Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Advanced

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro advanced course

Target student

Students will get the most out of this course if their goal is to become proficient at using
Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro to generate PDF documents intended for professional print production,
manage color in PDF documents, and create interactive PDF forms. Students taking this course
should have some experience using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro to generate and modify PDF documents.

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• Identify appropriate techniques for generating PDF files for prepress use; specify
  an appropriate default settings file for generating a PDF document; and create a
  custom settings file.
• Discuss color management and apply color management preferences; choose an
  appropriate color management workflow; soft-proof colors to simulate printer
  output; and convert a file’s colors to a specific color space.
• Adjust box sizes, apply printer’s marks, and fix hairlines; preview separations
  and display color warnings; control ink colors; apply trap settings and
  transparency flattening; and print color separations.
• Identify potential problems that can occur in a print production workflow and
  potential printing problems; create and save a report detailing preflight results
  for a PDF document; create a preflight droplet for a specific preflight profile;
  and use the Preflight dialog box to determine whether a PDF document is
  PDF/X compliant.
• Discuss PDF forms and customize the Adobe LiveCycle Designer environment;
  set Acrobat to automatically recognize form fields; create a form in Adobe
  LiveCycle Designer; add and modify form objects; and preview a form’s
  appearance and test its input fields.
• Redact content; process a document; export a document; enable usage rights;
  distribute forms; and compile completed form data.

Most print vendors prefer that documents prepared for professional printing be submitted to them in PDF form. With Acrobat, you can generate high-quality PDF files that are optimized for professional printing jobs. Before generating the PDF file, always ask your print vendor for the required or preferred specifications.