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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.