Export location and measurement markups, Applying actions and scripts to pdfs, About actions – Adobe Acrobat XI User Manual
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Last updated 1/14/2015
Display Value As
Determines how latitude and longitude values are calculated. Choose Decimal to display latitude and
longitude as a decimal fraction. Choose Degrees, Minutes, Seconds to divide each degree of longitude into 60 minutes,
each of which is divided into 60 seconds.
Display Direction As
Choose between Signed and Named. Named direction displays an N (north) or S (south) next to
the Latitude, and an E (east) and W (west) for Longitude.
Always Display Latitude And Longitude As WGS 1984
Select to ensure that latitude and longitude use the current
standard reference frame for earth (World Geodetic System 1984). For older maps that were drawn with an earlier grid
(such as NAD 1927), you can deselect this option to see the original values. When an older map is registered in its native
coordinates, coordinate positions can be different from current standards used in GPS devices and web mapping
services.
Use Default Distance Unit
Select the measurement unit to use.
Use Default Area Unit
Area can be measured using a different unit from distance.
Don’t Show Transparency Layer In GeoTIFF And JPEG 2000 Images
Raster image formats include a transparency layer
that you can choose to remove.
Export location and measurement markups
You can export geospatial location and measurement data to an FDF file. Each geospatial annotation has a GPTS entry.
The entry corresponds to the latitude and longitude for each of the annotation points. The types of information that
can be exported include the following:
• Marked locations entered by using the Geospatial Location tool
• Distance, perimeter (compound distance), and area measurements entered by using the Measurement tool over
geospatial content
Geospatial data can be exported by using the Comments List panel.
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To export all comments, open the Comments List panel and choose Options > Export All To Data File.
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To export a subset of the comments, select the comments and choose Options > Export Selected To Data File. Type
the filename and click Save. The FDF file is saved.
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Applying actions and scripts to PDFs
About actions
You can cause an action to occur when a bookmark or link is clicked, or when a page is viewed. For example, you can
use links and bookmarks to jump to different locations in a document, execute commands from a menu, and perform
other actions. Actions are set in the Properties dialog box.