Course Content
LESSON 1: About the PDF File Format
- About Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Reader
- Acrobat DC Mobile App
- Using PDF on the web
- Opening a PDF file
- Working with toolbars
- Working with tools
- Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen Mode
- Viewing PDF files in Read Mode
- Customizing the Acrobat toolbar
LESSON 2: Creating Adobe PDF Files
- Creating Adobe PDF files
- Using the Create PDF tool
- Drag and drop file creation
- Converting to different file types
- Inserting blank pages
- Using PDFMaker (Windows only)
- Creating PDF files with the Print Command
- Adobe PDF presets
- Reducing file size
- Optimizing PDF files
- Scanning a paper document
- Making scanned text editable and searchable
- Converting web pages to Adobe PDF
LESSON 3: Reading and Working with PDF Files
- On-screen display
- Reading PDF documents
- Searching PDF documents
- Printing PDF documents
- Filling out PDF forms
- About flexibility, accessibility, and structure
- Working with accessible documents
- Making files flexible and accessible
- Using Acrobat accessibility features
- Sharing PDF files
LESSON 4: Enhancing PDF Documents
- Moving pages with page thumbnails
- Manipulating pages
- Splitting Cropping & Rotating Pages
- Renumbering pages
- Applying Bates numbering
- Managing links
- Working with bookmarks
- Setting document properties and metadata
LESSON 5: Editing Content in PDF Files
- Editing text
- Placing & Working with images
- Text Redaction
- Comparing Documents
- Copying text and images
- Exporting PDF content to a PowerPoint presentation
- Saving PDF files as Word documents
- Extracting PDF tables as Excel spreadsheets
LESSON 6: Working with Microsoft Office Files (Windows only)
- Acrobat PDFMaker
- Converting Microsoft Word files
- Converting Excel documents
- Converting PowerPoint presentations
- Exporting PDF’s to text and Microsoft formats
LESSON 7: Combining Files
- Combining files
- Arranging pages
- Conversion Options
- Merging files
- Creating a PDF Portfolio
LESSON 8: Adding Signatures and Security
- Acrobat Security Overview
- Using Protected Mode in Reader (Windows only)
- Viewing security settings
- Adding security to PDF files
- Using Digital signatures
- Creating digital signatures
- Signing a document with certificates and digital IDs
- Modifying signed documents
- Certifying PDF files
- Signing certified documents
LESSON 9: Using Acrobat in a Review Cycle
- About the review process
- Adding comments to a PDF document
- Working with comments
- Initiating an email-based review
LESSON 10: Working with Forms in Acrobat
- Converting PDF files to interactive PDF forms
- Adding form fields
- Types of form fields
- Distributing forms
- Collecting form data
- Working with form data
- Calculating and validating numeric fields
LESSON 11: Using Actions
- Actions Overview
- Using predefined actions
- Creating Actions
- Sharing Actions
LESSON 12: Using Acrobat in Professional Printing
- Creating PDF files for print and prepress
- Guidelines for creating print-ready PDF files
- Preflighting files
- Working with transparency
- PDF Standards
- Flattening options in the Flattener Preview
- Setting up color management
- Previewing print jobs
- Advanced printing controls and options
