Overview of PDF portfolios

Overview of PDF portfolios

About PDF Portfolios

A PDF Portfolio contains multiple files assembled into an integrated PDF unit. The files in a PDF Portfolio can be in a wide range of file types created in different applications. For example, a PDF Portfolio can include text documents, e-mail messages, spreadsheets, CAD drawings, and PowerPoint presentations. The original files retain their individual identities but are assembled into one PDF Portfolio file. You can open, read, edit, and format each component file independently of the other files in the PDF Portfolio.

Note

To view the contents of the PDF Portfolio, download the file and open it with Acrobat or Reader. If you try to open the file in a browser, email app (like Outlook), or another PDF viewer, you might see a "Get Adobe Reader" message.

PDF Portfolios has the following advantages over merging multiple files into a single PDF:

  • Easily add and delete files without having to find and select all the pages that originated in that file.
  • Drag and drop the files to rearrange. You can move files to different folders, or move folders to another folder at the same level in the navigation pane of the PDF Portfolio.
  • Quickly preview component files without having to open them in their native applications.
  • Change individual files within the PDF Portfolio without affecting the other files. For example, you can renumber pages in one document without renumbering other documents in the PDF Portfolio. You can also edit non-PDF files in their native applications from within a PDF Portfolio. Any changes you make are saved to the file within the PDF Portfolio.
  • Share a PDF Portfolio with others and be sure that they are getting all the component parts. Publish a PDF Portfolio on a website for others to view.
  • Sort component files by categories that you can add to, delete, hide, and customize. Simply click a column name to sort the list.
  • Print all the PDFs in a PDF Portfolio, or selected component PDFs.
  • Search one or all files in a PDF Portfolio. You can even search non-PDF component files.
  • Add non-PDF files to an existing PDF Portfolio without converting them to PDF.
  • Independence from source files: The source files of a PDF Portfolio—even existing files you add to the PDF Portfolio—are not changed when you create a PDF Portfolio. Changes you make to the component files within a PDF Portfolio don't change the original files from which you created the PDF Portfolio. You can move a PDF Portfolio anywhere on your computer or network without any risk of losing or disconnecting its components.
  • Reuse files. You can include the same file in multiple PDF Portfolios.

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