New Horizons Computer Learning Center
410-597-9722

Adobe Acrobat 9.0

Course Length: 2 Days

Overview:
In this course, students will will use Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional to create, manage, and collaborate PDF documents; 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.

Prerequisites:
Windows XP - Level 1
Windows XP - Level 2
Or equivalent knowledge

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

• Access information in a PDF document
• Create PDF documents
• Modify PDF documents
• Add PDF navigation aids
• Work with multiple PDF documents
• Review PDF documents
• 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

Course Content

Lesson 1: Accessing Information in PDF Documents

• Browse a PDF Document
• Tabs and Tools
• Navigate to Specific Content Within a PDF Document
• Conduct a Simple Search
• Extract Content from a PDF Document

Lesson 2: Creating PDF Documents

• The PDF Creation and Publication Process Cycle
• Create a PDF Document from a Word Document
• Create PDF Documents Using the Print Command
• Create PDF Documents from Web Pages
• Create a PDF Document Using Acrobat
• Create PDF Documents Using Email Applications
• Benefits and Disadvantages of Different PDF Creation Methods

Lesson 3: Modifying PDF Documents

• Manipulate PDF Document Pages
• Edit Content in a PDF
• Add Headers and Footers
• Customize Page Numbering

Lesson 4: Adding PDF Navigation

• Use Bookmarks
• Hyperlinks

Lesson 5: Working with Multiple PDF Documents

• The Organizer Tool
• Organize PDFs into a Collection
• Control Access to Multiple PDF Documents
• Search Multiple PDF Documents

Lesson 6: Reviewing a PDF Document

• Choose a Collaboration Workflow
• Add Review Tools to a PDF Document
• Digitally Sign a PDF Document
• Markup a PDF Document
• Compile Comments from Multiple Reviewers
• Clearing Comments Before Publication

Lesson 7: Enhancing PDF Documents

• Create Actions
• Page Properties and Actions
• Bookmark Actions
• Hyperlink Actions
• Embed Multimedia
• Embedding and Attaching Files
• Creating an In-Document Link to Attachments
• Layers and Layer Properties
• Layer Actions

Lesson 8: Creating Interactive PDF Forms in Adobe LiveCycle Designer

• Create a PDF Form
• Add Text Form Fields
• Create Fields with Predefined Responses
• Create Buttons
• Track Forms
• Compile Returned Forms into a PDF Package
• Organize Collected Data in a Spreadsheet

Lesson 9: Preparing PDF Files for Internet Downloading

• Reviewing and Resolving Accessibility Issues
• Optimizing PDF Files for Smaller Size Downloads
• Setting Password Security and Limiting Access To Editing and Printing

Lesson 10: Preparing 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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P: 410-597-9722
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