Create Interactive PDF documents with LiveCycle | Level 1 Classes
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Audience
Adobe LiveCycle Creating XML-Based PDF Forms is a beginner LiveCycle Training course.
- Basic Computer Skills & File Management on Windows or Mac
- Have taken the Acrobat | Level 1, or equivalent knowledge
- Understanding Dynamic Forms
- Acrobat vs. LiveCycle Forms
Setting up the workspace palletes
- Object Library
- Fragment Library
- Object
- Layout
- Border
- Drawing Aids
- Hierarchy
- Tab Order
- XML
- Design View
- Master Pages
- XML Source
- Preview PDF
- Script Editor
- Font
- Paragraph
Creating Forms
- From Templates
- From Blank Pages
Understanding the Library Palette
- Favorites
- Standard Group
- Custom Group
- Barcodes Group
Field Types
- Text Object
- Text Field
- Numeric Field
- Decimal Field
- Date Field
- Password Field
- Image Object
- Image Field
- Radio Button
- Check Boxes
- Drop-Down List
- List Box
- Button(s)
- Signature Field
- Graphic Objects (Rectangle, Circle, Line)
- Content Areas & Subforms
Library features
- Updating objects with custom settings
- Sharing custom Libraries
Saving & Preview options
- Static vs. Dynamic
Adding Fields
- Drag-and-drop
- Insert menu
- Copying & Duping Fields
Selecting, Aligning, & Grouping Fields
Using the Grid and Guides
- Adjusting the size
- Adding Guide Lines
Editing Objects
- Naming Fields (Caption vs. Binding Name)
- Adjusting size(Visually & numerically)
- Formatting Values & Captions (Font palette, Paragraph palette)
- Input & Display Patterns
- Normal vs. Global Binding
- List Values
- Adding List entries in XML palette
Working with the Hierarchy Palette
- Understanding Subforms (Creating Subforms, Wrapping with Subforms)
- Flowable Subforms
Working with Tables
- Static Tables
- Table Wizard
Understanding Form Fragments
- Creating Fragments
- Updating Fragments
Using Master Pages
- Master Page Design
- Master Page Usage Control
Working with the Tab Order palette
Intro to Scripting and Action Builder
- FormCalc (Adding up table fields, Grand totals from table fields)
- JavaScript
- Dynamic Tables with the Instance Manager
- Drop-Down Lists with Variable Values
Advanced LiveCycle Designer Options
More Script examples
- FormCalc & JavaScript
Reviewing sample Dynamic Forms that use Data Connections
Creating Data Connections
- Binding to XML Schema
- Binding to XML sample file
- Binding to OLEDB database
- Binding to a WSDL file
- Adding new fields with binding
- Adding binding to current fields
Working with a database
- Designing a database
- Importing⁄Exporting data to Access DB
- Working with imported DB data
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