These Workshop Tutorials will teach you how to use Adobe Acrobat.
Each Acrobat tutorial contains illustrated explanations and examples of
the features being taught, followed by detailed learning activities. In the
classes taught here you will learn the introductory and intermediate
skills for using and
understanding Acrobat’s features and functions. For reasons
why creating PDF documents is a good idea, please see below
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Acrobat Software Components:
- Adobe Reader – freely distributed from adobe.com, read and print PDF files
- Acrobat - read, print, combine, annotate, and enhance PDF files
- Acrobat Distiller – convert PostScript files to PDF files
- Acrobat Paper Capture – convert scanned files to PDF
- Acrobat Web Capture – create a PDF version of a web site or collection of web pages.
- Acrobat Catalog – create a full-text index of a PDF collection
Adobe Acrobat Workshop Tutorials
- Introduction
to Acrobat Tutorial (20 pages, 267kb)
- Why Create PDF documents?
- Different methods to create a PDF file
- Print to the Distiller Printer Driver
- Using PDFMaker Macro with Microsoft Word
- Import an image file
- Enhance a PDF file
- Acrobat Toolbars
- Acrobat Reader Tools
- Scrolling and magnifying
- Go to a Page
- Find Tool
- Bookmarks
- Changing Text Attributes
- Change Text Content
- Adding and Modifying Hyperlinks
- Pages
- Insert pages
- Delete pages
- Renumber pages
- Rotate pages
- Crop pages
- Preferences
- Ways to Learn More about Acrobat
- Introtoduction
to Acrobat Data Files [zip]
- Intermediate
Acrobat Tutorial (17 pages, 143kb)
- Forms: Format, Verify and Calculate
- Calculate a total
- Forms: Dates, Combo Boxes, Buttons, Tab Order
- Date
- Radio Buttons
- Combo Box
- Reset Button
- Print Button
- Tab Order
- Graphics and Acrobat PDF files
- Image Considerations
- Compression Options
- Sources for Images
- Photographs
- Screen Snapshots
- Excel Charts: 3 Techniques
- Line Drawings
- Adding Media to a PDF File
- Add a Sound Annotation
- Add a Sound File via a Link
- Sound Notes
- Adding Annotations
- Add a movie
- Catalog Feature
- Ways to Learn More about Acrobat
- Intermediate
Acrobat Data Files
[zip]
Why create PDF documents?
General:
- A PDF file will look pretty much the same on other computers and print the same on printers other than the one that was used by the author.
- Those who are reading the document do not have to have the original software used to create the file; they just need a copy of the freely distributed Adobe Reader software.
- Adobe Acrobat PDF files are cross platform; this means that people who are using Macintosh, Windows, and Unix computers can all view and print the same PDF files.
- Often, a PDF file is smaller than the original document used to create it.
- Risk of virus transmission is much smaller when using PDF for document exchange via email as opposed to Microsoft Office files.
- You can embed links to multimedia such as sound files and movie clips; color pictures can be easily and cheaply included.
- If you complete a PDF form created by someone else, you can save the form for future use. You can export data from a saved form and import data to a new form.
- With the Professional version of Acrobat,
you can create your own forms that look like the originals; when opened
in Adobe Reader, the user can complete the form and print it out-it
will then appear as if the person used a typewriter.
Collaborative Writing: PDF files are a useful way to jointly edit a document. The files can be easily shared via email attachments or from a web server. Acrobat tools such as sticky notes, highlighter, and pencil can be used to add comments or call attention to items that need correction. All collaborators who want to mark up the PDF file must have a copy of the Adobe Acrobat software.
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