| 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 and Mac OSX |
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 - Why use different options - and when?
4) Other PDF creation methods
(Open as PDF) Create PDF from TIFF, JPEG, RTF, HTML, MS Office - Create PDF from screenshot - Create PDF from Multiple Files
5) PDF Optimisation
File/Reduce File Size, PDF Optimiser - PDF versioning, downsampling, unembed fonts, extract document metadata, layers, compression etc., etc. Saving for further optimisation
6) Acrobat Security Methods
Set security What is security? Access protection 1. PDF creation - 2. Append to created PDF
7) Digital Signatures
Creating and managing a Digital ID - Configuring a signature. Generating trusted certificates - Certifying a document. Understading the differences - Digital Signatures in the Real World
8) Enhancing PDF viewing
View/Rulers/Grids and Guides. Addings headers/footers ... watermark/backgrounds
Adding PDF structure for web/PDA/symbian devices. Section 508
9 ) PDF files for presentations
What is full screen? Configuring options, Microsoft Powerpoint. Transitions and embedding options globally / file, Advantages v Negatives
10) 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
11) 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 - Network, WebDav and other collaboation methods - FDF formats for information exchange
