MODULE 1: GETTING TO KNOW ADOBE ACROBAT

• About the PDF Format
• Understanding the Workspace
• New Forms Paradigm
• Creating PDF Documents from Authoring Applications
• Creating PDF Documents from PostScript Files
• Creating PDF Documents for the Internet
• Capturing Web Pages as PDF Documents
• Converting Scanned Documents to PDF Format
• Creating PDF Documents for Print
• Creating Interactive PDF Documents
• Creating PDF Documents for Multimedia Presentations
• Creating PDF Documents for Internal Distribution
• Creating a PDF Form with LiveCycle Designer
• Creating an Acrobat Catalog
• Optimizing Adobe PDF Documents for Distribution
• Modifying Conversion Settings
• Use Acrobat as a Publishing Solution

MODULE 2: NAVIGATE THE ACROBAT WORKSPACE

• Using the Acrobat Menu Commands
• Customizing the Workspace
• Setting Preferences

MODULE 3: READ PDF DOCUMENTS WITH ACROBAT

• Navigating the Document
• Changing Document View
• Viewing Multiple Documents
• Searching for a Word or Phrase
• Searching an Index of Documents
• Conducting an Advanced Search
• Locating Document Properties
• Printing PDF Documents
• Using Items from PDFs in Other Applications
• Using the Organizer

MODULE 4: CREATE A PDF DOCUMENT

• Creating a PDf File
• Using the Create PDF Command
• Using the Create PDF > From File Command
• Capturing HTML Documents as PDF Documents
• Saving PDF Files
• Setting Document Properties
• Using the Save As Command
• Saving PDF Files in Other Formats

MODULE 5: CREATE PDF DOCUMENTS IN AUTHORING APPLICATIONS

• Creating PDF Files from Microsoft Office Software
• Creating PDF Files from Microsoft Word Files
• Creating PDF Files Using the Print Command

MODULE 6: CAPTURE PDF DOCUMENTS

• Capturing PDF Documents from a Scanner
• Capturing PDF Documents from Web Sites

MODULE 7: CREATE NAVIGATION FOR PDF DOCUMENTS

• Using the Bookmarks Panel
• Using the Pages Panel
• Creating Links

MODULE 8: THE BASICS OF EDITING PDF DOCUMENTS

• Edit Visually with Page Thumbnails
• Drag-and-Drop Editing
• Edit with Menu Commands
• Touch Up a PDf Document

MODULE 9: REVIEW PDF DOCUMENTS

• Initiate an Email review
• Use the Tracker
• Use the Comments Panel
• Add Comments
• Add Audio Comments
• Create Text Annotations
• Attach Files to a Document
• Apply a Stamp
• Mark Up a Document
• Use Graphic Elements
• Export Comments
• Import Comments

About Your Instructors

Kal Hadi is a Certified Adobe Instructor with CompTIA CTT+ credentials. He has over 15 years of experience in the field of computer graphics, imaging and electronic publishing. He was recognized by Adobe as one of the top five trainers worldwide in 2009. He is a graduate of the Rochester Institute of Technology Electronic Publishing graduate program. He is also the author of many books and papers in the fields of graphics and web publishing.

Sean Casella

Luisa Winter

Luisa Winters is a Certified Instructor for Adobe and Apple (ACI and ACT).

She teaches for private clients, consults for organizations, and works at several different training centers all over the United States and abroad. Luisa is one of the few Adobe Premiere Pro Master instructors. A well-known artist, Luisa often speaks at different conferences on topics ranging from video editing to compositing and web.

An accomplished violinist, Luisa was, at the age of 13, a full-time member of the National Symphony Orchestra in the Dominican Republic. While attending the legendary Peabody Conservatory (in Baltimore, MD), Luisa learned from master musicians: Henryk Szeryng, Berl Senofski, Aarond Rosand, Charles Libove, and Leon Fleisher, among others.

Expressing her art in digital form, Luisa became an editor and motion graphics artist in 1985, and has been performing both arts full-time since that point in time.

Throughout her career, Luisa has won several awards, including:

• Telly Awards
• Videographer Awards
• Aegis Awards
• WEVA Hall of Fame
• Baltimore Videographers Association Excellence Award

Christine Marsh