This page is still being fleshed out. Here is a rough outline of the issues involved.

• Basics: "just like printing to a file"
• using distiller vs using PDFwriter
• embedding fonts
• What you do while printing versus what you do afterward with Acrobat
• creating thumbnails, bookmarks, and links using Acrobat
• what to look for to make sure you've created a PDF file correctly:
  • No font or display problems on any page in the document.
  • Color comes across where appropriate.
  • Images are detailed enough to look good on the screen, but no so detailed that the files are too large.
  • All links work
  • thumbnails have been created.