Basic, ACE Edition
Topic-Level
Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Windows
XP: Basic or Windows
Vista: Basic
Unit 1 : Getting started
Topic A: The Adobe InDesign environment
A-1: Starting InDesign and customizing the workspace
A-2: Navigating a document
A-3: Examining basic panels
Topic B: Preferences and defaults
B-1: Setting preferences
Topic C: InDesign Help
C-1: Using Help
Unit 2 : Basic documents
Topic A: New documents
A-1: Creating a new document
Topic B: Text frames
B-1: Creating text in a document
B-2: Placing text
Topic C: Graphics frames
C-1: Placing graphics
C-2: Placing InDesign pages
Topic D: Custom colors
D-1: Creating custom color swatches
D-2: Loading and saving swatches
Unit 3 : Guides and master pages
Topic A: Item position
A-1: Aligning elements to guides
A-2: Precisely positioning elements by using the Control panel and smart guides
Topic B: Master pages
B-1: Editing the default master page
B-2: Inserting page numbers
B-3: Creating new master pages
B-4: Applying master pages
B-5: Overriding a master item on a document page
Unit 4 : Typesetting
Topic A: Text frame threading
A-1: Threading text
A-2: Adding columns to a text frame
A-3: Adding jump-line page numbers
Topic B: Paragraph formatting
B-1: Setting tabs
B-2: Creating indents
B-3: Setting keep options
B-4: Creating bulleted and numbered lists
B-5: Creating drop caps
B-6: Adjusting space between paragraphs
B-7: Creating paragraph rules
B-8: Changing formatting by using Find/Change
Topic C: Styles
C-1: Creating a paragraph style
C-2: Creating a style based on an existing style
C-3: Editing a style
C-4: Creating a character style
C-5: Creating a style group
Unit 5 : Modifying items
Topic A: Text frame options
A-1: Positioning text within a text frame
A-2: Formatting a frame edge
Topic B: Graphics
B-1: Adding Photoshop files
B-2: Adjusting text wrap
B-3: Modifying graphics
B-4: Nesting frames
Topic C: Grouped items
C-1: Grouping items
C-2: Manipulating items within groups
Topic D: Layers
D-1: Creating a new layer
D-2: Changing layer stacking order
D-3: Assigning items to layers
Unit 6 : Finalizing documents
Topic A: Outputting documents
A-1: Printing a proof
A-2: Exporting a PDF
Topic B: Commercial printing preparation
B-1: Checking spelling
B-2: Checking picture usage
B-3: Checking font usage
B-4: Preflighting a document
B-5: Packaging a publication
Appendix A : ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: Comprehensive exam objectives