Adobe Acrobat

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Acrobat X Pro Top features

(Acrobat X Pro is announced, but not yet shipping)
*More flexible and customizable Portfolios. Combine many different files and apply designer themes and layouts to create a powerful presentation, well-suited for online conferencing and sales.

*The new Action Wizard makes it easier to automate often-repeated steps and apply them to one or many files.

*Interactive Forms continue to evolve. The Form Wizard,  introduced in Acrobat 9 Pro, and new form templates make it far easier to make interactive forms.  Collect data quickly and export to spreadsheets for analysis. Track and manage responses.

*Streamlined Document Review. Provide team members with a complete set of comment and markup tools, so all can participate in shared document reviews using Adobe Reader X or Reader 9 software. See and build on each others’ comments. Track progress and participation.

*Convert or scan to PDF. Convert or scan paper documents, email, photos, spreadsheets, websites, and Adobe® Flash® Player compatible video. Create and share PDF files that can be viewed on mobile devices and smart phones.

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Core Adobe Acrobat Topics

Creating ADOBE PDF Files

  • Use the Create PDF command
  • Convert and combine different types of files
  • Use the Print command to create Adobe PDF files
  • Select the right Adobe PDF Settings (presets)
  • Reduce file size
  • Make the right compression and resampling choices
  • Insert multimedia files
  • Scan a paper document to a PDF file
  • Convert emails to PDF (Windows)
  • Convert web pages to Adobe PDF

PDF Portfolios

  • Create a PDF Portfolio
  • Customize your PDF Portfolio
  • Share your PDF Portfolio
  • Secure a PDF Portfolio
  • Search a PDF Portfolio

Using PDF Documents

  • Change the opening view
  • Read PDF documents
  • Search PDF documents
  • Print PDF documents
  • Fill out PDF forms

Flexibility, accessibility, and structure

  • Make files flexible and accessible
  • Add tags; adding Alt Text (alternate text)
  • Use the Acrobat accessibility features

Enhancing and Editing PDF Documents

  • Move pages with page thumbnails
  • Edit Adobe PDF pages
  • Edit links
  • Insert one PDF file into another PDF file
  • Create and organize bookmarks
  • Delete a page
  • Renumber pages
  • Edit and extract text and images
  • Edit images using the TouchUp Object tool
  • Edit text using the Touchup Text tool
  • Convert PDF pages to image format files

Adding Signatures and Security

  • Creating digital signatures
  • Choose the right security settings
  • Add security to PDF files
  • Add passwords
  • Certify PDF files
  • Design certified documents

Using Acrobat in a Review Cycle

  • Start the review process
  • Add comments to a PDF document
  • Choose the right commenting tool
  • Display comments
  • Print the document with comments
  • Initiate a shared review
  • Initiate live collaboration

Working with Forms in Acrobat

  • Convert PDF or Word filesto interactive PDF forms
  • Add form fields with the Form Wizard
  • Distribute forms.
  • Use Acrobat.com to distribute and follow up on forms
  • Collect form data
  • Save form data
  • Calculate and validate numeric fields

Creating Multimedia Presentations

  • Add a video file to a PDF file (Acrobat Pro)
  • Add a Flash animation (Acrobat Pro) Assigning a poster file for a video or animation (Acrobat Pro)
  • Create a presentation

Using Acrobat in Professional Printing

  • Create PDF files for print and prepress
  • Preflight files (Acrobat Pro)
  • Work with transparency (Acrobat Pro)