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QuarkXPress

( Duration: 2 Days )

In QuarkXPress training course, you will discover easy to learn techniques with proven results that will guarantee you will be working confidently and enthusiastically with QuarkXPress in no time.

COURSE AGENDA

1

Overview of Desktop Publishing

  • The Traditional Publishing Process
  • The Desktop Publishing Process using QuarkXPress
2

Understanding the User Interface

  • The QuarkXPress Toolbox
  • The Measurements Palette
  • Setting QuarkXPress Application and Layout Preferences
  • The Pasteboard
  • Keyboard shortcuts
3

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
4

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)
5

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
6

Formatting & Editing Text

  • Adding Type to a Page with the Type Tool
  • Importing 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
7

Printing & Typesetting Terminology Explained

  • Choosing and Using Typefaces Effectively
  • Understanding Leading, Kerning, Tracking etc.
  • Typesetting for maximum readability
8

Working with Tables

  • Inserting a Table in a 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
9

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
10

Printing & Output

  • Print Options
  • Send a Document to an External Print Provider using Collect for Output
  • PDF Output Options
  • Some Common Output Problems explained – Missing Fonts and Missing/Modified pictures
11

Templates

  • Creating and Saving QuarkXPress Document Templates
  • Creating New QuarkXPress Documents based on Templates
  • Modifying QuarkXPress Templates

Encarta Labs Advantage

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  • Get jumpstarted from newbie to production ready in a matter of few days
  • Trained more than 50,000 Corporate executives across the Globe
  • All our trainings are conducted in workshop mode with more focus on hands-on sessions

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