Acrobat 7.0: Level 2 (Professional)
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®