Adobe Acrobat Essentials

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Who should Attend?

This course is for users who wish to get an overview of how to create and share PDF's and PDF portfolios

Prerequisites

Delegates should have a good level of PC and windows skills, office application and Web browsers but do not need prior experience with Adobe Acrobat.

Course Objectives

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

Training Locations

This training is delivered as a closed course at your company's premises. We can bring our mobile IT classroom to any UK or European location, so no matter where you are based, SquareOne can come to you.

Where We Have Trained

SquareOne have delivered training solutions throughout the UK in locations such as London, Liverpool, Wirral, Merseyside, Blackpool, Manchester, Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire, Edinburgh and Belfast. We have also trained at international locations such as France, Germany, Switzerland, Scandinavia and USA.

Training has been delivered to a diverse range of industries including oil and gas, agriculture, automobile manufacture, food production, the arts and finance.

Outline

Course Details

Duration:

1 Day

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