Information Technology Services

ITS currently offers training using Adobe Acrobat 8; however, all of the Acrobat classes are also appropriate for users of Acrobat 5, 6, and 7.

Acrobat is an absolutely essential tool in the ongoing struggle between paper and electronic documents! Use Acrobat to create an electronic version of almost any document in the Portable Document Format (PDF), while preserving the exact look and content of the original, including fonts and graphic images. You can distribute PDF files via email or store them on the Internet so others can easily access your documents without the usual problems associated with opening files on different platforms (i.e. Windows, Macintosh and Unix).

Learn how to create, edit and manage your own library of electronic PDF files.

This course will cover:

• The differences between different versions of Acrobat, and between Acrobat (commercial version) and Acrobat Reader (free version)
• Navigating the Acrobat user interface
• Creating PDF files using Adobe PDF (or PDFWriter), Acrobat Distiller, and Acrobat, and when to use each
• Converting existing documents created using common applications (i.e. Word, PowerPoint and Excel) to PDF files
• Combining documents created in different applications into one PDF file
• Creating bookmarks, articles, and actions to make navigating the PDF file easier for your audience
• Using Acrobat's various markup tools to annotate PDF files and add comments
• Presenting PDF files effectively on the screen

Prerequisites: Good working knowledge of the Windows operating system, navigating the Internet using a Web browser, and the Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).

Learn how to create fill-in-the-blank online forms using Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat is ideal for forms that need signatures, because users can fill in the blanks, then print a copy.

This course will cover:

• Creating different form elements or fields, such as check boxes, text boxes, etc.
• Aligning the fields on the page
• Setting the tab order for the form
• Using the new Adobe Designer included with Acrobat to create a form using a graphical editor
• Other pertinent topics

Prerequisites: Good working knowledge of the Windows operating system.