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QuarkXpress 4.0 for Windows Introduction

Course Aims
This course is designed to provide readers with a knowledge of the fundamentals of QuarkXpress and all the key skills necessary to achieve professional-looking results with ease. Readers will learn how to combine text, pictures and other graphic elements with in different page formats for both one-off or regular production. In addition, readers will learn how to prepare files for output to a printer or disk. The course is structured around a series of specially prepared exercises addressing different aspects of the software and are designed to build user confidence.

Assumed Knowledge
A basic understanding of the Windows interface and some understanding of wordprocessing is desirable but not essential.

Course Audience
Intending, new or less-experienced users of QuarkXpress 4.0 who wish to gain a good understanding of the software in a short space of time. Plus others who wish to learn about the scope of the software.

This course can be found in the following categories:

Courses > DTP
Courses > DTP
Courses > Graphics > QuarkXpress

Table of Contents

Creating and Saving Documents

Creating Documents

Saving Documents

Enabling Auto Saves

Opening and Closing Documents

Creating a Copy of an Open Document

Working with Pages

Working with Document Pages

Creating and Deleting Document Pages

Moving Document Pages

Viewing at Different Scales

Moving around a Document

Hiding/Displaying Non-printing Items

Altering the Ruler Units

Adding Ruler Guides

Moving the Ruler Zero Points

Adding Text

Working with Text Boxes

Creating and Resizing Text Boxes

Moving and Deleting Text Boxes

Entering Text

Entering Text, Returns and Spaces

Importing Text from a WP File

Seeing all Text in a Text Box

Basic Text Editing

Moving and Copying Text using the Clipboard

Finding and Replacing Text

Formatting Text

Basic Formatting

Importing Images

Cropping, Scaling and Fitting Images

Printing Documents

Printing Documents

Formatting Paragraphs

Selecting Paragraphs

Indenting First Lines of Paragraphs

Indenting Both Sides of Paragraphs

Creating Hanging Indents

Inserting Drop Caps

Further Formatting

Inserting Rules between Paragraphs

Keeping Subheads with Paragraphs

Spacing Words

Matching Paragraph Formatting

Formatting Tables

Adjusting the Baseline Position of Text

Incremental Type Adjustment

Style Sheets

Formatting Efficiently

Creating Style Sheets

Applying Style Sheets

Adding ‘Local’ Formatting to Paragraphs

Retaining Character Attributes

Basing Style Sheets on Existing Style Sheets

Copying Style Sheets from Other Documents

Disconnecting Style Sheets

Working with Text Boxes

Altering the Layout of Boxes

Altering Margins within Text Boxes

Altering the Alignment of Text within Text Boxes

Overlapping and Linking Boxes

Linking Text Boxes

Working with Complex Documents

Using Master Pages

Page Numbering

Adding Other Master Pages

Working with Chapters

Creating a Book

Creating a Table of Contents

Making an Index

Assigning Words to an Index

Editing and Deleting Index Entries

Building Indexes

Working with Items

Selecting and Manipulating Items

Selecting and Deselecting Items

Positioning and Sizing Items Accurately

Locking Items in Position

Duplicating Items

Grouping Items Together

Moving Items In Front of/Behind each other

Moving and Copying Items using the Clipboard

Anchored Text and Picture Boxes

Adding Lines and Arrows

Drawing Lines and Boxes

Drawing Bezier Lines, Text Paths and Boxes

Creating Straight and Curved Segments

Altering Paths

Merging and Reshaping Items

Reshaping Boxes

Spacing and Aligning Items

Framing and Transforming Items

Rotating Text and Picture Boxes

Skewing Text and Images

Flipping Text and Picture Boxes

Importing Images

Working with Picture Boxes

Creating and Resizing Picture Boxes

Moving and Deleting Picture Boxes

Ways of Working with Images

Inserting Images

Selecting Images

Cropping, Scaling and Fitting Images

Scaling Images

Moving and Copying Images using the Clipboard

Colouring, Shading and Inverting Images

Skewing Picture Boxes and Images

Running Text around Images

File Formats

Specifying Resolutions

Specifying a File Format

Storing Images

Using Colours

Adding New Colours

Applying Colours

Some Picture Types that can be Coloured

Managing Colours

Registering Colours

Preparing Items for Trapping

Improving the Appearance of your Work

Hyphenating Words

Hyphenating Locally

Removing Widows and Orphans

Avoiding Orphans at Column Extremities

Removing ‘Rivers’ in Paragraphs

Improving Readability

Adjusting Word and Letter Spacing

Improving the Spacing between Characters

Cleaning up Text

Preparing Files for Printing

Outputting from another Computer

Checking Font Usage

Printing

Shortening Proofing Times

Copying Files for Output

What a Bureau Needs to Know

Special Characters (Macintosh)

Special Characters (Macintosh)

Special Characters (Windows)

Special Characters (Windows)

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Tuesday 22nd May 2012