Acrobat 8.0: II Training

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1 Day Course

Course Description

As a business professional, you have some experience in using Adobe Acrobat. Now you are ready to further develop your PDF documents. In this course, you will use Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional to convert technical documents to PDF files, enhance and control PDF content accessibility, customize PDF documents for interactive use online, and prepare PDFs for commercial printing.

Performance-based objectives

Create PDF files from technical documents.
Enhance the utility and accessibility of PDF documents.
Create interactive PDF forms.
Begin preparing a PDF document for commercial printing.
Finalize PDF files for commercial printing.

Prerequisites

Experience using Acrobat, Standard or Professional edition.

Course Content

Creating PDFs from Technical Documents

Create PDF Documents Using Microsoft Visio
Create PDF Documents Using Autodesk AutoCAD
Measure Technical Drawing Content

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

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

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

Finalizing PDF Files for Commercial Printing

Preflight Documents
Create PDF/X and PDF/A Compliant Files
Create a Composite
Create Color Separations

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