Adobe Acrobat

Objectives: This course is designed to introduce "The essential tool for universal document interchange".
Attendees learn how to create documents that anyone can open, how to streamline document review cycles and to migrate paper forms to the Web

Pre Requisites: An understanding of Microsoft Windows is recommended.

Duration: 1 day

The topics covered are as follows:

1 Looking at the Work Area
• Menus and Toolbars
• Using the Grid and the Info Palette
• Navigating PDF Documents
• Printing PDF Documents

2 Creating PDF Files
• Using Acrobat Distiller
• Converting Microsoft office Files
• Image HTML and Text files

3 Converting Web Pages to a PDF
• Downloading Pages in Acrobat
• Working with captured pages

4 Acrobat Distiller Options
• Embedding Fonts
• Managing Colour
• Compression and Resampling
• Setting Job Options

5 Organisation and Navigation
• Working with Thumbnails
• Creating Bookmarks
• Links and Web links

6 Searching and Indexing
• Using the Find Command
• Building a Search Index
• The Search Command

7 Re purposing PDF Documents
• Different PDF Document Types
• Saving Pages as Editable Text
• Saving Pages as Images
• Exporting Images from a PDF

8 Working with PDF Documents
• Copying Text and Graphics
• Cropping and Rotating Pages
• Inset/Delete/Rotate Pages
• Editing text and Graphics
• Comparing two PDF documents

9 Adding Comments
• Using the Comment Tools
• Graphic Markup Tools
• Text Markup Tools

10 PDF Forms
• Creating Form Fields
• Text Boxes / Combo Boxes
• Check Boxes / Radio Buttons
• Form field Options
• Making Forms Web Ready

11 Distributing PDF Documents
• E-mail from within Acrobat
• Preparing documents for distribution

microcomputing serves the Tyne & Wear, Northeast England region, with software training courses arranged for all types of companies in Sunderland, Washington, Gateshead and Newcastle as well as County Durham, Northumberland and the Teeside area with courses for organisations in Middlesbrough, Darlington and Stockton.