Improve the way in which you create, combine, distribute and share Adobe PDF documents. Generate electronic forms and learn how to submit data and collect within Adobe Acrobat 8.

Course Content

Learn how to generate Adobe PDF forms with Acrobat 8 Professional. Distribute your PDF to users with the FREE Adobe Reader and collect data for analysis within Acrobat and Microsoft Excel

Creating form fields

Button, check box, combo box, drop down, list box, radio button, text field tool, digital signature and barcode tool
Duplicating fields
Creating multiple copies of fields
Placing icons/images into fields and resizing
Non printing objects
Locking fields
Creating reset buttons
Using Page Actions
Show/Hide fields

Barcodes

Grab form content into barcode
PDF417 - 2D barcodes
QR Code - 2D barcodes
DataMAtrix - 2D barcode
Compress Data

Replacing Pages

Replacing page content
Keeping form data intact

Initial View Settings

Display PDF in default view

Form field recognition

Recognise form fields
Discuss benefits and how to make better recognition

Enabling Usage Rights in Adobe Reader

Adobe Reader 7 and 8
Save form data and add comments
Sign with Digital Signature

cgi bin submission

Submitted through Acrobat or browser
Form mail examples

Forms Distribution Wizard

Send enriched form through email
send later (to a web server)
Prepare form off-line
Forms collection (via email)
receive emails and double-click to examine
Adobe PDF dataset PDF package

Examining data

Exporting from Acrobat
Opening content in Excel and XML

Custom Forms Collection

Compiling custom datasets and data

Form Tracker

Tracking forms
Creating templates

Flattening form fields

PDF Optimisation

Adobe Livecycle Designer

Overview of the differences between Acrobat Forms and Livecycle Designer

Upon course completion, the delegate will be able to generate Adobe PDF forms with Acrobat 8 Professional for distribution, collection and analysis