Acrobat 9 Professional: Advanced

Course Outline

Course length: 1 day

Description: This course will teach students fundamental concepts and terminology, and the basic features of Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro. This course is also designed to help students prepare for the Acrobat 9 ACE exam. For complete certification training, students should complete this course and Acrobat 9 Pro: Advanced, ACE Edition. Students will learn PDF basics and explore the Acrobat interface. They'll learn how to navigate and organize PDF documents. Students will learn how to create a PDF document from within Acrobat. They will also create PDF documents from within other applications such as word processors or other Adobe Creative Suite applications, and create documents from Web pages. Students will learn to modify PDF content by rearranging, editing, and formatting existing text; and by adding headers, footers, watermarks, and backgrounds. They'll learn how to insert multimedia content, including audio, video, and flash files. They'll add bookmarks and links, and improve accessibility in a document. Students will learn to manage security issues by using password encryption and digital signatures. They'll explore document review techniques, including the use of comments, markups, and automated reviews, such as Page View Sharing and Collaborate Live.

Course Content

Unit 1: High-quality PDFs

  • Topic A: PDF generation methods
  • Topic B: PDF file attributes
  • Topic C: PDF settings
  • Topic D: Geospatial data

Unit 2: Color management

  • Topic A: Color management basics
  • Topic B: Color management workflow
  • Topic C: Soft-proofing colors
  • Topic D: Converting colors

Unit 3: Color separations

  • Topic A: Color separation setup
  • Topic B: Separations preview
  • Topic C: Ink Manager
  • Topic D: Trapping
  • Topic E: Transparency flattening
  • Topic F: Printing color separations

Unit 4: Preflight and validation

  • Topic A: Print problems
  • Topic B: Preflight profiles
  • Topic C: Preflight reports
  • Topic D: Preflight droplets
  • Topic E: Validation and conversion

Unit 5: Interactive PDF forms

  • Topic A: Forms and LiveCycle Designer ES
  • Topic B: Creating a form
  • Topic C: Working with form fields
  • Topic D: Modifying a form
  • Topic E: Testing a form

Unit 6: PDF distribution and management

  • Topic A: PDF distribution
  • Topic B: Form management