2. .PDF = Portable Document Format

3.  Providing a common interface for opening documents sourced in a wide range of applications  Collaborating with others in creating and modifying documents  Organizing (Packaging) documents into groups  Combining pages from different files  Creating interactive forms

4.  Attain a basic understanding of the possibilities offered by Acrobat 8.0  Understand 6 ways a PDF can be created  Use Acrobat to:  Skillfully view and navigate a PDF document  Edit and manipulate PDF files, including combining and packaging  Collaborate with others using the review and commenting features of 8.0

5.  Tool Bar Well  Task Bar  File Bar  Page Navigation Bar  Select & Zoom Bar  Page Display Bar

6.  Navigation Pane  Panels & Options  Document Pane

7.  Page Navigation Toolbar  Select & Zoom Toolbar  The Page Display Toolbar  Initial View Try-It 1: Open BioBlast and utilize the tools on each of the toolbars Try-It 1a: Set magnification of your Initial View

8.  File>Open  File>History submenu  File>Organizer menu  Organizer Toolbar Button Try-It 2: Use Organizer to open BioBlast

9.  PDF Maker (from Office applications)  Distiller (printing from other applications) Try-It 3: Create a pdf using PDF Maker; File: Scanning Instructions in Word Try-It 4: Create a pdf using Distiller; File: Scanning Instructions in Word

10.  Converting to PDF (from within Acrobat)  From File  From Multiple Files  From Webpage  From Clipboard Image  From blank page

11.  Try-It 5: Create a pdf from file; File: Policies Manual  Try-It 6: Create a pdf from multiple files; Files: Trouble Report & Bioblast  Try-It 7: Create a pdf from clipboard Image: File: Bioblast  Try-It 8: Create a pdf from the Biomedical Library website: biomed.ucsd.edu  Try-It 9: Create a pdf from a blank page

12.  Inserting pages  Removing Pages  Extracting Pages  Reordering Pages Try-It 10: Edit a PDF file using the above functions: File: Package.pdf

13.  The Touchup Text Tool Try-It 11: Edit text in a pdf file using the Touchup Text tool; File: BioBlast

14. Using the Touch-Up Objects Tool Try-It 12: Edit graphics in a pdf file using advanced editing tools; File: BioBlast

15.  Combining PDF files into a package  Adding files to a package  Navigating your PDF package  Sorting PDF files in PDF packages  Searching PDF packages  Printing PDF packages

16.  Try-It 13: Combine files into a PDF package  Files: Scanning Instructions Bioblast Trouble Report

17. Try-It 14: Edit the packaged files you combined in the previous Try-It, performing the following functions:  Adding files to a PDF package  Sorting PDF files in PDF packages  Searching PDF packages  Printing PDF packages File:  Package.pdf

18.  Bookmarks  Attachments Try-It 15: Create 2 Bookmarks using the Bookmark function in the Navigation Pane; File: Bioblast Try-It 16: Create an attachment using the Navigation function; File: BioBlast & Trouble Report

19.  Comments & markup tool bar  Summary of comments  Send for Review Try-It 15: Try out the various functions on the Comments & Markup tool bar: Finish by sending file to your email address.

20.  Choose Document> File Size  Select Version compatibility and click OK Try-It 16: Reduce the size of a file using the “Reduce File” function: File: Bioblast. Save as Bioblast-a

21.  Adobe Live Cycle Creator  Creating a form from a template  Compiling results Try-It 17: Create a form using one of the available templates. Try-It 17a: Create a pdf interactive form from an existing form.

22. Questions and Comments