Duration 2 days

Objectives
Acrobat remains the best way to format documents so they can be read by anyone on almost any platform. Acrobat 5.0 is used for converting documents into PDF files (portable document format) that retain the original look and feel with special formatting, graphics, and colour intact, while Acrobat Reader is used for viewing and printing PDF formatted files. Our course serves as a thorough introduction to getting the best of out Acrobat 5.0, particularly with regard to its interaction with other leading software, such as the Microsoft Office suite and programs such as Photoshop and Illustrator.

Requirements
Good working knowledge of the current Mac or PC operating system, including file management. Familiarity with Photoshop, Illustrator or a similar program and any Microsoft Office package will be an advantage.


Course Outline

Introduction to Adobe Acrobat
• What is it for? What does it do?
• About the PDF Maker
• PDF Maker Conversion settings and options
• Summarising and managing comments
• Saving the Document with Security
• Customising Document and Comment Properties

Using Paper The Capture Process
• Capturing scanned documents
• Capturing Web Pages and sites to PDF

About Acrobat Distiller
• Differences between the Distiller and the PDF Writer
• Overview of Acrobat Distiller settings
• Editing Conversion settings
• Creating your own Conversion settings

Viewing PDF Documents in the Reader
• About the Acrobat Reader
• Distribution and Copyright
• The Acrobat Web Plug-in
• Page Navigation using Thumbnails and Bookmarks

Working with Acrobat and MS Office
• Overview: Converting Office documents
• Exporting Acrobat Information to Office
• Working with MS Publisher
• Different publishing methods
• Customising Acrobat Preferences
• Conversion Techniques and Considerations
• Converting for the Web

Working with Documents - The Basics
• Editing Documents in Thumbnail View
• Extracting Pages
• Inserting, renumbering and deleting pages
• Inserting Bookmarks and Links within the Document
• Linking to Web Sites

Working with Documents - Additional Techniques
• Commenting PDF Files
• Adding Notes and Text Comments
• Using Graphic Comments
• Stamping the Document

Catalogues in Acrobat
• What are Catalogues?
• Why are they useful?
• Building a Catalogue Index
• Searching Catalogues

Signatures in Acrobat
• What are Signatures?
• Dynamic Signatures
• Creating a Profile
• Signing Documents
• Validating and managing Signed Documents

Going Further
• QandA
• Web Support and Resources