Adobe® Illustrator® CS4: Level 1
Course Specifications
Course number: 084039
Software: Adobe® Illustrator® CS4
Course length: 1.0 day(s)
Course Description
Adobe® Illustrator® CS4 is a sophisticated graphics application that helps you create complex and attractive designs with type effects. You can create advertisements and other illustrations with ease using this software. However, creating complex designs can be overwhelming if you are not familiar with the tools and the features in Adobe Illustrator. In this course, you will use Adobe Illustrator CS4 by drawing and manipulating simple shapes to design a layout for your product. 
Course Objective: You will use Adobe Illustrator CS4 to create illustrations that include graphics and text.

Target Student: This course is intended for designers, publishers, pre-press professionals, marketing communications professionals, or people switching to a design job or taking on design responsibilities, who need to use Illustrator to create illustrations, logos, advertisements, or other graphic documents.

Prerequisites: Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer's operating system such as creating folders, launching programs, and working with windows. Students should also have basic Windows application skills, such as copying and pasting objects, formatting text, saving files, and so on. 
Familiarity with basic design terminology, such as palette, color mode, shapes, text, and paths, is highly recommended. 

Delivery Method: Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Hardware Requirements
•	Intel® Pentium® 4, Intel® Centrino®, Intel® Xeon®, or Intel® Core™ Duo (or compatible) processor 
•	1.8 GB hard-disk space to install software, and an additional 500 MB to run the course. Color monitor with 16-bit or greater video card; 24-bit color recommended 
•	1024 x 768 monitor resolution or higher CD-ROM drive 
•	A display system to project the instructor's computer screen 
•	An active Internet connection with Internet Explorer version 3.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator version 3.0 or later 
•	CD-ROM drive 
•	A printer (optional) or an installed printer driver 
Platform Requirements
•	Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 
Software Requirements
•	Microsoft® Windows® XP with Service Pack 2 
•	Adobe® Illustrator® CS4 
•	Adobe® Flash® Player 
•	Microsoft® Internet Explorer® 
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 
•	get acquainted with the Adobe® Illustrator® CS4 application. 
•	create shapes in a document. 
•	create custom paths. 
•	enter text in an Illustrator document. 
•	enhance documents. 
•	proof documents to make them more accurate. 
•	save images for web and print. 
Course Content
Lesson 1: Getting Acquainted with Adobe Illustrator CS4 
Topic 1A: Explore the Interface 
Topic 1B: Explore the Navigation Tools 
Topic 1C: Customize the Interface 
Topic 1D: Use Illustrator Help 
Topic 1E: Differentiate Between Raster and Vector Graphics 
Topic 1F: Explore the Adobe Bridge Workspace

Lesson 2: Creating Shapes in a Document 
Topic 2A: Create a Document 
Topic 2B: Draw Basic Shapes 
Topic 2C: Save a Document

Lesson 3: Creating Custom Paths 
Topic 3A: Draw Paths 
Topic 3B: Modify Paths

Lesson 4: Working with Text 
Topic 4A: Insert Text 
Topic 4B: Flow Text on a Path 
Topic 4C: Import Body Text 
Topic 4D: Format Text with Styles 
Topic 4E: Thread Text 
Topic 4F: Apply Hyphenation 
Topic 4G: Insert Typographic Characters

Lesson 5: Enhancing Documents 
Topic 5A: Format Objects 
Topic 5B: Apply Gradients 
Topic 5C: Apply an Envelope to Text 
Topic 5D: Manipulate Objects 
Topic 5E: Import a Graphic 
Topic 5F: Apply Graphic Styles

Lesson 6: Proofing a Document 
Topic 6A: Wrap Text 
Topic 6B: Find and Replace Text 
Topic 6C: Fix Spelling Errors

Lesson 7: Saving Images for Web and Print 
Topic 7A: Export Images for Print 
Topic 7B: Export Images for the Web 
Topic 7C: Save Images as PDFs

Appendix A: Organizing Assets Using Adobe® Bridge 
Supplemental Lesson: Work with Adobe Bridge 
Topic 1A: Work with Adobe Bridge 
Topic 1B: Append Metadata and Keywords to Assets

Appendix B: Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) Objectives Mapping

Appendix C: New Features in Adobe Illustrator CS4