XPress 7 Level 1
In this course, you'll use Quark XPress to lay out professional quality single and multiple-page documents that include text and graphics, and are designed for professional printing and publication.
Target Student: Professional and prospective layout designers and technicians with any level of experience, but with little or no experience using Quark XPress, who need to learn to use Quark XPress to lay out publications.
Prerequisites: Before taking this course, students should be familiar with the basic functions of their computer's operating system. Students should also have basic word processing skills, such as copying and pasting text, formatting type, and so on.
Every effort will be made to complete the agenda within the given time scale, but it should be noted that the course is designed to run at your pace and topics will not be rushed in order to complete the agenda.
If there are any areas important to your work, please add them to the agenda and return it MacPeople before the training commences.
1 day £350.00
Please call for datesQuarkXPress Basics
Basic functionality and Navigation
QuarkXPress tools
Creating text and picture boxes
Entering and importing text & graphics
Setting up Pages in Quark
Setting the page size and margins
Columns and gutters
Positioning the document origin
Using guides and rulers
Quark"s measurement systems
The Measurements Palette
Creating and Formatting Documents
Fonts, styles and sizes
Text rotation and flips
Leading and tracking values
Modifying text and picture boxes
Text and Graphic Features
Framing text and picture boxes
Cropping, rotating and re sizing images
Using step and repeat
Using space/align
Linking and unlinking text boxes
Displaying images using Full Resolution Preview
Colour Palette
Different colour models
Creating and using custom colours
Creating, editing and appending colours
Creating colour blends
Libraries
Creating new libraries
Using existing libraries
Using Master Pages
Setting up facing pages documents
Creating headers and footers
Automatic page numbering
Enhancing a Publication's Readability
Space before and after
Paragraph and character style sheets
Wrapping text around items
Using synchronise text
Using Spellchecker
Presenting Text and Graphics in Tables
Create a Table Manually
Create a Table from Text
Display Graphics in Table Cells
Resize Rows and Columns
Modify Table Structure
Format Table Cells
Output
Saving and printing
Using collect for output
A printing checklist
Printing from QuarkXPress