Course Outline

Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Professional: Forms Essentials

 

Days:  ˝ day (3 hrs.)

Prerequisites: Windows Introduction or equivalent experience.  Basic word processing, and exposure to Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional.

Course Description:

This half-day class is designed to give you the skills necessary to create “fillable” forms using the built in form tools of Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional.  You will learn design approaches to creating forms; the Form toolbar; how to add form fields (text, check boxes, radio button, list boxes); how to set form properties/behaviors; how to set tab order; and how to add action buttons to clear forms or submit form via e-mail.  Note:  This class does not cover use of Adobe LiveCycle.

Course Content:


Unit 1: PDF Form Overview

·      Types of PDF Forms

·      Form Elements

·      Printing and Saving PDF Forms

·      “Step 1”:  Tips for Planning Forms

·      Choosing Form Elements

Unit 2: Creating new Forms

·      Laying Out New Form Fields

·      Setting Form Properties/Behaviors

·      Set Form-Filed Tabbing Order

·      Creating Action Buttons

Unit 3: Enable Reader User Rights

·      Allow Acrobat Reader users to save form data