About this Course

You will use Adobe® Acrobat® ? Pro to create and manage PDF documents.

Audience Profile

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.

At Course Completion

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.

Prerequisites

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

Course Outline

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