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The training center features Pentium Windows workstations connected to our training network that is running Central on Windows NT, XP, AS/400, Sun Solaris and HP-UX. During the training, you will test what you do in the environment that you are running at your office.
- Introductions,
course objectives, overview of Adobe Central Pro Output Server technology,
review
Central Process
- Getting around in Output Designer (JetForm Design)
- Introduction to the tools, options, and objects
- Building basic forms and compiling for use in Central
- Creating Dynamic forms
- Intro to data input and Visual Transformation Editor (VTE)
- Overview of the production process and how the VTE development process fits in
- Recognizing different input data types (Delimited, Fixed Record Length, Print Image)
- Parts of Visual Transformation Editor (VTE)
- Delimited ASCII files in VTE
- Fixed Record Length Files in VTE
- Print Image Files in VTE
- Your first Central projects
- End-to-End project using a simple data-mapping method
- End-to-End project using dynamic data
- Development steps and methodology/Dynamic forms introduction
- How to analyze and spec out data files and forms to determine complexity of a project
- Development complexity levels
- Why make your forms dynamic?
- Advanced VTE Training -Dynamic Data
- Sections and dynamic data
- Fixed Record Length File with Record-Type indicators
- Variable Print Image Files
- Adding a concatenated field
- Adding calculations (using #Let statement)
- Search-based extractions
- Trimming blank lines and spaces
Note: This could spill into Day 3 depending on the size and speed of the class
- Working with Dynamic Forms
- Building subforms and preamble events manually for precision and control
- Print Agent Training
- Overview of Print Agent and what it does
- Using batch files for development and testing
- Using Swiftview (PCL Viewer) and how set up Swiftview in the batch file
- Using –afxon, -apfon, -r, inline font controls, and other options
- Handling Overflow and automatic word wrapping
- Creating Adobe Acrobat PDF files from Central
- Printing multiple copies of a form with different content to different printers
- Advanced Print Agent Exercise
- System Administration breakout sessions
- Overview of Control
- High level visual explanation of how Jobs, Job Steps, Tasks and Substitution Variables work and how they relate with each other in a production process
- Detailed explanation of all features and options in Control
- Hands on exercise to set up new job with files the students just developed in Output Designer, VTE and Print Agent training
- How Job Cards work, including JFNOJOB, Default.def
- Using Job Cards or other identifiers so Central knows what job to process
- How Central handles data files with no job cards (JFNOJOB processing)
- When and how to set up multiple instances of Central
- How to do administration and troubleshooting of production Central jobs (reading the log file, looking at the Error folder) - Faxing and E-mailing your output
- Final review of all concepts
- Overview of JetTrac OutputDirector if time
- Final End to End exercise if time