Basic, ACE Edition, Revised
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisite
or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Getting Started
Topic A: The Adobe InDesign environment
A-1: Starting InDesign and customizing the workspace
A-2: Examining basic panels
Topic B: Preferences and defaults
B-1: Setting preferences
Topic C: Navigation
C-1: Navigating a document
C-2: Viewing multiple documents
C-3: Using zoom to view a document
Unit 2: Basic documents
Topic A: New documents
A-1: Creating a new document
A-2: Creating and applying document presets
Topic B: Text frames
B-1: Creating text in a document
B-2: Placing text
B-3: Adding columns to a text frame
B-4: Positioning text within a text frame
B-5: Formatting a frame edge
B-6: Automatically resizing text frames
Topic C: Place and alter graphics and files
C-1: Placing graphics
C-2: Selecting layer comps in a PSD file
C-3: Placing InDesign pages
Unit 3: Using objects
Topic A: Object positioning
A-1: Aligning elements to guides
A-2: Precisely position elements by using the Control panel and smart guides
A-3: Stepping and repeating items
A-4: Aligning and distributing items
A-5: Using Grid mode
Topic B: Modify and transform objects
B-1: Modifying objects
B-2: Grouping items
B-3: Manipulating items within groups
B-4: Adding rounded corners to a frame
Topic C: Object consistency
C-1: Defining and using object styles
Unit 4: Multi-page documents
Topic A: Master pages
A-1: Editing the default master page
A-2: Inserting page numbers
A-3: Creating new master pages
A-4: Applying master pages
A-5: Overriding a master page object on a document page
Topic B: Insert, delete, and move pages
B-1: Setting up a multiple-page spread
Topic C: Layers
C-1: Creating a new layer
C-2: Changing the layer stacking order
C-3: Assigning objects to layers
Unit 5: Working with text
Topic A: Text formatting
A-1: Setting tabs
A-2: Creating indents
A-3: Adjusting space between paragraphs
A-4: Creating paragraph rules
A-5: Creating drop caps
A-6: Adjusting tracking
A-7: Adjusting kerning
Topic B: Text styles
B-1: Creating a paragraph style
B-2: Creating a style based on an existing style
B-3: Editing a style
B-4: Creating a character style
B-5: Creating a style group
B-6: Creating and applying a nested style
B-7: Creating and applying a GREP style
B-8: Using Quick Apply
B-9: Creating bulleted and numbered lists
Topic C: Text flow
C-1: Threading text
C-2: Adding jump-line page numbers
C-3: Snapping text to a baseline grid
C-4: Setting keep options
C-5: Adjusting hyphenation
C-6: Setting justification
C-7: Adjusting text wrap
Unit 6: Working with graphics and colors
Topic A: Adjust graphic formatting
A-1: Adjusting graphic formatting
Topic B:0 Custom colors
B-1: Creating custom color swatches
B-2: Loading and saving swatches
B-3: Applying colors to objects
Unit 7 : Preflighting and preparing documents for final output
Topic A: Preflight documents
A-1: Checking font usage
A-2: Checking spelling
A-3: Checking linked graphics
A-4: Preflighting a document
A-5: Packaging a publication
Topic B: Prepare documents for final output
B-1: Printing a proof
Topic C: Export to PDF
Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: ACE exam objectives
C-1: Exporting to PDF