Adobe Acrobat Pro Overview

Use Adobe Acrobat to create and edit portable documents that can be easily distributed, for collaboration or production. Combine documents from a wide range of other programs into one cohesive, user-friendly document.

Acrobat Pro, Day 1

Topic 1 – Introducing Adobe Acrobat

  • Getting Started with Adobe Acrobat window
  • A first look at the work area
  • Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen mode
  • Designing documents for online viewing
  • Using Organizer
  • Getting help

Topic 2 – Looking at the Work Area

  • Opening a PDF file in the work area
  • Working with Acrobat task buttons
  • Working with the navigation pane

Topic 3 – Creating Adobe PDF Files

  • Using the Create PDF command
  • Converting and combining different types of files
  • Using the Print command to create Adobe PDF files
  • Comparing the default Adobe PDF Settings
  • Reducing file size

Topic 4 – Creating Adobe PDF from Microsoft Office Files (Windows)

  • Converting Microsoft Word files to Adobe PDF
  • Converting and emailing PowerPoint presentations
  • Converting Excel documents and starting a review
  • Converting and attaching files in Microsoft Outlook
  • Converting web pages from Internet Explorer

Topic 5 – Combining Files in PDF Packages

  • Collecting PDF files in a package
  • Navigating your PDF package
  • Making changes to PDF packages
  • Sorting PDF files in PDF packages
  • Searching PDF packages
  • Printing PDF packages

Topic 6 – Creating Adobe PDF from Web Pages

  • Converting web pages to Adobe PDF
  • Connecting to the web
  • Setting options for converting web pages
  • Creating Adobe PDF files from web pages
  • Updating converted web pages
  • Converting web pages in Internet Explorer (Windows)

Topic 7 – Converting Email files to Adobe PDF (Windows)

  • Converting email messages to Adobe PDF
  • Sorting converted emails
  • Adding email messages to PDF packages
  • Printing emails
  • Migrating PDF archives to PDF packages (Outlook)
  • Setting up automatic archiving in Outlook

Topic 8 – Working with PDF Files

  • Changing the opening view
  • Reading PDF documents
  • Following links
  • Searching PDF documents
  • Filling out PDF forms
  • Comparing documents
  • Using the Acrobat accessibility features

Topic 9 – Editing PDF Documents

  • Opening and examining the work file
  • Moving pages with page thumbnails
  • Editing Adobe PDF pages
  • Editing links
  • Inserting one PDF file into another PDF file
  • Looking at bookmarks
  • Deleting a page
  • Renumbering pages
  • Setting an opening view

Topic 10 – More About Editing

  • Viewing the work file
  • Looking at articles
  • Editing text
  • Copying text and images from a PDF file
  • Editing images using the TouchUp Object tool
  • Converting PDF pages to image format files
  • Reducing the file size

 

Acrobat Pro, Day 2

Topic 1 – Using Acrobat in a Review Cycle

  • Opening the work file
  • Working with comments
  • Exporting and importing comments
  • Marking up documents
  • Summarizing comments
  • Comparing two Adobe PDF documents
  • Spell checking comments
  • Printing documents with comments
  • Inviting users of Adobe Reader to participate in reviews

Topic 2 – Adding Signatures and Security

  • Creating digital signatures
  • Adding images to your digital signatures
  • Selecting a signing method
  • Opening the work file
  • Creating digital IDs
  • Signing the advertisement
  • Modifying signed documents
  • Looking at security settings
  • Adding security to PDF files
  • Adding passwords
  • Opening password-protected files
  • Certifying PDF files
  • Signing certified documents

Topic 3 – Creating Multimedia Presentations

  • Adding inactive animations
  • Adding Show/Hide fields
  • Controlling movie clips with buttons
  • Adding navigational buttons
  • Adding sound files and adding multiple actions to one buttons
  • Creating page actions to control multimedia clips
  • Opening movie clips in floating windows
  • Creating full-screen presentations with transitions

Topic 4 – Using the Engineering and Technical Features

  • Using the Pan & Zoom tool
  • Working with layers
  • Using measuring tools
  • Using the Loupe tool
  • Exporting measurements to spreadsheets
  • Using the Cloud Annotation tool
  • Preparing engineering documents for distribution
  • Permanently removing text from PDF documents

Topic 5 – Using the Legal Features

  • Applying Bates numbering
  • Defining Bates numbering
  • Finding Bates numbered PDF documents
  • Editing Bates numbering
  • Applying redaction
  • Setting the Redaction tool properties
  • Searching text for redaction
  • Creating PDF packages
  • Applying security

Topic 6 – Working with Forms in Acrobat

  • Converting paper forms to interactive PDF forms
  • Adding text fields
  • Adding check boxes and buttons
  • Distributing forms
  • Tracking and managing forms

Topic 7 – Creating Forms with Adobe LiveCycle Designer (Windows)

  • Looking at the work area
  • Building new forms
  • Adding text to a form
  • Adding graphics to forms
  • Adding text banners
  • Grouping objects
  • Adding content form fields
  • Adding radio buttons
  • Duplicating objects
  • Adding check boxes
  • Using Custom Library items
  • Adding shapes
  • Adding drop-down lists
  • Adding the current date
  • Previewing and exporting forms
  • Distributing forms

Topic 8 – Using Acrobat in Professional Publishing

  • Creating PDF files for print and prepress
  • Preflighting files
  • Creating custom preflight profiles
  • Printing and layers
  • Previewing your print job
  • Working with transparency
  • Advanced printing controls
  • Setting up color management

Topic 9 – Making Documents Accessible and Flexible

  • Looking at accessible documents
  • Making files flexible and accessible