow and a drop-down menu will appear. Choose 'Item Info'

and click on it. A popup will show you what digital rights are assigned to

the ebook.

The industry has been at this electronic media thing for more than a dozen

years now, but it's still somewhat primitive - no matter whose software you

use.

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2011/8/5 Kraut&Rüben <forums@adobe.com>

>

Sorry to hear that. But thanks for the information. There is nothing to do

I guess, then to buy the book again, as an old fashioned hard copy. Or do

you have other suggestions?

>

Thanks!

>

[Guest]

Thank you everyone for your support. Have a great weekend!!!

Thank You

Kevin Zaharas

Information Technology Consultant

From: Frustrated in AZ <forums@adobe.com>

To: kevin zaharas <kztec2000@yahoo.com>

Sent: Saturday, August 6, 2011 7:13 AM

Subject: Highlighting and underlining text in a purchased textbook using Adobe DE

Wish I had more experience in that area, but I just read for pleasure.

There is other software that will manage ebooks, and perhaps one of your

fellow students can suggest a package that has those features in it.  BUT -

and it's a pretty sizeable 'but' - the publisher of the ebook assigns

digital rights to it, which can limit what you can do, such as copying,

printing or even loading the ebook onto an ereader.  You can check those

rights if you have the ebook loaded to ADE by placing your cursor on the

name of the ebook.  A small arrow will appear next to the name.  Place your

cursor on that arrow and a drop-down menu will appear.  Choose 'Item Info'

and click on it.  A popup will show you what digital rights are assigned to

the ebook.

The industry has been at this electronic media thing for more than a dozen

years now, but it's still somewhat primitive - no matter whose software you

use.

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2011/8/5 *****&Rüben <mailto:forums@adobe.com>

>

Sorry to hear that. But thanks for the information. There is nothing to do

I guess, then to buy the book again, as an old fashioned hard copy. Or do

you have other suggestions?

>

Thanks!

[Guest]

Thanks Kevin!

Karin