Course Synopsis:This course introduces and describes various techniques for using Adobe LiveCycle Forms Designer to create electronic forms that can complement, or supersede, other means of collecting and presenting enterprise data. After the completion of this course, you will be able to create interactive forms that can reduce data collection and processing errors, and enhance the user experience. The course first introduces the basics of form design.

Who Should Attend: Professionals needing to intelligently capture information to streamline form-driven business processes through automation. This is an introductory-level course and intended for Form Designers and Form Developers that are new to creating eForms with Adobe Acrobat LiveCycle.

Prerequisites: Because of the amount of material we cover in class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general operations of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class.

What You Will Learn:
• Introduction to XFA forms
• The LiveCycle Designer Workspace
• Building Form Design
• Working with Form Guides
• Master and Body Pages
• Form Scripting
• Working with Form Data
• Data Validation

Time: Class time is 9:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m. Breaks are scheduled throughout the day and lunch is typically scheduled 12-1. Students provide their own lunch.

Locations: We have company-operated facilities in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, San Diego and Washington DC. We also work with a network of rental facilities to offer our classes regularly across the United States and in Canada. Please double-check the location of your class with our office to make sure you get to the right location.

Related Courses: We recommend the following courses that relate to this class: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat LiveCycle Advanced and JavaScript. Please take a look at our other course outlines.

Goals: Sterling Ledet and Associates realizes the importance of education and we take pride in being able to offer you classes that are more custom fit to your needs. Call us at (770) 414-5007 if you have any special questions or e-mail us at sales@ledet.com.

Registration: Please fill out our registration form and fax it to us at (312) 896-9094.

LESSON 1
Basics of LiveCycle Designer
Getting Started with Dynamic Forms
Understanding XFA Form Development
Installing LiveCycle Designer
Learning the Designer Workspace
Palettes and Objects
Working from a Template
Designing from Pages and Schemas
Creating Your First Form

LESSON 2
The Importance of Form Design
The Form as a Brand Touch Point
Improving Aesthetics
Principles of Good Form Design
Graphic Design Tips
Typography Tips
Interaction Design Tips
Guiding with Button Design
Radio Buttons and Check Boxes
Working with Form Guides

LESSON 3
Learning the Form Objects
The LiveCycle Designer Workspace
The Layout Editor
The Script Editor
The Palettes
Text Objects
Graphic Objects
Image Objects
Field Objects
Button Objects
Check Boxes and Radio Buttons
Master and Body Pages
Subforms and Flow
Tables
Fonts and Tabbing

LESSON 4
Form Scripting
The Benifi ts of Scripting
FormCalc and JavaScript
The Script Editor
Scripting Basics
Properties
Variables
Referencing Objects
The Form Object Model
Working with Events
Script Objects
Debugging Scripts

LESSON 5
Form Data
Working with Data in Acrobat
Working with Data in Designer
Formatting Data
Submitting Data
Data Binding
Data Validation
Barcode Types
Retrieving Data from Web Services
Connecting to a WSDL File
Calling the Web Service

LESSON 6
Scripts for Building Forms
Message Box Scripts
Mutually Exclusive Check Boxes
Changing Background Colors
Changing Images
Setting a Field as Required
Working with Page Numbers
The Date Object
Medium Length Scripts
Disabling All Form Fields
Add Time to Date