Adobe Acrobat - New User (In-House)

Adobe Acrobat is part of the Creative Suite collection. It is the worldwide industry standard tool for problem-free digital document proofing and for computer to print solutions. Acrobat is also widely used for integrating documents into web sites and content re-purposing.
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Introduction to Acrobat

• Understanding PDF files - their form and function

The Acrobat Environment

• The Getting Started window
• Navigating round a PDF
• Copying and pasting text and graphics
• Using the Search features
• Customising your toolbars

Acrobat Features

• Creating a blank PDF page
• Using the Insert, Extract, Delete and Replace commands
• Editing text and images
• Creating headers and footers
• Working with page numbering
• Setting open options
• Full screen mode
• About PDF portfolios

Adding Bookmarks and Links

• Creating bookmarks
• Editing bookmarks
• Adding document links
• Creating enhanced bookmarks and links

• Using thumbnail images

Using Acrobat for Proofing

• Using the pencil and line tools
• Attaching notes to documents
• Attaching files to documents
• Text annotation features
• Highlighting tools
• Changing comment authors
• Using the comment management tools
• Exporting and importing comments as FDF files

Understanding Distiller

• Creating different types of PDF's using Distiller
• Distiller PDF settings (job options)
• Creating ultra-compact PDF's
• Bitmap resolution and compression explained
• Embedding fonts