Acrobat 7.0: Level 2

Course Specifications

Course Description

As a workplace professional with some experience in using Adobe Acrobat, you are now ready to further develop your PDF documents. In this course, you will use Adobe Acrobat® 7.0 Professional to convert technical documents to PDF files, enhance and control PDF content accessibility, customize PDF documents for interactive use online, and prepare PDFs for commercial printing.

Hardware Requirements

• An Intel® Pentium® processor.
• 128 MB of RAM (256 MB or greater is recommended).
• A minimum of 555 MB of available hard-disk space.
• A CD-ROM drive if installing from a CD.
• A mouse or compatible tracking device.
• A 1024 x 768 screen resolution.
• A projection system to display the instructor's computer screen.

Platform Requirements

• Windows® 2000 Professional with Service Pack 2, Windows XP Professional or Home Edition, or Windows XP Tablet PC Edition.

Software Requirements

• Adobe® Acrobat 7 Professional for Windows.
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5.01 or later.
• Microsoft® Office Visio 2003 is preferable, but not mandatory, to complete one activity.
• Adobe® Photoshop 7.0.1.
• Microsoft® Excel.
• Windows Media Player

Performance-Based Objectives

• create PDFs from technical documents.
• enhance the utility and accessibility of PDF documents.
• create interactive PDF forms.
• begin preparing a PDF document for commercial printing.
• create composite and color separation prints from a PDF document.

Course Content

Lesson 1: Creating PDFs from Technical Documents

Topic 1A: Create PDF Documents from within Microsoft Visio

Topic 1B: Create PDF Documents from within Autodesk AutoCAD

Topic 1C: Measure Technical Drawing Content

Lesson 2: Enhancing PDF Documents

Topic 2A: Embed Multimedia

Topic 2B: Create Actions

Topic 2C: Optimize PDF Files

Topic 2D: Batch Process PDF Documents

Topic 2E: Make a PDF Document More Accessible

Topic 2F: Repurpose a PDF Document for Other Displays

Lesson 3: Creating Interactive PDF Forms in Adobe Designer

Topic 3A: Create a PDF Form

Topic 3B: Add Text Form Fields

Topic 3C: Create Calculations

Topic 3D: Create Fields with Predefined Responses

Topic 3E: Create Buttons

Topic 3F: Organize Collected Data in a Spreadsheet

Lesson 4: Preparing PDF Files for Commercial Printing

Topic 4A: Examine the Commercial Printing Process

Topic 4B: Choose Appropriate Methods of Creating PDF Files for Prepress

Topic 4C: Apply Color Management Settings

Topic 4D: Create and Apply Appropriate Adobe PDF Settings for Prepress

Topic 4E: Preview Printed Effects on Screen

Lesson 5: Finalizing PDF Files for Commercial Printing

Topic 5A: Preflight Documents

Topic 5B: Create PDF/X-Compliant Files

Topic 5C: Create a Composite

Topic 5D: Create Color Separations

Appendix A: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program®