Acrobat 8.0 - Level 2

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.

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

Pre-requisite(s):
Acrobat 8.0 - Level 1 (Outline for this class - Date for this class)

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