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Workbooks

No budget for training or travel? Purchase our comprehensive course materials instead! Support/feedback is optional for all courses.

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Testing PDFs

Based on a comprehensive checklist, includes principles & techniques for testing PDFs of different types and detailed guidelines relating to the following categories: PDF Type & Usage, Essential, Printing, Online, Interactive, Web, Document Collections.
Prerequisites: A good working knowledge of Acrobat.
Price: US$240, includes includes workbook + a single license for ARTS PDF Aerialist; US$90 workbook only

New:
PDF Best Practices ($25) can be purchased through Kagi secure online store

FrameMaker-to-Acrobat

The workbooks include detailed descriptions, sample and exercise files, and software add-ons. Workbooks A & B include all materials taught in the FrameMaker-to-Acrobat Advanced Techniques seminars. Workbook C focuses on enhanced interactivity using form fields.

  • (A) Creating Interactive PDFs using FrameMaker (includes one license for Marker Madness TimeSavers Edition, Zenserve)
    Addresses configuration issues and all native FrameMaker functions which can be converted to Acrobat:
    - Acrobat workflow and configuration: PostScript printer drivers and settings, font issues, attributes distorted in the PDF file
    - Distilling & the Save As PDF function
    - FrameMaker-generated Acrobat data
    - Handling FrameMaker books with cross-file links
    - Hypertext commands and related PDF aspects
    - Cross-references: uses & techniques in PDFs.
    Price: US$100

    New:
    The following subsets of course A can be purchased through Kagi secure online store ($35 each):
    -- Cross-file links in PDFs authored with FrameMaker
    -- Using FrameMaker's Hypertext to Create Interactive PDFs

  • (B) Creating Interactive PDFs using FrameMaker (includes one license for SP TimeSavers, MicroType)
    Using SP TimeSavers, pdfmark commands and additional techniques to enhance your PDFs:
    - Controlling & enhancing FrameMaker-generated features with SP TimeSavers
    - Inserting custom commands using PostScript text frames, PDFmarkers (TimeSavers)
    - Custom bookmarks (to other PDFs, web sites, e-mail feedback, and more)
    - Specifying actions/properties otherwise unavailable in FrameMaker
    - Notes, base URL, setting additional default view options, attaching PDX
    - Prologue and epilogue mechanisms
    Recommended prerequisites: Creating Interactive PDFs using FrameMaker, A.
    Price: US$240

  • (C) Creating Interactive PDFs using FrameMaker (includes one license for SP Form Assistant,  a TimeSavers Add-on)
    Enhancing interactivity through form fields and JavaScript; creating full-featured PDF forms using FrameMaker.
    Recommended Prerequisites: Creating Interactive PDFs using FrameMaker, A+B
    Price: US$120