Acrobat Forms

Computeraid is the largest supplier independent computer training and consultancy company in South Wales, training around 20,000 people days annually. Computeraid is supplier-independent so does not sell hardware or software. As well as training thousands of staff from hundreds of smaller companies Computeraid also works with many of the largest organisations in the region. References from all sources are excellent. We offer a range of commercial training options, funded courses and subsidised consultancy. With training centres in Swansea, Cardiff, Neath and Carmarthen we are within easy reach of businesses throughout South Wales.

Company History

Computeraid was founded in 1988 and celebrated its 10th anniversary year by being awarded the Western Mail "Welsh Small Business of the Year" award. Our qualified and dedicated tutors have provided training solutions for thousands of businesses over the last twenty years.

Computeraid is an Investors in People organisation.

Introduction:

Improve the way in which you create, combine, distribute and share Adobe PDF documents. Generate electronic forms and learn how to submit data and collect within Adobe Acrobat 8. Learn how to generate Adobe PDF forms with Acrobat 8 Professional. Distribute your PDF to users with the FREE Adobe Reader and collect data for analysis within Acrobat and Microsoft Excel

Creating form fields
• Button, check box, combo box, drop down,list box, radio button, text field tool, digital signature and barcode tool
• Duplicating fields
• Creating multiple copies of fields
• Placing icons/images into fields and resizing
• Non printing objects
• Locking fields
• Creating reset buttons
• Using Page Actions
• Show/Hide fields

Barcodes
• Grab form content into barcode
• PDF417 - 2D barcodes
• QR Code - 2D barcodes
• DataMAtrix - 2D barcode
• Compress Data

Replacing Pages
• Replacing page content
• Keeping form data intact

Initial View Settings
• Display PDF in default view

Form field recognition
• Recognise form fields
• Discuss benefits and how to make better recognition

Enabling Usage Rights in Adobe Reader
• Adobe Reader 7 and 8
• Save form data and add comments
• Sign with Digital Signature

cgi bin submission
• Submitted through Acrobat or browser
• Form mail examples

Forms Distribution
Wizard
• Send enriched form through email
• send later (to a web server)
• Prepare form off-line
• Forms collection (via email)
• receive emails and double-click to examine
• Adobe PDF dataset PDF package

Examining data
• Exporting from Acrobat
• Opening content in Excel and XML

Custom Forms Collection
• Compiling custom datasets and data

Form Tracker
• Tracking forms
• Creating templates

Flattening form fields
• PDF Optimisation

Adobe Livecycle Designer
• Overview of the differences between Acrobat Forms and Livecycle Designer