Acrobat 7 is Adobe’s latest release of this PDF management program. Peachpit’s Classroom in a Book series are there to turn amateurs into professionals. The approach should be working judging by the book’s contents. The book comes with a CD-rom. The book covers complex topics such as the document review cycle, document security, and using Acrobat in a technical (CAD) environment as well as the simple things.

Up to and including lesson three, this Classroom in a Book deals with the simple things in PDF-life: Acrobat’s interface and the PDF Maker application. Those should be familiar to people who have worked with earlier versions of the program. To novices, these topics will be tough by themselves. But the book isn’t meant to stop at the simple things.

The lessons that follow are all about creating, optimizing, and managing PDF files. For example, how do you create a PDf from a web page or scanner? And how do you use Distiller so it will churn out the best quality of PDF file for the job?

Even seasoned Acrobat users may have to think carefully about these subjects before they go on doing it. The book also covers methods to make PDF files accessible, the use of Acrobat in a document review cycle, document security, and using Acrobat in a technical (CAD) environment.

When you’ve read all the chapters and done your homework, there’s little to nothing secret left about Acrobat 7. As there shouldn’t be.