Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 training course for print professionals in the UK

Acrobat Professional 8 training for print professionals— Bespoke

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 is the creative industry standard application for PDF creation, proofing and exchange. A good knowledge of this application and PDF technology in general is essential for anyone working in the modern reprographic, production and print industry. Acrobat 8 has added many new advanced features to this key product that will help you guarantee quality output on every job.

XChangeTraining offer a core training course in Acrobat Acrobat Professional 8 for print professionals. The course includes everything you need to both create and edit high quality, print-ready PDF files using Adobe Acrobat 8 Professional and Acrobat Distiller 8.

Standards features high on the list with the PDF/X-1a, PDF/X-3 and draft PDF/X-4 specifications.
Acrobat Professional 8 added a host of new features including better preflighting and improved fix-ups, preflight droplets, colour separation previews, colour conversion on both page and object level, ink management, JDF, and more, so whether you have been using a previous version of this software or you are complete beginner, this course content will satisfy your workflow needs and get you proficient with this essential modern publishing tool.

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Acrobat Professional 8 training for print professionals Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

Overview
-The Acrobat Family: Professional, Standard, Elements, and Adobe Reader
-Changes and additions to Acrobat 8 Professional
-Overview of Acrobat 8's layout and tools

PDF Creation and Adobe Acrobat Distiller
-Acrobat's methods for creating PDFs
-Creating a PDF from the Print dialog...
-Understanding Distiller's settings
-PDF ISO standards including PDF/X

Preflighting PDFs
-Acrobat 8's preflighting tools
-Creating and running a Preflight Profile
- Examining the new preflight fix-ups
-Sharing profiles with others
-PDF/X validation
-Creating Preflight Droplets

Modifying PDFs with Acrobat 8
-Trap Presets
-Output Previews and soft proofs
-Transparency flattening in PDFs
-Changing colours with Convert Colours...
-Creating ink aliases
-Using the Ink Manager
-Adding Printer Marks
-Fixing Hairlines
-Adding JDF information to a job

Optimising PDFs
-Reduce File size...
-PDF Optimiser...
-'Refrying' PDF files

TouchUp PDFs
-Using the editing tools
- importing images into Acrobat
- image rotation and cropping
-Editing with Creative Suite applications (Photoshop and Illustrator)
-Saving changes to PDFs
-Is PitStop necessary?

Printing from Acrobat 8 Professional
-Acrobat's advanced printing functions

Other Acrobat 8 features
-Acrobat's Preferences Pane
-Batch Processing...
-Other areas...

Related Adobe Acrobat 8 training courses — Scheduled

Below you'll find an up-to-date list of related scheduled Adobe Acrobat 8 training courses in London or throughout the UK offered by XChange Training. Just click on a link to view dates and course details for your desired location:

Adobe Acrobat 8 Advanced
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Adobe Acrobat 8 Masterclass
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Advantages of learning Adobe Acrobat 8 with XChangeTraining

-Our Adobe Acrobat trainers are experienced PDF workflow operators guaranteeing a high standard of product and PDF knowledge.
-It's bespoke and solutions based: before you come to XChange Training we agree the course content with you based on your workflow needs.
-We take the time to work specifically on any files you bring along to the course, ensuring that you see benefits to your workflow immediately.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how Acrobat is used in professional situations.
-We provide background information on PDF related issues such as PDF versions and PostScript Levels etc. to help you understand this complex and versatile file format.
-On-site and off-site training is available for the whole UK.
-Free email support service for 3 months after course.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.
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Training Pricing

On-site course pricing
Prices include a set of course notes per trainee, 3 months telephone and/or e-mail support service after the course and all refreshments including a light lunch if held at the training centre.

For training courses outside of London a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.

Training centre pricing
Pricing for training at the Britton Street facility:
1 person £495 for a 1 day course*
2 people £595 for a 1 day course*
3 people £695 for a 1 day course
4 people £795 for a 1 day course
5 people £895 for a 1 day course
6 people £995 for a 1 day course
All prices subject to VAT

Training Centre address
17-18 Britton Street,
Clerkenwell, London
EC1M 5NQ

Tel: 0845 363 1130
Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk

* For courses held outside of London for less than 3 trainees, there is an additional charge of £75, plus a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.