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Adobe Acobat & Pitstop Training

We provide Adobe Acrobat & Pitstop Training in our training centres in SYDNEY, CANBERRA, MELBOURNE, BRISBANE. Click here to get contact details for the office closest to you.

We are Enfocused Certified to run PistStop training.


Course Timetables
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PDF Editing & Workflow Course Outline

Course Aim:
This course examines the techniques, issues and workflow practices involved in producing accurate PDF documents and the process of editing PDFs for use in the PRESS workflow. Users will produce, edit and repurpose PDF documents using a variety of applications including Acrobat, Illustrator, PhotoShop, and mainly deal with Enfocus PitStop (plug-in of Acrobat) for 50% of the course.

Course Prerequisites:
Previous experience using applications on a PC or Macintosh is an essential prerequisite for this course. Experience in using Acrobat is essential, and must have Enfocus PitStop software.

This is NOT a general-purpose Acrobat course. (See Acrobat for Business and Acrobat Advanced).

Course Duration: One day; 9:00am - 4:30pm

Classroom courses include:

* Adobe & Enfocus Certified instructors (with min 10 yrs experience)
* Alpha prepared comprehensive coursenotes (updated frequently to reflect industry trends)
* Certificates
* After course support (via email, to reinforce the learning)
     helpdesk@alphacc.com.au
* Training guarantee
* FREE repeat within 6 months (where required, and on same version)
* Very competitive course costs $CALL.

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Course Topics:
During this course you will learn about:

Section 1; Using Acrobat, PhotoShop & Illustrator

Topic 1 Advanced PDF Creation

Topic Objectives
Using Acrobat Distiller
Step 1: Creating a PostScript file
Step 2: Converting a PostScript file in Distiller
The default settings explained
Creating custom Adobe PDF settings
Using the Adobe PDF settings
General Options
Images options
Fonts options
Colour options

Advanced options
Standards options
Locations of PDF settings files
Sharing custom Adobe PDF settings
Removing customised Adobe PDF settings
Using watched folders
Distiller preferences
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 2 Editing PDF Files I

Topic Objectives
Copying and pasting text, tables, and images
Copying tables
Copying and saving images
The Snapshot tool
Editing PDF documents
Editing text
Inserting new text
Cropping pages
Changing page size

Rotating pages
Extracting pages
Moving or copying pages
Deleting or replacing pages
Combining Adobe PDF documents
Converting PDF files to Microsoft Word or Rich Text Format
Saving PDF files in other formats
Reducing file size
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 3 Editing PDF Files II

Topic Objectives
Editing an image in Photoshop or Illustrator
Setting TouchUp preferences
Adding text with the Typewriter tool
Placing an image or object
Moving or editing an object
Resizing an object
Clipping an object
Delete Clip
Numbering pages

Inserting headers and footers
Inserting a background
Inserting a watermark
Redacting confidential content
Searching for and redacting text
Changing the look of redaction markers
Specifying an initial view
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 4 Optimising, Preflighting, and Preparing for Print

Topic Objectives
PDF Optimizer
Auditing the space usage of a PDF file
Optimizing a PDF file
Images settings
Fonts settings
Transparency settings
Discard Objects settings
Discard User Data settings
Clean Up settings

Preflighting PDF documents
Analysing preflight results
Previewing output on screen
Previewing colour separations on screen
Previewing transparency flattening
Converting colours
Advanced print options
The Ink Manager
Topic Summary
Topic Review

Topic 5 Colour Management with Acrobat

Colour Settings

Soft-Proofing

Section 2; Using the Enfocus PDF Workflow

PitStop Professional
What is PitStop Professional?
Finding your way around PitStop Professional
Preflighting
Preflight Panel
Editing/fixing PDFs
Interactive Editing
Global Changes
Action Lists

PDF Profile & Preflight Report
What is a PDF Profile?
Editing a PDF Profile
PDF Profile Editor Overview
Main PDF Profile Areas
Preflight Report
PitStop Server
What is PitStop Server?
Setting up a Hot Folder
Managing Hot Folders, PDF Profiles and Action Lists

PDF Editing & Workflow
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