Adobe Acrobat 9 Training

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Instructor-Led Online Course Tuition:

$590.00

Course Duration:

2 Days

Course Description:

Adobe Acrobat is an essential tool in today’s electronic workplace. In this Adobe Acrobat 9 Training course, students will learn both fundamental and advanced features of Adobe Acrobat 9.

Students will see how to create and manage PDF files and portfolios, how to edit PDF files, how to secure PDF documents, how to repurpose PDF files for use in other applications, how to save websites and other clipboard content as PDF files and how to create, distribute and gather information from Adobe Acrobat forms.

Some portions of this course pertain to different versions of Acrobat and are noted within the course syllabus.

Course Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

Use the Organizer to manage your PDF files.
Create PDF Portfolios.
Create Adobe PDF files with a single click.
Save websites and other clipboard content as PDF files.
Repurpose PDF files for use in other applications.
Edit PDF documents.
Create multimedia presentations.
Review and comment on PDF documents.
Create, distribute and gather data from forms.
Secure PDF documents.

Course Audience:

This course is designed for both new and experienced Adobe Acrobat users who are interested in becoming more proficient in their use of Adobe Acrobat.

Course Prerequisites:

Students should have experience using a computer to complete basic tasks.

Course Syllabus:

Introducing Adobe Acrobat 9

About Adobe PDF
About Adobe Acrobat
Adobe PDF on the web
A first look at the work area
Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen mode
Designing documents for online viewing
Using Organizer
Getting help
Review

Looking at the Work Area

Opening a PDF file in the work area
Working with Acrobat tools and toolbars
Working with Acrobat task buttons
Working with the navigation pane
Using Organizer
Review

Creating Adobe PDF Files

About creating Adobe PDF files
Using the Create PDF command
Dragging and Dropping files
Converting and combining different types of files
Using the Print command to create Adobe PDF files
About the Adobe PDF Settings (presets)
Reducing file size
About compression and resampling
Inserting Multimedia files
Scanning a paper document
Converting emails to PDF (Windows)
Converting web pages to Adobe PDF
Exploring on your own: Creating Adobe PDF from the context menu (Windows)
Review

Creating Adobe PDF from Microsoft Office Files (Windows)

About PDFMaker
Converting Microsoft Word files to Adobe PDF
Inserting 3D content into PowerPoint presentations (Acrobat Pro Extended)
Converting Excel documents and starting a review
Converting web pages from Internet Explorer
Exploring on your own: Exporting tables from PDF files
Exploring on your own: Converting and combining multiple Office files
Review

Combining Files in PDF Portfolios

About PDF portfolios
Getting started
Creating a PDF Portfolio
Customizing your PDF Portfolio
Sharing your PDF Portfolio
Securing a PDF Portfolio
Searching a PDF Portfolio
Review

Reading and Working with PDF Files

Changing the opening view
About the onscreen display
Reading PDF documents
Searching PDF documents
Printing PDF documents
Filling out PDF forms
About flexibility, accessibility, and structure
Looking at accessible documents
Making files flexible and accessible
Adding tags
Adding Alt Text (alternate text)
Using the Acrobat accessibility features
Review

Enhancing and Editing PDF Documents

Looking at the work file
Moving pages with page thumbnails
Editing Adobe PDF pages
Editing links
Inserting one PDF file into another PDF file
Working with bookmarks
Deleting a page
Renumbering pages
Editing and extracting text and images
Editing images using the TouchUp Object tool
Converting PDF pages to image format files
Review

Adding Signatures and Security

About digital signatures
Creating digital signatures
About security
Looking at security settings
Adding security to PDF files
Adding passwords
Certifying PDF files
Signing certified documents
Exploring on your own: Using security envelopes
Review

Using Acrobat in a Review Cycle

About the review process
Adding comments to a PDF document
About the commenting tools
Working with comments
Initiating a shared review
Exploring on your own: Interactive live collaboration
Review

Working with Forms in Acrobat

Converting PDF files to interactive PDF forms
Adding form fields
Distributing forms
Collecting form data
Working with form data
Explore on your own: Calculating and validating numeric fields
Review

Creating Multimedia Presentations

Adding a video file to a PDF file (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
Adding a Flash animation (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
Adding a poster file for a video or animation (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
Creating a presentation
Review

Using the Legal Features

About Bates numbering and redaction
Applying Bates numbering
Defining Bates numbering
Editing Bates numbering
Applying redaction
Setting the Redaction tool properties
Searching text for redaction
Creating PDF portfolios
Review

Using the Engineering and Technical Features

Working with layers
Using the Pan & Zoom tool
Using the 2D measuring tools
Using the Loupe tool
Converting a drawing file to PDF (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
Permanently removing text from PDF documents
Using the PDF Maps feature
Geospatial registration (Acrobat Pro Extended)
Review

Using Acrobat in Professional Publishing

Creating PDF files for print and prepress
Preflighting files (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
Working with transparency (Acrobat Pro and Pro Extended)
Setting up color management
Previewing your print job
Advanced printing controls
Review

Working with 3D in PDF Files

About Acrobat Pro Extended and Adobe 3D Reviewer (Windows)
Working with 3D content in PDF files
Reviewing and commenting on 3D models
Converting 3D design files to PDF (Acrobat Pro Extended)
Using 3D PDF files in your manufacturing workflow (Acrobat Pro Extended)
Using 3D models in technical publishing (Acrobat Pro Extended)
Review