Adobe Acrobat 6

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Lessons                         Practice - Assignments                            Date:

Lesson 1:                           –   Look at examples                          Search the internet for
Introducing                         –   Designing documents for online viewing    three articles to learn
                                    –   Using the history                         more information
                                    –   Creating a collection                     about how acrobat can
                                                                                  be used in business.
                                                                                  Please submit for grade
                                                                                  a summary.

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Lesson 2:                              Opening the work file                     Demonstrate
Getting to Know the Work Area          Using the tools                           knowledge of finding a
                                       Navigation pane and tab                   hidden tool, change
                                       Setting us work area                      page size to actual size,
                                       Following Links                           fit page and reset the
                                       Printing PDF files                        toolbars.
                                       How to pages, online help
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Lesson 3:                              Converting Word                           Search for two articles
Microsoft Office Files                 PDF Bookmarks                             on how Acrobat 7 has
Windows                                Comments to PDF Notes                     been an improvement
                                       Adding security                           over Acrobat 6. Can
                                       Emailing PowerPoint                       you list 5 known
                                       Working with Excel                        improvements or 5
                                       Converting the entire workbook            known problems with
                                                                                  the new software?
                                       Email and attaching Outlook files
                                                                                  Please submit your
                                       Converting Web Pages
                                                                                  findings.
                                       Multiple Office files
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Lesson 4:                              Creating Adobe PDF files/PDF command      Explore on your own
Converting Files to Adobe PDF          Converting and combining diff. types of   on page 148.
                                        files                                     Demonstrate your skills
                                       Assembling files, consolidating,          for your instructor.
                                       Adding page numbers
                                       Editing headers and footers
                                       Adding watermark images
                                       Searching and Print Commands
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Lesson 5:                              Converting Web Pages                      Review questions and
Creating PDF from Web Pages            Connecting to the web                     answers will be
                                       Setting Options                           demonstrated by
                                       Updating converted Pages                  student. Be prepared to
                                       Building a favorite PDF of Web pages      demonstrate
                                       Converting in Internet Explorer, linked   knowledge.
                                        pages, and printing web pages.

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Lesson 6:                           Controlling Output                          Explain what is meant
Customizing Adobe PDF Output        Settings                                    by sampling and What
Quality                             Compression and Custom                      is down sampling.
                                    Managing Color                              Explain in your own
                                    Reducing file size                          words and write a
                                                                                 paragraph.
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Lesson 7:                           Editing pages and text-thumbnails
Modifying PDF Files                 Inserting a page from another file          Demonstrate inserting
                                    Cropping a page-editing links               an entire PDF into
                                    Inserting PDF files                         another PDF file
                                    Adding bookmarks
                                    Renumbering pages
                                    Adding Sound
                                    Linking to text and images
                                    Converting PDF page to an image format
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Lesson 8                            Opening Articles                            Exploring on your own:
More on Editing PDF Files           Reading, defining, editing                  1. Using photo print
                                    Copying text and images                     sizes and layouts.
                                    Copying and pasting sm amts of text         2. Optimizing for page-
                                    Copying individual images                   at-a-time downloading
                                    Acrobat 7 editing images TouchUp tool
                                                                                 Write a step-by-step
                                    Converting pdf page to image format file
                                                                                 tutorial for others to
                                    Reducing the file size
                                                                                 copy photos from a
                                                                                 PDF file
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Lesson 9                            Flexibility, accessibility, and structure
Accessible and Flexible             Saving accessible text                      Demonstrate how to
                                    Looking at reading order                    check if a file is
                                    Acrobat 7- Viewing the results of adding    accessible. \
                                     tags – editing the reading order
                                    Adding Alt Text                             Show the instructor
                                    Using Features                              how to turn keyboard
                                                                                 shortcuts on or off.
                                    Setup assistant
                                    Scrolling and shortcuts
                                    Changing background color
                                    Setting reading out loud preferences
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Lesson 10:                          Review process
Document Review Cycle               Working with comments                       Send the instructor an
                                    Exporting and importing comments            original stamp. PDF file
                                    Add, Reply, Summarize, Spell Check, and     for review.
                                     Printing Comments
                                    Create Custom stamps                        Explain how you can
                                    Email-based review                          change the authors
                                                                                 name on a note.
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Lesson 11:                          Creating Digital Id and Signatures          Explore using
Adding Signatures and Security      Certifying a PDF File                       eEnvelopes. Can you
                                    Signing the advertisement                   demonstrate and
                                    Adding image to a digital signature         explain what is an
                                    Modifying a signed document                 eEnvelope. Please find
                                    Certifying a PDF file                       an article explaining
                                    Signing a certified document
                                    Adding Security, passwords
                                    Adding an interactive animation
Lesson 12                      Adding action stop animation
Creating Multimedia            Adding show/hide field
Presentations                  Adding movies clip and controlling buttons
                               Align and duplicate buttons
                               Adding a first page button
                               Adding sound files and two actions to one
                                button


Lesson 12:                     Working online with forms
Filling Out Forms              Password protected form
                               Filling out forms
                               Adding signature field
                               Exporting

Lesson 13:                     Setting up preferences
Preparing Presentations        Adding pages

Lesson 14:                     Extracting images
Working with Pictures and      Copying images to clipboard
Images                         Exporting, editing and printing
                               Working with digital camera pictures

Lesson 15                      Activating reader
Working with eBooks            Adding buttons and downloading
                               Reading and Managing eBooks

Lesson 16                      Flexibility, accessibility, and structure
Accessible and Flexible        Scrolling and shortcuts
                               Setting reading out loud preferences