Acrobat 8 Level 2
Printer friendly

Course Overview
  You will use Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional to 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.

As a business professional, you have some experience in using Adobe Acrobat. Now, you are ready to further develop your PDF documents. In this course, you will use Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional to 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.

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


  • This Course Includes:
      Six months of access to Online Learning Resources for the topics covered in your class. Online Learning Resources is a convenient, on-demand way of helping you retain what was taught in your class.

    Sixty days of access to Post Class Support for instant help regarding the topics and tasks covered in your class. Post Class Support provides you with 24/7 support from certified experts via chat, phone and multimedia, including live demonstration, collaborative learning and step-by-step instruction.

    Audience
      The audience may or may not be creative and/or print professionals.

    This course is designed for anyone who will use a computer and Acrobat 8.0 Standard/Professional to work with PDF files.


    Prerequisites
      Experience using Acrobat 7.0 or earlier, Standard or Professional edition.

    Course Number
      EKEUACR8L2

    Course Length
      1 Days

    Course Price
      $325.00

    Category
      1

    Topics
      Lesson 1: Creating PDFs from Technical Documents
    • Create PDF Documents Using Microsoft Visio
    • Create PDF Documents Using Autodesk AutoCAD
    • Measure Technical Drawing Content

    Lesson 2: Enhancing PDF Documents
    • Embed Multimedia
    • Create Actions
    • Index Documents
    • Optimize PDF Files
    • Batch Process PDF Documents
    • Make a PDF Document More Accessible
    • Repurpose a PDF Document for Other Displays

    Lesson 3: Creating Interactive PDF Forms in Adobe LiveCycle Designer
    • Create a PDF Form
    • Add Text Form Fields
    • Create Calculations
    • Create Fields with Predefined Responses
    • Create Buttons
    • Track Forms
    • Compile Returned Forms into a PDF Package
    • Organize Collected Data in a Spreadsheet

    Lesson 4: Preparing PDF Files for Commercial Printing
    • Examine the Commercial Printing Process
    • Choose Appropriate Methods of Creating PDF Files for Prepress
    • Apply Color Management Settings
    • Create and Apply Appropriate Adobe PDF Settings for Prepress
    • Preview Printed Effects on Screen

    Lesson 5: Finalizing PDF Files for Commercial Printing
    • Preflight Documents
    • Create PDF/X and PDF/A Compliant Files
    • Create a Composite
    • Create Color Separations