Acrobat X Level 1 beginner class
Course Description:

This course covers Adobe Acrobat X Professional for designers, developers, and business users. Each lesson reviews step-by-step instructions on how to perform the most common tasks in Adobe Acrobat. The team at AMT will show you how to create high-quality PDF documents and fillable forms, combine a wide variety of content into rich media portfolios, collaborate effectively through electronic reviews, easily share your work across multiple platforms and devices, and speed up your production and business task workflow.This class will empower you to use the Adobe PDF format for more than just printing.

This class is geared for those just starting out with PDFs, or those who want to learn more about security or collaboration tools within Acrobat. This includes individuals who work in print, web and multimedia. Experience with Microsoft Office is a plus for this class.

Some features in Adobe Acrobat X Professional are for Windows users only, but we offer the class for both Mac and PC users.

Acrobat X Level 1 beginner class
Course Outline

1.  Getting Started

• Topic A: The Acrobat environment
• Topic B: Advanced navigation
• Topic C: Finding text
• Topic D: Getting help
• Topic E: Setting preferences

  2.  Creating PDF Documents

• Topic A: Printing to PDF from any application
• Topic B: Acrobat PDF Maker
• Topic C: The Create PDF commands

  3.  Modifying PDF Documents

• Topic A: Moving document pages
• Topic B: Modifying content
• Topic C: Moving PDF content to other programs
• Topic D: Adding multimedia
• Topic E: Optimizing PDF file size

  4.  Document Navigation Tools

• Topic A: Working with bookmarks
• Topic B: Working with links

  5.  PDF Accessibility

•  Topic A: Accessible documents
• Topic B: Accessibility in the Acrobat environment

  6.  Document Security

• Topic A: Password protection
• Topic B: Digital signatures
• Topic C: Encryption certification and security envelopes
• Topic D: Adobe LIve Cycle Rights Management ES encryption
• Topic E: Password and certificate security policies

  7.  Document Review Techniques

• Topic A: Document reviews
• Topic B: Reviewer tools
• Topic C: Managing comments and markups

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.

Acrobat X level 2 advanced class
Course Description:

This class is directed towards Acrobat users and publishing professionals with a basic working knowledge of Acrobat. The focus of this class is on some of the finer points of desktop publishing with Acrobat including creation of interactive documents.

Acrobat X level 2 advanced class
Course Outline:

1.  High-Quality PDF's

• Topic A: PDF generation methods
• Topic B: PDF file attributes
• Topic C: PDF settings
• Topic D: Geospatial data

  2.  Colour Management

• Topic A: Colour management basics
• Topic B: Colour management workflow
• Topic C: Soft-proofing colors
• Topic D: Converting colors

 3.  Colour Separations

• Topic A: Colour separation setup
• Topic B: Separations preview
• Topic C: Ink Manager
• Topic D: Trapping
• Topic E: Transparency flattening
• Topic F: Printing color separations

  4.  Preflight and Validation

• Topic A: Print problems
• Topic B: Preflight profiles
• Topic C: Preflight reports
• Topic D: Preflight droplets
• Topic E: Validation and conversion

  5.  Interactive PDF Forms

• Topic A: Forms and Live Cycle Designer ES2
• Topic B: Creating a form
• Topic C: Working with form fields
• Topic D: Modifying a form
• Topic E: Testing a form

 6.  PDF Distribution and Management

• Topic A: PDF distribution
• Topic B: Form management 

Our outlines are a guide to the content covered on a typical class. We may change or alter the course topics to meet the objectives of a particular class.