Acrobat Domain 2 - Acrobat Workspace

These objectives cover the interface setup and program settings that assist in an efficient and effective workflow. This section contains presentations, projects, and quizzes to help you pass the Adobe Acrobat CC Certification Exam.

2.1 Navigate and organize the application workspace

a. Prepare Acrobat to work on a document.
  • Key Concepts: All tools view, minimize, expand, add, remove, and reposition tools

b. Configure application preferences.

  •  Key Concepts: Commenting, Documents, Full Screen, General, Page Display, Convert From PDF, Convert to PDF, Units and Guides, Accessibility

2.2 Use non-printing design tools in the interface to aid in design or workflow.

a. Use rulers.

  • Key Concepts: showing and hiding rulers, changing the measurement unit on rulers, Guides, etc.

b. Navigate, view and zoom in documents to work efficiently.

  • Key Concepts: Full-screen mode, Single Page View, Enable Scrolling, Two Page View, Two Page Scrolling, Dynamic Zooming, Read Mode, Zoom to Page Level, Marquee Zoom, Loupe Tool, Page Navigation, Automatic Scroll, Reflow Mode, Grids, Snap to Grid, Line Weight, etc.

2.3 Use non-printing design tools in the interface to aid in design or workflow.

a. Navigate a document.

  • Key Concepts: panning, zooming, rotating canvas, etc.

b. Use rulers.

  • Key Concepts: showing and hiding rulers, changing the measurement unit on rulers, etc.

 c. Use guides and grids.

  • Key Concepts: adding/removing and locking/unlocking guides, setting color, showing/hiding guides and grids, using snap or align options, creating guide layouts, etc.

2.4 Import assets into a project.

a. Open or import images from various devices. 

  • Key Concepts: file, camera, scanner, etc.

b. Place assets in a Acrobat document.

  •  Key Concepts: embedded, linked, copy and pasted, etc.

 c. Use the Adobe Camera Raw interface to import images.

2.5 Manage colors, swatches, and gradients.

a. Set the active foreground and background color

  • Key Concepts: Color Picker, swatches, Eyedropper tool, hexadecimal value, etc.

b. Create, customize, and organize gradients.

  • Key Concepts: Gradient panel, editing color and transparency stops, gradient options (i.e. radial and elliptical), grouping etc.

 c. Create, edit, and organize swatches.

  • Key Concepts: grouping, creating, importing, and exporting

2.6 Work with brushes, styles, and patterns.

a. Open, browse, and search libraries of included brushes, styles, and patterns.

  • Key Concepts: brushes, styles, and patterns etc.

b. Create, use, edit, and organize brushes, styles, and patterns.