June 2006 Acumen Journal now available. This month: Explicitly Masked Images, Part 1

Acumen Journal
A Technical Newsletter from Acumen Training
Issue 43, June 2006
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Announcing issue 43 of Acumen Journal, a bimonthly technical newsletter
for the PostScript and Acrobat community.

Each issue of the Journal presents two articles, one each on PostScript
and Acrobat:

*PostScript Tech* is an article on some aspect of PostScript
programming.
*Acrobat User* is an article on the advanced use of some
part of Acrobat.

Also in each issue is the current schedule of Acumen Training's
PostScript and Acrobat classes.

The Acumen Journal is free for the downloading. Any comments, questions
about PostScript or Acrobat, or suggestions for future articles, feel
free to contact John Deubert at Acumen Training.
(john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)

To get the latest issue, go to

http://www.acumentraining.com/acumen_journal.asp


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In this issue
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PostScript Tech - Explicitly Masked Images, Part 1
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PostScript languagelevel 3 introduced the ability of images to include
a 1-bit mask that indicates what parts of the image should be painted.

The Acrobat User - Page Actions
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A page action automatically triggers when a particular page in your PDF
file opens. They are easy to create, although the means of doing so has
been somewhat hidden since Acrobat 6.

Class Schedule: Jul-Aug-Sept
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Where and when are we teaching our PDF and PostScript classes?


What's New?
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PDF File Content and Structure 2 class isnow "feature complete."


Viewing Requirements
Acrobat Reader 5.0 (Best with Acrobat Reader 6.0 or 7.0)
800x600 monitor or larger
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Relevant Pages