Basic, ACE Edition
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Windows
XP: Basic, Windows Vista: Basic, or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Getting started
Topic A: Internet basics
A-1: Discussing the Web, HTML, and XHTML
Topic B: The Dreamweaver CS4 workspace
B-1: Identifying interface components
B-2: Creating a custom workspace
B-3: Working with the Properties panel
Topic C: Basic editing
C-1: Discussing Web page elements
C-2: Inserting and editing text
C-3: Adding an image
C-4: Previewing a page in a browser
Topic D: Code tools
D-1: Working with the code tools
Unit 2: Web sites and pages
Topic A: Creating a Web site
A-1: Defining a local site
Topic B: Creating pages
B-1: Creating and titling Web pages
B-2: Importing text
B-3: Setting page properties
B-4: Inserting special characters and spaces
Topic C: Using Find and Replace
C-1: Finding and replacing content and code
Unit 3: Structure and style
Topic A: Structure
A-1: Defining headings and paragraphs
A-2: Creating lists
Topic B: Cascading Style Sheets
B-1: Discussing style sheets
B-2: Creating and attaching an external style sheet
B-3: Defining element styles
B-4: Creating and applying class styles
Unit 4: Tables
Topic A: Creating tables
A-1: Creating a table
A-2: Creating a nested table
Topic B: Table structure and formatting
B-1: Selecting and formatting rows
B-2: Adding and formatting columns and rows
Topic C: Column widths and cell properties
C-1: Applying fixed and variable widths
C-2: Customizing table cell properties
Unit 5: Links
Topic A: Creating links
A-1: Creating a link to a page in your site
A-2: Creating and linking to a named anchor
A-3: Creating external links and e-mail links
Topic B: Image maps
B-1: Creating an image map
Topic C: Link styles
C-1: Applying link styles
Unit 6: Image formats and attributes
Topic A: Working with images
A-1: Discussing image formats
A-2: Inserting images
A-3: Setting image attributes
Topic B: Background images
B-1: Applying a background image
Unit 7: Publishing
Topic A: Site checks
A-1: Checking page size and download time
A-2: Checking links and cloaking files
A-3: Validating code
Topic B: Web site publishing
B-1: Connecting to a server using secure FTP
B-2: Uploading a site
B-3: Discussing site updates
Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: ACE exam objectives