QuarkXPress training class - Introduction

QuarkXPress basics

• Creating a project
• Examining the Tools palette
• Creating guides
• Working with items
• Creating boxes
• Using ShapeMaker
• Entering text
• Importing text
• Formatting text
• Importing a picture
• Modifying picture size
• Running text around a picture
• Managing imported pictures
• Controlling stacking order
• Spacing and aligning items
• Working with layers
• Creating colors
• Applying colors to text and pictures
• Applying colors to frames and boxes
• Creating a blend
• Editing a color
• Creating a table
• Adding text
• Linking cells
• Adding a picture
• Adding and deleting rows and columns
• Editing a table
• Importing a table
• Printing basics

Advanced layout construction using QuarkXPress

• Working with master pages
• Creating automatic page numbers
• Separating layouts into sections
• Creating a new library
• Adding an entry to a library
• Deconstructing a project
• Saving as a template
• Working with palette groups
• Creating palette sets for text and images
• Using XTensions software

QuarkXPress text and typography controls

• Creating a character style sheet
• Creating a paragraph style sheet
• Applying a style sheet
• Editing a style sheet
• Adjusting leading
• Adjusting space before and after paragraphs
• Using baseline shift
• Using hanging characters
• Adjusting tracking and kerning
• Inserting glyphs
• Inserting special characters
• Working with OpenType
• Setting tabs numerically
• Setting tabs visually
• Applying rules and drop caps
• Controlling hyphenation and justification

QuarkXPress page elements

• Using the automatic text box
• Linking text boxes
• Rerouting and breaking links
• Drawing with The Bezier Pen tool
• Drawing a Bézier box
• Working with points, handles, and segments

Advanced picture formatting with QuarkXPress

• Using an embedded clipping path
• Using a clipping path for runaround
• Creating and modifying a clipping path
• Using an embedded alpha channel
• Applying Vista adjustments and filters
• Exporting a picture with Vista effects
• PSD Import

PDF output and printing from QuarkXPress

• Exporting a Quark layout as a PDF
• Adding hyperlinks
• Exporting a layout with PDF/X verification
• Printing Options