Adobe Certified Professional - InDesign study guide
Adobe Certified Professional - InDesign · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The Adobe Certified Professional credential is Adobe's certification program for people who want to demonstrate working proficiency in Adobe creative applications. For InDesign, the product Adobe describes as the tool to "Design and publish elegant layouts for print and digital," the certification targets designers, production artists, marketing and communications staff, and students building a portfolio of verifiable skills. The Adobe Certified Professional - InDesign study guide has 5 sections and about 1,521 words.
01Setting Up Documents and Pages
Document setup decisions ripple through an entire project, so expect questions that test whether you understand the consequences of each choice. Candidates should know the New Document dialog: page size and orientation, units, facing pages, columns and margins, bleed and slug, and the primary text frame option.
340 words, about 2 min02Working with Text and Typography
Typography questions test both conceptual understanding and practical tool behavior. Know the difference between character and paragraph attributes: leading, tracking, kerning, and baseline shift are character-level; alignment, indents, space before/after, and hyphenation are paragraph-level.
302 words, about 2 min03Working with Graphics and Objects
This domain covers frames, links, and object geometry. Understand the difference between a graphic frame and its content: a frame can be resized, and content can be fitted with fitting options (fill frame proportionally, fit content proportionally, content-aware fit).
279 words, about 1 min04Working with Color and Swatches
Color questions test your grasp of color models, swatch types, and output implications. Know the difference between process and spot colors: process colors build from CMYK inks, while spot colors use a premixed ink and require a separate plate.
296 words, about 1 min05Publishing and Exporting Documents
Export questions test whether you can choose the right format and settings for a destination. Know the main export paths: PDF (print and interactive), IDML for cross-version exchange, EPUB for reflowable ebooks, HTML, and image formats like JPEG and PNG.
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