Section A: Application and Interface
· Photoshop vs. Illustrator
· System Requirements
· Startup Files
· Design Window
· Control Palette
· Artboard
· Shortcuts

Section B: Page Layout and Navigation
· Page Settings
· Changing Views
· Displaying Rulers
· Working with Guides
· Smart Guides

Section C: Illustrator Preferences
· Working through Preferences
· Palette Preferences
· Custom Workspaces
· Document Setup

Section D: Creating Shapes
· Shape Tools
· Manipulating Shapes
· Flare Tool
· Warping Tools
· Live Trace
· Live Paint

Section E: Creating Paths
· Pencil Tools
· Paint Brush Tools
· Pen Tools
· Modifying a Path

Section F: The Adobe Bridge
· Workflow Options
· Managing Assets
· Adding Keywords

Section G: Basics of Type
· Text Tools
· Text Wrap
· Modifying Type
· Type on Paths
· Spell Check

Section H: Selection Techniques
· Selection Tools
· Magic Wand Tool
· Lasso Tool
· Save Selections

Section I: Layers Palette
· Show and Hide Layers
· Adding Layers
· Outline Layers

Section A: Path Editing
· Anchor Points
· Join and Cut Paths
· Pathfinder Commands
· Other Path Commands
· Outline/Minus Back

Section B: Combining Objects
· Grouping
· Align and Arrange Commands
· Lock and Hide Objects
· Transparency Palette

Section C: Transformation Tools
· Rotation Tool
· Reflect, Scale, and Shear Tools
· Free Transform
· Transform Again/Each

Section D: Working with Symbols
· Symbol Tools
· Defining Tools
· Symbol Sprayer

Section E: Filters and Effects
· Filters vs. Appearance Effects
· 3-D Effects
· Extrude & Bevel
· Filter Gallery

Section F: Color Essentials
· Color Calibration
· Color Settings
· Creating and Saving Spot Colors
· Applying to Grayscale Images
· Applying to a Drop Shadow

Section G: Working with Color
· Eyedropper Options
· Gradient Menu
· Blend Tool

Section H: Color Control Palettes
· Swatches and Appearances
· Modify Image Palette
· Graphics Styles
· Tiling

Section I: Saving
· Save As
· Save and Export
· SVG-t

Section J: Printing Files
· Page Setup/Color Mode
· Exporting to Print
· Print Options
· Advanced Features

Section A: Working with Type
· Adding Type
· Character and Paragraph Palettes
· Controlling Text
· Character and Paragraph Styles
· OpenType
· Distorting Type with Envelopes
· Create Type with Mesh
· Create Text Outlines

Section B: Customizing Swatches
· Swatch Palette Library
· Patterns
· Brushes

Section C: Gradient Mesh Tool
· Creating an Object
· Creating Gradients
· Applying a Gradient Mesh

Section D: Raster Images
· Place and Link Images
· Embedded Images
· Rasterizing

Section E: Masks and Compound Paths
· Create a Mask
· Create Mask Text
· Opacity Masks

Section F: Actions
· Default and New Actions
· Actions with Filters
· Applying Actions

Section G: Preparing Images for the Web
· Preparing Images
· Optimizing Illustrator Files
· ICC Profile
· SWF vs. SVG
· Layers

Section H: Preparing Images for PDF
· Saving as PDF
· PDF Defaults

Section I: Creative Suite
· Photoshop/Illustrator
· InDesign