Introduction to Adobe Contribute Training (1 day)

Introduction to Adobe Contribute Training Overview

In this Adobe Contribute training class, students learn to use Contribute to create and manage websites.

Introduction to Adobe Contribute Training Course Goals

• To learn how to manage a site in Contribute.
• To learn to create and edit web pages using Contribute.

Introduction to Adobe Contribute Training Course Outline

1. Introduction to Contribute
   1. What is Contribute?
   2. Overview of the Contribute Workflow
   3. Contribute Toolbars
   4. Switching Between Browsing and Editing
2. Building Web Pages
   1. Browsing Sites
   2. Viewing Home Pages for your Sites
   3. Viewing Recently Published Pages
   4. Creating New Pages
   5. Creating a Blank Web Page
   6. Creating a Page Based on a Template
   7. Selecting Templates for MS Office Documents
   8. Setting Templates while Opening MS Office Documents in Contribute
   9. Copying a Page on your Site
   10. Copying a Starter Web Page
   11. Setting Page Properties
   12. Adding Keywords and a Description
   13. Canceling a Draft or New Page
   14. Deleting a Web Page
   15. Understanding Frames and Framesets
   16. Editing Frame Content
   17. Saving and Publishing a Page with Frames
   18. Targeting Frame Content
3. Publishing Your Pages
   1. Publishing a New Page
   2. Publishing an Existing Page as a New Page
   3. Publishing Updates to an Existing Page
   4. About the Rollback Feature
   5. Rolling Back to a Previous Version
   6. Printing a Page
   7. Previewing a Page in your Default Browser
   8. Exporting a Page
4. Working with Text
   1. Adding Text to a Web Page
   2. Changing Text Style on the Page
   3. Changing Text Font and Size
   4. Editing the Font List
   5. Applying Text Color
   6. Adding Paragraph Spacing
   7. Aligning Text
   8. Indenting Text
5. Editing Page Content
   1. Working with HTML Snippets
   2. Inserting HTML Code Snippets
   3. Working with Lists
   4. Creating Numbered Lists
   5. Creating Bulleted Lists
   6. Creating Definition Lists
   7. Creating Sublists
   8. Adding the Current Date ot a Page
   9. Adding and Deleting a Horizontal Rule
   10. Adding Special Characters to a Page
   11. Finding and Replacing Text
   12. Checking Spelling
6. Working with Styles
   1. About HTML and CSS Styles in the Contribute Style Menu
   2. Applying Styles to Text
   3. Creating and Managing Styles
   4. Setting the CSS Appearance Page Properties Options
   5. Setting the CSS Links Page Properties Options
   6. Setting the CSS Headings Page Properties Options
7. Working with Images
   1. Adding Images to Your Pages
   2. Dragging Images to a Page
   3. Copying and Pasting Images
   4. Changing Image Properties
   5. Moving and Image
   6. Aligning an Image
   7. Editing an Image in Contribute
   8. Adjusting the Brightness and Contrast of an Image
   9. Rotating an Image
   10. Sharpening an Image
   11. Cropping an Image
   12. Resizing an Image
8. Working with Links
   1. About Linkiing
   2. Creating Text and Image Links
   3. Linking to a Draft or a Recently Published Page
   4. Linking to a New Page
   5. Linking to a Page on your Site or Another Site
   6. Linking to an Email Address
   7. Linking to a File on your Computer
   8. Setting a Target for your Page
   9. Setting a Target for a New Link
   10. Setting a Target for an Exisitng Link
   11. Linking to a Specific Place in a Page
   12. Adding a Section Anchor
   13. Linking to a Section Anchor
   14. Editing Section Anchors
   15. Editing the URL for a Link
   16. Removing a Link
9. Working with Tables
   1. About Conflicts in Table Formatting
   2. Creating a New Table
   3. Selecting an Entire Table, Row or Column
   4. Selecting a Cell, Block of Cells or Nonadjacent Cells
   5. Resizing Tables, Rows and Columns
   6. Aligning Tables
   7. Adding Rows and Columns
   8. Deleting Rows and Columns
   9. Merging and Splitting Cells
   10. Modifying Table Properties
   11. Modifying Row or Column Properties
   12. Modifying Cell Properties
   13. Sorting Tabular Data
10. Working with External Documents
    1. Using External Documents
    2. Adding Word or Excel Content to a Page
    3. Inserting a Link to a Word or Excel Document
    4. Adding Word or Excel Content to a Page
    5. Inserting PDF's
    6. Inserting MS Office Documents as PDF's

Introduction to Adobe Contribute Training Course Materials

Each student will receive a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all the programming examples.

Introduction to Adobe Contribute Training Technical Requirements

1. Adobe Contribute CS3
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   • System Requirements
2. Browser Options
   • Internet Explorer 6.0 or later
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   • Firefox
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   • Safari
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Class Files for Introduction to Adobe Contribute Training

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