Total Training has released its latest educational resource aimed at PDF users: a four-CD set titled ‘Total Training for Adobe Acrobat 7 Professional,’ hosted by Tim Plumer, Jr. The $199 package for both Macintosh and Windows covers the range of experience levels, from beginner to advanced — the company says two of the 8.6 hours are dedicated to teaching advanced Acrobat techniques.

The topical contest includes:

• Creating Adobe PDF Files & Building a Document

  • An Overview of Adobe Acrobat 7
  • The Adobe Acrobat Interface
  • Creating Adobe PDF Files
  • Exploring Adobe Acrobat Distiller
  • Assembling a Complete Document
• Searching, Reusing & Reviewing a PDF File

  • Cataloging PDF Files
  • The Art of Linking
  • Repurposing Content
  • Sing the Commenting Tools
  • Managing the Review Process
• Creating Forms, Security & Optimization

  • Basic Forms
  • Advanced Forms
  • Adding Security to a Document
  • Optimizing PDF Files
  • Integrating Multimedia with PDF Files
• Advanced Acrobat

  • Working with Layered Files
  • Creating Print-Ready PDF Files
  • Accepting Print-Ready PDF Files
  • JavaScripts & PDF Files

Read a more detailed content outline on the Total Training Web site, as well as a couple sample video clips — ‘Calculations in PDFs’ and ‘Tracking Comments’ — available for viewing or download.

Total Training also offers a range of topical tutorials for Acrobat 6 users, hosted by Ted Padova.