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Adobe Acrobat MDIA 1026

Media Communications Course

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International Fees

International fees are typically three times the amount of domestic fees. Exact cost will be calculated upon completion of registration.

Course details

In this course students convert documents to PDF format, to bridge the gap between paper and digital workflow. This includes converting small volumes of paper documents to searchable Adobe PDF files and to e-mail graphics files that were previously too large, and modifying PDF's to include advance functions such as high level security, video/audio files and electronic forms. Students also prepare files for professional print, through to posting PDF files on the web for online distribution.

Prerequisite(s)

  • No prerequisites are required for this course.

Credits

1.5

Retired
This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:

  • Determine repurposing requirements for both a printed document and one that will be viewed on-screen.
  • Manipulate and convert traditional print documents to more web/screen user friendly documents.
  • Prepare documents for both in-house printing and for professional print houses.
  • Add navigation elements such as Bookmarks, Links and Articles.
  • Create PostScript files and utilize Distiller (Job Options/Default Settings).
  • Add features such as view/print security and opening properties.
  • Apply the Document Review Cycle tools.
  • Extract existing content for repurposing or retrieval of information due to loss of original doc.
  • Create adobe PDF Electronic Forms.
  • Create custom job options (Distiller) based on specific output requirements.
  • Convert large volumes of files to specific PDF formats automatically.
  • Prepare PDF for web based distribution.

Effective as of Winter 2013

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