Total Training for Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional Essentials

This series will open your eyes to all the essential features available in Acrobat 9 and will show you just how easy using Acrobat in your workflow can be. During the series, you'll discover the Acrobat interface and learn about how to create, manage and use PDF in ways you've probably never considered. You'll also learn about how to use Acrobat to collaborate with coworkers, no matter where they are. This training is just what you need to increase your productivity and improve your skills when working with Acrobat 9.

Lesson 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE INTERFACE (19 min)
1. Acrobat Preferences
2. Toolbars & the Navigation Panel
3. Common Toolbar Options
4. Page View Modes & the Help System

Lesson 2: NAVIGATING PDFS (21 min)
1. Using the Menu Bar & the Pages Panel to Navigate
2. Selecting & Copying Content, Rulers & Guides
3. Entering Form Data
4. Creating & Managing Bookmarks
5. Hyperlinks & Searching
6. Saving & Exporting PDFs in Different Formats

Lesson 3: CREATING PDFS (40 min)
1. Direct Export & Distill a PDF
2. Editing Standard PDF Settings
3. Image Settings
4. Font Settings
5. Color & Advanced Settings
6. Printing to PDF

Lesson 4: WINDOWS-ONLY PDF CREATION FEATURES (13 min)
1. Using Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft Word
2. Using Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft PowerPoint
3. Using Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft Publisher
4. Using Acrobat PDFMaker in Microsoft Excel
5. Creating a PDF from Windows Explorer

Lesson 5: MANIPULATING PDFS (31 min)
1. Inserting, Deleting & Replacing Pages
2. Adding Headers & Footers
3. Adding Watermarks & Background Images
4. Comparing Two PDFs
5. Adding Multimedia

Lesson 6: CREATING PDF FORMS (21 min)
1. Creating a New Form
2. Adding a Reset Button
3. Distributing a Form to Collect Data
4. Collect Data & Export the Results

Lesson 7: OPTIMIZING PDFS (8 min)
1. Reducing File Size
2. PDF Optimizer

Lesson 8: EXPLORING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (10 min)
1. Create a New PDF from a Scan & Configure Conversion Settings
2. Convert a Scan to a Searchable PDF & Run OCR

Lesson 9: PDF SECURITY (4 min)
1. Establishing Identity
2. Creating Security Policies
3. Securing the PDF
4. Removing Security from a PDF

Lesson 10: PDF REVIEW & COMMENTING (33 min)
1. Using the Commenting Tools
2. Organizing Comments
3. Commenting on Video
4. Sending a Document for an Email-Based Review

Lesson 11: ADDING ACCESSIBILITY TO PDFS (14 min)
1. Accessibility Setup, Full Check & Report
2. Adjust Language Settings & Tag PDF for Accessibility
3. The Acrobat Read Out Loud Options

Lesson 12: AUTOMATED DOCUMENT PROCESSING (11 min)
1. Indexing
2. Creating a New Batch Sequence

Lesson 13: EXPLORING COLLABORATION OPTIONS (26 min)
1. Using Acrobat.com
2. Using Collaborate Live
3. Using ConnectNow
4. Using Buzzword

Lesson 14: TIPS & TRICKS (42 min)
1. 3D
2. Preflight
3. Attachinga PDF to an Email
4. The Typewriter Tool
5. Enabling Usage Rights in Adobe Reader