Acrobat Complete

Future Media Concepts, Inc.
Boston, Chicago, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Washington DC, United States

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online | On-site | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' Acrobat’s cross-platform capabilities allow you to distribute your documents efficiently without sacrificing the original design. When you need to distribute your documents to viewers using a variety of platforms and software - Acrobat is your tool of choice. This three-day course provides an excellent overview of how to convert your work into Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). You will learn how to incorporate text, notes, graphics, movies and links to the Internet. Upon completion of this course, participants will have a excellent understanding of the menu and tools in Acrobat and be able to perform work with a high level of efficiency.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Introducing Adobe Acrobat 9

* About Adobe PDF
* About Adobe Acrobat
* Adobe PDF on the web
* A first look at the work area
* Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen mode
* Designing documents for online viewing
* Getting help

Lesson 2: Looking at the Work Area

* Opening a PDF file in the work area
* Working with Acrobat tools and toolbars
* Working with Acrobat task buttons
* Working with the navigation pane
* Using Organizer

Lesson 3: Creating Adobe PDF Files

* About creating Adobe PDF files
* Using the Create PDF command
* Dragging and dropping files
* Converting and combining different types of files
* Using the Print command to create Adobe PDF files
* About the Adobe PDF Settings (presets)
* Reducing file size
* About compression and resampling
* Inserting multimedia files
* Scanning a paper document
* Converting emails to PDF (Windows)
* Converting web pages to Adobe PDF
* Exploring on your own: Creating Adobe PDF from the context menu (Windows)

Lesson 4: Creating Adobe PDF from Microsoft Office Files (Windows)

* About PDFMaker
* Converting Microsoft Word files to Adobe PDF
* Inserting 3D content into PowerPoint presentations (Acrobat Pro Extended)
* Converting Excel documents and starting a review
* Converting web pages from Internet Explorer
* Exploring on your own: Exporting tables from PDF files
* Exploring on your own: Converting and combining multiple Office files

Lesson 5: Combining Files in PDF Portfolios

* About PDF Portfolios
* Getting started
* Creating a PDF Portfolio
* Customizing your PDF Portfolio
* Sharing your PDF Portfolio
* Securing a PDF Portfolio
* Searching a PDF Portfolio

Lesson 6: Reading and Working with PDF Files

* Changing the opening view
* About the onscreen display
* Reading PDF documents
* Searching PDF documents
* Printing PDF documents
* Filling out PDF forms
* About flexibility, accessibility, and structure
* Looking at accessible documents
* Making files flexible and accessible
* Adding tags
* Adding Alt Text (alternate text)
* Using the Acrobat accessibility features

Lesson 7: Enhancing and Editing PDF Documents

* Looking at the work file
* Moving pages with page thumbnails
* Editing Adobe PDF pages
* Editing links
* Inserting one PDF file into another PDF file
* Working with bookmarks
* Deleting a page
* Renumbering pages
* Editing and extracting text and images
* Editing images using the TouchUp Object tool
* Converting PDF pages to image format files

Lesson 8: Adding Signatures and Security

* Getting started
* About digital signatures
* Creating digital signatures
* About security
* Looking at security settings
* Adding security to PDF files
* Adding passwords
* Certifying PDF files
* Signing certified documents
* Exploring on your own: Using security envelopes

Lesson 9: Using Acrobat in a Review Cycle

* About the review process
* Getting started
* Adding comments to a PDF document
* About the commenting tools
* Working with comments
* Initiating a shared review
* Exploring on your own: Initiating live collaboration

Lesson 10: Working with Forms in Acrobat

* Getting Started
* Converting PDF files to interactive PDF forms
* Adding form fields
* Distributing forms
* Collecting form data
* Working with form data
* Exploring on your own: Calculating and validating numeric fields

Lesson 11: Creating Multimedia Presentations

* Getting Started
* Adding a video file to a PDF file (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
* Adding a Flash animation (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
* Assigning a poster file for a video or animation (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
* Creating a presentation

Lesson 12: Using the Legal Features

* About Bates numbering and redaction
* Applying Bates numbering
* Defining Bates numbering
* Editing Bates numbering
* Applying redaction
* Changing the Documents preferences
* Setting the Redaction tool properties
* Searching text for redaction
* Creating PDF Portfolios

Lesson 13: Using the Engineering and Technical Features

* Getting started
* Working with layers
* Using the Pan & Zoom tool
* Using the 2D measuring tools
* Using the Loupe tool
* Converting a drawing file to PDF (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
* Permanently removing text from PDF documents
* Using the PDF Maps feature
* Geospatial registration (Acrobat Pro Extended)

Lesson 14: Using Acrobat in Professional Printing

* Getting started
* Creating PDF files for print and prepress
* Preflighting files (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
* Working with transparency (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
* Setting up color management
* Previewing your print job
* Advanced printing controls

Lesson 15: Working with 3D in PDF Files

* About Acrobat Pro Extended and Adobe 3D Reviewer (Windows)
* Working with 3D content in PDF files
* Reviewing and commenting on 3D models
* Converting 3D design files to PDF (Acrobat Pro Extended)
* Using 3D PDF files in your manufacturing workflow (Acrobat Pro Extended)
* Using 3D models in technical publishing (Acrobat Pro Extended) ...''

Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:212.233.3500

School Address:

299 Broadway
Suite 1510
New York, NY 10007,USA
Tel: 212.233.3500

43 Thorndike Street
Cambridge, MA 02141,USA
Tel: 617.621.1155

325 Chestnut Street
Suite 220
Philadelphia, PA 19106,USA
Tel: 215.922.2500

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