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Adobe Acrobat holds a broad and important part in Adobe's Creative Suites. Whether to replace paper forms with online interactive ones or to serve as a prepress tool, Adobe Acrobat is hard to avoid.
Not sure of the bigger picture of Desktop Publishing? Check out our Desktop Publishing Overview class.
Class Skill Levels Explained:
Introductory: Appropriate for students completely new to professional Desktop Publishing and Web Design
Level 1: For students new to the software or skill being taught, or with broad gaps in knowledge, but familiar with the concepts under discussion
Level 2: For students comfortable with the basics, but in need of deepened insight into more challenging features and/or application of them
Level 3: For students quite familiar with the subject, but in need of advanced skills and/or difficult features
Desktop Publishing Overview
$149 — Skill Level: Introductory — one–half day, 9:30am–12:30pm
A half-day class exploring the knowledge useful for learning InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop. Learn the terms and concepts needed to build publications, edit images, and create logos and other graphics. We'll discuss and briefly use each of these software applications as well as learn about color, file formats, resolution, and more. If you have experience with these ideas and know the role each program plays in a publishing workflow, feel free to skip this class.
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Creating and Editing PDFs
$325 — Skill Level: 1 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm
In this class you will discover how to make PDFs from many kinds of source documents to create digital brochures and newsletters, email attachments and more. The mystery of what settings to use and the best practices to save trouble down the road will all be discussed in this hands-on class.
Using and Creating Forms in Acrobat
$325 — Skill Level: 1 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm
This class explores the fundamentals and flexibility of Acrobat forms, and de-mystifies using fields, form distribution, and data collection. We also show you how to utilize the convenient built-in form creation tools available in Acrobat Pro.
Interactive PDFs in Acrobat and InDesign
$325 — Skill Level: 2 — one day, 9:30am–4:30pm
Acrobat Pro has the ability to integrate JavaScript, multimedia, and more within interactive PDFs. In this class, we'll show you how to create a multimedia PDF, using the interactive features of InDesign and Acrobat such as buttons, roll overs, and pop ups. We'll also teach you how to embed and enable multimedia files such as audio, and video within the PDF.