Adobe Acrobat Pro: PDFs for web and print

Duration

1 day (introduction) or 2 days (advanced) (delivered in half-day or full-day chunks)

Objectives

Upon completion, participants will be able to successfully create, import, edit, and export PDFs and other formats using Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Prerequisites

• None

Recommended pre-knowledge

• Familiarity with word processing and/or design software is helpful

Course Outline

• Introduction
  • A very brief history of PDF
  • Print vs. digital PDFs
• Creating PDFs from various sources
  • Defining the end purpose of your document
  • PDF settings to achieve the optimal document for your purpose
  • Office Suite to PDF
  • InDesign to PDF
  • Virtually anything to PDF
  • PDF to PDF (and why you would do so)
• Combining different sources
  • Merging documents
  • Combining different pages
  • Working with different page sizes and orientations
  • Creating consistency in the new document (running headers and footers, and page numbering)
• PDF review
  • Sending a document for review (collaborative and insular/individual)
  • Reviewing and commenting tools
  • Tracking results and managing comments
• Editing a PDF
  • Understanding what can (and cannot) be done
  • Adding/removing/reordering pages
  • Editing content (text and images)
  • Advanced editing tips and tricks
• Save and export options
  • Document settings
  • Saving as PDF
  • Optimization and compatibility options
  • Exporting to other formats (Word, HTML, images, etc.)
• Document security
  • Protecting content through redaction
  • Document security settings
  • Digital signature security
• From here
  • Introduction to accessible PDF
  • Introduction to PDF forms
  • Q&A

What You Get

When David Berman Communications hosts this course*, regular ticket holders receive:

• a complimentary, comprehensive 160+ page learning guide, (also available separately for $89, with optional 1-on-1 distance coaching)
• a thirty-minute one-on-one personal coaching tele-session with David’s team within a month
• a money-back guarantee: if, after coaching, you don’t think you’ve got your money’s worth, we’ll refund your entire fee

(*If you are attending one of our courses hosted by another organization, confirm which of these items apply.)

About the Course Developer

David Berman is the principal of David Berman Communications. He has over 25 years of experience in graphic design and strategic communications. He has worked extensively in adapting the printed word for electronic distribution, including software interface development.

David is a member of the ISO committee for accessible PDF (PDF/UA).

David was appointed a high-level advisor to the United Nations on how design and accessible IT can help fulfill the Millennium Development Goals more rapidly.

He has extensive experience as a senior consultant in applying accessibility and standards to government Web sites, as well as to private sector clients such as IBM, both as a strategist and compliance testing leader. He regularly teaches accessibility principles as part of his professional development workshops, and developed a custom two-day workshop for the National Research Council on common look and feel. His plain writing, design, and accessibility work include award-winning projects for the City of Ottawa, the Ontario government, and Canada’s federal government.

Clients include IBM, Justice Canada, HRDC, Canada Revenue Agency, the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, the Region of Ottawa-Carleton and the Ontario Literacy Coalition.

David has been featured in the Financial Post, the Globe And Mail, the Ottawa Citizen, the Montreal Gazette, Marketing, Applied Arts, HOW, and Communication Arts magazines, as well as ABC and CBC.

David is currently Ethics Chair of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada, was named a Fellow (the highest professional honour for graphic designers in Canada) in 1999, and has served as a director and sustainability chair of Icograda, the world body for graphic and communications design.

Who Should Attend

This course is targeted to all writers, editors, designers, and translators involved in developing documents.

Language:

English (French available upon request)

“I love David’s approach.”

-Carole Dubuc, Canadian Armed Forces

“Clear, concise, and very useful.”

-Annette Kallevig

“Excellent, eye-opening, and not preachy!”

-Carrie Walker-Boyd, Canadian Food Inspection Agency

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Reviewed February 5, 2021