| Information You will create and modify PDF documents using Acrobat in a business environment |
Duration |
Cost CLICK HERE FOR PRICING |
Schedule All private classes by arrangement - please call us for dates |
Prerequisites Delegates should be familiar with their computer operating system |
Platform Windows or Mac OSX systems |
1) Overview of Acrobat Family
2) Creating a PDF file
Acrobat Distiller/Adobe PDF creation from chosen application
Create PDF from Microsoft Office documents, Create PDF from toolbar - Different options for maintaining URLs, bookmarks, document structure, Right-click applications from desktop - Convert Internet Explorer to PDF from toolbar, Print to Distiller as an option
3) Setting Acrobat Distiller options
Understanding the Distiller job options - Distiller compression and downsampling options
4) Image and Text Manipulation
Cropping PDFs (discuss issues), Rotating, Moving pages, Extraction, Copying, Deleting
Copy/Paste text from PDF, Saving as other file formats (TIFF, JPEG, RTF, Word)
Exporting images from PDF, Editing Text (Touchup Text Tool), amending text, adding new text
Editing Objects (Touchup Object Tool), moving objects, editing in Photoshop/Illustrator)
5) Print Production - Accurately viewing PDFs
Overprint preview - viewing true knockout and overprints, Local fonts option, Separations Preview - View colours within PDF file (colour management considerations). Printing separations
6) Building a PDF Index for Searching
Build an index. Set Catalog options, Searching an Index - Set Search options Refine a search . Use the Document Info fields to conduct a search - Search for information using Boolean expressions - Document Info/Metadata considerations
7) Creating PDF Links
Create and edit links within a document - Create a link to a site on the World Wide Web - Link options for document/page activity
8) Using Acrobat in a Document Review Cycle
Initiating the Review Process - Use and create comments - Filter / Sort / Review / Track - Import, export, and summarize comments - Invite users to colloborate /
FDF formats for information exchange
9) Batch Processing
Overview of Acrobat Batch Processing - File conversion techniques - Hot folders / open filters - Bringing it all together - 3rd party tools for automation
10) Creating PDF Forms
Work with forms - considerations - Add / generating form fields - Calculate form fields / Create a Reset Form field - Understand how to submit form fields over the Web
