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Enfocus PitStop Professional Essentials - Manchester
Key Course Details:
Level:
Essentials
Duration:
1
Day - 10am to 5pm
Price:
£295 + vat
Get the best out of one of the most useful Acrobat plug-ins as we show you how to edit and preflight your PDFs. You will quickly learn how easy it is to manipulate every part of your content and fix common PDF problems. A perfect course for anyone who already uses Acrobat.
Join us to learn how to take complete control of your PDFs as we show you the power of the PitStop Professional plug-in for Acrobat. You will learn how to apply local and global changes to text and graphics, preflight your PDFs, choose between PDF standards, and set up robust workflows. Our course will enhance your editorial reach and help you get even more out of Acrobat.
Get the best out of one of the most useful Acrobat plug-ins as we show you how to edit and preflight your PDFs. You will quickly learn how easy it is to manipulate every part of your content and fix common PDF problems. A perfect course for anyone who already uses Acrobat.
Join us to learn how to take complete control of your PDFs as we show you the power of the PitStop Professional plug-in for Acrobat. You will learn how to apply local and global changes to text and graphics, preflight your PDFs, choose between PDF standards, and set up robust workflows. Our course will enhance your editorial reach and help you get even more out of Acrobat.
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Enfocus PitStop Professional Essentials
Course Details
This 1-day Essentials course helps you learn about the features available in Enfocus PitStop Professional. You will learn how this Acrobat plug-in has become one of the standard tools for editing and preflighting PDF files for print workflows. We will show you how to edit and change PDF documents and how to produce solid, error-free workflows.
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Navigate the PitStop Professional environment inside Acrobat
- Edit and insert text
- Manipulate images and other graphics
- Make global changes to pages and selections
- Fix common errors with PDFs
- Preflight PDFs
- Write and test Action Lists
- Understand different PDF standards
- Define PDF workflows
Our goal is for you to be able to edit and prepare PDFs for print.
Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites:
This course is intended for graphic designers, creative professionals, print professionals, publishers, pre-press professionals, and marketing communications professionals.
You will need basic experience in using Acrobat. Ideally, you will have taken our Adobe Acrobat XI Essentials 1 Day course.
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Full Course Outline
The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.
Enfocus PitStop Professional Overview- Overview of the Work area
- Manipulating and examining Images and graphic objects
- Editing and Inserting Text
- Standard PitStop Toolbar items
- Colour conversions
- Making Global Changes to pages and selections
- Preflighting a PDF document and creating a preflight profile
- Writing and testing Action Lists
- Understanding Action List logic and implementation
Advanced Features- Placing PDFs into document
- Quickruns and automation within Pitstop
- Wireframe mode and page geometry
- PDF/X standards
- Ghent Workgroup Standards
- Setting up a Certified PDF Workflow
- Creating preflight distribution with Certified PDF.net
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Location Details
This course is provided at the XChange Training Manchester training centre based at:
Piccadilly House
49 Piccadilly
Manchester
M1 2APPiccadilly House is located in the heart of Manchester directly next to the Piccadilly Gardens transport interchange with excellent bus and tram connections and is easily accessed from Piccadilly train Station (5 mins). Victoria station is also close by (around 10 mins).
Daily course times run between 10am and 5pm with an hour break for lunch and both mid morning and mid-afternoon refreshment breaks. We recommend arrival at 9.45am for registration on the first day of the course.
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Enfocus PitStop Essentials 1 Day - Upcoming Manchester Course Dates
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Client Reviews
"Great course - very useful. Excited about using what we've learnt and applying it to the content I'm currently working on/creating..."
Jim Ottewill, PRS For Music, WordPress - 2 Day Introduction
"The trainer was excellent and I have learned a lot. I would recommend XChange Training to anyone who needs to learn new skills in practical and useful way. "
Zeljko Kovacevic, St. Edmunds College, Dreamweaver - 1 Day Introduction
"An excellent day which achieved my objectives."
Michael Laurie, Arat Consulting, Lightroom - 1 Day Introduction
"The trainer was brilliant. Had time to talk everyone through the system and gave us more than enough knowledge on how to use the system. I feel completely confident to go onto Storyline and create an in depth e-learning module. "
Josh Deering, Riverside Housing, Storyline - 2 Day Introduction
"Trainer did a great job explaining Enfocus PitStop with clear instructions"
Brenda Youngman, Cambridge University Press, PitStop Pro - 1 Day Introduction
"Excellent training location and resources. My third course at XChange in Manchester and I can't wait to come back for more. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend XChange to friends and colleagues, and have done so on many occasions. "
Eddie Allen, South Liverpool Homes, Animate Introduction - Two Days
"The training provided by XChange Training was excellent. I have learned so much that can be taken away and implemented into my work. Working in a small group is really good and you are able to interact with trainer and other learners."
Rawinder Sandher, Vanquis Bank, Articulate Storyline - 2 Day Introduction
"This was a first-class course, delivered by a first class trainer in a first-class training environment. Having attended a number of courses at XChange it seems that top quality course delivery is the norm not the exception. Many thanks."
Steve Linehan, The Stationary Office
"It was very good, thoroughly worth it. The tutor was excellent and very efficient. "
William Slack, Student, Vectorworks - 2 Day Introduction
"Great instructor, very knowledgeable. Lots of help provided and easy to follow course. Learnt a lot in a small amount of time."
Richard Harrison, Adobe Premiere Pro - Two Day Advanced
Whats Included:
Your choice of Windows or Mac 
Certified hands-on training 
Small class size (max 4-8) 
6 months post course support 
Quality reference manual 
Authorised Course Certificate
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the course times?
For all courses in the Manchester Centre the normal session timings are 10am to 5pm with an hour break for lunch. In addition to the hour lunch break there are also two fifteen minute coffee breaks mid morning and mid afternoon.
Daily times are:
09.45 - Registration
10.00 - Course start
13.00 - Lunch
14.00 - Afternoon starts
17.00 - Course ends
Do you offer discounts
or promotions?
We offer a range of regular discounts available for self funding individuals, charities and education along with period special offers. See our promotions page for full details.
What is provided with this course?
During the course we provide all computers for your use with choice of Windows or Mac, lunch and refreshments along with pads & pens. After the course you will receive the authorised Certificate, quality reference manual and 6 months direct post course support.
Does this course give
a qualification?
Although this course does not provide an actual qualification each delegate is provided with an official Certificate for completion of the course level.
Can you invoice my company?
In short yes we can provide 30 day invoice terms to any UK Limited company with the provision of your official purchase order and/or completing the invoice request for your booking online.
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