Product Description

Acrobat 8 Professional Essential Training provides a thorough explanation of each of this application's essential features. The training covers how to put together slick cross-platform presentations, assemble large media-rich projects for distribution, and create forms for data collection. It also teaches users how to edit, secure, and distribute PDFs. Instructor Brian Wood demonstrates how to create and modify PDFs, export images and text, create secure documents, and customize the Acrobat interface for productivity. Exercise files accompany the tutorials.

Topics Include:

• Getting started with Acrobat
• Customizing tools
• Creating PDFs from various formats
• Modifying PDFs
• Extracting and replacing pages
• Creating and using bookmarks
• Exporting images and text
• Using collaboration tools
• Finding and searching
• Managing security policies

Duration: 9.5 hours
On 2 CD-ROMs

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1007528 in Books
• Published on: 2006-11-16
• Released on: 2006-11-16
• Binding: CD-ROM

From the Publisher
Each lynda.com CD/DVD course offers hours of training movies that you watch on your computer. The movies are recorded in pixel-perfect quality, and include the authors' narration and movements as they teach the subject matter. Courses include the same project files that the instructors use, so you can follow along at your own pace. lynda.com tutorials are great for visual learners and people who like to learn by doing. Topics include software applications, workflow optimization, tips and techniques, and much more. Play, fast-forward, and rewind for easy learning.

About the Author
Brian Wood is VP/Director of Training and Co-Owner of eVolve Computer Graphics Training, a Seattle-based training company. In addition to conducting InDesign classes at introductory through advanced levels, Brian has provided custom training, including transition training from PageMaker and QuarkXPress, for dozens of clients, including MacZones, Russell Investment Group, Washington State, University of Washington, BowTie Incorporated and many others. Brian also often works directly with Adobe Systems as a contract presenter/trainer who speaks at high-profile Adobe-sponsored customer events focused on InDesign and the entire Creative Suite. His knowledge of the program and of the Suite is exemplary, and has earned him a strong reputation among clients throughout the creative and professional community in Seattle as well as other parts of the country. He has been an Adobe Certified Instructor (A.C.I.) in InDesign since version 2.0, and is also an A.C.I. in Illustrator CS2, Photoshop CS2, GoLive CS2 and Acrobat 7.0. He is also certified in QuarkXPress, and wrote the lynda.com InDesign CS2 Hands-On Training book and selected chapters of the lynda.com Acrobat 6 Hands-On Training book.