Adobe Acrobat Tutorial Course
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Adobe Acrobat Tutorial Includes: Video Lessons, Instruction Manual, Exam & Certificate of Completion.
Mastering Acrobat Made Easy: Comprehensive Acrobat Tutorial by TeachUcomp, Inc.
Looking for an in-depth Acrobat tutorial? Our Adobe Acrobat tutorial, “Mastering Acrobat Made Easy,” offers 133 video lessons spanning 8.75 hours of instruction, from introductory to advanced levels. Watch, listen, and learn as our expert instructor guides you through each lesson step-by-step.
During this media-rich learning experience, you’ll see each function performed just as if your instructor were there with you. Reinforce your learning with our 292-page printable classroom instruction manual, which includes additional images and practice exercises. Our Acrobat tutorial also includes sample files, so you can practice along with the instructor throughout the course.
This Adobe Acrobat training covers everything from creating, editing, sharing, and publishing Adobe PDFs, and much more. Whether you’re new to Acrobat or upgrading from an older version, this course will empower you with the knowledge and skills to become a proficient Adobe Acrobat user.
We have incorporated years of classroom training experience and teaching techniques to develop an easy-to-use course that you can customize to meet your personal learning needs. Simply launch the user-friendly interface, click to start a video lesson or open the manual, and you’re on your way to mastering Acrobat.
Adobe Acrobat Tutorial: Course Syllabus & Sample Lessons
Click any hyperlinked video lesson in the course syllabus table below to open a new window containing a YouTube ad-supported, watermarked free version of the video lesson.
To view a sample of the instruction manuals in PDF, click here: Sample Acrobat Manual
| CHAPTER 1- | Getting Acquainted with Acrobat | |
| Lesson 1.1- | Introduction to Adobe Acrobat Pro and PDFs This video shows you an overview of the Adobe Acrobat Pro software and the PDF files it creates. |
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| Lesson 1.2- | The Acrobat Environment This video shows the names and locations of the tools in the user interface in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 1.3- | The Acrobat Home View This video shows you how to access and use the Home view in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 1.4- | The Acrobat Document View This video shows you how to access and use the Document view in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 1.5- | The Acrobat Tools View This video shows you how to access and use the Tools view in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 1.6- | The New Document View in Acrobat This video shows you how to access and use the New document view in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 1.7- | The Quick Tools Panel in Acrobat This video shows you how to access and use the Quick tools panel in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 1.8- | Customizing the Quick Tools Panel in Acrobat This video shows you how to customize the Quick tools panel in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 1.9- | The Navigation Pane in Acrobat This video shows you how to use the Navigation pane in Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 2- | Opening and Viewing PDFs | |
| Lesson 2.1- | Opening PDFs This video shows you how to open PDFs in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 2.2- | Selecting and Copying Text and Graphics This video shows you how to select and copy text and graphics in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 2.3- | Rotating Pages Using the Pages Panel in Acrobat This video shows you how to rotate pages using the Pages panel in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 2.4- | View and Page Display Settings in Acrobat This video shows you how to change the view options and page display settings in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 2.5- | Using the Zoom Tools This video shows you how to use the Zoom tools in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 2.6- | Reviewing Preferences This video shows you how to review and change the preferences in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 2.7- | Finding Words and Phrases This video shows you how to find text in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 2.8- | Searching a PDF and Using the Search Pane This video shows you how to perform a search using the Search pane in Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 3- | Creating PDFs | |
| Lesson 3.1- | Overview of Creating New PDFs in Acrobat This video shows an overview of the many ways to create PDFs in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 3.2- | Creating a PDF from a Single File or Creating a Blank PDF This video shows you how to create a PDF from a single file or create a new blank PDF in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 3.3- | Combine Files to Create a PDF This video shows you how to combine files to create a PDF in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 3.4- | Creating Multiple PDFs from Multiple Files at Once This video shows you how to create multiple PDFs from multiple files in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 3.5- | Creating PDFs from Scanned Documents This video shows you how to create a PDF from a scanned document in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 3.6- | Creating PDFs Using the PDF Printer This video shows you how to create a PDF from almost any application using the PDF Printer installed on a device with Adobe Acrobat Pro. |
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| Lesson 3.7- | Creating PDFs from Web Pages Using Acrobat This video shows you how to create a PDF from a web page in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 3.8- | Creating PDFs from the Clipboard This video shows you how to create a PDF from the content copied to your clipboard in Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 3.9- | Creating PDFs in Microsoft 365 Desktop Apps This video shows you how to create PDFs from the Microsoft 365 Desktop apps installed in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 3.10- | Creating PDFs in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word This video shows you how to create PDFs from the Excel, PowerPoint, and Word Microsoft 365 Desktop apps when installed in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 3.11- | Creating PDFs in Adobe Applications This video shows you how to create PDFs from within other Adobe apps, like Photoshop or Photoshop Elements, when installed in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 3.12- | Creating a PDF from Email in Outlook This video shows you how to create PDFs from email in the Outlook for Microsoft 365 desktop app when installed in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 3.13- | Converting Folders to PDF in Outlook This video shows you how to convert folders to PDF in the Outlook for Microsoft 365 desktop app when installed in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| CHAPTER 4- | Custom PDF Creation Settings | |
| Lesson 4.1- | PDF Preferences in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word This video shows you how to set the preferences for creating PDFs in the Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for Microsoft 365 desktop apps when installed in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.2- | Adobe PDF Settings This video shows you how to change the Adobe PDF Settings when creating a PDF using the Adobe PDF printer in external desktop apps after installing Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.3- | Creating and Modifying Preset Adobe PDF Settings This video shows you how to create a new Adobe PDF Settings preset or change an existing preset for the Adobe PDF printer when creating a PDF using external desktop apps after installing Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.4- | The General Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings This video shows you how to change the General settings within an Adobe PDF Settings preset for the Adobe PDF printer when creating a PDF using external desktop apps after installing Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.5- | The Images Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings This video shows you how to change the Images settings within an Adobe PDF Settings preset for the Adobe PDF printer when creating a PDF using external desktop apps after installing Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.6- | The Fonts Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings This video shows you how to change the Fonts settings within an Adobe PDF Settings preset for the Adobe PDF printer when creating a PDF using external desktop apps after installing Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.7- | The Color Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings This video shows you how to change the Color settings within an Adobe PDF Settings preset for the Adobe PDF printer when creating a PDF using external desktop apps after installing Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.8- | The Advanced Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings This video shows you how to change the Advanced settings within an Adobe PDF Settings preset for the Adobe PDF printer when creating a PDF using external desktop apps after installing Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.9- | The Standards Category in Preset Adobe PDF Settings This video shows you how to change the Standards settings within an Adobe PDF Settings preset for the Adobe PDF printer when creating a PDF using external desktop apps after installing Adobe Acrobat on a device. |
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| Lesson 4.10- | Create PDF and Share via Outlook in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word This video shows you how to use the “Create PDF and Share via Outlook” feature in the Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for Microsoft 365 desktop apps when installed on a device in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 4.11- | Mail Merge and Email in Word This video shows you how to use the mail merge feature in the Word for Microsoft 365 desktop app when installed on a device in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat to create mail merge PDF files, which you can also email, if desired. |
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| Lesson 4.12- | Create PDF and Share Link in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word This video shows you how to use the “Create PDF and Share Link” feature in the Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for Microsoft 365 desktop apps when installed on a device in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 4.13- | PDF Settings and Automatic Archival in Outlook This video shows you how to change the PDF Settings and Automatic Archival settings for the Outlook for Microsoft 365 desktop app when installed on a device in conjunction with Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 5- | Basic PDF Editing | |
| Lesson 5.1- | Initial View Settings for PDFs This video shows you how to change the Initial View settings for a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 5.2- | Full Screen Mode This video shows you how to use Full Screen Mode for a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 5.3- | The Edit Panel in Acrobat This video shows you how to use the Edit panel in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 5.4- | Adding, Formatting, Resizing, Rotating and Moving Text This video shows you how to add text, format text, resize text, rotate text, and move text within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 5.5- | Editing Text This video shows you how to edit text within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 5.6- | Managing Text Flow with Articles This video shows you how to create articles within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat using Article boxes. |
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| Lesson 5.7- | Adding and Editing Images This video shows you how to add images and edit images within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 5.8- | Changing the Page Number Display This video shows you how to change the display of page numbers within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 5.9- | Cropping Pages and Documents This video shows you how to crop pages within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 6- | Advanced PDF Editing | |
| Lesson 6.1- | Adding and Removing Watermarks This video shows you how to add a watermark or remove a watermark within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 6.2- | Adding and Removing Page Backgrounds This video shows you how to add a page background or remove a page background within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 6.3- | Adding Headers and Footers This video shows you how to add headers and footers within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 6.4- | Attaching Files to a PDF This video shows you how to attach files to a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 6.5- | Adding Metadata This video shows you how to add metadata to a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 6.6- | Optimizing a PDF for File Size and Compatibility This video shows you how to optimize a PDF in Adobe Acrobat for file size or compatibility. |
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| CHAPTER 7- | Bookmarks | |
| Lesson 7.1- | Using Bookmarks in a PDF This video shows you how to create bookmarks and use bookmarks within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 7.2- | Modifying and Organizing Bookmarks This video shows you how to edit bookmarks and organize bookmarks within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 7.3- | Assigning Actions to Bookmarks This video shows you how to assign actions to bookmarks within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 8- | Adding Multimedia Content and Interactivity | |
| Lesson 8.1- | Creating Links in Acrobat This video shows you how to create links within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 8.2- | Creating and Editing Buttons This video shows you how to create buttons and edit buttons within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 8.3- | Adding Video and Sound Files This video shows you how to add video and sound files within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 8.4- | Adding 3D Content to PDFs This video shows you how to add 3D content within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 8.5- | Adding Page Transitions This video shows you how to add page transitions to a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 9- | Combining and Rearranging PDFs | |
| Lesson 9.1- | Extracting and Replacing Pages This video shows you how to extract pages or replace pages within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 9.2- | Splitting a PDF into Multiple Files This video shows you how to split a PDF in Adobe Acrobat into multiple PDFs. |
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| Lesson 9.3- | Inserting Pages from Files and Other Sources This video shows you how to insert pages into a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 9.4- | Moving and Copying Pages This video shows you how to move pages and copy pages within a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 9.5- | Combining PDFs This video shows you how to combine PDFs in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 10- | Exporting and Converting Content | |
| Lesson 10.1- | Exporting Text This video shows you how to export a PDF as a text file in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 10.2- | Exporting Images This video shows you how to export a PDF as a set of image files in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 10.3- | Exporting PDFs to Microsoft Word This video shows you how to export a PDF as a Microsoft Word document in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 10.4- | Exporting PDFs to Microsoft Excel This video shows you how to export a PDF as a Microsoft Excel workbook in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 10.5- | Exporting PDFs to Microsoft PowerPoint This video shows you how to export a PDF as a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 11- | Sharing and Collaborating | |
| Lesson 11.1- | Sharing a PDF as an Email Attachment This video shows you how to share a PDF as an email attachment in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 11.2- | Sharing a File in Acrobat This video shows you how to share a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 11.3- | Adding Comments This video shows you how to add comments to a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 11.4- | The Comments Panel This video shows you how to use the Comments panel in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 11.5- | Using Drawing Tools This video shows you how to use the Drawing tools in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 11.6- | Stamping and Creating Custom Stamps This video shows you how to add stamps to a PDF and create custom stamps in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 12- | Creating and Working with Portfolios | |
| Lesson 12.1- | Creating a PDF Portfolio This video shows you how to create a PDF portfolio in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 12.2- | Managing Portfolio Content This video shows you how to edit a PDF portfolio in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 12.3- | Changing the View of a PDF Portfolio This video shows you how to change the view of a PDF portfolio in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 13- | Forms | |
| Lesson 13.1- | Creating a Form from an Existing PDF This video shows you how to create a form from an existing PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.2- | Designing a Form in Microsoft Word This video shows you how to design a form in Microsoft Word that you can then easily convert into a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.3- | Creating a Form from a Scanned Document This video shows you how to create a PDF form from a scanned document in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.4- | Creating Text Fields This video shows you how to add text fields to a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.5- | Creating Radio Buttons and Checkboxes This video shows you how to add radio buttons and checkboxes to a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.6- | Creating Drop-Down and List Boxes This video shows you how to add drop-downs and list boxes to a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.7- | Creating Buttons This video shows you how to add buttons to a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.8- | Creating a Digital Signature Field This video shows you how to add a digital signature field to a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.9- | General Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the General properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.10- | Appearance Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the Appearance properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.11- | Position Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the Position properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.12- | Options Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the Options properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.13- | Actions Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the Actions properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.14- | Selection Change and Signed Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the Selection change and Signed properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.15- | Format Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the Format properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.16- | Validate Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the Validate properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.17- | Calculate Properties of Form Fields This video shows you how to set the Calculate properties of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.18- | Align, Center, Match Size, and Distribute Form Fields This video shows you how to align form fields, center form fields, match the size of form fields, and distribute the spacing between form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.19- | Setting Form Field Tab Order This video shows you how to set the tab order of form fields within a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.20- | Enabling Users and Readers to Save Forms This video shows you how to enable form fill-in for users and readers of older versions of Adobe Reader when saving a copy of a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.21- | Distributing Forms This video shows you how to distribute a PDF form in Adobe Acrobat using email or an internal server. |
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| Lesson 13.22- | Collecting Distributed Form Responses This video shows you how to collect form responses from a PDF form you distributed using email or an internal server in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.23- | Using Tracker with Forms This video shows you how to use Tracker to manage PDF forms you distributed via email or an internal server in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.24- | Sending a Form for One or More Signatures in Acrobat This video shows you how to send a PDF form to collect one or more signatures using Adobe Sign in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.25- | Sending a Form in Acrobat for Signature in Bulk This video shows you how to bulk send a PDF form to collect a single signed copy of a PDF form from multiple different users using Adobe Sign in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 13.26- | Manually Signing a PDF in Acrobat This video shows you how to manually sign a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 14- | Professional Print Production | |
| Lesson 14.1- | Overview of Print Production Support This video shows you an overview of the print production tools available in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 14.2- | Previewing Color Separations This video shows you how to preview color separations in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 14.3- | Color Management and Conversion This video shows you how to perform color management and conversion in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 14.4- | Using the Object Inspector This video shows you how to use the Object Inspector in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 14.5- | Using the Preflight Dialog Box This video shows you how to use the Preflight dialog box in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 14.6- | Correcting Hairlines This video shows you how to correct hairlines in a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 14.7- | Saving as a Standards-Compliant PDF This video shows you how to save a standards-compliant version of a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 15- | Scanning and Optical Character Recognition | |
| Lesson 15.1- | Recognizing Text in a Scanned PDF This video shows you how to recognize text in a scanned PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 15.2- | Manually Recognizing Text in PDFs This video shows you how to manually recognize text in a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 16- | Automating Routine Tasks | |
| Lesson 16.1- | Using Actions This video shows you how to use actions to automate repetitive tasks in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 16.2- | Creating Custom Actions This video shows you how to create custom actions to automate repetitive tasks in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 16.3- | Editing and Deleting Custom Actions This video shows you how to edit and delete custom actions in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| CHAPTER 17- | Document Protection and Security | |
| Lesson 17.1- | Methods of Securing a PDF This video shows you the tools available to help you secure a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.2- | Password-Protecting a PDF This video shows you how to use passwords to protect a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.3- | Creating and Registering Digital IDs This video shows you how to create and register a digital ID in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.4- | Using Certificate Encryption This video shows you how to use certificate encryption to protect a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.5- | Creating a Digital Signature This video shows you how to create a digital signature for use in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.6- | Digitally Signing a PDF This video shows you how to digitally sign a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.7- | Certifying a PDF This video shows you how to certify a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.8- | Redacting Content in a PDF This video shows you how to redact content in a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.9- | Redaction Properties This video shows you how to change the redaction mark properties in Adobe Acrobat. |
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| Lesson 17.10- | Sanitizing a Document in Acrobat This video shows you how to sanitize a PDF in Adobe Acrobat. |
Adobe Acrobat Training Course Overview
Acrobat is Adobe’s popular PDF creation program. During this 8.75 hour Adobe Acrobat tutorial video training course, our expert instructor will teach you how to create, edit, print, share, and secure PDFs, and much more. This Acrobat training covers the same material as a two-day classroom training and is designed to provide a solid foundation in Acrobat.Course includes video lessons, a printable instruction manual, a practice exam with evaluative feedback to find out why your answers are right or wrong, a final exam, and a certificate of completion upon passing the final exam.
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