Training will be set against the Adobe InDesign CS3 Exam Bulletin objectives

General knowledge

• List and describe key features and benefits of Adobe InDesign. (key features include: XML support, books, page layout features, text handling)
• List and describe the features that allow users to manage workspaces.
• Explain how Adobe InDesign provides support for interoperability with other Adobe products (products include: Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, Acrobat)

Setting up documents

• Given a scenario, describe what is affected by selecting various settings. (scenarios include: no documents open, a document open, a specific object selected)
• Given a scenario, create a new document by using the Document Setup dialog box.
• Create and apply document presets.
• Given a scenario, create the structure of a document by using guides and grids.
• Given a scenario, work with Master pages. (scenarios include: creating, applying, basing a new 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)

Working with text

• Given a scenario, format text by using the appropriate palette or menu item.
• Insert special characters by using the Type menu, 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.
• List and describe the advantages and disadvantages when using OpenType, TrueType, or Type 1 fonts.
• Edit text by using the Story editor.
• Create and apply a nested style.

Drawing, arranging, and transforming objects

• Describe how you can create and edit paths by using the appropriate 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.
• Create a stroke style by using the Stoke palette.

Working with colour

• Create, edit, and apply colours to objects by using the appropriate palettes.
• Explain when you would use the Swatches palette versus the Colour palette.
• Given a scenario, create, modify and apply gradients to objects by using the appropriate palettes and tools.
• Explain the purpose of colour management, and discuss colour management workflows in Adobe InDesign.
• Describe how to create mixed inks.

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.

Importing and exporting files

• Select the appropriate 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.

Managing long documents

• 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.

Preparing documents for crossmedia support

• Describe workflows that are enabled by using XML.
• Import an XML file into an InDesign document.
• Define 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.

Working with tables

• Create and import tables.
• Modify tables.
• Format a table.
• Create headers and footers in tables.

Prepress and outputting to print

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

eBook authoring

• Create interactivity for an InDesign document that will be exported as an eBook.
• Add a movie to an InDesign document that will be exported as an eBook.
• Link sounds to interactive elements in an InDesign document that will be exported as an eBook.