Acrobat DC

Basic knowledge of the Microsoft Windows environment

You already know that PDF is a reliable and widely used format for exchanging electronic documents. But you may know that Adobe® Acrobat® is the best choice for efficient collaboration, as well as creating and sharing PDF files, now and in the future.

The Interface

• Getting started with Acrobat Pro
• Understanding the difference between Acrobat and Adobe Reader
• Understanding the interface
• Navigating PDF documents
• Customizing the toolbars
• Working with the navigation panels
• Using the zoom tools
• Understanding the window views
• Using the Organizer
• Auto-saving
• Using the Full Screen and Reading modes

Creating PDFs

• Creating a PDF from Word
• Creating a PDF from Excel
• Creating a PDF from PowerPoint
• Creating a PDF from Outlook (Windows only)
• Creating a PDF from the web
• Creating a PDF from a file
• Setting PDF file preferences
• Creating a PDF from copied content
• Creating a PDF from a scanner
• Optimizing a scanned PDF
• Creating a PDF from a blank page
• Creating multiple PDFs in a batch
• Creating PDFs from InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop

Combining Documents  

• Combining documents
• Creating a merged document
• Creating a PDF Portfolio
• Adding files or folders to a PDF Portfolio
• Customizing PDF Portfolio options
• Previewing native files in a PDF Portfolio
• Searching in a PDF Portfolio
• Running commands on a PDF Portfolio
• Applying security to a PDF Portfolio
• PDF Portfolios and previous versions of Acrobat or Adobe Reader

Modifying PDFs

• Inserting and deleting pages
• Embedding and removing thumbnails
• Moving, rotating, and cropping
• Extracting and replacing pages
• Splitting PDFs
• Renumbering pages
• Adding headers and footers
• Creating watermarks and backgrounds
• Copying content
• Editing text
• Adding text using the Typewriter tool
• Touching up objects
• Using Bates numbering
• Comparing PDF documents
• Setting document properties
• Reducing file size
• Examining a document
• Attaching documents to a PDF

Bookmarks

• Understanding bookmarks
• Creating bookmarks
• Bookmarking specific items
• Nesting bookmarks
• Editing bookmark destinations
• Bookmarking shortcuts
• Bookmarking actions
• Using the Bookmarks navigation panel and the Initial View setting

Links

• Using links
• Creating links
• Editing links
• Using cross-document linking
• Creating destination links
• Using link shortcuts

Repurposing Content

• Exporting images from a PDF
• Exporting text from a PDF
• Exporting to Word
• Exporting to HTML
• Batch-processing an export

Collaborating

• Viewing comments
• Adding sticky notes
• Using the Text Edits tool
• Using the Stamp tool
• Using highlights, underlines, and strikethroughs
• Attaching files as comments
• Recording an audio comment
• Using the drawing tools
• Enabling commenting in Reader
• Understanding the different review processes
• Attaching a PDF for email review
• Using the Shared Review feature
• Reviewing via Acrobat.com
• Using the Collaborate Live feature
• Using the Review Tracker
• Exporting and importing comments
• Reviewing comments
• Summarizing comments

Finding and Searching

• Using Basic Find
• Using Search
• Advanced searching

Security

• Showing security properties for a PDF
• Enabling Encrypt with Password security
• Removing Encrypt with Password security
• Managing security policies
• Redacting

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