QuarkXPress 8
Introduction training class

Class Schedule

Class: QuarkXPress 8 - Introduction

Duration: 2 days

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Class Outline for QuarkXPress 8 - Introduction

QuarkXPress 8 has long been one of the principal tools for producing printed publications. In recent years, QuarkXPress has expanded into the world of multi-channel publishing with tools that let you create once and publish on paper and online at the same time.

Overview of QuarkXPress

-Why QuarkXPress?
-The Work Environment
-Files, Projects and Layouts - what’s the difference?
-Setting up your Palettes

Getting Started with Projects

-Creating a new Project
-Working in Projects and Layouts
-Navigating and Zooming
-Saving your Project and resources
-Layout Properties Dialog…

Text Boxes

-Creating Text Boxes
-Inserting text
-Importing text

Image Boxes

-Image resolution
-RGB or CMYK color mode?
-Sharpening for print in Photoshop
-What about online?
-Types of image: TIFF, EPS, PDF and JPEG
-Placing images
-Resizing, fitting and cropping

Manipulating all types of boxes

-Resizing
-Rotating
-Skewing
-Corner effects

Brining Text and Image together

-Runaround options
-Embedded paths and Alpha Channels
-Layering picture boxes

Basic Typography

-Character and Paragraph options
-The Style Menu
-The Modify… dialogue
-Baseline grids for column aligning
-Creating a Paragraph style
-Creating a Character style
-Applying styles
-Editing styles
-Reusing Styles

Advanced Typography

-Kerning and Tracking
-Leading
-Hyphenation and Justification
-OpenType fonts and ligatures
-Glyphs
-Hanging characters
-Drop caps for paragraphs
-Inline objects

Color in QuarkXPress

-Adding a CMYK swatch
-Watch out for RGB and Registration color!
-Creating tints
-Creating gradients
-Creating spot swatches

Master pages

-The Pages Layout palette
-Adding elements to a Master
-Editing Master Page items
-Adding page numbers

Flowing documents

-Automatically add pages with text import
-Linking text boxes to flow across pages
-Creating “continued from” and “continued on” auto-text
-Adding sections

Design Effects

-Drop shadows
-Opacity and blends
-Photoshop PSD file options
-Saving presets

Layout features

-Align and Distribute objects
-Step and Repeat objects
-Synchronize content

Tables

-Creating tables from a data source
-Importing excel tables
-Creating custom tables
-Table formatting options

Preferences

-The Preferences dialog
-Changing default styles without a document open
-Changing default colors

Outputting

-Collecting files for output
-QuarkXPress print settings & Dialogue Boxes
-Creating a PDF for proof and for print

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