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Training Course Summary:

Learn the superior graphics and text capabilities of QuarkXpress. Start with the basics and build to an understanding of how you can increase your speed, skill and inventiveness. This class covers the major functions of the program and how to become an experienced user. Updated for version 6.5.

Upon attending the course you will learn:

Using the toolbox, palettes, views, guides & navigation
Document layout
Working with text features
Pictures
Color management and Libraries
Effective page design
Advanced design techniques
Item placement and management
Putting it all together

Who Should Attend:

Graphic professionals who need an essential understanding of page layout. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises.



Because of the amount of material covered in the class, we do require students to be comfortable using a mouse, opening and saving files, and the general use of computers. While we will make every reasonable effort to help, students with insufficient skills may be required to observe the class lessons or do their best to keep up without slowing down the rest of the class. We highly recommend working with the application tutorial before coming to the course.

Training Course Overview/Content:

From Concept to Mechanicals

QuarkXPress and the QuarkXPress environment
Launching the program
Tools, menus, and palettes
The tool palette
Other tools
The menu bars
Other palettes
Guides, margins, and rulers
Viewing guides
Setting guides
Adjusting and removing guides
Other guide options
Understanding the rulers

Working with Files

Creating a new QuarkXPress document

Modifying the document setup
Saving files
Save options
Revert to saved
Other save options
Navigating QuarkXPress
Zooming in and out
Other frequently used shortcuts
Working with Objects

Creating simple boxes
Creating lines and shapes
Modifying shapes and content types
Editing simple elements
Modifying with color
Positioning elements
Duplicating elements
Moving items
Stacking order
Alignment
Manipulating elements
Modify dialog boxes vs. the measurement palette
Skew, scale, rotate, flip, and move elements
Applying transformations to figures
Working with Graphics

Creating basic objects in QuarkXPress. (objects include: polygon, rectangle, circle, lines)
Modifying graphics by using commands from the Elements menu.
Crop graphics by using various tools and procedures. (tools include: resizing a frame, Cropping tool, Frame options)
Colorizing and tinting imported graphics
Appropriate graphic file format to use
Working with Colour

Differences between spot and process colors, and the appropriate use for each type
Understanding when a color would be added to the Colors palette when importing a graphic
Import colors from another QuarkXPress file by using the Colors palette or the Utilities menu
Apply colors by using the Colors palette
Features available in QuarkXPress used for color management.
Working with Text

Selecting text
Using cut/copy/delete and pasting text
Navigating through text blocks
Overflow icon
Setting text inset value
Importing text files
Pasting text from the clipboard
Linking text boxes
Formatting text
Character attributes dialog box
Measurement palette
Horizontal spacing
Paragraph Formatting

Paragraph formats dialog box
Rules and paragraph rules
Setting tabs
Style Sheets

Character styles
Paragraph styles
Creating a new paragraph style sheet
Edit existing styles
Using the style sheets palette to apply styles
Images

Getting images onto the page
Importing a picture
Copy/cut and paste pictures
Scaling imported pictures
Modifying picture boxes
Using the measurements palette to scale
Cropping pictures
Anchored pictures
Picture usage
Status column messages for images
Locating a picture within a document
Updating pictures
Master Pages

Creating elements on master pages
Headers and footers
Modifying master page items on document pages
Reapplying master items
Creating Complex Shapes

The freehand tools
The bezier tools
Anchor points & segments
Closed and open paths
Working with curves
Merging shapes
Creating text on a path
Text on circles
Controlling the position of type on paths
Working with Colours and Frames

Frames and background colors
Using the colors palette
Defining colors blends
Frames
Working with Text Utilities

Spell checker
Dictionaries
Hyphenation and Justification
Using find/change
Double spaces after periods
Double returns
Smart quotes
Optimizing workflows
Printing and Packaging

Page setup dialog box
Printing your document
Introduction to QuarkXpress 6.5