Acrobat 8.0 - Level 2

Duration: 8 hours

Overview:

In this course, students will use Adobe Acrobat 8.0 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.

Who Should Attend:

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

At Course Completion:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: - create PDFs 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

Prerequisite(s) or equivalent knowledge:

Acrobat 8.0 - Level 1

Outline: 

Lesson 1: Creating PDFs from Technical Documents    
Create PDF Documents from within Microsoft Visio
Create PDF Documents from 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