Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional
This course will teach students how to use Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional to create and
modify PDF documents, create bookmarks and links, apply document security and digital signatures,
initiate and manage reviews, create interactive PDF forms, and prepare PDF documents for professional
print production. Students should be comfortable using a personal computer and Windows XP, but should
have little or no experience using Acrobat 8.0 Professional.
Audience
Students who need to utilize Adobe Acrobat to develop and distribute customizable and
interactive documents.
- Experience with Windows or Mac OS operating systems
- Mouse and word processing skills
- Previous use of the Internet
Unit 1: Getting Started
- Topic A: The Acrobat environment
- Topic B: Advanced
navigation
- Topic C: Finding text
- Topic D: Organizing PDF documents
- Topic E:
Getting help
Unit 2: Converting documents to PDF
- Topic A: Printing to PDF from any application
- Topic B: Acrobat and
Microsoft applications
- Topic C: The Create PDF commands
Unit 3: Modifying PDF documents
- Topic A: Modifying document pages
- Topic B: Modifying
content
- Topic C: Moving PDF content to other programs
- Topic D: Password
protection
Unit 4: PDF document navigation tools
- Topic A: Bookmarks
- Topic B: Working with linksC
Unit 5: Ensuring PDF print quality
- Topic A: Preflighting
- Topic B: PDF/X Standards
Unit 6: Document review techniques
- Topic A: Initiating document reviews
- Topic B: Reviewer
tools
- Topic C: Viewing comments and markups
- Topic D: Digital signatures
Unit 7: Interactive PDF forms
- Topic A: Creating a form
- Topic B: Form fields
- Topic C:
Testing a form
In order for a class to be successful, all students should share the same general level
of knowledge and experience. If a participant does not demonstrate these, the instructor will take
the necessary steps either to prepare the participant or place him/her in a more appropriate course.
This policy is intended to maintain the high level of quality control that you have come to expect.