Acrobat X Bootcamp

Acrobat X Bootcamp combines the Acrobat X Essentials and Acrobat X Advanced Techniques courses into a complete solution designed for those looking to learn the package from start to finish

Audience
This course is ideal for those who wish to learn to use Acrobat X to it's full potential.

Requirements
In order to complete this course you will require basic computer skills such as a basic understanding of a computer's operating system, launching an application, creating & saving files, and copying files from CDs & other media.

Software Covered
This course is suitable for users working with Acrobat X Professional and Acrobat X Professional Extended. If you are using a previous version of Acrobat Professional please contact us as this may be supported.

Course Overview

Stage One - Acrobat X Essentials

Starting with Acrobat

• Examining initial screen
• Menu bar
• Toolbars
• Navigation panes
• Showing and hiding toolbars
• Converting toolbars into a palette
• Adding and removing toolbar tools
• Navigation Panes
• Setting preferences

Working with PDFs

• Navigation
• Navigating through documents – forward and back
• Relative movement
• Specific page navigation
• Zooming
• Check for optional tools
• Marque tool
• Loupe tool
• Hand tool
• Snapshot tool
• Page Layouts
• Searching for text
• Look at advanced features, multiple documents etc.
• Arranging Documents
• Reading mode
• Measuring Sizes and Areas
• PDF Saving Options (EPS, TIFF, JPEG)
• Reduce file size
• Printing

Making PDFs

• From Print Menu
• to Adobe PDF
• or Distiller
• In MS Office
• PDF Maker
• Creating PDF from images
• Merging PDFs
• PDF Packages
• Convert Web Pages To PDF

Adding Comments To A PDF

• Sticky Notes
• Change icons and colour
• Can reply to Notes, change status
• Searching notes
• Checking spelling
• Exporting and importing comments
• Enable Reader commenting
• Stamps
• Text Edits
• Callout comments
• Starting E-Mail based review
• Review Tracker

Manipulating Pages In PDF

• Rearranging pages
• Extracting pages
• Inserting one file into another
• Replacing pages
• Rotating pages
• Cropping pages

Adding And Changing Fonts & Graphics

• Touch Up Tool
• Change line art position, images, rotate, scale and size
• Edit line in Illustrator and images in Photoshop
• Adding Headers and Footers (add copyright and page numbers)
• Adding Background
• Select ‘Form Colour’ for solid background colour
• Adding Watermark

Adding Navigation Features

• Bookmarks
• Create hierarchy
• Special actions
• Links
• Articles

Creating Presentation

• Setting Open Options
• Adding transitions
• Auto Flip
• Creating Next and Previous Page Buttons
• Placing A Movie And Sound On A Page
• Embed compatibility
• Adding borders
• Add buttons to control

Forms

• Add Buttons
• Add Checkboxes
• Add Pull-Down menus
• Add Text Field
• Digital Signatures
• Distribute Forms
• Compile returned Forms

Stage Two - Acrobat X Advanced Techniques

Adding Advanced Navigation Features

• Bookmarks
• Links
• Articles

Advanced Touch Up

• Placing A Movie And Sound On A Page
• Flash runtime

Advanced Forms and Javascript

• Add Checkboxes
• Add Pull-Down menus
• Add Text Field
• Add Buttons
• Distribute Forms

Security

• Password Protection
• Digital ID
• Export certificate to file
• Add Security Appearance
• Signing documents
• Managing Security Policy Wizard
• Managing Trusted Identities.
• Hidden Content

Layers

• Working with applications that support layers
• Layer visibility
• Layer properties

Preflight

• Using Preflight
• Changing Pre flight Settings
• Flattener Preview

Redact Content

• What is Redaction?
• Redaction Properties

Batch Processing

• Setting output option
• Running sequences
• Extracting images from specific page

Metadata and Searching

• Acrobat metadata
• The differences between Search & Find
• Creating Search Indexes
• Metadata is added when document is created