Introduction to Adobe Acrobat Professional

http://gds.parkland.edu/gds/acrobat
Instructor: Paul Young

 

About the
Seminar

Still dreaming of a paperless office? Struggling to mark-up that student paper for your online class? Well, Adobe Acrobat Professional might get you one step closer to your dream. In this hands-on workshop, learn how to convert any document to PDF format. Then learn how to combine, annotate, comment and even edit PDF documents. Includes advanced topics like password protection, digital signatures, reducing file size for e-mailing or web publishing.

Prerequisites: You should be comfortable with personal computers, Internet browsers, and Microsoft Word. No prior experience with Acrobat is required.

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Notes

Getting started

  1. Acrobat overview: Adobe Product Comparison
  2. Academic pricing: JourneyEd.com
  3. launch Acrobat Pro
  4. edit > preferences > identity: fill in name & email
    (mac users: Acrobat > preferences)
  5. edit > preferences > commenting: always use login name=no
  6. note: hand tool=default tool (always return to the hand tool)

Making PDFs (only if Acrobat Professional is installed)

  1. open "essay.doc" in Word
  2. insert > picture > from file "speakcafe.jpg" (at bottom)
  3. save
  4. file > print (choose Adobe PDF)
  5. name file "essay.pdf"
  6. compare file sizes between DOC and PDF

Making text comments

  1. open "essay.pdf" in Acrobat Pro
  2. tools > comment & markup > show comment & markup toolbar
  3. choose HIGHLIGHTER TOOL, select text
  4. choose NOTE TOOL: type comment, close
  5. RMB on comment: choose properties, change author, close
  6. RMB on comment: make current properties default
  7. choose TEXT EDIT tool
  8. to insert: embed cursor, start typing
  9. to delete: select, hit DELETE key
  10. try stamp tool: create custom stamp (import "good job.pdf")
  11. comments > enable for commenting...
  12. save

Making visual comments

  1. open "money.pdf" in Acrobat Pro
  2. try: callout tool to write comment
  3. try: cloud tool with comment
  4. try: pencil tool for drawing
  5. file > reduce file size, save

Inserting media files

  1. file > create PDF > from file "movie.doc"
  2. tools > media > flash tool "loop.swf"
  3. draw rectangle
  4. click rectangle to play movie
  5. view > fill screen (ESC to return)
  6. RMB on movie > stop

OCR recognition

  1. open "scan.pdf"
  2. document > recognize text using OCR
  3. select text, copy, paste into Word file

Combining PDFs

  1. open first PDF file
  2. document > insert pages
  3. to rearrange pages: delete pages, then insert again

 

Presenter Contact

Paul Young
Office: Room C130A
Telephone: 217-351-2403
Email: pyoung@parkland.edu