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Training: FrameMaker
| Structured FM | Interactive
Doc. | "Interspondence"
| In Israel
Interactive Documentation
Seminar group size is typically 5-8 students, encouraging
active participation.
- Interactive 3D Models in PDFs with Acrobat
Professional/3D seminar
San Carlos, California (SF Bay Area), September 20 (registration
form - PDF: 113K)
How to incorporate interactive 3D visualizations in technical
publications.
Topics include: creating multiple views & cross sections;
lighting settings; Acrobat 3D Toolkit: adding materials, creating
animations and exploded views; enhancing 3D interactivity with
Acrobat JavaScript; part measurements; comments and markups in
interactive 3D models; converting models from CAD to U3D and
PDF; capturing models from CAD.
Sample PDFs; seminar techniques
apply to Acrobat 3D and Acrobat Professional (PDFs viewed in
Adobe Reader), independently of the authoring tools being used.
- Acrobat: Designing Access to Information
& Testing Your PDFs seminar
Toronto, Canada (hosted by Front Runner Training), September 24
For experienced Acrobat users, producing technical documents,
training materials, product catalogs and presentations. Focus
on interactive/on-screen PDFs and PDF document sets. Topics include:
PDF Usability: What elements make or break the
usability of PDFs & how to efficiently plan and control them:
display & print quality; layout and design; search capabilities
and meta-data; reader orientation; interactive features; accessibility
features; helping readers.
Designing Access to Information in PDF Document Collections:
Often, a group of relatively small PDFs is easier to manage
and present than one huge document. Learn how to plan your PDF
document collection wisely, so that information is accessible
instantly - making the most of Acrobat's capabilities, and avoiding
its limitations. A discussion of advanced navigation & hypertext,
planning multiple access paths, design & orientation principles,
and harnessing the hidden powers of the Search function.
Testing Your PDFs: Testing principles and techniques
for examining the quality of hypertext links and other interactive
features, display of text and graphics, document properties,
text accessibility and more.
- Creating PDF Forms seminar
(Acrobat Professional / LiveCycle Designer)
Toronto, Canada (hosted by Front Runner Training), September 26
For Acrobat users who need to create or maintain interactive
PDF forms.
Topics include: overview of PDF forms; form field objects, properties
and actions (including buttons, text fields, check boxes and
radio buttons); enhancing form functionality with JavaScript;
digital signatures; providing built-in help; submitting form
data; form design principles; converting paper forms to PDF.
- Creating Video Demos to Enhance Software
Documentation seminar
When providing electronic documentation (training, online help,
marketing materials), you can create much more than a PDF of
the printed version. Learn how to demonstrate processes and functions
with movie clips; how to plan, script and storyboard a movie
clip; how to record the workflow, edit the movie and add titles,
callouts and captions; and how to integrate the movie into the
documentation. The course also covers setup, output formats and
options, and available tools.
Sample PDFs; seminar techniques
apply to PDFs (viewed in Adobe Reader), web pages & online
help, independently of the authoring tools being used.
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