The fastest, easiest, most comprehensive way to learn Adobe Acrobat X Classroom in a Book, the best-selling series of hands-on software training workbooks, helps you learn the features of Adobe software quickly and easily. Classroom in a Book offers what no other book or training program does – an official training series from Adobe Systems Incorporated, developed with the support of Adobe product experts. Adobe Acrobat X Classroom in a Book contains 13 lessons. The book covers the basics of learning Adobe Acrobat and provides countless tips and techniques to help you become more productive with the program. You can follow the book from start to finish or choose only those lessons that interest you.
Author(s): Adobe Creative Team
Edition: Pap/Cdr
Publisher: Adobe Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 337
WHAT’S ON THE DISC......Page 4
GETTING STARTED......Page 10
About Classroom in a Book......Page 11
Installing Adobe Acrobat......Page 12
Additional resources......Page 13
Adobe certification......Page 14
1 INTRODUCING ADOBE ACROBAT X......Page 17
About Adobe Acrobat......Page 19
Adobe PDF on the web......Page 22
A first look at the work area......Page 23
Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen mode......Page 27
Designing documents for online viewing......Page 29
Getting help......Page 32
Review answers......Page 37
2 EXPLORING THE WORK AREA......Page 39
Opening a PDF file......Page 41
Working with the toolbars......Page 42
Working with task panes......Page 45
Customizing the Quick Tools toolbar......Page 49
Using keyboard shortcuts to select tools......Page 50
Navigating PDF documents......Page 51
Review answers......Page 59
3 CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES......Page 61
Using the Create command......Page 63
Dragging and dropping files......Page 66
Converting and combining different types of files......Page 67
Using PDFMaker......Page 70
Using the Print command to create Adobe PDF files......Page 73
Reducing file size......Page 77
About compression and resampling......Page 78
Making scanned text editable and searchable......Page 79
Converting email messages to PDF (Windows)......Page 81
Converting web pages to Adobe PDF......Page 85
Review answers......Page 91
4 READING AND WORKING WITH PDF FILES......Page 93
Changing the opening view......Page 95
Reading PDF documents......Page 97
Searching PDF documents......Page 106
Printing PDF documents......Page 108
Filling out PDF forms......Page 110
About flexibility, accessibility, and structure......Page 112
Working with accessible documents......Page 113
Making files flexible and accessible......Page 116
Using the Acrobat accessibility features......Page 120
Sharing PDF files......Page 125
Review answers......Page 127
5 USING ACROBAT WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE FILES (WINDOWS)......Page 129
About Acrobat PDFMaker......Page 131
Converting Microsoft Word files to Adobe PDF......Page 132
Converting Excel documents and starting a review......Page 137
Converting PowerPoint presentations......Page 142
Converting web pages from Internet Explorer......Page 143
Saving PDF files as Word documents......Page 144
Extracting PDF tables as Excel spreadsheets......Page 145
Review answers......Page 147
6 ENHANCING AND EDITING PDF DOCUMENTS......Page 149
Examining the work file......Page 151
Moving pages with page thumbnails......Page 153
Editing Adobe PDF pages......Page 155
Renumbering pages......Page 157
Editing links......Page 159
Working with bookmarks......Page 163
Adding multimedia files......Page 166
Editing text......Page 169
Copying text and images from a PDF file......Page 171
Setting document properties and metadata......Page 174
Review answers......Page 175
7 COMBINING FILES IN PDF PORTFOLIOS......Page 177
About PDF Portfolios......Page 179
Creating a PDF Portfolio......Page 180
Customizing your PDF Portfolio......Page 184
Searching a PDF Portfolio......Page 189
Review answers......Page 191
8 ADDING SIGNATURES AND SECURITY......Page 193
Viewing documents in Protected Mode (Windows only)......Page 195
About security......Page 197
Viewing security settings......Page 198
Adding security to PDF files......Page 200
Creating digital signatures......Page 203
Signing a document digitally......Page 211
Modifying signed documents......Page 212
Certifying PDF files......Page 215
Signing certified documents......Page 217
Exploring on your own: Using security envelopes......Page 218
Review answers......Page 220
9 USING ACROBAT IN A REVIEW CYCLE......Page 221
Getting started......Page 223
Adding comments to a PDF document......Page 224
Working with comments......Page 230
Initiating a shared review......Page 234
Exploring on your own: Initiating live collaboration......Page 239
Review answers......Page 241
10 WORKING WITH FORMS IN ACROBAT......Page 243
Converting PDF files to interactive PDF forms......Page 245
Adding form fields......Page 247
Distributing forms......Page 253
Collecting form data......Page 258
Working with form data......Page 260
Exploring on your own: Calculating and validating numeric fields......Page 261
Review answers......Page 263
11 USING ACTIONS......Page 265
Using predefined actions......Page 267
Creating an action......Page 270
Sharing actions......Page 278
Review answers......Page 279
12 USING THE LEGAL FEATURES......Page 281
Legal features in Adobe Acrobat X......Page 283
Applying Bates numbering......Page 284
Defining Bates numbering......Page 287
Editing Bates numbering......Page 290
Applying redaction......Page 291
Changing the appearance of redactions......Page 292
Searching text for redaction......Page 294
Assembling PDF documents......Page 296
Marking redactions across multiple pages......Page 297
Review answers......Page 300
13 USING ACROBAT IN PROFESSIONAL PRINTING......Page 301
Creating PDF files for print and prepress......Page 304
Preflighting files (Acrobat Pro)......Page 306
Working with transparency (Acrobat Pro)......Page 310
Setting up color management......Page 314
Previewing your print job (Acrobat Pro)......Page 315
Advanced printing controls......Page 318
Review answers......Page 323
Production Notes......Page 334
A......Page 325
C......Page 326
E......Page 327
I......Page 328
N......Page 329
P......Page 330
T......Page 331
Z......Page 332
