Learning Acrobat 6 is a movie-based tutorial for people who want to quickly get up to speed with Adobe Acrobat. Covering both Acrobat 6 Standard and Professional, these hands-on exercises teach you how to take your PDFs to the next level by adding interactivity such as links, bookmarks, and form fields. You'll also learn how to use Acrobat for commenting on documents in a group review scenario, and how to create dynamic PDF presentations by embedding multimedia items like sound and video. By following along with this tutorial, you'll master key features of Acrobat 6 Standard and Professional in no time.
Released on: 10/28/2003 |
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Table of contents
Introduction
Interface
Working with Links
Working with Articles
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reading articles
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5:34 |
5 MB |
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creating articles
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6:51 |
9 MB |
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editing articles
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3:40 |
5.7 MB |
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article magnification settings
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2:29 |
3.6 MB |
Working with Bookmarks
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creating bookmarks
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3:41 |
4.1 MB |
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bookmarking elements
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6:40 |
9.2 MB |
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nesting bookmarks
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3:45 |
6.2 MB |
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quick bookmark names
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2:18 |
3.1 MB |
Modifying PDFs
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inserting pages
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9:22 |
12.4 MB |
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move, rotate and crop
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5:55 |
7.3 MB |
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extracting pages
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3:27 |
5.7 MB |
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renumbering pages
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2:57 |
4.9 MB |
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headers and footers
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3:35 |
6.1 MB |
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touching up content
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4:51 |
6.9 MB |
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adding watermarks
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2:30 |
3.6 MB |
Repurposing PDF Content
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exporting images
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4:08 |
4.3 MB |
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exporting text
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4:08 |
7.7 MB |
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picture tasks
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4:53 |
6.8 MB |
Commenting
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viewing comments
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7:50 |
8.3 MB |
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adding comments
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6:40 |
9 MB |
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text markup tools
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5:10 |
7.6 MB |
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graphic markup tools
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8:35 |
14.8 MB |
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file attachment tool
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5:13 |
5.3 MB |
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stamp tool
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5:23 |
7.6 MB |
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exporting and importing comments
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3:19 |
4.8 MB |
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managing and reviewing comments
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6:43 |
11.2 MB |
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summarizing comments
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5:58 |
10.6 MB |
Forms
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examining a completed form
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7:47 |
7.5 MB |
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text fields
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11:24 |
11.1 MB |
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check boxes and radio buttons
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8:35 |
10.3 MB |
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combo boxes
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3:38 |
4.6 MB |
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preparing for field calculations
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8:17 |
9.8 MB |
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calculating fields
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3:54 |
6 MB |
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JavaScript calculations
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5:27 |
8.4 MB |
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grand total
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2:48 |
4.2 MB |
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adding buttons
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8:46 |
8.7 MB |
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electronic form submission
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4:40 |
6.2 MB |
Indexing and Searching
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basic and advanced searching
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9:06 |
11 MB |
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preparing files for indexing
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2:58 |
3.4 MB |
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creating an index
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4:51 |
4.4 MB |
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searching an index
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5:18 |
7.1 MB |
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adding a welcome page
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5:11 |
6.1 MB |
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searching the web for PDFs
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1:02 |
1.9 MB |
Security
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password security
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10:49 |
11 MB |
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creating a user profile
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6:33 |
5.5 MB |
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digitally signing PDFs
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5:12 |
5.7 MB |
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validating signatures
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8:54 |
10.9 MB |
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encrypt for certain identities
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5:06 |
5.1 MB |
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creating a signature field
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2:41 |
3.1 MB |
Creating a Multimedia Presentation
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adding buttons
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12:57 |
20.4 MB |
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multiple-action buttons
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5:07 |
7.9 MB |
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adding page actions
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2:04 |
2.9 MB |
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embedding a movie
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9:52 |
9.6 MB |
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show/hide fields
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6:18 |
9.3 MB |
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full screen view
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8:19 |
13.9 MB |
Acrobat Distiller
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distiller
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14:10 |
13.8 MB |
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creating a postscript file (windows)
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2:38 |
2.6 MB |
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creating a postscript file (mac)
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3:21 |
4.5 MB |
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distilling a postscript file
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2:10 |
3.5 MB |
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watched folders
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3:33 |
4.9 MB |
Creating PDFs from Acrobat
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creating PDFs from file
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7:22 |
10.8 MB |
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creating PDFs from the web
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12:29 |
18.8 MB |
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creating PDFs from a scanner
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9:58 |
10.9 MB |
Accessibility
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creating a tagged PDF
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7:59 |
14.3 MB |
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checking for and adding accessibility
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6:49 |
9.6 MB |
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auto-scroll and read out loud
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4:00 |
7.7 MB |
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enhancing visibility
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2:24 |
2.6 MB |
Conclusion
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Exercise Files
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