Adobe Acrobat Professional Introductory Course

Duration 1 Day

Objectives

To enable users to produce Adobe Acrobat documents and forms efficiently.
This course can be adapted for company-based courses where delegates also have specific business objectives.

Introduction to Acrobat
Acrobat Tools
Using Acrobat Help & The Status Bar
Zoom Tools/Page views
Browsing Methods
General Preferences
Document Information
Find and Replace

Creating PDF Files
Using Acrobat PDF Writer, Acrobat PDFMaker or Acrobat Distiller to create PDF files from Word, Excel or most other software.
Combining content from different sources into one PDF
Acrobat Scan & Modifying PDF Files
Text Editing
Text Highlighting
Creating and Editing Notes
Exporting and Summarising Notes
Stamp Tools
Compare Pages
Modifying PDF Files
PDF settings: resolution, compression and security - setting and modifying features
Web browser issues, such as download speed

Using Distiller
Customizing Acrobat Distiller's default options and preferences
Choosing appropriate compression (depending on purpose)
Embedding fonts and managing colour settings
Deciding on appropriate settings for desktop printing, commercial colour printing, or the Web
Incorporating images into documents

Editing PDF files in Acrobat
Working with Acrobat commands and toolbars
Opening and saving PDF files
Setting and managing security options - passwords, restricted access
Selecting lines and blocks of text
Selecting Graphics

Creating Interactive PDFs
Creating and Editing Links
Creating and Editing Bookmarks
Creating and editing Articles
Page Actions
Opening Options

Annotations and Hyperlinks
Creating and editing notes and annotations
Annotation preferences
Text and audio annotations
Making hyperlinks to other documents and web sites

Digital Signatures
What is a Digital Signature
Setting up users Signature Profiles
Signature Tool
Roll Back to Signature

PDF and Email
Attach PDF to an Email
Email with PDFMaker

Acrobat Forms
Creating form fields - form data validation
Creating and Formatting online forms

Acrobat and Presentations
Creating Thumbnails
Creating buttons
Multimedia features

Acrobat Catalogue
Catalogue overview
Building Indexes - handling multiple documents
Modifying Indexes

Search
Using Acrobat Search
Setting Search Preferences
Locating specific PDF files

Web Capture
Downloading Web Sites
Converting to PDF

Pre-requisites
Users should already be users of some Windows Desktop applications and preferably, but not essentially, other file formats other than Microsoft.