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Adobe Acrobat 9

The skills and knowledge acquired in Adobe Acrobat Version 9 are sufficient to be able to create and edit PDFs, apply security features and use the collaboration and form features of Acrobat

Audience

This course is designed for users who are keen to extend their understanding and knowledge of the PDF generation and manipulation software Adobe Acroba

At Course Completion

After completing this course, students will be able to:

� start Acrobat, open PDFs and have a basic understanding of
the interface

� locate, view and print PDF documents

� create PDFs

� merge documents into a single PDF and create PDF portfolios

� learn how to modify PDF documents

� create and edit bookmarks

� create a variety of links

� create and work with PDF forms

� create forms from scratch and from built-in templates

� work with the Acrobat review and commenting features

� search for information in PDF documents

� work confidentally with some of the security options available
in Acrobat

Pre-requisites

The manual assumes little or no knowledge of the software. However, it would be beneficial to have a general understanding of personal computers and the Windows operating system environment.

Price:		$280.00 (inc GST)

Course Outline

Getting Started

Acrobat And PDFs

Starting Acrobat

Opening A PDF File

The Acrobat Interface

Using Menus

Using Toolbars

Using The Navigation Pane

Exiting Acrobat

Viewing And Printing PDFs

Navigating PDFs

Using Navigation Tools

Changing Views

Using The Zoom Tools

Splitting Documents Into Multiple

Views

Working With Multiple Documents

About The Organizer

Working With The Organizer

The Print Dialog Box

Printing A PDF Document

Creating PDFs

Creating PDFs Using The PDF

Printer Driver

Acrobat PDFMaker

Creating PDFs From Microsoft

Office Files

Creating PDFs From Windows

Explorer

Creating PDFs From Web Pages

Adobe Distiller Settings

Creating A Postscript File

Creating PDFs From A Single File

Creating Multiple PDFs In A Batch

Creating PDFs From A Blank

Page

Creating PDFs From Clipboard

Content

Creating PDFs From A Scanner

Optimising A Scanned Document

Combining Documents

Merging Multiple Files Into A PDF

Creating A PDF Portfolio

Editing A Portfolio

Customising A PDF Portfolio

Editing Files In A PDF Portfolio

Working With Files In A PDF

Portfolio

Securing A PDF Portfolio

Modifying PDFs

Inserting And Deleting Pages

Extracting Content

Moving And Rotating Pages

Cropping Pages

Renumbering Pages

Adding Headers And Footers

Adding Watermarks And

Backgrounds

Adding Backgrounds

Editing Text

Adding New Paragraphs Of Text

Adding Text Using The Typewriter

Tool

Changing Text Properties

Placing Images Or Objects

Moving Text And Objects

Copying Content

Reducing File Size

Attaching Documents To A PDF

Managing Attachments

Bookmarks

Creating Bookmarks In A Source

Document

Creating Bookmarks Manually

Editing Bookmark Destinations

Nesting Bookmarks

Changing The Appearance Of

Bookmarks

Bookmark Actions

Links

Creating Links

Duplicating Links

Editing Links

Creating Destination Links

Creating Links To Another PDF

PDF Forms

About Forms

Starting A Form With The Form

Wizard

Editing Form Fields

Adding Text Fields

Changing Field Properties

Numeric Fields

Calculating Fields

Adding Hidden Fields

Adding Radio Buttons

Adding Combo Boxes

Adding A Submit Button

Creating Multiple Copies Of Fields

Adding Reset And Cancel Buttons

Testing Your Form

Distributing Forms By Email

Tracking Forms

Returning A Completed Form

Adobe LiveCycle Designer Forms

Starting LiveCycle Designer

The Adobe LiveCycle Designer

Window

Setting Up And Using Drawing

Aids

Adding Fields

Changing Field Properties

Assignment � Adding Fields

Creating Multiple Copies Of Fields

Adding A Submit Button

Adding Borders, Lines And

Shading

Creating A Form From A

Template

Working Collaboratively

Viewing Comments

Adding Sticky Notes

Adding Text Edit Comments

Adding Drawing Tools Comments

Inserting Digital Identity Stamps

Understanding Acrobats Review

Processes

Understanding The Acrobat

Review Processes

Enabling Commenting In Reader

Initiating An Email Review

Returning A Reviewed PDF

Merging Review Comments

Managing Comments

Summarising Comments

Searching PDF Documents

Finding Words

Searching Multiple PDFs

Performing An Advanced Search

Securing Your Documents

Document Security

Adding A Document Open

Password

Adding Permissions Passwords

Removing Password Protection

Creating A Self-Signed Digital ID

Certifying A PDF

Digitally Signing PDFs

Exporting A Digital ID Certificate

Verifying A Digital Signature

Encrypting For Certain IDs Using

Certificates

Creating A User Security Policy

Applying A Security Policy

Sending Files As A Secure

Attachment

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