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QuarkXpress 3.3 for Windows Introduction




Course Aims
This course is designed to provide delegates 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 reader confidence.

This course can be found in the following categories:
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Courses > Graphics > QuarkXpress

Table of Contents
QuarkXPress Interface
  		• Creating and Saving Documents
  		• Saving Documents
  		• Enabling Auto Saves
  		• Opening and Closing Documents
     
    Working with Document Pages
  		• Creating and Deleting Document Pages
  		• Making Changes
  		• Working with Pages
  		• Hiding/displaying Non-printing Items
  		• Altering the Ruler Units
  		• Adding Ruler Guides
  		• Moving the Ruler Zero Points
     
    Adding Text and Importing Images
  		• Working with Text Boxes
  		• Creating and Resizing Text Boxes
  		• Moving and Deleting Text Boxes
  		• Entering Text
  		• Keying in 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
  		• Checking Spelling
     
    Working with Picture Boxes
  		• Creating and Resizing Picture Boxes
  		• Moving and Deleting Picture Boxes
  		• Working with Images
  		• Selecting Images
  		• Cropping, Scaling and Fitting Images
     
    Formatting Text
  		• Basic Formatting
  		• Printing Documents
  		• Previewing a Document
  		• Creating an Insert
     
    Formatting Paragraphs
  		• Selecting Paragraphs
  		• Indenting First Lines of Paragraphs
  		• Indenting Both Sides of Paragraphs
  		• 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
  		• Hyphenating Words
  		• Hyphenating Locally
     
    Improving the Appearance of Documents
  		• Removing Widows and Orphans
  		• Avoiding Orphans at Column Extremities
  		• Removing 'Rivers' in Paragraphs
  		• Adjusting Word and Letter Spacing
  		• Improving Spacing in Justified Alignments
  		• Improving the Spacing between Characters
  		• Cleaning up Text
  		• Creating a Page
     
    Style Sheets
  		• Formatting Efficiently
  		• Creating Style Sheets
  		• Applying Style Sheets
  		• Adding Further Formatting to Paragraphs
  		• Basing Style Sheets on Existing Style Sheets
  		• Amending Style Sheets
  		• Copying Style Sheets from Other Documents
  		• Disconnecting Style Sheets
     
    Working with Text and Picture Boxes
  		• Altering the Layout of Text Boxes
  		• Altering Margins within Text Boxes
  		• Altering the Alignment of Text within Text Boxes
  		• Overlapping and Linking Text Boxes
  		• Moving Text Boxes in Front of/Behind Each Other
  		• Linking Text Boxes
    Colouring &Framing Text, & Picture Boxes
  		• Colouring Text and Picture Boxes
  		• Framing Text and Picture Boxes
     
    Transforming Text and Picture Boxes
  		• Rotating Text and Picture Boxes
  		• Skewing Text and Picture Boxes
  		• Flipping Text and Picture Boxes
     
    Working with Items
  		• Selecting and Manipulating Items
  		• Selecting and Deselecting 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
  		• Creating Polygons and Altering Box Shapes
  		• Spacing and Aligning Items
     
    Using Colours
  		• Adding New Colours
  		• CMYK Model
  		• Pantone Model
  		• Applying Colours
  		• Colouring and Shading Lines
  		• Blending Box Backgrounds
  		• Colouring and Shading Pictures
  		• Some Picture Types that can be Coloured
  		• Colouring and Shading Text
  		• Managing Colours
  		• Registering Colours
  		• Creating a Mailshot
     
    Adding Headers and Page Numbers
  		• Using Master Pages
  		• Adding Master Page Items
  		• Page Numbering
  		• Adding Other Master Pages
     
    Working with Images
  		• Ways of Working with Images
  		• Inserting Images
  		• Centring and Fitting Images
  		• Moving and Copying Images using the Clipboard
  		• Colouring, Shading and Inverting Images
  		• Transforming Images
  		• Rotating Picture Boxes
  		• Running Text around Images
  		• File Formats
  		• Specifying Resolutions
  		• Specifying a File Format
  		• Storing Images
     
    Preparing Files for Printing
  		• Outputting from Another Computer
  		• Checking Font Usage
  		• Shortening Proofing Times
  		• Copying Files for Output
     
    Special Characters (Macintosh)
  		• Quotation Marks
  		• Inch and Foot Marks
  		• Selected Punctuation, Characters and Symbols
  		• Special Characters for the Find/Change Dialogue Box
  		• Word Spaces
  		• Page Numbers
  		• Text Commands
  		• Hyphens and Dashes
  		• Accented Letters
  		• Special Characters (Windows)
  		• Quotation Marks
  		• Selected Punctuation, Characters and Symbols
  		• Special Characters for the Find/Change Dialogue Box
  		• Word Spaces
  		• Page Numbers
  		• Text Commands
  		• Hyphens and Dashes
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