Working with Adobe Acrobat DC in everyday office life («ACRODC»)

1 Introduction

• Why and why PDF documents at all?
• Getting to know the user interface
• Making Settings on the User Interface

2 PDF is not always PDF

• Get to know different possibilities for PDF creation
• PDF versions and standards
• Create PDF via Acrobat DC
• Create PDF from different sources (internet, scanner, clipboard)
• Merge multiple sources into one document 
• PDF Portfolio

3 PDF Forms

• Getting to know form field types
• Building simple forms

4 Edit and remove content

• Possibilities and limits of PDF processing
• (Re)convert PDF to Word, Excel and other formats
• Changing, replacing and removing pictures and graphics
• Changing and adapting texts

5 E-signatures (info https://www.adobe.com/ch_de/sign.html)

• Overview of electronic signatures, IDs and certificates
• signing documents yourself and obtaining signatures

6 Preparing Documents

• Change page order (sequence)
• Exchange, insert and delete pages
• Rotate pages
• Cut pages to size
• Inserting links and buttons
• Working with headers and footers
• Working with watermarks
• Optimize file size

7 Commenting and Marking

• Understanding the commenting process
• Getting to know and using comment tools
• Edit, summarize and release comments

8 Security

• Overview of security options
• Encryption and password protection
• Remove sensitive content (blackening)

Informative, exemplary and practice-orientated teaching sequence

This course is aimed at anyone who wants to improve their knowledge of Acrobat DC. This course is suitable for career changers, office users, administrators, technical staff, and those responsible for online content.

You have a good apprehension and good PC user skills (Windows or Mac). Knowledge of Microsoft Office is an advantage.

Info about the room equipment
Our courses take place on Windows or Apple devices. On request, we will be happy to provide you with an Apple computer in Zurich, Bern and Basel. Please let us know in advance by sending an e-mail to info@digicomp.ch. You can also bring your own laptop.

For virtual participation, we recommend the use of an additional monitor (not just a laptop) so that you can fully follow and participate in the lesson.

Adobe CC Software
The Adobe Creative Cloud Software will be fully available in the classrooms during the course. However, it is not possible to use the software via Digicomp licenses from home during the course.