Adobe Acrobat Comprehensive

Introduction

One of the phenomena accompanying the web explosion is a trend towards the electronic document. “I want to see the wood on my desk!” is a common rallying cry in favour of documents in the “soft” format, as opposed to a printed copy. People are no longer content to lug around heavy stacks of paper when a flash drive or CD-ROM will contain all you need!

Objectives

This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the Acrobat suite of tools and applications.

The course centres around how to convert the existing paper chain into electronic format with particular emphasis placed on realistic projects, demonstrating how to integrate Acrobat into a production workflow.

Target Audience

Anyone who has a need to convert existing documents into their electronic counterpart for archival, distribution or the exigencies of portability will find this course eminently suitable.

Curriculum

Overview

• Introduction to Electronic Documentation
• What is Acrobat?
• Screen Layout & Interface
• Reading Acrobat Documents – Understanding How the Acrobat Reader Works

Creating PDFs

• Creating Acrobat files
• Multi-file PDFs
• PDF Portfolios

Text & Graphics

• Embedding Fonts
• Placing Images
• Optimizing for Font Substitution
• Setting Compression & Other Options in Distiller & PDFwriter
• Creating a Watermark

PDF Markup

• Annotating Documents With Notes
• Creating Hyperlinks
• Bookmarks
• Document Tags
• Defining Articles

Forms

• Creating & Working with Forms
• Using the Form Wizard
• Form Templates
• Creating Form Elements for Navigation
• Creating Form Calculations
• Tracking the Form
• Compiling & Organizing Form Data

Multimedia in the PDF

• Adding Audio & Video
• Converting Video for the PDF
• Adding Flash (SWF) Files

Document Security

• Creating a Signature
• Adding and Verifying a Digital ID
• Setting View & Print Restrictions
• Managing Sensitive Information with the Redaction Tool

Collaborative Workflow

• The Review Cycle
• Adding & Tracking Review Comments
• Compare & Merge Versions

Export & Output

• Creating & Assigning Actions to Documents, Pages & Elements
• Optimizing Files
• Creating Cross-Platform PDFs

Prerequisite

None, as the course assumes no prior knowledge whatsoever. Participants are expected to be conversant with the basic workings of the PC and file storage.