InDesign CS3:
Basic,
ACE Edition
Topic-Level
Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Windows
XP: Basic or Windows Vista: Basic
Unit 1 : Getting started
Topic A:0 The Adobe InDesign environment
A-1: Starting InDesign and opening a document
A-2: Examining the InDesign environment
A-3: Navigating a document
A-4: Examining basic panels
Topic B:0 InDesign Help
B-1: Using Help
Unit 2 : Basic documents
Topic A:0 New documents
A-1: Creating a new document
A-2: Creating text in a document
A-3: Placing text
A-4: Placing InDesign pages
A-5: Placing graphics
Topic B:0 Custom colors
B-1: Creating custom color swatches
B-2: Loading and saving swatches
Topic C:0 Item position
C-1: Aligning elements to guides
C-2: Precisely positioning elements by using the Control panel
C-3: Creating bleeds
Unit 3 : Structuring multi-page documents
Topic A:0 Multi-page documents
A-1: Creating a facing-pages document
A-2: Moving items between documents
Topic B:0 Master pages
B-1: Editing the default master page
B-2: Creating a new master page
B-3: Inserting page numbers
B-4: Applying master pages
B-5: Modifying a master item on a document page
Unit 4 : Typesetting
Topic A:0 Text frame threading
A-1: Threading text
A-2: Adding columns to a text frame
A-3: Unthreading text frames
A-4: Adding jump-line page numbers
Topic B:0 Paragraph formatting
B-1: Setting tabs
B-2: Creating indents
B-3: Creating a bulleted list
B-4: Setting keep options
B-5: Adjusting space between paragraphs
B-6: Creating drop caps
B-7: Creating
paragraph rules
B-8: Changing formatting by using Find/Change
Topic C:0 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
C-6: Creating multi-level lists
Unit 5 : Modifying items
Topic A:0 Text frames
A-1: Positioning text within a text frame
A-2: Formatting a frame edge
Topic B:0 Graphics
B-1: Adding Photoshop files
B-2: Adjusting text wrap
B-3: Modifying graphics
B-4: Rotating frames and graphics
B-5: Nesting frames
Topic C:0 Grouped items
C-1: Grouping items
C-2: Manipulating items within groups
Topic D:0 Layers
D-1: Creating a new layer
D-2: Changing layer stacking order
D-3: Assigning items to layers
Unit 6 : Finalizing documents and setting defaults
Topic A:0 Outputting documents
A-1: Printing a proof
A-2: Exporting a PDF
Topic B:0 Commercial printing preparation
B-1: Checking spelling
B-2: Checking picture usage
B-3: Checking font usage
B-4: Packaging a publication
B-5: Converting a file
Topic C:0 Adobe Bridge
C-1: Managing files with Adobe Bridge
C-2: Adding metadata in InDesign
C-3: Adding metadata in Bridge
C-4: Creating a global default swatch
Topic D:0 Preferences and defaults
D-1: Creating a global default swatch
Appendix A : ACE exam objectives map
Topic A:0 Comprehensive exam objectives