Acrobat 9 Professional: Introduction

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Adobe Acrobat Professional is the worldwide industry standard tool for problem-free digital document proofing and for computer-to-plate solutions. Acrobat is also widely used for integrating documents into websites and content re-purposing. This Adobe authorised introductory course is for those using Acrobat in a print, design or publishing capacity who need a comprehensive and practical knowledge of Acrobat. If you are using Acrobat in a different capacity, the course can be customised around your workflow (ie: using InDesign or MS Word with Acrobat) - please call for details.

Course Description

Introduction to Acrobat
• Understanding PDF files – their
form and function

The Acrobat environment
• The Getting Started window
• Navigating round a PDF
• Copying and pasting text and graphics
• Using the Search features
• Customising your toolbars

Acrobat features
• Creating a blank PDF page
• Using the Insert, Extract, Delete and Replace commands
• Setting Open options
• Full screen mode
• About PDF Portfolios

Adding bookmarks and links
• Creating bookmarks
• Editing bookmarks
• Adding document links
• Creating enhanced bookmarks and links
• Using thumbnail images

Using Acrobat for proofing
• Using the pencil and line tools
• Attaching notes to documents
• Attaching files to documents
• Text annotation features
• Highlighting tools
• Changing comment authors
• Using the comment management tools
• Exporting and importing comments as FDF files

Understanding Distiller
• Creating different types of PDFs using Distiller
• Distiller PDF settings (job options)
• Creating ultra-compact PDFs
• Bitmap resolution and compression explained
• Embedding fonts
• Colour management issues

Using Distiller correctly
• Using Watched folders
• Creating PDFs from Adobe InDesign and/or QuarkXPress
• Creating PDFs from Illustrator or Photoshop

Using Acrobat.com

Questions and answers