QuickStart! - Adobe Acrobat 9 Tutorials


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Adobe Acrobat is often an overlooked and underestimated part of Adobe’s Creative Suite. Many users have created PDFs and opened them in Acrobat, but for most, that’s all Acrobat’s used for. In this QuickStart! course, Acrobat expert Geoff Blake walks you through some of the amazing and powerful features found hidden in this incredible application. You’ll learn from practical examples that detail how to create rich navigation within PDFs via bookmarks and hyperlinks, how to add in interactivity to control Acrobat. You’ll also see how to use Acrobat’s commenting tools to electronically mark up a PDF for changes. Finally, you’ll learn how to add audio and video to PDFs to create a rich multimedia experience for your viewers. To begin learning today, simply click on one of the QuickStart! - Adobe Acrobat 9 movie links. * VTC QuickStart! tutorials are available only to registered VTC Online University members.

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Introduction
	Overview of Acrobat 9	(02:23)
About Acrobat & Interface Tour
	Understanding the Role of PDFs pt. 1	(06:34)
	Understanding the Role of PDFs pt. 2	(02:22)
	A Tour of the Interface pt. 1	(05:59)
	A Tour of the Interface pt. 2	(01:29)
	Zooming & Navigation Techniques	(04:52)
Creating PDFs
	Using the Acrobat Print Driver	(05:10)
	Varying PDF Quality	(05:48)
	Opening Files as PDFs in Acrobat	(03:15)
	Creating PDFs from Multiple Files	(04:24)
Creating & Managing Bookmarks
	Understanding Bookmarks in Acrobat	(03:38)
	Creating Bookmarks within PDFs	(06:12)
	Adjusting Bookmark Destination	(03:15)
	Deleting & Renaming Bookmarks	(03:17)
	Arranging & Nesting Bookmarks	(04:11)
Using Acrobat's Commenting Tools
	Using the Sticky Note Tool	(06:19)
	Commenting with the Text Edits Tool	(06:24)
	Using the Stamp Tool	(02:25)
	Using the Drawing Markup Tools	(05:39)
Creating Hyperlinks Within PDFs
	Creating Navigation Links pt. 1	(05:53)
	Creating Navigation Links pt. 2	(04:21)
	Using Links to Open Files	(04:25)
	Creating a Link to Control Acrobat	(05:05)
Adding Audio & Video in Acrobat
	Adding Audio via the Sound Tool	(05:44)
	Adding Audio Using the Link Tool	(04:02)
	Inserting Video Files	(03:00)
	Inserting Flash Video Files	(02:54)
	Customizing Video Playback	(03:32)
Conclusion
	Wrap Up	(01:13)
	About the Author	(00:53)

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Title:	QuickStart! - Adobe Acrobat 9
Author:	Geoff Blake
SKU:	33946
ISBN:
Duration:	2.5 hrs / 30 Lessons
Compatibility:	Win XP, 2000, 98, NT, Mac OS X, OS 9

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QuickStart! - Adobe Acrobat 9 Tutorials

Introduction

About Acrobat & Interface Tour

Creating PDFs

Creating & Managing Bookmarks

Using Acrobat's Commenting Tools

Creating Hyperlinks Within PDFs

Adding Audio & Video in Acrobat

Conclusion