General
The Illustrator Workspace
About Vector graphics
How to create documents for print or screen
Using Guides, Grids and other techniques to create accurate artwork

Creating and Editing Artwork
Creating basic shapes - rectangles, ellipses, polygons
Using the Pencil and Brush tools
The Line Segment tool
Selection techniques
Duplicating elements
Grouping elements
Changing stacking order
Aligning elements
Working with layers
Using the Pen tool to create accurate paths
Understanding Beziér curves

Fills and Strokes
Using Process, Spot and Global colours
Specifying Tints
Creating new colours
Working with colour libraries
Sampling colours from existing artwork
Using the Colour Guide to find harmonious colours
Modifying artwork with Live Colour
Modifying paths using Stroke attributes
Defining gradients and pattern fills

Working with Type
Character and paragraph formatting
Defining type styles
Text within shapes and on paths
Converting to paths, applying effects etc

Transformations
Scaling, rotating, reflecting and other transformations
Free distortion
Envelope distortion
Step and repeat - tips and tricks

Special Features
Working with Symbols
Using Blends
Using pathfinders to combine and calculate elements
Converting images to Vector artwork with Live Trace
Using Live Paint to colourise artwork
Creating 3D elements
Using Filters and Effects

Production
Placing images and other artwork
File formats and integration with other software – Photoshop, Flash and others
Printing from Illustrator
Exporting web graphics
Defining a Crop Area
Creating a Template