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Penn College Offers Noncredit Adobe Software Courses

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Workforce Development & Continuing Education at Pennsylvania College of Technology is offering 10 noncredit Adobe courses from mid-February through early May.



Learn to design websites easily by attending the Introduction to Dreamweaver course from 6 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 19 and Feb. 26.

For those new to Photoshop, learn the most powerful tools for editing photos in Mastering Photoshop: Level I on Thursdays, Feb. 28 through March 21. For more advanced topics, register for Level II on Thursdays, March 28 through April 18. Classes for both courses are held from 6 to 9 p.m.

Photoshop Elements 10 is designed for the hobbyist or novice photographer. The six-hour course will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on March 15 and March 22, and again from 6 to 9 p.m. on May 2 and May 9.

Attend Adobe Acrobat X Pro: Level I to discover how to create forms and share PDFs. The course will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 6, and again from 6 to 9 p.m. on April 17 and April 24. No experience with Adobe Acrobat is needed.

Move toward a paperless office by creating digital forms in the Adobe Acrobat Pro Dynamic Forms course, scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. on March 19.

Create complex and attractive illustrations and type effects using Illustrator CS5. Level I teaches participants how to draw and manipulate simple shapes. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 8, and again from 6 to 9 p.m. on April 3 and April 10. Level II, to be offered from 6 to 9 p.m. on April 29 and May 6, demonstrates how to manage color, work with graphs and control how illustrations will appear in print and on the Web.

Create eye-catching printed documents using InDesign CS5. Learn the basics in Level I, to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 19, and again from 6 to 9 p.m. on April 8 and April 15. Level II heightens participants’ knowledge by using advanced features. It will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 1.

For more information, call WDCE at 570-327-4775 or visit online (click on “Courses”) for a complete listing of courses, descriptions and dates.

For information on credit offerings at Penn College, visit the Academic Schools page.