Adobe

Introduction to Adobe Acrobat:

• Theory and Purpose of Acrobat and Acrobat Reader
• Acrobat Tools
• Using Acrobat Help & The Status Bar
• Zoom Tools/Page views
• Browsing Methods
• General Preferences
• Document information
• Find and replace

• Acrobat PDF Writer
• Acrobat PDF Maker
• The Acrobat Distiller
• Converting Electronic Files to PDF files
• Converting Scanned Documents to PDF files
• Using the Paper Capture (OCR) Feature
• Clean up Scanned Documents
• Page Editing
• Text Editing

• Creating and Editing Bookmarks
• Using Thumbnails
• Nested Bookmarks
• Text Highlighting
• Creating and Editing Notes (Annotations)
• Exporting and Summarising Notes
• Working with Links and OLE
• Setting ‘Destinations’
• Stamp Tools
• The Compare Pages Feature
• Using Digital Signatures
• Setting up User Signature Profiles

• Attach PDF to an E-mail
• Email with PDFmaker Security
• Adobe Acrobat Reader Considerations
• Converting PDFs to usable Word files
• Converting Difficult Scanned PDFs to Usable Word Files
• Merging multiple PDFs Together
• Inserting, Deleting and Replacing Pages
• Moving Pages
• Using Links to Provide Efficient Reader Navigation
• Introduction to the Catalog Indexing Feature

Intermediate Adobe Acrobat:

• Creating PDF Forms
• Creating Form Fields
• Setting Form Field Options
• Designing, Building and Editing Forms
• Showing and hiding graphic form fields
• Making Forms ‘Web Ready’
• Exporting and Importing Form Data
• Filling Out Forms

• Creating and Editing Articles
• Creating Article Threads
• Using Actions for Special Effects
• Opening Actions
• Using Buttons
• Setting Weblink Preferences
• Setting Magnification Options

• Preparing PDF Document Collections for Indexing
• Defining and Building Indexes
• Setting Index Options
• Automatically Updating Indexes
• Moving Document Collections and their Indexes
• Searching indexes
• Refining your searches
• Setting Search Preferences
• Index Troubleshooting
• Managing Users with Digital Signatures and Versions Control
• Viewing Earlier Versions of a Signed Document

• Configuring your Internet or proxy settings
• Downloading Web pages in Acrobat
• Downloading Web-sites
• Specifying conversion options for capturing Web pages
• Working with Web pages converted to PDF
• Expanding Webs
• Setting Web Capture preferences
• Converting Web Pages to PDF

Introduction to PageMaker v6:

• General Graphics Terminology
• Getting Started with PageMaker
• The PageMaker Screen
• Using the Toolbox Drawing Tools
• Exiting PageMaker
• Starting a New Publication0
• Setting Defaults for a New Publication
• Saving a Publication
• Working with Objects
• Copying and Pasting Objects
• Viewing the Page
• Using the Scroll Bars
• Correcting Mistakes

• Working with Publication Pages
• Navigating through a Publication
• Displaying Master Pages
• Creating Headers and Footers
• Numbering Pages
• Using Autoflow
• Setting Up Ruler Guides
• Locking and Unlocking Guides
• Placing Graphics
• Placing an Independent Graphic
• Placing an In-line Graphic
• Selecting and Moving a Graphic
• Importing Word Art from Word 97/2000
• Sizing a Graphic
• Using the Pasteboard

• Working with Existing Text
• Selecting and Moving Text Blocks
• Resizing Text Blocks
• Threading Text
• Changing Text Block Length
• Formatting Text
• Formatting Paragraphs
• Setting Indents
• Setting Tabs
• Using Story Editor
• Creating a New Story
• Printing a Publication
• Printing

• Manipulating Graphics
• Wrapping Text around a Graphic
• Creating a Custom Text Wrap
• Rotating a Graphic
• Adding the Final Touches
• Creating Text Boxes
• Checking Spelling in Story Editor
• Finding Text
• Changing Text
• Exercises