Course overview

Duration

1 day (6.5 hours)

Overview

This Adobe Acrobat course looks at the powerful features of the tool quite often overlooked. 

The course requires the use of either the Standard or Professional versions of Acrobat as the free Acrobat Reader only has limited functionality.

Learn how to combine documents into a single file, edit and mark up PDFs, compare documents, redact data from documents and create fillable forms.

Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

• Create PDFs from other tools
• Set security
• Collate and combine files into a single PDF
• Edit PDF files
• Complete and sign documents
• Create fillable forms
• Mark up PDF documents
• Compare files
• Redact data

Content

Creating PDFs

• Building PDF documents from Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Setting PDF options for print, image quality and security

Working in Acrobat

• Home, Tools and Document Views
• Using the Navigation Panel and Pane
• Floating toolbar and Contextual menus

Collating and Combining Files

• Combining multiple files into a single PDF
• Adding extra files
• Deleting pages and reorganising pages

Editing Files

• Editing text and graphics
• Adding text and images
• Adding headers and footers, watermarks and backgrounds

Adding Links

• Adding manual links
• Automatic links

Completing and signing documents

• Using fill and sign to complete forms
• Adding signatures

Creating Fillable and Signable Forms

• Prepare a form
• Autodetect fillable fields
• Add manual fillable fields
• Adding drop downs, check boxes, etc.
• Naming fields
• Setting field properties
• Previewing the form

Marking Up Documents

• Marking up changes
• Using sticky notes
• Using the highlighter pen
• Adding stamps
• Attaching documents and audio
• Replying to comments

Comparing Files

• Selecting settings
• Comparison report
• Reviewing differences
• Using the changes pane

Redacting Data (Acrobat Professional only)

• Setting redaction options
• Redacting chosen text
• Searching and redacting words, phrases or patterns
• Redacting whole pages
• Applying redaction

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