Instructions for using Union Plus print ads

The Union Plus ads available here are Adobe Acrobat PDF files. If you do not already have Acrobat installed, you can download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader.

If you have purchased the full version of Adobe Acrobat 5.0, you can download the PDF and customize it with your union's name.

To save the PDFs and insert in your newsletter, right-click on the individual ad (e.g. click on Auto Buying Service, then right-click on "4x2 bw filler ad"), then choose "Save Target As" and save the file as appropriate.

If you're using Word and cannot insert a PDF file, you can: Click on your selected PDF ad below and press the Graphics Select Tool button in the toolbar. Define the copy area by clicking and holding your mouse in the top left corner of the ad and dragging the mouse down to the lower right corner. Release your mouse button and right-click to select "Copy". Then paste the ad into Word.

The ads online have been sized for 8 1/2 X 11 publications, but you can resize the 300 dpi files to fit your publication sizes. See instructions below.

Using the PDF files

• To view the PDFs, you need to have Adobe Acrobat installed. You can download a free copy of the Adobe Acrobat Reader here.
  
  If you have purchased the full version of Adobe Acrobat 5.0 (or higher), you can download the PDF and customize it with your union's name.
   
• To save a PDF and insert it in your newsletter, right-click on the individual ad (e.g. hover over the PDF icon and then click on the right button of your mouse), then choose "Save Target As" and save the file as appropriate.
  
• If you're using Word and cannot insert a PDF file, you can: Click on your selected PDF ad and press the Graphics Select Tool button in the toolbar. Define the copy area by clicking and holding your mouse in the top left corner of the ad and dragging the mouse down to the lower right corner. Release your mouse button and right-click to select "Copy". Then paste the ad into Word.
  
• To resize a PDF, open the file in a graphics program such as Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator. In Photoshop you can adjust the size of the image before it loads (you will be prompted as the file loads) or after it is open. Once the file is open in Photoshop you can modify the image size by going to the Image menu, select Image Size, and adjusting the size in the dialog box that appears. Then save the file.

  To resize the image in Adobe Illustrator, first open the file. Select all of the artwork by going to the Select menu, then choose Select All. Click on a corner handle of the image, hold down the shift key, move mouse inward to reduce in size or outward to increase the file size. Go to the File menu, Document Setup, in the dialog box change the size of the Art Board to match the size of the image. Then save the file.

  As a rule of thumb, files should only be resized in proportion to the original size, files should not be increased to exceed twice its original size, and files should not decreased more than half of its original size.

Need more help or customizations? Don't hesitate to contact Union Privilege at leaders@unionplus.org or call the Union Plus Leader Line at 1-800-472-2005 or 202-293-5330 in the Washington, DC area.