Adobe® Acrobat® Χ Pro: Level 2
Course Specifications
Course number: 084549
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Certification: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Program®
Course Description
Course Objective: You will use Adobe® Acrobat® Χ Pro to convert documents to PDF files, enhance and customize PDF documents for interactive use online, and prepare them for printing.

Target Student: The target student for this course are office professionals who want to employ the advanced productivity and creative features of Acrobat Χ Pro.

Prerequisites: Adobe® Acrobat® Χ Pro: Level 1 
Hardware Requirements
•	Intel® Pentium® IV processor or equivalent
•	256 MB of RAM (512 MB or greater is recommended)
•	Minimum of 860 MB of available hard disk space; cache for optional installation files (recommended) requires an additional 460 MB of available hard-disk space, and an additional 30 MB for the course data files 
•	CD-ROM drive
•	Mouse or other pointing device
•	1024 x 768 resolution monitor
•	Tektronix printer drivers
•	Printer
•	Active Internet connection with an Intranet network
•	Speakers and sound card
•	Intel® Xenon processor at 3 Ghz or an AMD 64-bit processor that supports the AMD64 platform
•	2 GB of RAM is recommended
Software Requirements
Each computer requires the following software:
•	Adobe® Acrobat® Χ Pro for Windows
•	Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 6.0 or later
•	Windows® 2003 Exchange server with IIS and SMTP
•	Adobe® Photoshop® CS5
•	Windows® Media Player
•	QuickTime Player 7.4.1 or above
•	Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 or later, or Windows 2000 Professional with Service Pack 4 or later
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	create PDF files from technical documents.
•	enhance the utility and accessibility of PDF documents.
•	create interactive PDF forms using Adobe LiveCycle Designer.
•	make a PDF document ready for commercial printing.
•	finalize PDF files for commercial printing.
Course Content
Lesson 1: Creating PDFs from Technical Documents

Topic 1A: Create PDF Documents Using Autodesk AutoCAD 
Topic 1B: Measure Technical Drawings 
Lesson 2: Enhancing PDF Documents 

Topic 2A: Embed Multimedia 
Topic 2B: Enhance PDF Document Accessibility 
Lesson 3: Creating Interactive PDF Forms in Adobe LiveCycle Designer

Topic 3A: Create a PDF Form 
Topic 3B: Add Form Fields 
Topic 3C: Create Calculations 
Topic 3D: Submit a Form 
Topic 3E: Track Forms 
Topic 3F: Compile Returned Forms 
Topic 3G: Organize Compiled Data 
Lesson 4: Preparing PDF Files for Commercial Printing

Topic 4A: Examine the Commercial Printing Process 
Topic 4B: Create PDF Files for Prepress 
Topic 4C: Apply Color Management Settings 
Topic 4D: Modify Adobe PDF Settings for Prepress 
Topic 4E: Preview Printed Effects 
Lesson 5: Finalizing PDF Files for Commercial Printing

Topic 5A: Preflight Documents 
Topic 5B: Create PDF/X, PDF/A, and PDF/E Compliant Files 
Topic 5C: Create a Composite 
Topic 5D: Create Color Separations 
Appendix A: Adding Enhancements to a PDF Document