Moving from Quark to InDesign

Key terms
Differences in terminology between
InDesign and QuarkXPress
Setting defaults and preferences
Setting application preferences
Setting document preferences
Customising the toolbox
Setting tool defaults
Creating document defaults
Customising shortcuts
Interface differences
Using palettes, tools and menus
Introducing the Control panel
Saving the workspace
Tips for managing panels
The N-up view
Navigation and display
Controlling display preferences
Using the Navigator panel
Multiple document previews
Dynamic graphics preview
Dynamic text preview
Overprint preview
Separations preview
Creating objects and building pages
Creating a new document
Picture and text boxes
Linking text boxes
Introducing layers
Selecting frames and contents
Smart guides and smart spacing
Using the Pages panel
Creating and editing Masters
Overriding Master Objects
Reapplying Master Objects
Text and typography
Placing and flowing text
Selecting and editing text
Handling missing fonts
Working with glyphs
Drag and drop text
Formatting characters
Character-level formatting
Introducing Open Type fonts
Using optical kerning
Creating character styles
Working with Style Groups
Formatting paragraphs
Paragraph-level formatting
Choosing a composer
Introducing nested styles
Working with graphics
Placing graphics
Scaling objects vs contents
Introducing the Links panel
Manipulating graphics
Understanding Fitting options
PSD and PDF layer options
Combining text and graphics
Wrapping text around graphics
Introducing snippets
Creating inline graphics
Converting text to outlines
Image import options
Images with clipping paths
Creating a new clipping path
Laying out pages accurately
Using rulers, grids and guides
Using the Info panel
Finessing text content
Threading/unthreading frames
Document baseline grids
Frame-based baseline grids
Using special characters
Introducing transparency
Creating drop shadows
Feathering edges
The Flattener Preview panel
Introduction to tables
Creating basic tables
Modifying tables
Importing tables
Editing copy
Using the Story Editor
Using Find/Change
Understanding colour
Loading swatches
Using stroke and fill options
Sampling colours from images
Preflight, package, PDF and printing
Exporting as a PDF
Using Live PreFlight to check files
Packaging files for handoff
Opening Quark documents
Tips for opening QuarkXPress documents