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Quark XPress 7 Level 1

In this course, you'll use Quark XPress to lay out professional quality single and multiple-page documents that include text and graphics, and are designed for professional printing and publication. This course is ideal for professional and prospective layout designers and technicians with any level of experience, but with little or no experience using Quark XPress, who need to learn to use Quark XPress to lay out publications

Pre-Requisites: Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer's operating system. Students should also have basic word processing skills, such as copying and pasting text, formatting type, and so on.

What You Will Learn: This course will give you a basic understanding of Quark XPress and it's functions.

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Topics Description
Quark XPress BasicsBasic functionality and Navigation ; QuarkXPress tools ; Creating text and picture boxes ; Entering and importing text & graphics
Setting up Pages in QuarkSetting the page size and margins ; Columns and gutters ; Positioning the document origin ; Using guides and rulers ; Quark's measurement systems ; The Measurements Palette
Creating and Formatting DocumentsFonts, styles and sizes ; Text rotation and flips ; Leading and tracking values ; Modifying text and picture boxes
Text and Graphic FeaturesFraming text and picture boxes ; Cropping, rotating and re-sizing images ; Using step and repeat ; Using space/align ; Linking and unlinking text boxes ; Displaying images using Full Resolution Preview
Colour PaletteDifferent colour models ; Creating and using custom colours ; Creating, editing and appending colours ; Creating colour blends
LibrariesCreating new libraries ; Using existing libraries
Using Master PagesSetting up facing pages documents ; Creating headers and footers ; Automatic page numbering
Enhancing a Publication's ReadabilitySpace before and after ; Paragraph and character style sheets ; Wrapping text around items ; Using synchronise text ; Using Spellchecker
Presenting Text and Graphics in TablesCreate a Table Manually ; Create a Table from Text ; Display Graphics in Table Cells ; Resize Rows and Columns ; Modify Table Structure ; Format Table Cells
OutputSaving and printing ; Using collect for output ; A printing checklist ; Printing from QuarkXPress

 

 

 

 

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