ID Exam

Question 1

You want to ensure that a text frame that contains an automatic page number always appears in front ofcdocument page elements. You should:

Answer 1

Place the text frame on a master page and move it to its own top-most layer.

Question 2

After selecting one or more objects on a page you want to create a snippet file. What should you do? (Choosetwo answers.)

Answer 2

Drag and drop selection to the desktop. OR Choose File > Export then choose InDesign Snippet from the Format menu in the Export dialog box.

Question 3

You want to align the top edges of two objects using the Smart Guides feature. Which of the following needs to be true?

Answer 3

The two objects must both be visible in the document window.

Question 4

You have made an object style and applied it to many text frames in your document. Now you want to change the fill color of those frames. What should you do?

Answer 4

A Change the fill of one of the text frames and choose Redefine Style from the Object Styles panel menu.

Question 5

You open the Quick Apply window and begin typing then change your mind. A menu command is currentlyhighlighted in the Quick Apply window. The fastest way to close the Quick Apply window without triggeringthe selected menu command is to:

Answer 5

Press the esc key

Question 7

You want to insert a tab character inside a table cell? What should you do?

Answer 7

Choose Type > Insert Special Character > Other > Tab

Question 8

You want InDesign to automatically replace the abbreviation IDCS4 with the complete phrase InDesign CS4 whenever you type the abbreviation. Which feature lets you do this?

Answer 8

Edit > Spelling > Autocorrect

Question 9

You want the first line of text in a text frame to align with the top of the text frame so that the entire line of text sits outside and above the frame. What should you do?

Answer 9

In the Baseline Options tab of the Text Frame Options dialog box set the Offset pop-up menu to Fixed.

Question 10

Your InDesign document is broken down into a number of sections in the Pages panel. You want a running header for each page that indicates the section name as entered in the Numbering & Section Options dialog box. After placing the Type cursor inside a text frame on the master page what should you do?

Answer 10

Choose Type > Insert Special Characters > Markers > Section Marker

Question 11

Which pane of the Edit Paragraph Styles dialog box should you use to ensure that a paragraph set to that style always appears at the top of a new page?

Answer 11

Keep Options

Question 13

You want to make every row in a table the same height regardless of its content. After selecting all the rows in the table what should you do?

Answer 13

In the Table panel or the Control panel set the Row Height pop-up menu to Exactly then type in the

Question 14

Which of the following attributes can be applied with a table style?

Answer 14

desired height.

Question 15

In the image at right what is the significance of the red dot?

Answer 15

Overset text

Question 16

The last row of a one-page table contains copyright information. You shorten the text frame containing the table and flow the overset table rows onto the next page. How can you ensure that the last row (the copyright information) appears on both pages?

Answer 16

Convert the last row to a footer row.

Question 18

You want to export a layout so that your Flash team can add programming. You want to make sure that the text formatting you applied in InDesign is maintained in the Flash file, and you want the developers to be able to edit the text in Flash as necessary. The developers have the correct fonts installed. What should you do?

Answer 18

Choose InDesign Text to Flash Text in the XFL Export dialog box

Question 19

You placed a custom-designed Go to Next Page image into your layout, selected it, and opened the Buttons panel to add the Go to Next Page action. However, all the controls inside the Button panel are dimmed, including the Actions dropdown menu. What should you do?

Answer 19

Click the Convert Object to a Button button in the Buttons panel

Question 20

In an InDesign text frame, you select a company name (Acme Inc.) and then create a hyperlink that goes to the companys web site (http://www.acme.com). However, when you export and open the PDF the hyperlink does not work. What do you need to do in InDesign to make hyperlinks function in the PDF file?

Answer 20

Select the Include Hyperlinks checkbox in the General panel of the Export to PDF dialog box.

Question 21

You have applied the same page transition to all the pages in an InDesign file. You are planning on exporting the file in the SWF format. You want to speed up every transition. What should you do?

Answer 21

Choose a different value in the Speed pop-up menu in the Page Transitions panel, then click the Apply to All Spreads button

Question 22

You have added a custom XML tag named div to the Tags panel. When you select a text frame and then choose Autotag from the Tags panel, it tags it with Story. You want Autotag to apply the tag div instead of Story. What should you do?

Answer 22

Choose Tagging Preset Options from the Tags panel and select div in the Text Frames pop-up menu.

Question 24

You have placed into your document an image that a photographer sent you. You want to see the images author copyright status and holder and camera data. While the image is selected on your page how should you access that information?

Answer 24

Choose Utilities > XMP File Info from the Links panel menu

Question 25

When an image is selected with the Selection tool the Info panel displays several pieces of important data describing an image. Which of the following fields visible when you select Show Options from the Info panel menu shows the current resolution of the selected image after scaling?

Answer 25

Effective ppi

Question 26

You have placed a layered Photoshop PSD document in your InDesign document. You want to alter which layers are shown and which are hidden. After selecting the image what should you do?

Answer 26

Choose Object > Object Layer Options

Question 27

You have placed a low-resolution for-position-only (FPO) image in your InDesign document. You want to replace it with its high-resolution print-ready version. After selecting the graphic frame what should you do?

Answer 27

Click the Relink button in the Links panel

Question 29

The Preflight panel is reporting that the current layout uses RGB colors but you see no RGB colors in its Swatches panel. How can you make sure that the Swatches panel is reporting every color used in the layout?

Answer 29

Choose Add Unnamed Colors from the Swatches panel menu.

Question 30

You have filled various objects in a layout with a gradient swatch from your Swatches panel. You want to change the gradient in just one of these objects without affecting the other objects. After selecting that object what should you do?

Answer 30

Drag with the Gradient Swatch tool

Question 31

You want to make the left side of a placed image fade to fully transparent (0% opacity). Which feature should you use?

Answer 31

Directional Feather

Question 32

How can you create a named swatch that is a combination of a spot color and a process color?

Answer 32

Choose New Mixed Ink Swatch from the Swatches panel menu.

Question 33

Some frames in your layout are filled with the default [Black] swatch and others are filled with a custom Rich Black swatch you created with these CMYK values: 100/40/20/20. You want to easily distinguish on screen which objects are filled with one black versus the other. What should you do?

Answer 33

Choose New Mixed Ink Swatch from the Swatches panel menu.

Question 35

You want to insert a footnote after a word in a table cell. What should you do?

Answer 35

Type the number after the word set it to a superscript style then create a new table cell or text frame where you want the footnote and type the text there.

Question 36

Before you can create a table of contents that includes multiple documents you must first:

Answer 36

Add all the documents to a book panel and have that book panel open.

Question 37

You see this symbol beside a document name in a book panel. What does it indicate?

Answer 37

This is the style source for the book used as the reference when synchronizing the book.

Question 38

You want to set a paragraph of text as visible or hidden depending on one or more criteria. After selecting the paragraph what should you do?

Answer 38

Click on any condition in the Conditional Text panel other than Unconditional.

Question 40

You want to export a layout so that your Flash team can add programming. You want to make sure that the text formatting you applied in InDesign is maintained in the Flash file and you want the developers to be able to edit the text in Flash as necessary. The developers have the correct fonts installed. What should you do?

Answer 40

Choose InDesign Text to Flash Text in the XFL Export dialog box

Question 41

You placed a custom-designed _Go to Next Page image into your layout selected it and opened the Buttons panel to add the Go to Next Page action. However all the controls inside the Button panel are dimmed including the Actions dropdown menu. What should you do?

Answer 41

Click the Convert Object to a Button button in the Buttons panel

Question 42

In an InDesign text frame you select a company name and then create a hyperlink that goes to the company’s web site (http://www.acme.com). However when you export and open the PDF the hyperlink does not work. What do you need to do in InDesign to make hyperlinks function in the PDF file?

Answer 42

Select the Include Hyperlinks checkbox in the General panel of the Export to PDF dialog box.

Question 43

You have applied the same page transition to all the pages in an InDesign file. You are planning on exporting the file in the SWF format. You want to speed up every transition. What should you do?

Answer 43

Choose a different value in the Speed pop-up menu in the Page Transitions panel then click the Apply to All Spreads button.

Question 44

You have added a custom XML tag named _div to the Tags panel. When you select a text frame and then choose Autotag from the Tags panel it tags it with _Story. You want Autotag to apply the tag _div instead of _Story. What should you do?

Answer 44

Choose Tagging Preset Options from the Tags panel and select div in the Text Frames pop-up menu.

Question 46

You can create custom preflight profiles by choosing Define Profiles in the Preflight panel menu. Which of the following can be included in a custom preflight profile?

Answer 46

Minimum number of pages in document

Question 47

When you print separations from your InDesign document you end up with more than four plates indicating the presence of spot colors. You want to convert all spot colors to process colors. Which feature lets you do this most efficiently?

Answer 47

Choose Ink Manager from the Separations Preview panel menu

Question 48

When printing a document with complex transparency it is sometimes necessary to convert vector text into raster (pixel) images. Which of the following panels will alert you that text that will be rasterized?

Answer 48

Flattener Preview panel

Question 49

You are exporting a publication in the PDF file format for online distribution and on-screen viewing. Which of the following features should you enable in the Export Adobe PDF dialog box?

Answer 49

Create Tagged PDF