QuarkXPress
Introductory Course
(Short classroom-based,
Instructor-led, Desktop Publishing Course)
Places available for users of versions 5,6,7 and 8.
Next scheduled courses: Wednesday 23rd & Thursday 24th August 2010, Guildford, Surrey
Thursday 22nd & Friday 23rd July 2010, Guildford, Surrey
Price:
£415 now
only £395 + vat (£464.13 incl vat) including course notes, lunch and unlimited e-mail
support.
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QuarkXPress is a Desktop Publishing programme, that can be used for creating typeset quality documents suitable for output to print or web-based media. The current version, as of May 2010, is QuarkXPress version 8.
This 2-day QuarkXPress training course is designed for new users who wish to learn QuarkXPress and who have little or no previous experience of QuarkXPress or desktop publishing. Starting from first principles, delegates will be led through the procedures for creating new documents and modifying existing ones, and will consolidate their knowledge by means of a series of carefully constructed exercises at each stage. Click here to view examples of the type of documents you will create during the course.
At the end of the course, delegates should feel confident and enthusiastic about using QuarkXPress and will learn how to create a range of simple but well laid-out documents including short, design-intensive publications such as flyers, leaflets and newsletters, through to longer single chapter books, catalogues and brochures.
The content of this QuarkXPress training course can also be tailored to your own requirements, and run on your own premises. Contact us for more details.
During this QuarkXPress training course you will learn about:
Overview of Desktop Publishing
The Traditional Publishing Process
The Desktop Publishing Process using QuarkXPress
Understanding the User Interface
The QuarkXPress Toolbox
The Measurements Palette
Setting QuarkXPress Application and Layout Preferences
The Pasteboard
Keyboard shortcuts
Creating, Opening and Saving Projects and Layouts
What is a QuarkXPress Project?
Working in Single Layout Mode
QuarkXPress Layout Setup
Setting up the Master Page
Automatic Page Numbering
Saving your Work
Retrieving (Opening) Projects
Adding Running Headers and Footers
Working with Graphics
Importing Pictures and adding other Graphic Elements
Adding Picture Boxes
Modifying Picture Boxes
Understanding the Difference between Bitmap and Vector Graphics
Maintaining Image Quality – Avoiding the "Jaggies"
Using Rectangular, Elliptical and Polygonal Boxes
Cropping, Sizing & Scaling Images
Fitting Pictures to Boxes
Wrapping Text Around Boxes & Graphics
Moving & Transforming Boxes & Graphics
Drawing Lines & Boxes
Reshaping Boxes
Framing Boxes (adding borders)
Colour Issues
Applying, Editing and Creating Colours
Using Pantone and Other Spot Colour Matching Standards
Converting Spot Colours to Process CMYK Colours
Working with the Colours Palette
Adding Type to a Page with the Type Tool
Importing (Placing) Text created in other applications into a QuarkXPress layout
Modifying Text Box Attributes
Formatting Text
Spell Checking, Search & Replace
Linking and Unlinking Text Boxes
Setting tabs
Drop Caps and Bullets
Printing & Typesetting Terminology Explained
Choosing and Using Typefaces Effectively
Understanding Leading, Kerning, Tracking etc.
Typesetting for maximum readability
Working with Tables
Inserting a Table in an QuarkXPress Layout
Adding Text to a Table
Adding Pictures to a Table
Formatting Text in Tables
Merging & Splitting Table Cells
Inserting/Deleting Rows & Columns
Setting the Grid & Border Properties
Longer Document Handling Features
Using the Automatic Text Box
Creating and Using Paragraph Style Sheets
Creating and Using Character Style Sheets
Automatic Page Numbering
Headers & Footers
Hyphenation and Justification Profiles (H&Js)
Font, Picture and Table Usage
The Library Feature
The Document Layout Palette
Printing & Output
Print Options
Send a Document to an External Print Provider using Collect for Output
PDF Output Options
Some Common Output Problems explained – Fonts and Picture Formats
Templates
Creating and Saving QuarkXPress Document Templates
Creating New QuarkXPress Documents based on Templates
Modifying QuarkXPress Templates
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