Adobe Acrobat - PDF and Print (PDF4)

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This course introduces core theory and step-by-step hands-on practice for creating PDF files with Adobe Acrobat. You will learn PDF creation, editing and layout, output checking and methods for producing reliable, print-ready documents.

It covers technical topics used in print production and reviews, including PostScript and Distiller, prepress and color handling, page and bookmark management and review and security to prepare reliable files for printing and collaboration.

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  • Creating PDF files
    1. Creating PDF from MS Word
    2. Creating PDF by merging files
    3. Creating PDF from Adobe InDesign
    4. Creating PDF from Adobe Photoshop
  • PostScript and PDF
    1. PostScript
    2. PDF file options
    3. Color transformation when preparing PDFs for print
    4. International standards for delivering print data
  • Acrobat Distiller
    1. Converting PostScript files
    2. Distiller profiles
    3. Printing and layers
    4. Print job preview
  • Pages
    1. Inserting pages
    2. Deleting pages
    3. Moving pages
    4. Rotating pages
    5. Page numbering
    6. Headers and footers
    7. Other page operations
  • Bookmarks
    1. Extracting bookmarks
    2. Inserting and nesting bookmarks
    3. Moving bookmarks
    4. More bookmark operations
  • Text and images
    1. Editing text
    2. Editing images
    3. Using an image as a watermark
  • Review
    1. Shared reviews
    2. Email-based reviews
    3. Comments and working with them
    4. Exporting and importing comments
    5. Comparing files
  • PDF in publishing production
    1. Delivering print-ready files
    2. Securing PDF files
  • Printing
    1. Prepress preparation
    2. Bitmap and vector objects
    3. Fonts
    4. Layout format settings
    5. Preflight and PDF checks before output
    6. Printing PDFs
    7. Printing PDFs with comments
  • Information
    1. Sources of information (books, magazines, websites)
    2. Development trends
Assumed knowledge:
Basic knowledge of Adobe Acrobat.
Recommended previous course:
Adobe Acrobat - Creating PDF Documents (PDF1)
Recommended subsequent course:
Pre-press and Enfocus PitStop Pro (PDF5)
Schedule:
1 day (9:00 AM - 5:00 PM )
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