InDesign CS5:

Production, ACE Edition

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: InDesign CS5: Advanced, ACE Edition or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Efficient document setup

Topic A: 0 Document presets

A-1: Creating and applying document presets

Topic B: 0 Placeholders and templates

B-1: Creating a text placeholder

B-2: Creating a graphics placeholder

B-3: Saving a document as a template

Topic C: 0 Conditional text

C-1: Creating conditional text

Topic D: 0 Data merge

D-1: Merging data into a document

Unit 2 : Working with color

Topic A: 0 Color management

A-1: Discussing monitor calibration

A-2: Setting InDesign color management preferences

Topic B: 0 Individual image profiles

B-1: Viewing image color settings

Topic C: 0 Color printing basics

C-1: Discussing desktop and commercial printing

C-2: Discussing spot colors

C-3: Discussing halftoning

Topic D: 0 Process and spot colors

D-1: Creating process and spot colors

D-2: Adding Pantone colors

D-3: Deleting and replacing swatches

Topic E: 0 Mixed inks

E-1: Creating a mixed-ink group

E-2: Creating a gradient with mixed inks

Topic F: 0 Colorizing

F-1: Colorizing an image

Unit 3 : Preventing printing problems

Topic A: 0 The Links panel

A-1: Fixing links to missing or modified images

A-2: (Optional) Editing an original image file

Topic B: 0 Potential printing problems

B-1: Discussing printing problems

B-2: Previewing separations

B-3: Creating an ink alias

B-4: Controlling the way black areas print

B-5: Previewing flattening

Unit 4 : Print settings

Topic A: 0 Print presets for composite proofs

A-1: Creating a print preset for composite proofs

Topic B: 0 Print presets for color separations

B-1: Creating a print preset for color separations

Unit 5 : Electronic distribution

Topic A: 0 Interactivity

A-1: Creating a hyperlink and a bookmark

A-2: Creating a button

A-3: Adding page transitions

Topic B: 0 Multimedia

B-1: Adding a movie to an InDesign document

B-2: Linking sounds to interactive elements

B-3: Exporting an interactive InDesign document to PDF

B-4: Exporting a SWF file

Topic C: 0 XHTML

C-1: Exporting a document to Dreamweaver

C-2: Exporting a document to Digital Editions

Unit 6 : XML

Topic A: 0 Exporting documents as XML files

A-1: Tagging items in a document

A-2: Changing a document’s structure

A-3: Exporting a document’s tagged content

Topic B: 0 Importing XML files

B-1: Importing an XML file

B-2: Changing the default element for text frames

B-3: Creating a placeholder for repeating XML content

B-4: Adding repeating XML content

B-5: Validating a document against an imported DTD

Appendix A : ACE exam objectives map

Topic A: 0 Comprehensive exam objectives