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    Foxit PDF Essentials 1 Day | 7 Hours | $795 PLUS TAX

    This Calgary course combines both core Foxit offerings in one session -- the complete professional PDF toolkit. Create, edit, and combine documents, then build fillable forms that collect data properly. Everything a Calgary professional needs to work with PDFs at a professional level. Prerequisite: None

    Day One – Working with PDFs

    Introduction

    « Why use PDF files at all?
    « PDF authoring and reading tools
    « PDF Editor overview

    Interface

    « Workspace basics
    « Preferences and customization

    Reading PDFs

    « Multi-tab and single document reading
    « Navigating through a document
    « Adjusting the page view
    « Adjusting the view mode
    « PDF file comparison
    « Commenting on documents

    Creating PDFs

    « Create PDFs in PDF Editor
    « Create PDFs from multiple files
    « Create a PDF from a web page
    « Creating PDFs from scanned documents
    « Create a PDF from Microsoft apps

     

    Combining documents

    « Combining Documents
    « Creating a merged document

    Adding navigation

    « Adding web links
    « Adding navigation links
    « Add and edit bookmarks
    « Managing destinations

    Editing your PDF

    « Inserting pages
    « Rotate, move, swap and delete pages
    « Extract, duplicate and replace pages
    « Split PDFs into multiple files
    « Editing text
    « Adding running headers and footers
    « Formatting page numbers

    Document properties

    « What is metadata and what is it good for?
    « Why use initial view settings?

    Protecting your document

    « Basic security options
    « Certification protection
    « Creating security policies

    Day Two – Creating Fillable Forms

    Design considerations

    « Aspects of user friendly forms
    « Appropriate typefaces
    « Design tips

    Creating and Editing Forms

    « Acrobat field types
    « Creating text fields
    « Creating combo boxes
    « Creating list boxes
    « Creating checkboxes
    « Creating radio buttons
    « Buttons and actions
    « Self populating fields
    « Properties dialog box
    « Formatting tips
    « Read-only fields

    Arranging form fields

    « Select multiple form fields
    « Align multiple form fields
    « Resize multiple form fields
    « Ensuring proper Tab order

    Using calculations in forms

    « Simple calculations
    « Simple javascript calculations
    « Calculating tax and shipping costs
    « Assigning values to drop down boxes

    Distributing Forms

    « Enabling pdfs for Reader apps
    « Distributing pdf forms by email
    « Collecting data from forms