Acrobat Users Upcoming eSeminar

Join the Acrobat Users Community for the upcoming eSeminar - Advanced Forms and LiveCycle Designer presented by Angie Okamoto.

Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009
Time: 12:00pm US Central Time
Duration: 75 minutes
Register Today at www.AcrobatUsers.com

Agenda:
The built-in Acrobat Forms toolbar in Acrobat 9 handles most basic form creation and data collection tasks. But what do you do when you want to add increased interactivity? Or what if you regularly create forms and could benefit from a library of templates and customizable form elements?

Join the Acrobat Users Community for a live eSeminar with Angie Okamoto, the Director of Enterprise Development at Easel Solutions and an Adobe Certified Instructor, as she walks you through creating forms using LiveCycle Designer in Acrobat 9 for Windows. Ask your questions using chat and watch live demos.

This free eSeminar will cover:

• Discover tips and tricks with LiveCycle Designer
• Create or modify form designs using the Object Library and
  Layout Editor
• Add custom graphics, logos and text
• Add predefined custom objects and create your own custom objects
• Add dates, dropdowns, list boxes, check boxes and so on
• Add calculations
• Create dynamic fields and flowable layouts
• Connect LiveCycle Designer forms to datasources (HTTP submit, XML, databases, web services)

Top Performing Adobe Authorized Training Center

Easel Solutions is recognized as one of the top 5 Adobe Authorized Training Centers worldwide.

Adobe Systems Incorporated recently recognized Easel Solutions among the best-of-the-best Adobe Authorized Training Centers. Among all worldwide training providers, Easel Solutions scored among the highest in student satisfaction, for the third quarter of 2008. Scores are submitted by students at the end of each Adobe Authorized training class. Easel Solutions appeared in the top five with a score of 8.21 on a 9 point scale.

Thank you to our students for taking the time to fill out class evaluations and offering constructive feedback. Congratulations instructors on a job well done!

Angie and Ted´s Excellent Adventure

PDF Forms using Adobe Acrobat & Adobe LiveCycle Designer Bible - Preorder Now!

Easel Solutions would like to congratulate our very own, Angie Okamoto, Director of Enterprise Development at Easel Solutions, and Ted Padova on completing their book, PDF Forms Using Acrobat and LiveCycle Designer Bible. Their book is written in an entertaining and informative style that contains a wealth of information on creating fillable forms with Adobe Acrobat and Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

Coming soon! Preorder now through major booksellers including Amazon.com & Wiley.

This comprehensive guide to creating fillable forms with the latest release of Adobe Acrobat is packed with real-world insights and techniques gained from daily use of Adobe Acrobat and Adobe LiveCycle Designer under business deadline situations. You’ll get step-by-step instructions that show you how to easily create and implement interactive PDF forms using both Adobe Acrobat and Adobe LiveCycle Designer.

Upcoming Courses

Adobe Acrobat 9 Professional: March 11-12, 2009 (Omaha)
Sorely overlooked, Adobe Acrobat is an amazing production tool that will change the way you work. You’ll be amazed at its incredible versatility and range, as you experience 2 full days of tips, little-known tricks and fresh, fast-forward ways to optimize digital production.

Adobe Acrobat Forms: March 13, 2009 (Omaha)
This course introduces and describes various techniques for using Acrobat forms to create electronic forms that can complement, or supersede, other means of collecting and presenting enterprise data. After the completion of this course, you will be able to create interactive forms that can reduce data collection and processing errors, and enhance the user experience. The course first introduces the basics of form design and describes how to design your forms for efficient data exchange.

Adobe Captivate 3: February 16-17, 2009 (Omaha)
Captivate is a 2-day course that provides student with knowledge on how to record and create software demonstrations in addition to editing and publishing projects. It also focuses on creating testing options for e-learners.

Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 Website Development: March 10-12, 2009 (Omaha)
Adobe Dreamweaver Website Development is a 3 day course that provides web designers with the knowledge and hands-on practice they need to build and manage professional web sites using industry standard for professional web development and design. This class introduces the student to the fundamentals of Dreamweaver with an emphasis on best practices and current web standards.

Microsoft Access 2007 Introduction: February 26-27, 2009 (Lincoln)
This course, you will be introduced to the concept of the relational database and the Microsoft Office Access 2003 relational database application, and information management tools. Also, you will learn how to design and create a new Access database.

Microsoft Outlook 2007: February 23, 2009 (Lincoln)
This course teaches students how to send and receive mail, schedule appointments, insert events, schedule meetings, create and manage tasks, collaborate with other users, and organize contacts.

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007: February 12, 2009 (Lincoln)
In this course, students will create effective basic PowerPoint presentations for delivery in front of an audience.

Microsoft Project 2007: February 16-17, 2009 (Lincoln)
This 2-day course teaches students how to use Project as a tool to assist them in managing projects. It also shows how to work with a project plan once it has entered the project implementation phase.

Microsoft Word 2007 Introduction: February 27, 2009 (Lincoln)
This course will teach students the basic features of Word. It is designed for students that are new to Microsoft Word.

Check out our website for the latest information on all of our courses including detailed course descriptions and Easel Solutions´ public course schedule.

Get the Edge: Tips and Tricks

Adobe Exchange
Have you ever been working on a task in one of Adobe´s products and thought to yourself, “I wonder if there is a way to speed up this process?” Then you should check out the Adobe Exchange. It is a place where you can download hundreds of easy-to-install extensions for your Adobe products. These extensions can be time-saving functions, code, components, and even templates to get you started. To find extensions for your favorite Adobe products, visit http://www.adobe.com/exchange.

Sample Color from Anywhere while using Photoshop
You can use the Eyedropper tool to pick colors from any area of your screen. First, press the letter I to select the Eyedropper tool, then click-and-hold inside your document, and drag outside the document window onto the object you'd like to sample. Release your mouse button and the sampled color appears as your new Foreground color. Learn more. Take an Authorized Adobe Photoshop training class.

Adobe Labs
Looking to stay on top of what technologies are just around the corner? Adobe Labs is a website dedicated to “beta software.” This software is not finished yet, but it is getting close. Adobe will post an upcoming product so users have a chance to experiment with the technology before it is released.  For example, look at the “Text Layout Framework” for Flash CS4. It is a new component for adding additional functionality to Flash text fields (i.e. multi-column, right-to-left support, linked text containers, etc.) You could also try “Configurator” which is a tool for creating your own Photoshop panels. With Configurator, you can add “Adjust Levels”, “Gaussian Blur”, and “Save for Web” buttons in a panel so those options are always one click away. It is a great way to customize your interface. Check out these new technologies at http://labs.adobe.com.

Fitting the frame to content in InDesign
When you need to fit your frame to your content, simply double-click a frame corner or use the shortcut Cmd-Opt-C / Ctrl-Alt-C. Learn more. Take an Authorized Adobe InDesign training class.