Adobe Acrobat DC Classroom in a Book, Third Edition, is the most thorough and comprehensive way for you to learn how to reliably create, edit, share, and sign PDF documents and forms with Adobe Acrobat DC. Each of the 13 lessons in this step-by-step, project-based guide contains a project that builds on your growing knowledge of the program, while end-of-chapter review questions reinforce each lesson. This cross-platform (Mac and Windows) book shows you how to collaborate effectively through electronic reviews, easily work with PDFs across multiple platforms and devices (including via the Adobe Document Cloud service), and speed up your production and business task workflows with Acrobat DC. You will learn how to easily convert files from any application to PDF and how to directly edit text and images in PDF documents. You’ll also learn how to build PDF forms, and to speed up business workflow by gathering feedback and approval using new shared document review features. And you’ll learn how to create interactive forms and track responses within Acrobat, add signatures and security to PDF files, work with companion Acrobat apps, and much more. All of the project files used in the book’s lessons are available for download.

Adobe Acrobat DC Classroom in a Book, Second Edition, is the most thorough and comprehensive way for you to learn how to reliably create, edit, and sign PDF documents and forms with Adobe Acrobat DC. Each of the 12 lessons in this step-by-step, project-based guide contains a project that builds on your growing knowledge of the program, while end-of-chapter review questions reinforce each lesson. This cross-platform (Mac and Windows) book shows you how to collaborate effectively through electronic reviews, easily share your work across multiple platforms and devices (including via the Adobe Document Cloud service), and speed up your production and business task workflows with Acrobat DC. All of the book’s screenshots have been updated for this new edition. You will learn how to easily convert files from any application to PDF and how to directly edit text and images in PDF documents. You’ll also learn how to use the newly refreshed tools to build PDF or web forms, and to speed up business workflow by gathering feedback and approval via online document reviews. And you’ll learn how to create interactive forms and track responses within Acrobat, add signatures and security to PDF files, and much more. All of the project files used in the book’s lessons are available for download.

Complete classroom training manual for Adobe Acrobat DC. 315 pages and 163 individual topics. Includes practice exercises and keyboard shortcuts. Professionally developed and sold all over the world, these materials are provided in full-color PDF format with not-for-profit reprinting rights and offer clear, concise, and easy-to-use instructions. You will learn PDF creation, advanced PDF settings, exporting and rearranging PDFs, collaboration, creating forms, document security, and much more. Topics Covered: Getting Acquainted with Acrobat 1. Introduction to Adobe Acrobat Pro and PDFs 2. The Acrobat Environment 3. The Acrobat Home View 4. The Acrobat Tools View 5. The Acrobat Document View 6. The Menu Bar 7. Toolbars in Acrobat 8. The Common Tools Toolbar 9. Customizing the Common Tools Toolbar 10. Customizing the Quick Tools Toolbar 11. The Page Controls Toolbar 12. Resetting All Customizable Toolbars 13. Showing and Hiding All Toolbars and the Menu Bar 14. The Navigation Pane 15. The Tools Center 16. Customizing the Tools Pane Opening and Viewing PDFs 1. Opening PDFs 2. Selecting and Copying Text and Graphics 3. Rotating Pages 4. Changing the Viewing Options 5. Using the Zoom Tools 6. Reviewing Preferences 7. Finding Words and Phrases 8. Searching a PDF and Using the Search Pane 9. Sharing PDFs by Email 10. Sharing PDFs with Adobe Send and Track Creating PDFs 1. Creating New PDFs 2. Creating PDFs from a File 3. Creating PDFs from Multiple Files 4. Creating Multiple PDF Files at Once 5. Creating PDFs from Scanned Documents 6. Creating PDFs Using the PDF Printer 7. Creating PDFs from Web Pages Using a Browser 8. Creating PDFs from Web Pages Using Acrobat 9. Creating PDFs from the Clipboard 10. Creating PDFs Using Microsoft Office 11. Creating PDFs in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word 12. Creating PDFs in Adobe Applications 13. Creating PDFs in Outlook 14. Converting Folders to PDF in Outlook Custom PDF Creation Settings 1. PDF Preferences in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word 2. Adobe PDF Settings 3. Creating and Modifying Preset Adobe PDF Settings 4. The General Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings 5. The Images Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings 6. The Fonts Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings 7. The Color Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings 8. The Advanced Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings 9. The Standards Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings 10. Create PDF and Email in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word 11. Mail Merge and Email in Word 12. Create and Review in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word 13. Importing Acrobat Comments in Word 14. Embed Flash in PowerPoint and Word 15. PDF Settings and Automatic Archival in Outlook Basic PDF Editing 1. Initial View Settings for PDFs 2. Full Screen Mode 3. The Edit PDF Tool 4. Adding, Formatting, Resizing, Rotating and Moving Text 5. Editing Text 6. Managing Text Flow with Articles 7. Adding and Editing Images 8. Changing the Page Number Display 9. Cropping Pages and Documents Advanced PDF Settings 1. Adding and Removing Watermarks 2. Adding and Removing Page Backgrounds 3. Adding Headers and Footers 4. Attaching Files to a PDF 5. Adding Metadata 6. Optimizing a PDF for File Size and Compatibility Bookmarks 1. Using Bookmarks in a PDF 2. Modifying and Organizing Bookmarks 3. Assigning Actions to Bookmarks Adding Multimedia Content and Interactivity 1. Creating and Editing Buttons 2. Adding Video, Sound, and SWF Files 3. Adding 3D Content to PDFs 4. Adding Page Transitions Combining and Rearranging PDFs 1. Extracting and Replacing Pages 2. Splitting a PDF into Multiple Files 3. Inserting Pages from Files and Other Sources 4. Moving and Copying Pages 5. Combining PDFs Exporting and Converting Content 1. Exporting Text 2. Exporting Images 3. Exporting PDFs to Microsoft Word 4. Exporting PDFs to Microsoft Excel 5. Exporting PDFs to Microsoft PowerPoint Collaborating 1. Methods of Collaborating 2. Sending for Email Review 3. Sending for Shared Review 4. Reviewing Documents 5. Adding Comments and Annotation 6. The Comment Pane 7. Advanced Comments List Option Commands 8. Enabling Extended Commenting in Acrobat Reader 9. Using Drawing Tools 10. Stamping and Creating Custom Stamps 11. Importing Changes in a Review 12. Using Tracker to Manage PDF Reviews Creating and Working With Portfolios 1. Creating a PDF Portfolio 2. PDF Portfolio Views 3. Using Layout View 4. Managing Portfolio Content 5. Using Details View 6. Setting Portfolio Properties Getting Started With Forms 1. Creating a Form from an Existing PDF 2. Designing a Form in Microsoft Word 3. Creating a Form from a Scanned Document 4. Creating Forms from Image Files 5. Creating Text Fields 6. Creating Radio Buttons and Checkboxes 7. Creating Drop-Down and List Boxes 8. Creating Buttons 9. Creating a Digital Signature Field 10. General Properties of Form Fields 11. Appearance Properties of Form Fields 12. Position Properties of Form Fields 13. Options Properties of Form Fields 14. Actions Properties of Form Fields 15. Selection Change and Signed Properties of Form Fields 16. Format Properties of Form Fields 17. Validate Properties of Form Fields 18. Calculate Properties of Form Fields 19. Align, Center, Match Size, and Distribute Form Fields 20. Setting Form Field Tab Order 21. Enabling Users and Readers to Save Forms 22. Distributing Forms 23. Responding to a Form 24. Collecting Distributed Form Responses 25. Managing a Form Response File 26. Using Tracker with Forms Professional Print Production 1. Overview of Print Production Support 2. Previewing Color Separations 3. Color Management and Conversion 4. Using the Object Inspector 5. Using the Preflight Dialog Box 6. Correcting Hairlines 7. Saving as a Standards-Compliant PDF Scanning and Optical Character Recognition 1. Recognizing Text in a Scanned PDF 2. Recognizing Text in PDFs 3. Reviewing and Correcting OCR Suspects Automating Routine Tasks 1. Using Actions 2. Creating Custom Actions 3. Editing and Deleting Custom Actions 4. Sharing Actions Document Protection and Security 1. Methods of Securing a PDF 2. Password-Protecting a PDF 3. Creating and Registering Digital IDs 4. Using Certificate Encryption 5. Creating a Digital Signature 6. Digitally Signing a PDF 7. Certifying a PDF 8. Signing Documents with Adobe Sign 9. Getting Others to Sign Documents 10. Redacting Content in a PDF 11. Redaction Properties 12. Revealing and Clearing Hidden Information Adobe Reader and Document Cloud 1. Opening and Navigating PDFs in Reader 2. Adding Comments 3. Digitally Signing a PDF 4. Adobe Document Cloud Adobe Acrobat Help 1. Adobe Acrobat Help

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