Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Basic

Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro basic course

Target student

Students will get the most out of this course if their goal is to become proficient
using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro to create, modify, and review PDF documents.
Students taking this course should be comfortable using a personal computer and
Microsoft Windows 7 (or Vista or XP). Students should have little or no experience
using Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro, but have probably viewed PDF files by using Adobe
Reader or other PDF reader applications.

After completing this course, students will know how to:

• Identify the benefits of the Portable Document Format; navigate PDF documents
  by using bookmarks and links; search PDF documents; open and organize PDF
  documents by using the Organizer window; access Acrobat help; and set
  application preferences.
• Use the Adobe PDF printer to create a PDF document from any program’s Print
  command; use PDFMaker to create a PDF document from Microsoft
  applications; use the Create PDF commands in Acrobat to create PDF
  documents from multiple files and from Web pages; and discuss the advantages
  of creating PDF documents from within Creative Suite applications.
• Move pages within and between documents; modify PDF document text; add
  headers, footers, watermarks, and backgrounds; modify page numbering; move
  PDF document text and graphics to other programs; add video, sound, and Flash
  files to a PDF document; and optimize and reduce file size.
• Create bookmarks and modify bookmark destinations; arrange and nest
  bookmarks; format bookmarks; and create and format links.
• Enhance the accessibility of PDF documents by applying and modifying tags,
  finding and fixing accessibility problems, creating new tag structures,
  customizing accessibility preferences, and using the Read Out Loud feature.
• Secure PDF documents by applying passwords; digitally sign PDF files and
  validate digitally signed PDF files; encrypt PDF files based on user certificates;
  create a security envelope; encrypt PDF files by using Adobe LiveCycle Rights
  Management ES; and create password and certificate security policies.
• Prepare a PDF document for review; initiate automated reviews using
  Acrobat.com, Collaborate Live, shared reviews, and e-mail; use editing and
  markup tools to review a PDF document; organize and view comments from
  multiple reviewers; and create a comment summary PDF file.