Adobe Acrobat – Creating PDF Forms (PDF3)

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This course introduces participants to Adobe Acrobat for building and refining professional PDF forms. You will learn automated conversion from documents, creating and arranging form fields and using templates to speed form production.

Participants will practice editing field size and position, naming and validation, calculations and scripting, and prepare forms for distribution and tracking. The course covers scanning, importing, testing and basic data handling.

THIS TRAINING COURSE WILL HELP YOU:

  • Create PDF forms from scans, Word, Excel, templates
  • Design and edit form fields, layout and properties
  • Implement calculations, validation and basic scripts
  • Prepare, distribute and track completed forms online
  • Import and export form data for processing

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • Office users who design or collect form data
  • Administrators responsible for PDF workflows
  • HR, finance and operations staff managing forms
  • Anyone needing to automate PDF data collection

COURSE LOCATION AND AVAILABLE DATES



This course is not scheduled as a public course.
It is delivered exclusively as customised training. The content, duration, date, and delivery format are tailored to the customer's requirements and can also be provided in English.

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Course content:

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  • Creating a form
    1. from a scanned paper form
    2. from an MS Word file
    3. from an MS Excel file
    4. from a PDF file
    5. from a template
    6. from a blank file
  • PDF file elements
    1. text fields
    2. images
  • Creating form fields
    1. text field
    2. checkbox
    3. radio button
    4. choice list
    5. dropdown menu
    6. button
    7. creating multiple fields
    8. "Clear form" field
  • Editing form fields
    1. field size and position
    2. field name
    3. required field
    4. copying and moving fields
    5. aligning fields
    6. Properties pane
  • Calculations
    1. creating a calculation field
    2. calculations in fields
  • Distributing forms
    1. sending a form
    2. tracking submitted forms
  • Information
    1. information sources (books, magazines, websites)
    2. future trends and development
Prerequisites:
Basic knowledge of Windows and MS Word.
Recommended previous course:
Adobe Acrobat – Creating PDF Documents (PDF1)
Recommended follow-up course:
Adobe Acrobat – PDF and Print (PDF4)
Schedule:
1 day (9:00-17:00)

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