Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro: Level 1

Course Specifications

Course number: 084548
Course length: 1.0 day(s)

Course Description

Course Objective: You will use Adobe® Acrobat® Χ Pro to create and manage PDF documents.

Target Student: This course is for individuals with little or no experience using Adobe Acrobat Pro, but who need to create and share PDF files and PDF Portfolios. Students may have experience using office productivity applications, such as a word processor or spreadsheet program, but with little or no experience using a robust database.

Prerequisites: Basic experience with computers and exposure to Microsoft Office applications, such as Word and Excel.

Hardware Requirements

Intel® Pentium® IV processor or equivalent
256 MB of RAM (512 MB or greater is recommended)
Minimum of 860 MB of available hard-disk space; cache for optional installation files (recommended) requires an additional 460 MB of available hard-disk space, and an additional 30 MB for the course data files
CD-ROM drive
Mouse or other pointing device
1024 x 768 resolution monitor
Installed printer drivers
Printer
Active Internet connection with an intranet network
Scanner

Software Requirements

Each computer requires the following software:

Adobe® Acrobat® X Pro for Windows
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later
Microsoft® Office Professional Edition 2010
Microsoft® Windows® Server 2003 with SP2 standard edition or enterprise
Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 or Vista

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

access information in a PDF document.
create PDF documents.
navigate to and search for a specific content in a PDF document.
update PDF documents.
work with multiple PDF documents.
review a PDF document.
validate a PDF document.
optimize and convert PDF documents to other formats.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Accessing PDF Documents: Topic 1A: Open PDF Documents; Topic 1B: Explore the Adobe Acrobat X Pro Interface; Topic 1C: Browse Through PDF Documents

Lesson 2: Creating PDF Documents: Topic 2A: Create PDF Documents from a File; Topic 2B: Create a PDF Document Using the Print Command; Topic 2C: Create a PDF Document from Web Pages; Topic 2D: Create a PDF Document Using Email Applications; Topic 2E: Create a PDF Document Using Acrobat

Lesson 3: Navigating to a Specific Content in a PDF Document: Topic 3A: Perform a Search; Topic 3B: Manage Bookmarks; Topic 3C: Work with Links

Lesson 4: Updating PDF Documents: Topic 4A: Manipulate PDF Document Pages; Topic 4B: Edit Content in a PDF Document; Topic 4C: Add Page Elements; Topic 4D: Extract Content from a PDF Document

Lesson 5: Working with Multiple PDF Documents: Topic 5A: Control Access to Multiple PDF Documents; Topic 5B: Search Multiple PDF Documents

Lesson 6: Reviewing PDF Documents: Topic 6A: Initiate a Review; Topic 6B: Review a PDF Document; Topic 6C: Compare PDF Documents

Lesson 7: Validating PDF Documents: Topic 7A: Sign a PDF Document Digitally; Topic 7B: Verify a Digital ID

Lesson 8: Converting PDF Files: Topic 8A: Optimize PDF Files; Topic 8B: Convert PDF Files to Other Formats

Appendix A: Setting Scanner Preferences