Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional: Introduction

Course Description:

Adobe Acrobat9 Professional is the worldwide industry standard tool for problem-free digital document proofing and for computer to plate solutions.

Acrobat is also widely used for integrating documents into websites and content re-purposing. This introductory course is for those using Acrobat in a print, design or publishing capacity who need a comprehensive and practical understanding of Acrobat.

If you are using Acrobat with Microsoft Office, you should attend the Acrobat and MS Word course instead.

This course includes the following modules:

Introduction to Acrobat

• Understanding PDF files: their form and function

The Acrobat Environment

• The Getting Started window
• Navigating round a PDF - shortcuts
• Copying and pasting text and graphics
• Using the Search features
• Customising your toolbars

Acrobat Features

• Create a blank PDF page
• Using the Insert, Extract, Delete and Replace commands
• Setting Open options
• Full screen mode
• About PDF Portfolios

Adding Bookmarks and Links

• Creating bookmarks
• Editing bookmarks
• Adding document links
• Creating enhanced bookmarks and links
• Using thumbnail images

Using Acrobat for Proofing

• Using the pencil and line tools
• Attaching notes to documents
• Attaching files to documents
• Text annotation features
• Highlighting tools
• Changing comment authors
• Using the comment management tools
• Exporting and importing comments as FDF files

Understanding Distillers

• Creating different types of PDFs using Distiller
• Distiller PDF settings (job options)
• Creating ultra-compact PDFs
• Bitmap resolution and compression explained
• Embedding fonts
• Colour management issues

Using Distiller Correctly

• Using Watched folders
• Creating PDFs from Adobe InDesign and/or QuarkXPress
• Creating PDFs from Illustrator or Photoshop