Adobe Acrobat Fundamentals

Course Length: 1 Day

Learning Objectives:

  • Incorporate text, notes, graphics, and movies, as well as Internet links
  • Menu and tools in Acrobat

Who should attend this course: Professionals who need to produce superb PDF documents

1. Introducing Adobe Acrobat

  • About Adobe PDF
  • About Adobe Acrobat
  • Adobe PDF on the web
  • A first look at the work area
  • Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen mode
  • Designing documents for online viewing
  • Getting help

2. Creating Adobe PDF Files

  • About creating Adobe PDF files
  • Using the Create command
  • Dragging and dropping files
  • Converting different types of files
  • Using PDFMaker (explained only)
  • Using the Print command to create Adobe PDF files
  • Reducing file size
  • Optimizing PDF files (Acrobat Pro only)
  • Scanning a paper document
  • Making scanned text editable and searchable
  • Converting web pages to Adobe PDF

3. Reading and Working with PDF Files

  • Changing the opening view
  • About the onscreen display
  • Reading PDF documents
  • Searching PDF documents
  • Printing PDF documents
  • Filling out PDF forms
  • About flexibility, accessibility, and structure
  • Working with accessible documents
  • Making files flexible and accessible (Acrobat Pro only)
  • Using Acrobat accessibility features (Standard and Pro)
  • Sharing PDF files
  • Converting Webpages to Adobe PDF

4. Editing Content in PDF Files

  • Editing text
  • Working with images in a PDF file
  • Copying text and images from a PDF file
  • Exporting PDF content to a PowerPoint presentation
  • Saving PDF files as Word documents
  • Extracting PDF tables as Excel spreadsheets

5. Adding Signatures and Security

  • Getting started
  • Viewing documents in Protected Mode (Windows only)
  • About security
  • Viewing security settings
  • Adding security to PDF files
  • About digital signatures
  • Creating digital signatures
  • Signing a document digitally
  • Modifying signed documents
  • Certifying PDF files
  • Signing certified documents
  • Exploring on your own: Using security envelopes

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