- QuarkXPress Level 1
- QuarkXPress Level 2
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QuarkXPress Level 1
(2 days - £450, plus VAT)
Prerequisites
Computer literacy: the ability to use a mouse and keyboard; familiarity with common computer software; the ability to open and save files.
Course Goals
To provide tuition on all QuarkXPress essentials. We offer formal tuition and practical workshops showing how QuarkXPress can be used to create leaflets, flyers, posters, adverts, newsletters and brochures.
Course Outline
Basics
What is QuarkXPress?
The QuarkXPress palettes
Saving files
Working with layouts
Changing layout properties
Opening files
Changing zoom levels
Moving around
Undoing edits
Text
Text basics
Working with text
Working with text boxes
Managing fonts
Text Flow
Adding pages
Deleting pages
Rearranging pages
Linking/unlinking text items
Working with blocks of text
Formats
Formatting fundamentals
Formatting tips and tricks
Applying hyphenation
Typography
Typography basics
Kerning and tracking
Typographic tips and tricks
Tables and Tabs
Tables and tabs
Creating tables
Reconfiguring tables
Restyling tables
Choosing Tables tool preferences
Converting tables
Setting tabs
Search and Replace
Word processing in QuarkXPress
Checking spelling
Find/Change
Pictures
Picture basics
Using full resolution preview
Scaling and positioning picture boxes
Fitting pictures into their boxes
Cropping pictures
Rotating, skewing, and flipping pictures
Applying special effects to pictures
Locking pictures
Updating pictures
Multiple Items
Selecting and deselecting items
Grouping items
Locking items
Creating multiples
Positioning items
Anchoring items
Using guides
Pictures and Text
Pictures and text
Using Runaround
Applying drop shadows
Style Sheets
Creating and applying style sheets
Paragraph style sheets
Character style sheets
Managing style sheets
Master Pages
Using master pages
Creating headers and footers
Adding page numbers
Colour
Creating colours
Deleting and replacing colours
Applying colours
Applying colours to tables
Applying blends
Managing colour
Default colours
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QuarkXPress Advanced
(1 day - £245, plus VAT)
Prerequisites
Familiarity with QuarkXPress tools, floating palettes and fundamental techniques.
Course Goals
To provide experienced users with the skills necessary to use QuarkXPress to create complex layouts and longer documents and to become familiar with the QuarkXPress drawing tools and QuarkXPress prepress techniques.
Course Outline
Drawing
Drawing lines
Modifying lines
Creating dashes and stripes
Bézier basics
Drawing Bézier items
Reshaping Bézier items
Creating Bézier text paths
Layers
Layer basics
Hiding layers
Locking layers
Deleting layers
Libraries
Using libraries
Adding Items to a library
Naming items
Searching for items
Saving and opening libraries
Books
Creating a book
Adding chapters to a book
Setting the style source
Page Numbering
Printing
Synchronizing content
Lists and tables of contents
Creating a list
Adding styles to the list
Generating the list
Updating the list
Indexes
Marking index items
Creating second level items
Adding cross references
Generating the index
Preferences
Getting to the preferences
Choosing application preferences
Choosing project preferences
Choosing print layout preferences
Managing XTensions
Workgroups
Collaborating in QuarkXPress
Working with Job Jackets
Working with Composition Zones
Output
Utilities - Usage
Collect for Output
QuarkXpress prepress
Creating PDF files
Setting PDF options
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