Adobe Acrobat Pro DC - Beginner (Udemy.com)
Learn the basics of creating PDF documents and modifying PDFs within Adobe Acrobat DC Pro.
Created by: Intellezy Trainers
Last updated January 2025
Our take
Based on the ratings of 856 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in January 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.
This is a 3.5 hour walkthrough of Acrobat Pro DC from Intellezy Trainers, a corporate training library. It runs 37 short lectures over 12 sections, moving from opening and creating PDFs to navigating, reviewing, editing, optimizing, exporting and protecting them. The only prerequisite is basic computer skills. It fits office workers who already have the app and want to use more than the viewer features.
Students like the teaching. Reviewers call it clear, thorough and logical, with practical examples that run from organizing files to securing PDFs, and 761 of 856 ratings are four or five stars. The complaints are small but repeated. The narrator is soft-spoken, and one two-star reviewer says the audio is very low at the start. Another says the supplied practice files do not match what is on screen. One wanted basics like inserting text covered, and a Mac user missed Mac shortcuts.
At 3.5 hours it is a quick way to get comfortable, and one reviewer calls it a reasonably priced fast introduction. The course was last updated in January 2025, and a New Features section covers recent changes. There are no hands-on projects and just one quiz, so you will want your own PDFs open while you watch. Anyone who wants a programmer's angle on PDF automation should look elsewhere. For everyday office work it is a solid pick, though keep the volume up.
Pros
- Short lectures walk through each tool and workflow clearly, reviewers say
- Covers redaction, protection, size optimizing and export to Word or Excel
- A New Features section and a January 2025 update keep it fairly current
- Only basic computer skills needed, and a completion certificate is included
Cons
- Audio is quiet and the narrator soft-spoken, so expect to raise the volume
- Supplied files do not match the on-screen demos, and there are no projects
- Shortcuts are given for Windows only, which frustrated a Mac user
This is a really good course, and the instructor worked through the topics thoroughly and logically. He is soft-spoken and sometimes the volume wasn't high enough, but overall it's an excellent course.
Genuine beginners with basic computer skills. It stays on everyday Acrobat tasks and never gets technical.
What you will learn
- Access information in a PDF document
- Create and save PDF Documents
- Navigate content in a PDF document
- Modify PDF documents
- Review PDF documents
- Convert PDF documents
- Protect PDF documents
Course content
12 sections · 37 lectures · 3.5 hours of video 1 quiz, 1 practice test
- 1Introduction 1 free preview1 lecture · 3 min
- 2Accessing PDFs 2 free previews4 lectures · 19 min
- 3Creating PDFs 1 free preview5 lectures · 32 min
- 4Navigating PDFs3 lectures · 22 min
- 5Reviewing PDFs 1 free preview2 lectures · 17 min
- 6Modifying PDFs 1 free preview8 lectures · 36 min
- 7Optimizing PDFs 1 free preview4 lectures · 33 min
- 8Exporting PDFs 1 free preview3 lectures · 12 min
- 9Protecting PDFs2 lectures · 23 min
- 10New Features4 lectures · 12 min
- 11Conclusion1 lecture
- 12Adobe Acrobat DC Pro Introduction Assessment1 quiz
Who it is for
The instructor says it suits
- Students who wish to understand the basics of how to create and edit PDFs in Acrobat Pro DC.
What you need before you start
- Basic computer skills
How it compares
Against the other 78 rated Udemy courses in Adobe Premier Pro on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 65% of them
- Reviews856#15 of 79 by number of reviews
- Length3.5 hoursshorter than 62% of them
- Last updatedJanuary 2025more recently than 71% of them
Quality Score
Overall Score : 92 / 100
Course Description
Workplace demand for digital media skills including creating, managing, and integrating PDF documents is on the rise. Adobe Acrobat training is an excellent way to learn and validate your digital communication skills. This brings value to prospective clients and employers.
Adobe Acrobat is a family of computer programs developed by Adobe Systems, designed to view, create, manipulate and manage files in Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF). Some software in the family is commercial, and some is freeware.
In this course, students will learn the basics of creating PDF documents and modifying PDFs within Adobe Acrobat DC Pro. Students will access PDF documents and learn to navigate the interface, use tools, menus, navigation bars, and change preferences. Students will create PDFs by various methods and learn to combine PDFs. In addition, students will learn to navigate PDFs, search, create bookmarks and links, comment in a PDF, send for review, modify text and images, and work with pages. Students will learn to optimize PDFs by reducing size, create and use actions, export PDFs to Word, Excel or RTF formats, redact content, and protect PDFs.
Adobe Acrobat Pro DC puts the power of the Portable Document Format, literally, at your fingertips. By taking advantage of the functionality & features available in Acrobat, you will ensure the integrity of your documents regards of who views them.
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
856 Reviews
Intellezy Trainers
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Reviews
By Malachi Maynard on 2/25/2026
This is a very solid and thorough introduction to Adobe Acrobat. I’d recommend it to anyone who uses Acrobat regularly but wants a better understanding of what the program is really capable of. The instructor walks through the tools and workflows clearly, with practical examples that cover everything from organizing files to securing PDFs. It definitely helped me realize how much power Acrobat has beyond the basics, and I’m interested in checking out the advanced course to see what else it can do.
By Ishmeel Olajuwon Davis on 11/15/2024
It's excellent. I love how simplistic the lessons are and I enjoy the amount of details I'm reading to further understand & (overtime) master the beginner level of Acrobat. If I could purchase Adobe Acrobat Pro DC, I would use what I've learned to edit my PDF reading pages more attractive.
By Benjamin Fischer on 9/22/2022
Quite good and insightful beginner course to adobe dc pro. But i would prefer having DIY-project elements. Maybe small misinformation: i think PostScript is still an adobe invention / product and not microsoft. Also i would tend to a much more advanced Ansatz where i get things explained more from a programmer's standpoint. So it still is a reasonable-priced fast forward introduction yout can use. In this regard i wish i would have had this course much earlier. Acrobat can do more than you would expect beforehand.
By Marya Sherer on 11/20/2020
Great Course! Deb was a wonderful instructor pointed out everything as if she knew I was going to ask the questions. I would absolutely recommend this course for anyone trying to figure out how to get started on DC Pro.
By Mariette Wrmle on 10/24/2020
Sehr professionell strukturierter Kurs, leicht verstndlich auch ohne Untertitel. Werde den Kurs fr Fortgeschrittene auch noch absolvieren!
By Maria Pini on 10/12/2020
it is very clear and I like how the presenter is teaching the course
By Jennifer Kursten on 10/12/2020
The instructor is excellent at presenting the material in an informative and concise manner.
By Connie White on 10/11/2020
Yes! So far, So good!
By Teresa Y Gutierrez on 10/11/2020
So far, yes, Very basic learning tips; Deb is very articulate in teaching and she makes the subject matter easy to understand
By Mary Clapp on 10/3/2020
The instructor is amazing in how calm and slowly she presents the material in a very approachable manner. I will definitely follow her in other courses!
By rnottinger . on 9/25/2020
I learned several tips and tricks that can be applied when working with pdfs. Which will help with managing pdfs and save time! Thanks!
By Kathy Schiller on 9/19/2020
Very Detailed.












