Course Overview

This Acrobat Professional course will enable delegates to share electronic versions of documents with others in a format that allows them to view, print, and even review the content, even if they don't have the original software that was used to create the file. In this course, delegates will use Adobe Acrobat to convert documents to PDF files, and will customise PDF files for both their needs and the needs of the reader.

Prerequisites

• • Good PC skills and working knowledge of any page layout application

Course Content

• Introduction to Acrobat

  Examining initial screen
  Menu bar
  Toolbars. Showing and hiding toolbars
  Navigation panes
  Converting toolbars into a palette
  Adding and removing toolbar tools
  Setting preferences
  

• Creating PDF files

  Creating a PDF from Print Menu
  Create a PDF from an existing document, ie Word or Excel file
  Creating PDF from images
  Merging PDFs
  PDF Portfolios
  Convert Web Pages To PDF
  

• Modifying PDF Files

  Adding navigation tools
  Thumbnails: adding and removing from a PDF file
  Articles: create, view, edit and delete
  Bookmarks: adding and using to link to another file
  Links: linking to a website, modifying and deleting
  Destinations: creating and modifying
  Creating non-PDF files: RTF format, to an image file
  Adding multimedia elements: sound, movie clip
  Add a header or footer into a PDF
  Add a watermark / background
  

• Annotating PDF Files

  Comments and notes: create, modify and delete
  Highlighting toolbar for comments on a PDF
  Remove a highlight from text
  Text edit options
  Pencil tool to select text for comments
  Sharing comments online and adding comments through a web browser

• Designing and Using electronic forms

  How to create a web ready email response form
  Add a text field to a form
  Buttons on forms: add, modify and delete a button placed on your form.
  Form controls: tick box, radio button, drop down list and list box
  Customised buttons
  Adding and customising Stamps

• Indexing PDF files

  Preparing your files before indexing
  Create an Index using your PDF files
  Update or alter an Index
  

• Securing PDF files

  Adding, modifying and removing
  

• Optimising & distributing PDF files

  Optimising files
  Distributing PDF files
  

Included with this course

• • Lunch and refreshments when training is delivered at our training venues
  • Comprehensive course materials and exercises
  • Telephone and Email Support