QuarkXPress – Sample Documents

On this page you will find examples of the type of documents created by delegates during the 2-day PPA QuarkXPress Introductory course.

Please note these are examples only of the documents created during recent courses and are intended to provide an idea of the sort of work delegates should be able to tackle confidently at the end of the 2-day course.

The actual course assignments vary from time to time and delegates attending future courses may well produce different documents that provide an opportunity to practice similar skills.

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Example 1: Concert Ticket

Key features:

  • Working to precise dimensions
  • Creating colour bleed
  • Creating rectangular and non-rectangular frames
  • Special Effects – Drop Shadow and Corner Effects
  • Using Pantone colour
  • Placing images/logo
  • Rotating image
  • Drawing Lines
  • Adding & Formatting text

 

Example 2: Newspaper/Magazine Ad/Business Card

Key Features:

  • Working to precise dimensions

  • Using Pantone colour

  • Placing images/logo

  • Adding & Formatting text

  • Bullets

  • Frame Borders

 

Example 3: Poster

Key Features:

  • Placing Text/Images

  • Text wrap

  • Special Effects – transparency

  • Adding & Formatting text

  • Working in columns

 
Example 4: Longer Document

Key Features:

  • Automatic text box to flow text across multiple pages

  • Formatting text using Paragraph Styles

  • Placing Images

  • Multiple Master Pages

  • Auto Page Numbering

  • Tiling images across spreads

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