Total Training for Acrobat 9 Professional (Essentials)

This series will open your eyes to all the essential features available in Acrobat 9 and will show you just how easy using Acrobat in your workflow can be.

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Product Description

Presenter: James Lockman
Platform: Windows & MAC OS
Format: DVD-ROM & Online
Running Time: 5 Hrs, 1 DVDs
Level: Beginner to Advanced
Project Files: Included

Course Outline Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERFACE (19 min)
1. Acrobat Preferences
2. Toolbars & the Navigation Panel
3. Common Toolbar Options
4. Page View Modes & the Help System

Chapter 2: NAVIGATING PDFS (21 min)
1. Using the Menu Bar & the Pages Panel to Navigate
2. Selecting & Copying Content, Rulers & Guides
3. Entering Form Data
4. Creating & Managing Bookmarks
5. Hyperlinks & Searching
6. Saving & Exporting PDFs in Different Formats

Chapter 3: CREATING PDFS (40 min)
1. Direct Export & Distill a PDF
2. Editing Standard PDF Settings
3. Image Settings
4. Font Settings
5. Color & Advanced Settings
6. Printing to PDF
7. Combining Files into a Single PDF
8. Creating PDF Portfolios
9. Building a PDF from a Web Page

Chapter 4: WINDOWS-ONLY PDF CREATION FEATURES (13 min)
1. Using Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft Word
2. Using Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft PowerPoint
3. Using Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft Publisher
4. Using Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft Excel
5. Creating a PDF from Windows Explorer

Chapter 5: MANIPULATING PDFS (31 min)
1. Inserting, Deleting & Replacing Pages
2. Adding Headers & Footers
3. Adding Watermarks & Background Images
4. Comparing Two PDFs
5. Adding Multimedia
6. Adding Hyperlinks

Chapter 6: CREATING PDF FORMS (21 min)
1. Creating a New Form
2. Adding a Reset Button
3. Distributing a Form to Collect Data
4. Collect Data & Export the Results
5. Building a Form from a Scanned Document

Chapter 7: OPTIMIZING PDFS (8 min)
1. Reducing File Size
2. PDF Optimizer

Chapter 8: EXPLORING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (10 min)
1. Create a New PDF from a Scan & Configure Conversion Settings
2. Convert a Scan to a Searchable PDF & Run OCR

Chapter 9: PDF SECURITY (4 min)
1. Establishing Identity
2. Creating Security Policies
3. Securing the PDF
4. Removing Security from a PDF

Chapter 10: PDF REVIEW & COMMENTING (33 min)
1. Using the Commenting Tools
2. Organizing Comments
3. Commenting on Video
4. Sending a Document for an Email-Based Review
5. Sending a Document for Shared Review
6. Checking for & Replying to Comments
7. Using the Review Tracker
8. Merging, Importing & Summarizing Comments

Chapter 11: ADDING ACCESSIBILITY TO PDFS (14 min)
1. Accessibility Setup, Full Check & Report
2. Adjust Language Settings & Tag PDF for Accessibility
3. The Acrobat Read Out Loud Options

Chapter 12: AUTOMATED DOCUMENT PROCESSING (11 min)
1. Indexing
2. Creating a New Batch Sequence

Chapter 13: EXPLORING COLLABORATION OPTIONS (26 min)
1. Using Acrobat.com
2. Using Collaborate Live
3. Using ConnectNow
4. Using Buzzword

Chapter 14: TIPS & TRICKS (42 min)
1. 3D
2. Preflight
3. Attaching a PDF to an Email
4. The Typewriter Tool
5. Enabling Usage Rights in Adobe Reader
6. Digital Signatures
7. Redaction
8. Organizer
9. Screen Capture on Mac
10. Final Comments & Credits