Acrobat® 6.0: Standard (Windows)
Course Specifications
Course number: 084155
Software: Acrobat
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
You have probably created documents using word processing and other
office productivity applications, and have shared those documents with others,
such as colleagues, clients, and reviewers. You've most likely shared printed
copies of your documents with others, and may have shared documents electronically
be emailing them as well. Now you may need to share electronic versions of
your documents with others in a format that will allow them to view, print,
and even review the content even if they don't have the original software
you used to create the file. In this course, you'll use Adobe Acrobat® 6.0 to
convert documents to PDF files, and will customize those PDF files for your
needs and the needs of your audience.
Course Objective: You will create and modify PDF documents using Acrobat to organize
and share your documents in a business environment, as well as implement electronic
document review workflows.
Target Student: The target students for this course are office personnel at all
levels who work with personal computers, and who need to share documents with
others who may be onsite or offsite. Students typically have experience using
office productivity applications, such as a word processor or spreadsheet
program, but probably do not have experience using Acrobat.
Prerequisites: Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic
functions of their computer's operating system. Students should also have
basic word processing skills, such as copying and pasting text, formatting
text, and so on.
Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.
Hardware Requirements
- An Intel Pentium processor.
- At least 64 MB of RAM (128 MB recommended).
- At least 220 MB of available hard disk space for software
installation, and an additional 20 MB for the course data files.
- A minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600.
- A CD-ROM drive.
- An active Internet connection is required for the activities
in Appendix A and Appendix B.
Platform Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows NT Workstation 4.0 with
Service Pack 6, Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 2, Windows XP
Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.
Software Requirements
- Adobe Acrobat 6 Standard for Windows.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 or later.
- Microsoft Word is required to complete several activities.
- Microsoft Excel is required to complete one activity.
- Microsoft Access is required to complete one activity.
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- navigate through PDF documents to view the desired information.
- convert several types of documents to PDF.
- modify PDF documents by arranging pages, adding headers
and footers, and customizing page numbering.
- add bookmarks, links, and articles to a PDF document to
provide tools viewers can use to easily navigate the document.
- organize PDF documents into a document collection that
can be navigated and searched as a unit.
- implement a document review workflow using Acrobat.
Course Content
- Lesson 1: Accessing Information in PDF Documents
- Topic 1A: Browse Through a PDF
Document
- Topic 1B: Navigate to Specific
Content Within a PDF Document
- Topic 1C: Conduct a Simple Search
- Topic 1D: Export Content from a PDF Document
- Lesson 2: Creating PDF Documents
- Topic 2A: Create PDF Documents
from Word Documents
- Topic 2B: Create PDF Documents
Using the Print Command
- Topic 2C: Create a PDF Document
from Multiple Files
- Topic 2D: Create PDF Documents
from HTML Documents
- Lesson 3: Modifying PDF Documents
- Topic 3A: Arrange PDF Document
Pages
- Topic 3B: Add Headers and Footers
- Topic 3C: Customize Page Numbering
- Lesson 4: Adding PDF Navigation Aids
- Topic 4A: Add Bookmarks
- Topic 4B: Add Text Links
- Topic 4C: Create Links to Named
Destinations
- Topic 4D: Add Articles
- Lesson 5: Creating Document Collections
- Topic 5A: Specify Access to
Documents in a Collection
- Topic 5B: Search a Document
Collection
- Lesson 6: Reviewing Documents
- Topic 6A: Choose a Collaboration
Workflow
- Topic 6B: Prepare a PDF Document for Review
- Topic 6C: Digitally Sign a Document
- Topic 6D: Add Comments and Markups
to a PDF Document
- Topic 6E: Compile and View Document
Comments from Multiple Reviewers
- Appendix A: Implementing
Email-based Reviews
- Supplemental Lesson Reviewing Documents via Email
- Topic 1A: Initiate an Email-based
Review
- Topic 1B: Participate in an
Email-based Review
- Appendix B: Implementing
Browser-based Reviews
- Supplemental Lesson Reviewing Documents Using a Browser
- Topic 1A: Set Up a Browser-based
Review
- Topic 1B: Participate in a Browser-based
Review
- Appendix C: Incorporating
PDF Review Comments into Word XP
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- Supplemental Topic Accept/Reject PDF Reviewer Comments Using
Word XP