QuarkXpress Beginners Training - 1 Day

Platform: Windows PC and Apple Mac

Courseware: Comprehensive training manual provided per person

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of Windows or Apple Mac operating system

Software Version: Training available for QuarkXpress 8, 7, 6, 5, 4

Course Overview:
This QuarkXpress course is suitable for those with no previous experience of Desk Top Publishing.
This fast paced one day training course will show you the fundamental features of the software to get
you up and running with Quark. This course is perfect if you need to learn the basic features of this
industry standard page layout application as quickly as possible.

QuarkXpress Beginner Training Outline

Introduction

About QuarkXpress and page layout
Working with documents and projects
Using the interface
Setting basic preferences

Setting up Pages

Creating a new document
Working with margins, columns and gutters
Working with bleed
Using rulers and guides
Navigation and magnification
Using undo commands

Working with Text

Creating text frames
Importing, typing and pasting text
Using the measurements palette
Basic character formatting
Basic paragraph formatting
Using the style sheet panel
Basic character style sheets
Basic paragraph level style sheets
Applying and editing style sheets

Working with Images

About image file types
Creating image frames
Importing images
Moving and resizing images
Wrapping text around an image

Using Colour

Colour overview and considerations for print
Mixing colours
Storing colours
Editing existing colours
Using colour blends
Adding colour - background, text and frame

Working with Frames and Shapes

Creating basic shapes
Working with the line tools
Copy and paste items
Adding borders to frames and shapes
Transforming objects
Grouping and ungrouping objects
Dealing with object stacking

Creating Multi-Page Documents

Setting up a facing page file
Working with the pages palette
Adding, deleting and moving pages
Using master pages
Applying and editing masters

Saving and Printing

Saving a Quark document
Checking image and font usage
Collecting a project for print

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If this QuarkXpress training outline does not match your requirements then bespoke training is available.

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