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                <div><div class="section"><p>When you place a PDF or Adobe Illustrator
file, use the Place PDF dialog box to set options for placing the
artwork. </p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>With the destination Photoshop document open,
place a PDF or Adobe Illustrator file.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Under Select in the Place PDF dialog box, select Page
or Image, depending on what elements of the PDF document you want
to import. If the PDF file has multiple pages or images, click the
thumbnail of the page or file you want to place.</span> <div class="para"><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:  </span>Use the Thumbnail Size menu to adjust the thumbnail
view in the preview window. The Fit Page option fits one thumbnail
in the preview window. A scroll bar appears if there are multiple
items.</div>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Under Options, choose from the Crop To menu to specify
what part of the PDF or Illustrator (AI) document to include: </span> <dl><dt class="dlterm">Bounding Box</dt>
<dd>Crops to the smallest rectangular region that includes
all the text and graphics of the page. This option eliminates extraneous
white space.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Media Box</dt>
<dd>Crops to the original size of the page. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Crop Box</dt>
<dd>Crops to the clipping region (crop margins) of the PDF
file. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Bleed Box</dt>
<dd>Crops to the region specified in the PDF file for accommodating limitations
inherent in production processes such as cutting, folding, and trimming. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Trim Box</dt>
<dd>Crops to the region specified for the intended finished
size of the page.</dd><p class="dlseparator"></p><dt class="dlterm">Art Box</dt>
<dd>Crops to the region specified in the PDF file for placing
the PDF data into another application. </dd><p class="dlseparator"></p></dl>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click OK to close the Place PDF dialog box. </span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>If necessary, set any positioning, scaling, skewing,
rotating, warping, or anti-aliasing options in the options bar.</span></li>
<li class="stepexpand"><span>Click Commit&#160;<img src="images/P_Accept_Md_N.png" /> to
place the artwork as a Smart Object on a new layer of the destination
document.</span></li>
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