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Customer Review #1:
 Not a Classroom in a book. More like a presentation.
This book is not about creating PDF documents from scratch. It is about converting an already existing document into a PDF file. It focuses on converting Microsoft Office files (Windows) to PDF, converting Microsoft Office files (MAC) to PDF, converting other files to PDF, converting paper forms to PDF, etc. It also focuses on how to combine multiple forms into a single document.
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lt;br /gt;It presents simple views for addressing tasks and does not go into much detail. It shows one way of doing things and does not cover any exceptions or problems a user might encounter.
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lt;br /gt;The three pages in the book on capturing data and handling it after is primitive and not useful instruction.
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lt;br /gt;It does not show how to create a document from scratch. The chapter on using the Designer is only 50 pages and is also a high level view.
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Customer Review #2:
 I didnt miss a class!
One hopes that the publisher of an application would make the best author for it, and while that is not always the case, this one did not disappoint. This book assumes no prior knowledge and walks the reader meticulously through all the features of Acrobat Standard and Professional for both Windows and OS X.
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lt;br /gt;The chapters correlate to the lessons on the included CD with screen shots from both OS X and Windows to demonstrate the consistency between the two interfaces. There are chapters/lessons for technical drawing, professional publishing, security features like digital signatures and PDF certification, embedding of multimedia in presentations, and how to generate PDFs from scanned pages or any application with a Print function.
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lt;br /gt;Forms design and creation are major uses of Acrobat, for which there are two chapters - one on the built-in forms tools and another on the more advanced Adobe LiveCycle Designer which offers a richer design and development environment. Adobe LiveCycle Designer is currently only included with the Windows version of Acrobat Professional, but a trial version can be downloaded from Adobe. Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Classroom in a Book is aptly named and provides a good foundation on which to develop your proficiency via experience.
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lt;br /gt;Adobes website is a phenomenal source of education for all their products. Youll find eSeminars, tips and tutorials, user forums, developer links, and more. They are clearly serious about recruiting new customers and supporting their existing customer base. Very impressive.
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Customer Review #3:
Very nice book
It is a comprehensive step by step book. I liked the fact that it also included alternative instructions for the instances when a Mac would have different commands.
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