Requirements
A working knowledge of the chosen computer operation system (Mac or Windows on PC) and knowledge of the source application from which Acrobat PDFs will generated
Overview
A one-day course designed for those who need to produce high quality pdfs for artwork delivery for Digital and Litho Printing from applications such as QuarkXPress and Adobe CD.  Distiller settings, PDF/X and PDF Colour management will be discussed in detail.

Acrobat and PDF Fundamentals
Adobe Acrobat, A brief history, What does a PDF file consist of? What is PostScript TM?
Acrobat Standard/Professional
Acrobat (pdf editor), Adobe Reader, Adobe PDF Printer, Acrobat Distiller, Acrobat Catalogue
Using the Help Files
The work are, Preferences, Toolbars and Buttons, Navigation Pane, Zooming and Scrolling, Creating Postscripts and PDF Files.  What is Acrobat Distiller? PDF Settings (Job Options), ISO Standards PDF/X, Watched Folders Font locations
Working with PDF files
Combing multiple pdfs, Adding/deleting pages

Preflighting
Creating and running preflight profiles, PDF/X Validation, Layers, Output previews, Separations & soft proofing.  Transparency issues, Trap presets, convert colours, ink manager, printers marks, cropping, fixing hairlines, optimising, JDF job definitions.  Advanced printing controls
Editing PDF Files
Touchup text tool, Touchup Object tool with Photoshop and Illustrator, Exporting Images and Text, Exporting/saving pdfs in other formats.
PDF Security
Setting/Changing Document Security, Permissions and Password