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Adobe Acrobat 4 Tutorials

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   Course Description
Adobe Acrobat 4 is used primarily for the creation of PDF files for CD and on the web. If you want to create a file (or scanned material) for others who don't have your application or fonts, then Acrobat is used to create the PDF file (Portable Document Format). Using Acrobat Reader (a free application), anyone can view your document just the way you created it. In this Virtual Training Company tutorial, Dave Cross guides you through the basics of Acrobat 4 and creating PDF files, then slides into more complicated topics, such as adding interactive links and digital signatures. To get started, simply click one of the movie topics below.

Overview
  Key Concepts (01:27)
  Reader vs Distiller (02:14)
  Acrobat and PDF Files (04:19)
Acrobat Reader
  Navigating - Changing Views (04:19)
  Navigating - Working with Pages (04:12)
  Navigating in Reader 4.0 (01:35)
  Using Full Screen View (01:52)
  Opening Files (01:00)
  Searching (01:33)
  Setting Preferences (02:25)
  Printing (00:58)
  Reader as a Browser Plug-in (02:08)
  Configuring the Reader as a Browser Plug-in (00:54)
  Document Info (00:50)
  Checking Font Usage (00:57)
  Copying & Pasting from Reader to other applications (01:13)
  Comparing Reader 3.01 with 4.0 (02:47)
Creating PDF files
  PDF Writer vs Distiller (Overview) (02:31)
  PDF Maker in Microsoft Office (01:16)
  Print to PDF (01:18)
  Drag and Drop in Macintosh (00:45)
  PDF from Illustrator (01:14)
  PDF from PageMaker (02:37)
  Web Capture (01:05)
  Paper Capture (04:46)
  Configuring your scanner software for Capture (01:12)
Using Distiller
  Preferences and Settings (01:29)
  Watched Folders (01:28)
  Overview of Job Options (01:36)
  Job Options - Screen Optimized (02:11)
  Job Options - Print Optimized (01:05)
  Job Options - Press Optimized (00:48)
  Advantages of using Press Optimized (01:53)
  Customizing Job Options (01:40)
  Font Issues (02:16)
  Font Issues - Subset Fonts (01:03)
Acrobat Overview
  Navigating through pages (01:09)
  Navigation Pane (01:04)
  Changing document views (01:18)
  Changing magnification of pages (02:47)
  Using Thumbnails to navigate (01:44)
  Acrobat Preferences (01:38)
  Tools, Menus and Command Bar (03:56)
  File menu (03:46)
  Edit menu (02:08)
  Document menu (03:49)
  Tools menu (03:06)
  View menu (01:15)
  Window menu (01:48)
  Overview of the Tools (03:33)
Working in Acrobat
  Copying text and graphics (02:20)
  Cropping pages (02:46)
  Editing text and graphics (04:29)
  Bookmarks and Thumbnails (03:15)
  Working with Pages (03:10)
  Compare pages between documents (03:31)
  Digital Signatures (03:18)
  Overview of Annotations (04:31)
  Adding your own stamps (03:06)
  Using the drawing annotation tools (02:18)
  Using the text annotation tools (03:21)
  Summarizing Annotations (01:45)
Adding Interactivity
  Adding movies (03:18)
  Creating interactive movies (05:08)
  Overview of Links (03:45)
  Link actions - menus and movies (02:42)
  Link actions - working with files (02:15)
  Link actions - read articles (02:55)
  Link actions - web links (02:35)
  Link actions - destinations (03:32)
Forms
  Overview of Forms (02:37)
  Text fields (03:30)
  Combo and List Boxes (03:19)
  Check boxes and Radio buttons (03:59)
  Creating Buttons (03:12)
  Buttons for multimedia (03:23)
  Calculating fields (03:53)
  Simple use of JavaScript (02:05)
  Editing forms (03:29)
  Submit and Reset buttons (02:56)
Final Thoughts
  Finishing your document - setting options, saving and security features (03:16)
  Overview of Catalogue (03:32)
  Using Help files (01:49)
  Using adobe.com (01:17)