Adobe Acrobat DC Classroom in a Book
2nd Edition
Published on 16. June 2017
352 pages
978-0-13-484482-4 (ISBN)
Description
Adobe Acrobat DC Classroom in a Book, Second Edition, is the most thorough and comprehensive way for you to learn how to reliably create, edit, and sign PDF documents and forms with Adobe Acrobat DC. Each of the 12 lessons in this step-by-step, project-based guide contains a project that builds on your growing knowledge of the program, while end-of-chapter review questions reinforce each lesson. This cross-platform (Mac and Windows) book shows you how to collaborate effectively through electronic reviews, easily share your work across multiple platforms and devices (including via the Adobe Document Cloud service), and speed up your production and business task workflows with Acrobat DC.
All of the book's screenshots have been updated for this new edition. You will learn how to easily convert files from any application to PDF and how to directly edit text and images in PDF documents. You'll also learn how to use the newly refreshed tools to build PDF or web forms, and to speed up business workflow by gathering feedback and approval via online document reviews. And you'll learn how to create interactive forms and track responses within Acrobat, add signatures and security to PDF files, and much more.
All of the project files used in the book's lessons are available for download.
All of the book's screenshots have been updated for this new edition. You will learn how to easily convert files from any application to PDF and how to directly edit text and images in PDF documents. You'll also learn how to use the newly refreshed tools to build PDF or web forms, and to speed up business workflow by gathering feedback and approval via online document reviews. And you'll learn how to create interactive forms and track responses within Acrobat, add signatures and security to PDF files, and much more.
All of the project files used in the book's lessons are available for download.
More details
Series
Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-13-484482-4 (9780134844824)
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Lisa Fridsma has long loved the process of teaching others to use Adobe products. She has written, edited, and designed over thirty books in the Classroom in a Book series over the last two decades (including books on Photoshop and After Effects), starting with her time on-staff at Adobe. She is currently the owner of Darlington Hill Productions (informational illustrations and publishing). Lisa lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with her family which includes a tortoise and an above-average dog.
Brie Gyncild aims to make technical information accessible to those who need it. Brie wrote The Photoshop CS5 Pocket Guide and The Photoshop Elements 8 Pocket Guide. She has also co-written The Photoshop Show Starring Russell Brown; numerous editions of the Classroom in a Book series on Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, and Acrobat; and several editions of the How to Wow series. Brie lives in Seattle with cats and an overgrown garden.
Brie Gyncild aims to make technical information accessible to those who need it. Brie wrote The Photoshop CS5 Pocket Guide and The Photoshop Elements 8 Pocket Guide. She has also co-written The Photoshop Show Starring Russell Brown; numerous editions of the Classroom in a Book series on Photoshop, After Effects, Flash, and Acrobat; and several editions of the How to Wow series. Brie lives in Seattle with cats and an overgrown garden.
Content
GETTING STARTED
About Classroom in a Book
Acrobat Pro and Acrobat Standard
Prerequisites
Installing Adobe Acrobat
Options for purchasing Acrobat DC
Starting Adobe Acrobat
Online content
Additional resources
Adobe Authorized Training Centers
Going mobile
1 INTRODUCING ADOBE ACROBAT DC
About PDF
About Adobe Acrobat
About Acrobat Reader
About the Acrobat DC mobile app
Using PDF on the web
Adding Acrobat Reader installers
Opening a PDF file
Working with toolbars
Working with tools
Tools in the Tools pane
Navigating PDF documents
Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen mode
Viewing PDF files in Read mode
Setting Acrobat preferences for web browsing
Customizing the Acrobat toolbar
Customizing the brightness of the user interface
Getting help
Review questions and answers
2 CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES
About creating Adobe PDF files
Using the Create PDF tool
Dragging and dropping files
Saving PDF files to cloud accounts
Converting different types of files
Inserting a blank page
Using PDFMaker
Using the Print command to create Adobe PDF files
Reducing file size
Adobe PDF presets
Optimizing PDF files (Acrobat Pro only)
Creating files from the clipboard
Scanning a paper document
Making scanned text editable and searchable
Converting web pages to Adobe PDF
Review questions and answers
3 READING AND WORKING WITH PDF FILES
About the onscreen display
Reading PDF documents
Searching PDF documents
Printing PDF documents
Filling out PDF forms
Printing booklets
About flexibility, accessibility, and structure
Working with accessible documents
Making files flexible and accessible (Acrobat Pro only)
About tags
Using Acrobat accessibility features (Standard and Pro)
Sharing PDF files
Review questions and answers
4 ENHANCING PDF DOCUMENTS
Examining the work file
Moving pages with page thumbnails
Manipulating pages
Renumbering pages
Applying Bates numbering (Acrobat Pro only)
Managing links
Working with bookmarks
Naming bookmarks automatically
Setting document properties and metadata
Adding multimedia files
Setting up presentations
Review questions and answers
5 EDITING CONTENT IN PDF FILES
Editing text
Redacting text (Acrobat Pro only)
Working with images in a PDF file
Copying text and images from a PDF file
Exporting PDF content to a PowerPoint presentation
Saving PDF files as Word documents
Extracting PDF tables as Excel spreadsheets
Review questions and answers
6 USING ACROBAT WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE FILES
Getting started
About Acrobat PDFMaker
Converting Microsoft Word files to Adobe PDF (Windows)
Creating Adobe PDF files from Word mail-merge templates
Converting Word documents to PDF (Mac OS)
Converting Excel documents (Windows)
Converting Excel spreadsheets (Mac OS)
Using the spreadsheet split view
Converting PowerPoint presentations (Windows)
Converting PowerPoint presentations (Mac OS)
Review questions and answers
7 COMBINING FILES
About combining files
Selecting files to combine
Arranging pages
Merging the files
Creating a PDF Portfolio (Acrobat Pro)
Review questions and answers
8 ADDING SIGNATURES AND SECURITY
Getting started
Viewing documents in Protected Mode in Reader (Windows only)
About security in Acrobat
Viewing security settings
Adding security to PDF files
About digital signatures
Sending a document for others to sign
Creating digital signatures
Using the Fill & Sign tool
Signing in Preview mode
Signing a document digitally with certificates and digital IDs
Sharing certificates with others
Modifying signed documents
Certifying PDF files
Signing certified documents
Securing PDFs in FIPS mode (Windows)
Review questions and answers
9 USING ACROBAT IN A REVIEW CYCLE 218
About the review process
Getting started
Adding comments to a PDF document
Commenting in Acrobat Reader
Working with comments
Initiating an email-based review
Summarizing comments
Starting a shared review
Comparing versions of documents
Review questions and answers
10 WORKING WITH FORMS IN ACROBAT
Getting started
Converting PDF files to interactive PDF forms
Types of form fields
Adding form fields
Specifying an answer format
Using image buttons
Distributing forms
Collecting form data
Tracking forms
Options for distributing forms
Working with form data
Exploring on your own: Calculating and validating numeric fields
Review questions and answers
11 USING ACTIONS (ACROBAT PRO)
About actions
Using predefined actions
Creating an action
Avoiding the Full Screen mode warning
Sharing actions
Review questions and answers
12 USING ACROBAT IN PROFESSIONAL PRINTING
Creating PDF files for print and prepress
Guidelines for creating print-ready PDF files
Preflighting files (Acrobat Pro)
Working with transparency (Acrobat Pro)
Custom preflight profiles
PDF standards
What is rasterization?
About flattening options in the Flattener Preview dialog box
Setting up color management
Previewing your print job (Acrobat Pro)
Advanced printing controls
Review questions and answers
About Classroom in a Book
Acrobat Pro and Acrobat Standard
Prerequisites
Installing Adobe Acrobat
Options for purchasing Acrobat DC
Starting Adobe Acrobat
Online content
Additional resources
Adobe Authorized Training Centers
Going mobile
1 INTRODUCING ADOBE ACROBAT DC
About PDF
About Adobe Acrobat
About Acrobat Reader
About the Acrobat DC mobile app
Using PDF on the web
Adding Acrobat Reader installers
Opening a PDF file
Working with toolbars
Working with tools
Tools in the Tools pane
Navigating PDF documents
Viewing PDF presentations in Full Screen mode
Viewing PDF files in Read mode
Setting Acrobat preferences for web browsing
Customizing the Acrobat toolbar
Customizing the brightness of the user interface
Getting help
Review questions and answers
2 CREATING ADOBE PDF FILES
About creating Adobe PDF files
Using the Create PDF tool
Dragging and dropping files
Saving PDF files to cloud accounts
Converting different types of files
Inserting a blank page
Using PDFMaker
Using the Print command to create Adobe PDF files
Reducing file size
Adobe PDF presets
Optimizing PDF files (Acrobat Pro only)
Creating files from the clipboard
Scanning a paper document
Making scanned text editable and searchable
Converting web pages to Adobe PDF
Review questions and answers
3 READING AND WORKING WITH PDF FILES
About the onscreen display
Reading PDF documents
Searching PDF documents
Printing PDF documents
Filling out PDF forms
Printing booklets
About flexibility, accessibility, and structure
Working with accessible documents
Making files flexible and accessible (Acrobat Pro only)
About tags
Using Acrobat accessibility features (Standard and Pro)
Sharing PDF files
Review questions and answers
4 ENHANCING PDF DOCUMENTS
Examining the work file
Moving pages with page thumbnails
Manipulating pages
Renumbering pages
Applying Bates numbering (Acrobat Pro only)
Managing links
Working with bookmarks
Naming bookmarks automatically
Setting document properties and metadata
Adding multimedia files
Setting up presentations
Review questions and answers
5 EDITING CONTENT IN PDF FILES
Editing text
Redacting text (Acrobat Pro only)
Working with images in a PDF file
Copying text and images from a PDF file
Exporting PDF content to a PowerPoint presentation
Saving PDF files as Word documents
Extracting PDF tables as Excel spreadsheets
Review questions and answers
6 USING ACROBAT WITH MICROSOFT OFFICE FILES
Getting started
About Acrobat PDFMaker
Converting Microsoft Word files to Adobe PDF (Windows)
Creating Adobe PDF files from Word mail-merge templates
Converting Word documents to PDF (Mac OS)
Converting Excel documents (Windows)
Converting Excel spreadsheets (Mac OS)
Using the spreadsheet split view
Converting PowerPoint presentations (Windows)
Converting PowerPoint presentations (Mac OS)
Review questions and answers
7 COMBINING FILES
About combining files
Selecting files to combine
Arranging pages
Merging the files
Creating a PDF Portfolio (Acrobat Pro)
Review questions and answers
8 ADDING SIGNATURES AND SECURITY
Getting started
Viewing documents in Protected Mode in Reader (Windows only)
About security in Acrobat
Viewing security settings
Adding security to PDF files
About digital signatures
Sending a document for others to sign
Creating digital signatures
Using the Fill & Sign tool
Signing in Preview mode
Signing a document digitally with certificates and digital IDs
Sharing certificates with others
Modifying signed documents
Certifying PDF files
Signing certified documents
Securing PDFs in FIPS mode (Windows)
Review questions and answers
9 USING ACROBAT IN A REVIEW CYCLE 218
About the review process
Getting started
Adding comments to a PDF document
Commenting in Acrobat Reader
Working with comments
Initiating an email-based review
Summarizing comments
Starting a shared review
Comparing versions of documents
Review questions and answers
10 WORKING WITH FORMS IN ACROBAT
Getting started
Converting PDF files to interactive PDF forms
Types of form fields
Adding form fields
Specifying an answer format
Using image buttons
Distributing forms
Collecting form data
Tracking forms
Options for distributing forms
Working with form data
Exploring on your own: Calculating and validating numeric fields
Review questions and answers
11 USING ACTIONS (ACROBAT PRO)
About actions
Using predefined actions
Creating an action
Avoiding the Full Screen mode warning
Sharing actions
Review questions and answers
12 USING ACROBAT IN PROFESSIONAL PRINTING
Creating PDF files for print and prepress
Guidelines for creating print-ready PDF files
Preflighting files (Acrobat Pro)
Working with transparency (Acrobat Pro)
Custom preflight profiles
PDF standards
What is rasterization?
About flattening options in the Flattener Preview dialog box
Setting up color management
Previewing your print job (Acrobat Pro)
Advanced printing controls
Review questions and answers
