Designed for those who are Mac or Windows literate, but have never worked in QuarkXPress.
QuarkXPress is covered comprehensively, including:
- basic layout
- text and graphics manipulation
- drawing tools (bezier curves)
- color creation
- color application
- style sheets
- master pages
- multiple pages
- baseline grid
- hyphenation
- libraries
- anchored boxes
- indexing
- book creation
- and much more.
- 18 hours of hands-on training, one person per computer
- Includes workbook with CD (used by teachers and colleges worldwide)
Syllabus
Session 1:
The QuarkXPress Tool Palette
Creation of Quark Document
Basic Text Attributes:
- font, size, leading
Creation of Letter
Creation of Additional Documents
Typography Basics:
- Character & Paragraph options (Style Menu)
- Tabs
- Invisibles
Letter Creation
Large Type Letter
More Text Styling
Magazine Ad
Advanced Text Formatting
Session 2:
Typography Essentials (More Complex Formatting):
- hanging bullets
- hyphenation
- manual kerning/tracking
(including keystrokes)
Rotating Text/Objects
Flipping Horizontal/Vertical
Multiple Page Documents
Controlling Page Numbers (Section Start)
Color:
- Application and Definition of colors
- CMYK (Process) vs Pantone (Spot) Colors
- Spot Color Mixing (Multi-Ink)
The Item/Page/View Menus
The Measurements Palette
Professional Typography
Kerning/Tracking
Creating a Movie Poster
2-Page Magazine Ad
Session 3:
Bezier Drawing Tools
Type on a Path
Multiple Text Columns
Basline Grid
Text Runaround
Paste in Place
Graphics with Clipping Paths
Bezier Drawing
Horse Racing Ad
Magazine Cover
Session 4:
Style Sheets:
- Paragraph Styles
- Character Styles
Baseline Grid
H&Js (Hyphenation and Justification Settings)
Tables:
- creating new or importing
- formatting
Anchoring Images/Objects in Text Style Sheets: Magazine Article
Tables
Anchored Boxes
Session 5:
Multiple Page Documents
Master Pages
Manually Linking Text Boxes (across pages)
Controlling Page Numbers (Section Start)
Automatic Page Numbering
Library
Find/Change
Spell Checking
Hyphenation/H&Js
Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts
Leaders Magazine:
Master Pages & 1st Article
Libraries & 2nd Article
Find/Change, Spelling, H&Js
Session 6:
Creating a Book:
-setting up and using Master Pages
-automatic flowing of text
-using style sheets to style text
-using Find/Change to speed things up
Paragraph Rules
Automatic Lists (Table Of Contents)
Indexing
Book Compiling & Synchronization
Collecting Files for Output
Printing Methods and Media
Print Styles
Document versus Application Preferences
