We offer the following onsite workshops and training programs. Past training clients include the U.S. Government Printing Office; the Internal Revenue Service; the Bundesgrenzchutz in Bonn, Germany; and the Zurich Financial Group. (See our clients page for more.) All programs are available in English and German.
3-day specialized training programs in Acrobat® PDF
Our 3-day programs consists of the following: 2 initial days in a row, plus 1 follow-up day several weeks later on a date set at your convenience, for brush-up and discussing problems and issues specific to your company.
Currently we offer the following 3-day training programs.
Practical Online PDF (Beginner-Intermediate)
For this course specially geared to busy professionals, a knowledge of HTML and HTML forms is helpful, as is a basic understanding of Adobe Acrobat. Knowledge of JavaScript, or another programming or scripting language such as Perl, VBScript, or PHP is a big plus.
- Fundamentals of Core JavaScript
- Fundamentals of Client-Side JavaScript
- Acrobat-JavaScript basics
- Smart things to do with PDF
- Basic JavaScript HTML form validation
- Setting up your first Acrobat Form
- PDF and database connectivity
Interactive PDF (Intermediate-Advanced)
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of Adobe Acrobat, and a basic-to-intermediate knowledge of Javascript and/or knowledge of another object-oriented programming language such as Java, C++, et. al. This is an excellent followup to the Practical Online PDF program listed above, and it is possible to directly combine these two programs.
- Form fields and how to create them
- Field naming principles
- Acrobat-JavaScript basics
- Controlling the appearance of fields
- Calculations
- Data exchange
- FDF basics
- Advanced functions
- PDFMARK basics
- FDF basics
One-day on-site training programs
We also offer 1-day training programs in the following categories.
Advanced Javascript for Acrobat/PDF
Prerequisite: a solid knowledge of both Javascript and Acrobat Forms. This is a great follow-up training day for our Interactive PDF 3-day program.
X/HTML Forms and XForms
A form is a form - but is it? This program teaches you how to make the most of your HTML forms, to ensure that the data collected is as clean as possible. Prerequisites: a knowledge of HTML. A knowledge of JavaScript and CSS is very useful. Basic knowledge of XML concepts is useful but not required.
Customized on-site training
Based on your needs we can put together a training program tailored to your company’s needs. This is the most cost-efficient offer we have, because it will take into account your specific needs.
Seminars and Public Workshops
We periodically conduct seminars and workshops at conferences in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. Please consult the News page for a current schedule.