Adobe Acrobat 8 - Level 1

 Course Overview

 In the modern world you may now be required to share your files electronically by email, over a network, or on the web more often, so that recipients can view, print, and offer feedback.  In this course, you will use Adobe® Acrobat® 8.0 to make your information more portable, accessible, and useful to meet the needs of your target audience.  Additionally you will also learn how to enhance and control PDF content accessibility, customize PDF documents for interactive use online, and prepare PDFs for commercial printing.

 Course Prerequisites

 All you need to learn is Minimal experience with computers and common Microsoft applications, such as word processing, spreadsheet, and web browser applications.

 Course Outline

 Lesson 1: Accessing Information in PDF Documents

• Browse a PDF Document

• Navigate to Specific Content Within a PDF Document

• Conduct a Simple Search

• Extract Content from a PDF Document

Lesson 2: Creating PDF Documents

• Create a PDF Document from a Word Document

• Create PDF Documents Using the Print Command

• Create PDF Documents from Web Pages

• Create a PDF Document Using Acrobat

• Create PDF Documents Using Email Applications

 Lesson 3: Modifying PDF Documents

• Manipulate PDF Document Pages

• Edit Content in a PDF

• Add Headers and Footers

• Customize Page Numbering

 Lesson 4: Adding PDF Navigation

• Use Bookmarks

• Work with Links

• Define Articles

 Lesson 5: Working with Multiple PDF Documents

• Organize PDFs into a Collection

• Control Access to Multiple PDF Documents

• Search Multiple PDF Documents

 Lesson 6: Reviewing a PDF Document

• Choose a Collaboration Workflow

• Add Review Tools to a PDF Document

• Digitally Sign a PDF Document

• Markup a PDF Document

• Initiate a Meeting with Acrobat Connect 

Lesson 7: Creating PDFs from Technical Documents

• Create PDF Documents Using Microsoft Visio

• Create PDF Documents Using Autodesk AutoCAD

• Measure Technical Drawing Content

Lesson 8: Enhancing PDF Documents

• Embed Multimedia

• Create Actions

• Index Documents

• Optimize PDF Files

• Batch Process PDF Documents

• Make a PDF Document More Accessible

• Repurpose a PDF Document for Other Displays

Lesson 9: Creating Interactive PDF Forms in Adobe LiveCycle Designer

• Create a PDF Form

• Add Text Form Fields

• Create Calculations

• Create Fields with Predefined Responses

• Create Buttons

• Track Forms

• Compile Returned Forms into a PDF Package

• Organize Collected Data in a Spreadsheet

Lesson 10: Preparing PDF Files for Commercial Printing

• Examine the Commercial Printing Process

• Choose Appropriate Methods of Creating PDF Files for Prepress

• Apply Color Management Settings

• Create and Apply Appropriate Adobe PDF Settings for Prepress

• Preview Printed Effects on Screen

Lesson 11: Finalizing PDF Files for Commercial Printing

• Preflight Documents

• Create PDF/X and PDF/A Compliant Files

• Create a Composite

• Create Color Separations