Overview
You know the basics—now it’s time to master Acrobat’s advanced capabilities. This two-day course takes you beyond simple PDF creation and editing into sophisticated document production, accessibility compliance, advanced security, and workflow automation.
You’ll create interactive PDF forms with calculations and validation, ensure your documents meet accessibility standards, implement certificate-based security, and automate repetitive tasks with Action Wizard. Whether you’re producing compliant documents for government contracts, managing complex approval workflows, or building interactive forms for data collection, this course gives you the advanced skills to work at a professional level.
Format: 2 Days | VILT
Who Should Attend
- Creative professionals producing compliant, accessible documents
- Document specialists managing enterprise workflows
- Compliance officers ensuring regulatory adherence
- Anyone who has mastered Acrobat basics and needs advanced capabilities
What You’ll Learn
- Create interactive PDF forms with calculations, validation, and conditional logic
- Ensure PDF accessibility compliance with Section 508, WCAG, and PDF/UA standards
- Implement certificate-based security and digital signature workflows
- Optimize PDFs for professional printing with preflight and PDF/X standards
- Automate repetitive tasks with Action Wizard and batch processing
- Manage complex review and approval workflows
Course Outline
Module 1: Advanced PDF Production and Print Standards
- PDF/X standards for professional printing
- PDF/A for long-term archival compliance
- Preflight profiles: detecting and fixing production issues
- Color management and output intent settings
- Creating custom preflight profiles for your workflow
Module 2: Interactive Forms and Advanced Form Fields
- Creating forms from existing documents
- Advanced field types: dropdowns, radio buttons, checkboxes, and date pickers
- Field calculations and mathematical operations
- JavaScript for custom validation and conditional logic
- Form distribution, data collection, and response tracking
- Exporting form data and generating reports
Module 3: PDF Accessibility and Compliance
- Section 508, WCAG 2.1, and PDF/UA standards
- Document structure: tags, reading order, and logical hierarchy
- Alt text for images and meaningful descriptions
- Table accessibility: headers, scope, and proper markup
- Running accessibility checks and remediation workflows
- Testing with screen readers and assistive technology
Module 4: Advanced Security and Digital Signatures
- Digital certificates vs. electronic signatures: understanding the difference
- Creating and managing digital IDs
- Certificate-based encryption and permission policies
- Signature workflows: approval chains and multi-party signing
- Advanced redaction: metadata removal and document sanitization
- Security policies for consistent document protection
Module 5: Review Workflows and Collaboration
- Shared reviews vs. email-based reviews
- Advanced commenting tools and markup techniques
- Comment summaries and status tracking
- Comparing document versions and identifying changes
- Managing review cycles and consolidating feedback
Module 6: Automation and Batch Processing
- Action Wizard: creating automated multi-step workflows
- Batch processing multiple files with consistent settings
- JavaScript actions for advanced automation
- Droplet workflows for folder-based processing
- Optimizing PDFs for web delivery and file size reduction
Module 7: Advanced Document Assembly
- PDF Portfolios: combining diverse file types
- Custom portfolio layouts and branding
- Bates numbering for legal document production
- Advanced headers, footers, and watermarks
- Index creation for searchable document collections
Prerequisites & Technical Requirements
- Completion of Introduction to Adobe Acrobat or equivalent experience
- Solid understanding of PDF creation, editing, and basic security
- Adobe Acrobat Pro DC or latest version installed
Customization Options
This course can be customized to emphasize your specific advanced needs—accessibility compliance for government contracts, interactive forms for data collection, print production workflows, or enterprise security policies. We can incorporate your actual documents and workflows for hands-on practice with real-world applications.