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PDF 2: Advanced File Contents
(4 days, hands-on)
Printable course description (PDF)

A second course in interpreting and creating PDF files

PDF 2: Advanced File Content is a four-day, hands-on class in the PDF file format that adds to the set of topics discussed in PDF 1. It discusses a broad range of topics not discussed in detail in the PDF1 class, including multibyte text, linearized PDF, interactive form fields, and smooth shading.

This class, like PDF 1, emphasizes those parts of the PDF specification most important to printer engineers and support personel. It will also be an important introduction for software engineers who will be directly generating PDF.


Objective

Students will leave this class (together with PDF 1) with a knowledge of all of the parts of the PDF spec important to printed documents.


Prerequisites

Students must have taken the PDF 1 class or have equivalent knowledge. The student will be assumed to have a good knowledge of the basic structure of a PDF file and have a reasonable memory of the topics covered in the earlier class.


Audience

Engineers and advanced support personnel who need to understand the PDF file format. The course assumes you are either working with a printing device that consumes PDF or that you are a software engineer faced with generating PDF.


Course Outline

Day 1

  • PDF File Structure, a Review
  • Determining Interiors
  • Line-Drawing Details
  • XRef and Object Streams
  • PDF File References
  • Masked Images

Day 2

  • Function Dictionaries
  • Shading
  • Rendering Parameters
  • Transfer Functions

Day 3

  • Halftoning
  • Printers' Annotations
  • Marked Content
  • AcroForm Fields
  • XFA Form Fields

Day 4

  • Multibyte Fonts
  • Linearized PDF
  • Optional Content Groups


Pricing & Availability

See class schedule for a list of locations, dates and class cost.



Copyright © 2012 John Deubert

Class Locations

Acumen teaches its classes in three venues:

Our place (SoCal)

We teach regularly-scheduled classes in our classroom site in Southern California, near the Santa Ana/John Wayne Airport.

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Your place (On-site)

We can teach a class of up to 16 people on your organizationŐs site. If you have four or more people who need training, youŐll save money by arranging an on-site class.

Site requirements for an on-site are relatively minor: youŐll need a computer for each person, a whiteboard (or its equivalent), and a VGA projector. Acumen Training supplies sample files and printed student materials.

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Any place (WebEx)

WebEx Logo We can teach a class of 1 to 4 students via WebEx. This completely eliminates travel expenses while providing the same quality instruction as an on-site class. The student sees the instructor, an electronic whiteboard, sample files, and everything else he or she would see if the instructor was present in the room.

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