Course Specifications
Course number: 084173
Software: Acrobat 7.0 Professional
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Certification: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program®
Course Description
As a workplace professional with some experience in using
Adobe Acrobat, you are now ready to further develop your PDF documents. In
this course, you will use Adobe Acrobat® 7.0 Professional to convert technical
documents to PDF files, enhance and control PDF content accessibility, customize
PDF documents for interactive use online, and prepare PDFs for commercial
printing.
Course Objective: You will use Adobe Acrobat® 7.0 Professional to convert technical
documents to PDF files, enhance and control PDF content accessibility, customize
PDF documents for interactive use online, and prepare PDFs for commercial
printing.
Target Student: The audience may or may not be creative and/or print professionals.
Prerequisites: Acrobat 7.0: Level
1 (Standard/Professional)
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
- An Intel® Pentium® processor.
- 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or greater is recommended).
- A minimum of 555 MB of available hard-disk space.
- A CD-ROM drive if installing from a CD.
- A mouse or compatible tracking device.
- A 1024 x 768 screen resolution.
- A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.
Platform Requirements
- Windows® 2000 Professional with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional
or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
Software Requirements
- Adobe® Acrobat 7 Professional for Windows.
- Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.01 or later.
- Microsoft® Office Visio 2003 is preferable, but not mandatory,
to complete one activity.
- Adobe® Photoshop 7.0.1.
- Microsoft® Excel.
- Windows Media Player
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- create PDFs from technical documents.
- enhance the utility and accessibility of PDF documents.
- create interactive PDF forms.
- begin preparing a PDF document for commercial printing.
- create composite and color separation prints from a PDF
document.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Creating PDFs from Technical Documents
- Topic 1A: Create PDF Documents from within Microsoft Visio
- Topic 1B: Create PDF Documents from within Autodesk AutoCAD
- Topic 1C: Measure Technical Drawing Content
- Lesson 2: Enhancing PDF Documents
- Topic 2A: Embed Multimedia
- Topic 2B: Create Actions
- Topic 2C: Optimize PDF Files
- Topic 2D: Batch Process PDF Documents
- Topic 2E: Make a PDF Document More Accessible
- Topic 2F: Repurpose a PDF Document for Other Displays
- Lesson 3: Creating Interactive PDF Forms in Adobe Designer
- Topic 3A: Create a PDF Form
- Topic 3B: Add Text Form Fields
- Topic 3C: Create Calculations
- Topic 3D: Create Fields with Predefined Responses
- Topic 3E: Create Buttons
- Topic 3F: Organize Collected Data in a Spreadsheet
- Lesson 4: Preparing PDF Files for Commercial Printing
- Topic 4A: Examine the Commercial Printing Process
- Topic 4B: Choose Appropriate Methods of Creating PDF Files for
Prepress
- Topic 4C: Apply Color Management Settings
- Topic 4D: Create and Apply Appropriate Adobe PDF Settings for
Prepress
- Topic 4E: Preview Printed Effects on Screen
- Lesson 5: Finalizing PDF Files for Commercial Printing
- Topic 5A: Preflight Documents
- Topic 5B: Create
PDF/X-Compliant Files
- Topic 5C: Create a Composite
- Topic 5D: Create Color Separations
- Appendix A: Adobe
Certified Expert (ACE) Program®