Since joining this list several months ago, I noticed that there are some
very sharp, technically astute, participants. On the other hand, there are
some beginners who are looking to understand what this PDF rage is all
about. Many beginners need to better understand it so they can convince
their non-technical managers that PDF is a good business decision.

Given this, Alliant Techsystems has dusted off a training course that was
previously provided to over 100 customer personnel as an introduction to the
PDF "business". This 32 hour course is a combination of classroom lecture
and hands-on in the lab. The course outline is as follows:

1. What is PDF/IPDF?
2. Using Capture to scan paper and output editable files (.acd)
3. Using Reviewer to edit .acd files and output PDF
4. Using Distiller to convert postscript files to PDF
5. Using Exchange to create links and bookmarks
6. Basic InfoLinker rule writing for creating automated links and
bookmarks

Alliant Techsystems is offering this course/seminar at our Clearwater
facility the week of December 2, 1996 (noon Monday through noon Friday).
This course will provide newcomers with an understanding of the total
process. Our experience with previous attendees was that they gained a much
better understanding of the process and how it impacted and benefited their
"business". They were then equipped with the knowledge needed to make
decisions related to utilization of PDFs in their organization.

We will be following up this course with our bi-monthly (every 2 months, not
twice a month) "Advanced Rule Writing" course the week of December 9th.
This course is also 32 hours, and is for those that will be involved in
automatically linking documents utilizing our InfoLinker product.

Space is limited for both these courses. Please contact the undersigned or
our Training Manager Sue Hofacker at (800)435-7102 or atk_ais@atk.com to
reserve your seat/PC. (Any member of the list, or associates, who signs up
for the 2 courses between now and November 15th will be offered a 15%
discount just by mentioning you heard it here.)

Regards,

Jose Mera
AIS Program Manager
Alliant Defense Electronics Systems, Inc.
(813)572-2491 - voice; (813)572-2169 - fax
jose_mera@atk.com
http://www.atk-ais.com
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Subject: Training available?
Author: capture-l@emrg.com at Internet Date: 10/24/96 9:19 AM


Hi,

Is there any training available for people who want to learn how to
use the Acrobat suite of products more effectively? I'm talking about
Capture, Reviewer and Exchange at least.

I'm interested in classes offered just as a course, or as part of any
shows or conferences. (I also am interested in finding out about
conferences that deal with the work done by people like those on this
list.)

If there's nothing now, is it likely classes will be offered when new
versions of the products are released?

We are in Michigan, an hour from Detroit, so any Detroit, Chicago,
Cleveland, Columbus, etc. area classes would be great.

FYI, I work at a place that produces and maintains document and data
archives on a wide variety of social science subjects. We're mostly
converting paper documents to PDF. We create hundreds of pages a week
and plan to do more soon.

Pat in Ann Arbor