QuarkXPress 4

Training Provided by The Virtual Training Company QuarkXPress 4 is a key application to learn, since it is an industry-wide standard application in the print and design world. Quark is used as a layout and typographical tool to assemble elements for use in magazine, newspaper, brochure and other types of production. Damienne Fitzpatrick has years of experience training companies in the use of this software. In this 10-hour tutorial, she takes you from the basics of QuarkXPress 4, like the Tool Palette and Items, to more complicated segments like laying out a document and master pages and templates. Virtual Training Company lets you begin learning right away, too, by simply clicking below on the section of your choice.

QuarkXPress 4

Introduction

1. Introduction
2. Lets Get Started
3. Interface
4. Open Documents
5. Save & Save As
6. Move & Zoom
7. Rulers, Guides & Invisibles
8. Palettes - An Overview
9. Close & Quit

The Tool Palette

1. Content Tool
2. Rotation Tool
3. Zoom Tool
4. Text Box Tools
5. Picture Box Tools
6. Line Tools
7. Line Text-Path Tools
8. Linking Tools
9. Bezier Boxes & Lines

Creating Items

1. Create Items
2. Move & Resize Items
3. Change Item Shape
4. Change Item Content
5. Delete Items
6. Background
7. Frame
8. Custom Frames & Lines
9. Vertical Alignment
10. Text Inset
11. First Baseline

Multiple Items

1. Select Multiple Items
2. Duplicate
3. Send to Back/Bring To Front
4. Select Through Layers
5. Simple Runaround
6. Group & Ungroup
7. Lock
8. Constrain

Manipulating Items

1. Measurement Palette
2. Item Dimensions
3. Item Co-ordinates
4. Line Co-ordinates
5. Step & Repeat
6. Space & Align
7. Rotate
8. Skew
9. Flip
10. Merge (1)
11. Merge (2)
12. Split
13. Perfect Line Corners

Creating Text

1. Create Text
2. Selection Techniques
3. Navigating A Document
4. Import Text
5. Export Text
6. Cut, Copy & Paste
7. Undo/Redo
8. Find/Change
9. Spell Checker
10. Auxiliary

Formatting Text

1. Font
2. Size
3. Type Styles
4. Track & Kern
5. Horizontal / Vertical Scaling
6. Baseline Shift
7. Text Paths
8. Convert Text To Box

Formatting Paragraphs

1. Alignment
2. Leading
3. Paragraph Spacing
4. Lock To Baseline Grid
5. Drop Cap
6. Keep With Next Paragraph
7. Keep Lines Together

Indents, Tabs & Rules

1. Indents
2. Simple Tabs
3. Decimal & Other Tabs
4. Leaders
5. Rules (I)
6. Rules (2)

Long Text Documents

1. Document Columns
2. Automatic Text Boxes
3. Link Text Boxes (I)
4. Link Text Boxes (2)
5. Columns In Text Boxes
6. Column Breaks
7. Automatic Hyphenation
8. Manual Hyphenation
9. Justification
10. Index
11. Lists & TOCs
12. Compile A Book

Style Sheets

1. Create A Paragraph Style
2. Apply A Paragraph Style
3. Create A Character Style
4. Apply A Character Style
5. Edit A Style Sheet
6. Find/Change Style Sheet
7. Based On
8. Next Style
9. Delete A Style Sheet
10. Append
11. Copy Styles
12. Local Formats

Working With Images

1. Import An Image
2. Image File Formats
3. Position
4. Resize
5. Rotate
6. Skew
7. Flip
8. Subscribe To & Options
9. Picture Usage
10. Missing Images
11. Anchoring Images In Text

Manipulating Images

1. Black & White Contrast Control
2. Color Contrast Control
3. Halftoning
4. Auto Image Runaround
5. Invert Runaround
6. Run Text Both Sides
7. Interior Text Flow
8. Clipping Paths
9. Bleed Off A Page
10. Save Page As An EPS

Working With Color

1. Overview Of Color Models
2. Process Color Models
3. Spot Color Models
4. Create A Color
5. Apply A Color
6. Delete A Color
7. Append - Manual & Auto
8. Color Palette
9. Registration Color
10. Color Blends
11. Automatic Trapping
12. Edit Color Traps

Laying Out A Document

1. Set Up A Document
2. Document Layout Palette
3. Add Pages
4. Delete Pages
5. Move Pages
6. Page Navigation
7. Facing Pages & Spreads
8. Copy Pages Between Documents

Master Pages & Templates

1. Create A Master Page
2. Design On The Master Page
3. Create More Master Pages
4. Apply Master Pages
5. Duplicate & Delete
6. Changes To A Master Page
7. Page Numbers
8. Sections
9. Create A Template

Print, Libraries & Prefs

1. Print - Document & Output
2. Print - Setup & Options
3. Create A Library
4. Use Libraries
5. Names In Libraries
6. Application Preferences
7. Document Preferences
8. Track & Kern Editing

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