Acrobat 9 Fundamentals

Cost:

$595.00 (Online Class - Lodestone Live)
$795.00 (Lodestone Training Center)

Time: 10 AM - 4:30 PM EST
Length: 2 day class
Type: Instructor-led

Course Description:

This course covers Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional for designers, developers, and business users. Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional software allows professionals to deliver professional documents, manage document reviews, and build dynamic forms for data collection. This class will empower you to use the Adobe PDF format for more than just printing.

Learning Objectives:

After taking the Acrobat 9 Professional class, studets 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 the content of Adobe PDF files for use in other applications
• Edit PDF documents
• Create multimedia presentations
• Review and add comments to Adobe PDF documents, using streamlined workflows and tools, including the ability to share a document for live review
• Create, distributing, and gathering data from forms
• Redact information and using Bates numbering, for legal professionals
• Secure PDF documents

Target Audience:

This class is geared for those just starting out with PDFs, or those who want to learn more about security or collaboration tools within Acrobat. This includes individuals who work in print, web and multimedia. Experience with Microsoft Office is a plus fo rthis class.

Some features in Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional are for Windows users only, but we offer the class for both Mac and PC users.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: 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
• Getting help

Lesson 2: 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

Lesson 3: 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 Only)
• Converting web pages to Adobe PDF
• Exploring on your own: Creating Adobe PDF from the context menu (Windows Only)

Lesson 4: Creating Adobe PDF from Microsoft Office Files (Windows Only)

• 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

Lesson 5: Combining Files in PDF Portfolios

• About PDF Portfolios
• Creating a PDF Portfolio
• Customizing your PDF Portfolio
• Sharing your PDF Portfolio
• Securing a PDF Portfolio
• Searching a PDF Portfolio

Lesson 6: 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

Lesson 7: 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
• Renumbering pages
• Editing and extracting text and images
• Editing images using the TouchUp Object tool
• Converting PDF pages to image format files

Lesson 8: 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

Lesson 9: 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: Initiating live collaboration

Lesson 10: Working with Forms in Acrobat

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

To Register:

Toll Free - 866.665.9441 or click on a date to register online.

9/29-9/30/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
William Everhart

Lodestone Training Center:
Charlotte or Online

10/25-10/26/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
William Everhart

Lodestone Training Center:
New York or Online

12/20-12/21/2010
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM EST

Instructor:
Mark Hooper

Lodestone Training Center:
New York or Online

Please note, assigned instructor may change. Lodestone confirms instructor schedules two weeks prior to class date.

*Classes are online via Lodestone Live and at a Lodestone training center.
The only time that a class will cancel is either if there is a power failure or other major disruption in service.