Adobe Acrobat (Essentials)

This course is for those using Acrobat in a print, design or publishing capacity and need a comprehensive and practical knowledge of the software.

Outline:

• Introduction to Acrobat
  • Understanding PDF files - their form and function
• The Acrobat Environment
  • The Getting Started window
  • Navigating round a PDF
  • Copying and pasting text and graphics
  • Using the Search features
  • Customising your toolbars
• Acrobat Features
  • Creating a blank PDF page
  • Using the Insert, Extract, Delete and Replace commands
  • Editing text and images
  • Creating headers and footers
  • Working with page numbering
  • 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 Distiller
  • Creating different types of PDF's using Distiller
  • Distiller PDF settings (job options)
  • Creating ultra-compact PDF's
  • Bitmap resolution and compression explained
  • Embedding fonts