Advanced, ACE Edition Revised
Topic-Level Outline
Days: 1
Prerequisites: Prerequisite or equivalent experience
Unit 1: Long documents
Topic A: Sections
A-1: Dividing a document into sections
A-2: Adding a running header
Topic B: Table of contents
B-1: Generating a table of contents
B-2: Generating additional tables
Topic C: Indexes and cross-references
C-1: Indexing a document
C-2: Inserting a cross-reference
Topic D: Footnotes
D-1: Inserting and formatting footnotes
Topic E: Books
E-1: Creating a book
E-2: Exporting a book
Unit 2: Working with color
Topic A: Color management
A-1: Discussing monitor calibration
A-2: Setting InDesign color management preferences
Topic B: Individual image profiles
B-1: Viewing image color settings
Topic C: Color printing basics
C-1: Discussing desktop and commercial printing
C-2: Discussing spot colors
C-3: Discussing halftoning
Topic D: Process and spot colors
D-1: Creating process and spot colors
D-2: Adding Pantone colors
D-3: Deleting and replacing swatches
Unit 3: Print preparation
Topic A: Ink Management
A-1: Previewing separations
A-2: Creating an ink alias
A-3: Controlling the way black areas print
Topic B: Transparency flattening
B-1: Previewing flattening
Topic C: Print challenges
C-1: Discussing print challenges
Unit 4: Electronic distributions
Topic A: Interactive objects
A-1: Creating a hyperlink and a bookmark
A-2: Creating a button
A-3: Adding a movie to an InDesign document
A-4: Linking sounds to interactive elements
Topic B: Interactive behaviors
B-1: Adding page transitions
B-2: Adding animation
Topic C: PDF forms
C-1: Creating a PDF file with form fields
C-2: Setting the tab order of form field
Unit 5: Exporting interactive documents
Topic A: Export to PDF, HTML, and SWF
A-1: Exporting an interactive InDesign form to PDF
A-2: Exporting a document to Dreamweaver
A-3: Exporting a SWF file
Topic B: Export to EPUB
B-1: (Optional) Exporting a document to Digital Editions
Unit 6: XML
Topic A: Exporting documents as XML files
A-1: Taggging items in a document
A-2: Changing a document’s structure
A-3: Exporting a document’s tagged content
Topic B: Importing XML files
Appendix A: ACE exam objectives map
Topic A: ACE exam objectives
A-1: Importing an XML file
A-2: Changing the default element for text frames
A-3: Creating a placeholder for repeating XML content
A-4: Adding repeating XML content
A-5: Validating a document against an imported DTD