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Adobe InDesign CS2 ACE Exam Training

 

 

 

Exam # 9A0-045

This intensive 3-day course will incorporate all the categories listed by Adobe within the ACE Exam Bulletin. Test Content: Topic Areas and Objectives Following is a detailed outline of the information covered on the exam.

Following is a detailed outline of information covered on the ACE Exam.

1. Document layout
Create and use a Snippet and use anchored objects
How to control global defaults, document defaults, object attributes
Create new document using Document Setup dialog box
Create and apply document presets
Given a scenario, create the structure of a document by using guides and grids, including frame-based grids
Given a scenario, work with Master pages (Scenarios include: creating, applying, Master page off an existing Master page, overriding Master page items)
Create and use graphic and text placeholders and containers
Explain how objects are organized in InDesign by using layers (Options include: viewing, locking, stacking, rearranging, selecting, copying, merging, flattening)
Explain how data merge works within InDesign

2. Working with text
Create a User dictionary
Import a word list into a User dictionary
List and describe new text features in Adobe InDesign (Features include: font preview, drag-and-drop text, dynamic spell check, autocorrect)
Apply styles to text or objects by using Quick Apply
Format a Story by using Object Styles
Format text by using the appropriate palette or menu item
Insert special characters using the Glyph palette, or contextual menu
Manipulate text by using text frame options (Frame options include: threading, frame properties, resizing, text wrap, selecting text)
Create, apply, import, and modify styles by using the Character Style and Paragraph Style palettes
Describe the advantages and disadvantages using OpenType fonts
Edit text by using the Story editor
Create and apply a nested style
Format bullets and numbering

3. Drawing, arranging, and transforming objects
Create an object style using Object Stylesor the Control palette
Apply transformations by using the Transform Again commands
Convert shapes using Convert Shape command or Pathfinder palette
Describe how you can create.edit paths using InDesign tools
Create, edit, and thread text on a path
Modify and transform objects by using various InDesign features
Modify the contents of frames by using various InDesign features
Describe information that is displayed in the Info palette

4. Working with color
Select colors by using the Color Picker
Load and save swatches by using the Swatches palette
Create, edit, and apply colors to objects using appropriate palettes
Explain when you use Swatchesversus Color palette
Given a scenario, create, modify and apply gradients to objects by using the appropriate palettes and tools
Explain the purpose of color management, and discuss color management workflow in Adobe InDesign
Describe how to create mixed inks

5. Working with transparency
Given a scenario, apply transparency to an object
Describe how Adobe InDesign supports transparency features in Placed files (File formats include: Photoshop, Illustrator)
Given a scenario, create and/or apply the proper flattening style to achieved the desired output

6. Managing assets with Bridge
Describe the functionality Adobe Bridge provides for viewing assets
Explain how to apply metadata and keywords to assets in Adobe Bridge
List and describe the functionality and set the appropriate options for Creative Suite Color Settings

7. Importing, exporting, and converting files
Describe features associated with layered .PSD, .AI, and .PDF files
Choose a specific layer comp when placing a .PSD file
Change the active layer comp to a different layer in a layered PSD file
Create an InDesign CS2 document that has backwards compatibility with InDesign CS
List and describe the features InDesign provides for importing Microsoft Word/RTF documents
Select the method and file format for importing text and graphics
Given a scenario, select the appropriate options for exporting an Adobe InDesign document to PDF
Manage placed graphics by using the Links palette including editing the original in the source application

8. Managing long documents
Insert a footnote by using the Insert Footnote command
Format footnotes by using the Footnote Options dialog box
Create a book by using the Book palette
Create a Table of Contents and Index by using the appropriate palettes and commands
Create and manage hyperlinks by using the Hyperlinks palette
Synchronize styles and swatches in a book

9. Preparing documents for crossmedia support
Create interactivitiy for an InDesign document that will be exported as a PDF document
Add a movie that will be exported as a PDF document
Link sounds to interactive elements in an InDesign document that will be exported as a PDF document

10. Working with XML
Describe the features InDesign provides for integrating XML with tables
List and describe the features InDesign provides for importing XML (Features include: repeating text elements, delete unmatched existing elements, handling unmatched incoming elements)
Apply tags to objects by Tagging Presets Options dialog box
Describe workflows that are enabled by using XML
Defi ne and assign XML tags, and export an XML file
Map styles to XML tags by using the Tags palette and the Structure view
Import a DTD and validate XML structure against the DTD

11. Working with tables
Create and import tables
Modify tables
Format a table
Create headers and footers in tables.

12. Prepress and outputting to print
Describe which elements are checked/ flagged during preflight
Describe the resulting objects when a package is prepared
Configure print settings in the Print dialog box for various types of output.
Select options in the Separations Preview palette to view separations
Select options in the Flattener Preview in order to view output.