LESSON 1 – Getting Acquainted with Adobe Illustrator CS4

• Exploring the Interface
• Exploring the Navigation Tools
• Customizing the Interface
• Using Illustrator Help
• Differentiating Between Raster and Vector Graphics
• Exploring the Adobe Bridge Workspace

LESSON 2 – Creating Shapes in a Document

• Creating a Document
• Drawing Basic Shapes
• Saving a Document

LESSON 3 – Creating Custom Paths

• Drawing Paths
• Modifying Paths

LESSON 4 – Working with Text

• Inserting Text
• Flowing Text on a Path
• Importing Body Text
• Formatting Text with Styles
• Threading Text
• Applying Hyphenation
• Inserting Typographic Characters

LESSON 5 – Enhancing Documents

• Formatting Objects
• Applying Gradients
• Applying an Envelope to Text
• Manipulating Objects
• Importing a Graphic
• Applying Graphic Styles

LESSON 6 – Proofing a Document

• Wrapping Text
• Finding and Replace Text
• Fixing Spelling Errors

LESSON 7 – Saving Images for Web and Print

• Exporting Images for Print
• Exporting Images for the Web
• Saving Images as PDFs