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Topic 1 Advanced Adobe PDF Creation
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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
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Advanced options
Standards options
Locations of PDF settings files
Sharing custom Adobe PDF settings
Removing customised Adobe PDF settings
Using watched folders
Distiller preferences
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Topic 2 PDF Forms
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About PDF forms
PDF form objects
Creating form fields
Using the grid to lay out form fields
Ruler guides
Combo box properties
Text field properties
List box properties
Radio Button properties
Check box properties
Buttons
Buttons for submitting a form
Creating a button to reset a form
Digital signature field properties
Exporting data from a form
Importing data into a form
Using buttons to import data
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Using form data to create a spreadsheet
Editing Form Fields
Duplicating form fields
Aligning and distributing form fields
Automatically detecting form fields
Using Adobe LiveCycle Designer (Windows only)
Opening Adobe LiveCycle Designer
Creating a new form
Starting with a blank form
Working with objects
Saving a form as a template
Previewing forms in the Preview PDF tab
Creating calculation fields
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Topic 3 Editing PDF Files
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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
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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
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Topic 4 Multimedia PDF Files
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Action types
Action triggers
Adding movies to PDF files
Adding sounds to PDF files
Using buttons to control media files
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Creating navigation buttons
Duplicating Buttons
Specifying button appearance
Showing and hiding buttons
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Topic 5 Digital Signatures
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Using digital signatures
Digital signatures overview
Using digital IDs
Creating a self-signed digital ID
Adding existing digital IDs
Selecting digital IDs
Signing a PDF document
Changing the appearance of signatures
Certifying a PDF document
Sending your digital ID certificate to others
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Getting digital ID certificates from others
What makes a digital signature invalid?
Validating signatures
Displaying previous versions
Comparing versions
Setting signature verification preferences
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Topic 6 Reviewing PDF Documents
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About reviewing PDF documents
Reviews using Adobe Reader
Types of Reviews
Specifying a server for a shared review
Starting a shared review
Starting an email-based review
Participating in a review
Options in the document message bar
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Receiving comments from a reviewer
The Review Tracker
The Comments List
Importing and exporting comments
Importing comments into a Word document (Windows only)
Importing comments into AutoCAD (Windows only)
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Topic 7 Batch Processing
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Using batch sequences
Running batch sequences
The preset batch sequences
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Creating new batch sequences
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Topic 8 Indexing PDF Documents
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Creating an index
Searching PDF files using an index
Embedding an index into a PDF
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Updating, rebuilding, and purging indexes
Revising an index
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Topic 9 Optimising, Preflighting, and Preparing for Print
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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
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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
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Topic 10 Creating accessible PDF documents
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What is accessibility?
Adobe’s accessibility site
Why make PDF documents accessible?
Some features of accessible PDF documents
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About tags, reading order, and reflow
Creating tags in authoring applications
The TouchUp Reading Order tool
Adding tags to an existing document
Creating bookmarks from tags
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Appendix A: Index
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