Basic, ACE Edition
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisite or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Getting started
Topic A: Exploring the workspace
A-1: Identifying workspace components
A-2: Exploring panels and panel groups
A-3: Control panel options
Topic B: Viewing artwork
B-1: Using Views
B-2: Using Navigation tools
B-3: Using multiple windows and views
B-4: Changing the User Interface brightness
Topic C: Rulers, grids, guides, and crop marks
C-1: Using rulers
C-2: Using grids and guides
C-3: Using Smart Guides
C-4: Using Info panel
Unit 2: Drawing basics
Topic A: Creating a document
A-1: Creating a new document
A-2: Saving a file
Topic B: Drawing shapes
B-1: Drawing shapes
B-2: Modifying shapes
Topic C: Drawing lines
C-1: Drawing lines
C-2: Modifying lines
Unit 3: Transforming and combining objects
Topic A: Selecting objects
A-1: Using selection tools
Topic B: Transforming objects
B-1: Scaling objects
B-2: Using Align Objects and Distribute Objects
B-3: Using rotate and reflect
Topic C: Combining objects
C-1: Grouping objects and Isolation mode
Topic D: Creating layers
D-1: Creating layers
D-2: Changing the layer stacking order
D-3: Hiding and locking layers
Unit 4: Working with Color
Topic A: Selecting color
A-1: Using the Color Picker
A-2: Using the Color panel
Topic B: Using Swatches
B-1: Using the Swatches panel
B-2: Creating and editing a swatch
B-3: Exploring swatch libraries
Topic C: Managing swatches
C-1: Adding colors from artwork to Swatches panel
C-2: Creating a swatch exchange file
C-3: Importing swatch libraries
C-4: Managing swatches
Unit 5: Working with Paths
Topic A: Understanding points and paths
A-1: Exploring direction handles
A-2: Exploring stacking order
A-3: Exploring Drawing modes
Topic B: Drawing with the Pen tool
B-1: Drawing straight lines with the Pen tool
B-2: Drawing curves with the Pen tool
B-3: Drawing curves with lines
Topic C: Drawing with the Pencil tool
C-1: Drawing paths with the Pencil tool
Topic D: Editing paths
D-1: Moving an anchor point or segment
D-2: Adding and deleting anchor points
D-3: Smooth and simplify paths
D-4: Converting anchor points
D-5: Erasing paths and objects
D-6: Split a path
Unit 6: Creating and formatting text
Topic A: Selecting Text
A-1: Selecting type
A-2: Find and replace
A-3: Changing the color of type
Topic B: Character formatting
B-1: Character formatting
B-2: Exploring aliasing options
B-3: Applying superscript and subscript
B-4: Applying number styles, fractions, and ordinals
B-5: Setting line and character spacing
Topic C: Paragraph formatting
C-1: Alignment and justification
C-2: Using indents
Topic D: Character and paragraph styles
D-1: Creating and applying styles
D-2: Editing a style
D-3: Using hyphenation
Unit 7: Painting with fills and strokes
Topic A: Painting methods
A-1: Applying fills and strokes
A-2: Applying stroke attributes
A-3: Applying variable widths to a stroke
A-4: Outlining strokes
A-5: Merging paths with the Blob brush
A-6: Applying multiple fills and strokes
Topic B: Creating and using gradients
B-1: Creating a gradient
Topic C: Working with Live Paint groups
C-1: Creating a Live Paint group
C-2: Using the Live Paint Bucket tool
C-3: Select items in Live Paint groups
C-4: Modifying Live Paint groups
C-5: Expand or release a Live Paint group
C-1: ActivityTitle
C-2: ActivityTitle
C-3: ActivityTitle
Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: Comprehensive exam objectives