Adobe Acrobat 9 Level 1

Duration: 2 days
Time: 10am - 5pm. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled between 12-1pm
Course Materials: Vendor Authorized Courseware provided
Locations: Reston, VA / On-Site
Related Courses:
Cost: $1095
Registration: Click Here to Register

Description

Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional software enables business professionals to reliably create, combine, and control Adobe PDF documents for easy, more secure distribution, collaboration, and data collection. This class will enable you to prepare and edit PDF documents, as well as add the interactive features which have made Acrobat so successful in the business environment today.

Audience

Regardless of your industry, everyone can benefit from this informative and exciting class. Individuals who will be preparing documents for intranet or internet use will find lots of useful tips to get the most out of Acrobat 8. New features will be discussed and hands-on exercises will give the student the ability to see the many features of Acrobat 9 Professional in action.

Prerequisites

Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What you will learn

The Acrobat 9 Interface and Workflow
Editing and Securing PDF Files
Working with MS Office Documents
Working with Multimedia in PDF
Commenting and Reviewing Tools
Touch Up and Review Tools
Print Production Techniques
Search Features and Tools

Lesson Plans

Introducing Adobe Acrobat
Getting to know the work area
Adobe PDF on the web
Overview of the work area
Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen Mode
Designing documents for online viewing
Using the Organizer
Opening a PDF file in the work area
Working with the Acrobat task buttons
Working with the navigation pane

Creating Adobe PDF Files
Using the Create PDF command
Converting and combining files
Using the Print command
Adobe PDF Settings
Reducing file size
Compression and resampling
Dragging and dropping files

Creating PDF from Microsoft Office Files
PDF Maker Overview
Acrobat Connect Overview
Converting MS Word files to PDF
Converting Power Point to PDF
Converting Excel documents to PDF
Attaching files in Microsoft Outlook
Converting web pages from Internet Explorer
Exporting tables from PDF files
Converting and combining multiple Office files

Combining files in PDF Packages
Collecting PDF files in a package
Navigating your PDF package
Making changes to PDF packages
Sorting PDF files in PDF packages
Searching PDF packages
Printing PDF packages

Creating Adobe PDF from Web Pages
Converting web pages to Adobe PDF
Connecting to the web
Setting options for converting web pages
Creating PDF files from web pages
Updating converted web pages

Converting Email Files to Adobe PDF
Converting email messages to PDF
Sorting converted emails
Adding email messages to PDF Packages
Printing emails
Migrating PDF archives to packages
Setting up automatic archiving in Outlook

Working with PDF Files
Changing the opening view
About the onscreen display
Reading PDF documents
Following links
Searching PDF documents
Printing PDF documents
Filling out PDF forms
Comparing documents
Using the accessibility features

Editing PDF Documents
Opening and examining the work file
Moving pages with page thumbnails
Editing Adobe PDF pages
Editing links
Inserting PDF files
Looking at bookmarks
Deleting a page
Renumbering pages
Setting an opening view
Editing text
Copying text and images from PDF
Using the TouchUp Object tool
Converting PDF pages to image files
Reducing the file size

Adding Signatures and Security
Creating digital signatures
Adding images to your digital signatures
Selecting a signing method
Creating digital IDs
Signing the advertisement
Modifying signed documents
Security Settings
Adding security to PDF files
Adding passwords
Opening password-protected files
Certifying PDF files

Creating Multimedia Presentations
Adding interactive animations
Adding Show/Hide fields
Controlling movie clips with buttons
Adding navigational buttons
Creating page actions to control media
Opening movie clips in floating windows
Creating full-screen presentations

Using Acrobat in Professional Publishing
Creating PDFs files for print and prepress
Preflighting files
Creating custom preflight profiles
Printing and layers
Previewing your print job
Working with transparency
Advanced printing controls
Setting up color management
Overview of accessibility features

Using Acrobat in a Review Cycle
Working with Comments
Exporting and Importing Comments
Marking up documents
Summarizing Comments
Comparing two Adobe PDF Documents
Spell checking comments
Printing documents with comments
Inviting users of Adobe Reader to participate in reviews

 

 

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Acrobat 9 Level 2

Duration: 2 days
Time: 10am - 5pm. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled between 12-1pm
Course Materials: Vendor Authorized Courseware provided
Locations: Reston, VA / On-Site
Related Courses:
Cost: $1095
Registration: Click Here to Register

Description

You will use Adobe® Acrobat® 9.0 Pro to convert documents to PDF files, enhance and customize PDF documents for interactive use online, and prepare them for printing.

Audience

The target student for this course are office professionals who want to employ the advanced productivity and creative features of Acrobat 9.0 Pro

Prerequisites

Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What you will learn

Moving from paper to eForms
Field Formatting and Calculations
Working with JavaScript in Acrobat
Using templates in eForms
Document security issues
Routing and archiving eForms
FDF solutions versus XML based solutions
Deploying an eForm Solution

Lesson Plans

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Create PDF files from technical documents.
Enhance the utility and accessibility of PDF documents.
Create interactive PDF forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer.
Make a PDF document ready for commercial printing.
Finalize PDF files for commercial printing.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating PDFs from Technical Documents
Topic 1A: Create PDF Documents Using Autodesk AutoCAD
Topic 1B: Measure Technical Drawings

Lesson 2: Enhancing PDF Documents
Topic 2A: Embed Multimedia
Topic 2B: Optimize PDF Files
Topic 2C: Enhance PDF Document Accessibility

Lesson 3: Creating Interactive PDF Forms in Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Topic 3A: Create a PDF Form
Topic 3B: Add Form Fields
Topic 3C: Create Calculations
Topic 3D: Create Buttons
Topic 3E: Track Forms
Topic 3F: Compile Returned Forms
Topic 3G: Organize Compiled Data

Lesson 4: Preparing PDF Files for Commercial Printing
Topic 4A: Examine the Commercial Printing Process
Topic 4B: Create PDF Files for Prepress
Topic 4C: Apply Color Management Settings
Topic 4D: Modify Adobe PDF Settings for Prepress
Topic 4E: Preview Printed Effects

Lesson 5: Finalizing PDF Files for Commercial Printing
Topic 5A: Preflight Documents
Topic 5B: Create PDF/X, PDF/A, and PDF/E Compliant Files
Topic 5C: Create a Composite
Topic 5D: Create Color Separations

Appendix A: Miscellaneous Features
Supplemental Lesson Adding Enhancements
Topic 1A: Index Documents
Topic 1B: Batch Process PDF Documents
Topic 1C: Repurpose PDF Document Content

Appendix B: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program®

 

 

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