Course Content
Create PDF with confidence
Generate PDF from postscript (and Distiller) and from professional applications such as Adobe InDesign and Quark Xpress
PDF/X Standards and PDF/X-4
Discuss current and newly introduced PDF/X standards and the new PDF/X-4 format
Configure Adobe Acrobat
Page box geometry, overprint preview, colour management and page display options
Apply trapping to your files for print
Integrate trapping values into your PDF file
Output Preview -
Examine core features such as simulation preview, content control, ink value, maximum ink density and overprinting/rich black control
Preflight for accuracy and compliancy
Ensure your content is correct for output and discover direct-conversion to PDF/X and PDF/A features. One of the major upgrades within Acrobat 8
Fix-ups in more detail
Examine the new power of fix-ups and automate many print production tasks from within preflight
Convert colours
Convert from one colour space to another either globally or with a single object. Discover colour space and convert problematic colours with ease
Harness the Ink Manager
Re-map colours from Pantone to CMYK and combine multiple Pantone inks within your file
Page mark information
Apply industry standard marks to your PDF file
Change page size and geometry
Overcome page size problems with precise controls and enlarge and append fixed page geometry for accurate page output
Fixing Hairlines
Overcome problems with both fonts and vector strokes with the ability to fix weights
Flatten Transparency
Overcome RIP/Rendering issues by flattening objects directly within Acrobat (ref PDF/X-4)
PDF Optimisation
As well as PDF versioning, font extraction, image downsampling and data scrubbing, discover ways to automate your transparency flattening within one pre-set
JDF Workflow Overview
Optimise your workflow by submitting an output file capable of entering natively into your print providers workflow
Editing and converting Text
Use the touch-up text tool to amend text, change type style, size, colour and re-purpose
BONUS - examine the differences between Adobe Acrobat and specialist PDF print applications from Enfocus and Callas Software |
