DESIGN SUITE

WHAT’S NEW IN THE ADOBE DESIGN SUITE

Take a tour of the newest features available

• Photoshop
• InDesign
• Illustrator
• Acrobat

ACROBAT

FUN WITH FILLABLE FORMS - CREATING INTERACTIVE PDF FORMS

Learn how to build fillable forms, share them, and collect data

• Create a PDF Form
  • Starting From Scratch – Creating form fields in a blank PDF
  • Add Fields: Text, Checkboxes, Radio Buttons, Dropdowns, Buttons
  • Modify Fields: Align, Distribute, Size, Create Multiple, Properties
  • Enhance Forms: Set Tab Order, Submit Actions
• Designing Word Documents for Easier Form Creation
  • Using Tables, Tab Leaders, and Symbols that convert into fields
  • Auto Detect Form Fields
• Compile and Manage PDF Form Data
  • Distribute, Track, Merge Data Files into Spreadsheet

TAKING FORMS TO THE NEXT LEVEL - CREATING ADVANCED FORM FEATURES

Learn how to add triggers to show and hide additional form features

• Setting Layer Visibility
  • Adding triggers to checkboxes to display additional information
• Show/Hide Fields
  • Adding Triggers to checkboxes to show or hide additional fields
• Advanced Button Actions
  • Check Spelling, Print, Reset a Form
  • Advanced Submit Options: mailto, include Subject and Body
• Automate Email Responses to Forms
  • Create Email Templates
  • Create Rules to send templates based on Subject

CREATING ADA COMPLIANT DOCUMENTS IN ACROBAT

Learn the tools to make your documents accessible

• Prepare Word Documents for PDF Conversion
  • Use proper formatting, check document conditions
• Accessibility Checker
  • Autotag Document, Accessibility Report, Set Alternate Text, Reading Order
• Prepare a PDF for Posting
  • Document Properties, Bookmarks and Hyperlinks, Accessibility Settings, Reduce File Size

ILLUSTRATOR

TAKING TEXT TO THE NEXT LEVEL

Learn all the cool text effects to make your graphics stand out

• Insert Text
  • Bounded and Threaded Text, Text on a Path, Area Fill, Text Styles
• Graphical Text
  • Clipping Mask, Stylize, Warp Options, Distort Text with Text Envelopes

INDESIGN

BUILDING BETTER DOCUMENTS

Learn the tools to work faster and easier with your multi-page documents

• Setting Defaults
  • Set both document and program level defaults
• Setting Preferences
  • Page Numbering, Theme, Units, Spelling, Autocorrect, Links
• Custom Swatches
  • Adding your corporate colors
• Pagination
  • Basic pagination, advanced pagination, section markers
• Working with Text
  • Import with and without styles
  • Thread across multiple textboxes
  • Type on a Path and Area Fill

PHOTOSHOP

MAKING PHOTOS FABULOUS WITH TOUCH UP TOOLS

Learn the tools to touch up your photos like the pros

• Image Mode and Image Size
  • Adjustments vs Adjustment Layers
• Touch Up Tools
  • Healing, Spot Healing, Patch, Clone Stamp
  • Sharpen, Blur, Smudge, Burn, Dodge, Sponge
• Filters
  • Sharpen, Blur, Lens Flare, Liquify
• Editing Tools
  • Erasers, History Brush, Content-Aware Move Tool

IT ALL STARTS WITH SELECTIONS – MAKE AND REFINE SELECTIONS

If you want to affect it, you gotta select it; learn the tools for making great selections

• Selection Tools
  • Marquees, Lassoes, Wands
• Refine Selections
  • Select Subject, Select and Mask
  • Quick Mask Mode
• Modify Selections
  
  • Inverse, Modify, Transform
• Finalize Selections
  • Save, Make Workpath, Copy to Layer