Acrobat 7.0 Professional Advanced ACE Edition Study Guide

1-4188-8876-1 © 2007 Publish date: May 7, 2006 174 pages

 

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The Acrobat 7.0 Professional: Advanced, ACE Edition study guide closely follows the ACE exam objectives so that you will be thoroughly prepared for your Adobe Certified Expert credential in Acrobat 7.0 Professional. We're proud of this course which has been rated at a 4.9/5.0 in overall quality by ProCert Labs. This Acrobat 7.0 Professional: Advanced, ACE Edition courseware builds on the skills and concepts you've already mastered in the Acrobat 7.0 Professional: Basic, ACE Edition.

Using our computer training books to master the techniques you need to know in order to reach ACE certification is a smart move. You will learn how to create high-quality PDFs with advance techniques such as managing color, working with color separations, conducting pre-flight and validation procedures, and creating interactive PDF forms.

The courseware is broken down into five separate units complete with section reviews and practice exercises so that you will reinforce everything that has been covered. You can study when and where you want with this portable self-study guide. Use this product on its own or in conjunction with another training program.

This Acrobat 7.0 Professional: Advanced, ACE Edition study guide even comes with the CertBlaster exam prep software so that you can practice your way to perfection.

Courseware Objectives

By taking this course, you will learn techniques for generating PDF files for prepress use, default settings files for generating PDF documents, and using Adobe PDF Settings dialog box for creating custom settings files.

You will learn color management preferences and settings for PDF conversion, how to use the Output Preview for soft proof colors, how to convert a file's colors to the color space of the intended destination.

Other techniques include adjusting box sizes, specifying printer marks, and fixing hairlines. You will work with the Output Preview dialog box for previewing separations and to displaying color warnings. You'll use the Ink Manager for controlling ink colors and you'll use Trap Presets for specifying trap settings. In addition you'll learn about transparency flattening and printing color separations.

This study guide discusses problems that can occur in print production workflows, pre-flight profiles that can identify potential printing problems, reports detailing the pre-flight results, pre-flight droplets, and how to use Pre-flight determine whether a PDF document is PDF/X compliant.

The also covers PDF forms and how to customize the Adobe Designer environment. You'll learn about using Adobe Designer for creating new forms, using the Library palette for adding objects, modifying form objects, and previewing the form's appearance.

Acrobat 7.0 Professional Advanced ACE Edition Study Guide Contents

Unit 1 covers generating high-quality PDFs

• Generation methods of PDFs
• File attributes
• Settings

Unit 2 covers Color Management

• Basics of color management
• Workflow
• Soft proofing colors
• How to convert colors

Unit 3 discusses color separations

• Setting up color separation
• Previewing separations
• Ink Manager
• Trapping
• Transparency flattening techniques
• How to print color separations

Unit 4 talks about pre-flighting and validation

• Print problems
• Pre-flight profiles
• Pre-flight reports
• Pre-flight droplets
• Validation

Unit 5 covers interactive PDF forms

• Adobe Designer and forms
• Creating forms
• Form fields
• Modifying forms
• Testing forms

Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map