QuarkXpress Level 1

IT Training Solutions Limited

Course

Inhouse

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Beginner

  • Methodology

    Inhouse

This course is an introduction to page layout using QuarkXpress. We will guide you through a wide variety of techniques used for creating single page newsletters to multi-page presentations. QuarkXpress is the industry standard page-layout application.

About this course

Good PC skills

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Course Overview

This course is an introduction to page layout using QuarkXpress. We will guide you through a wide variety of techniques used for creating single page newsletters to multi-page presentations. QuarkXpress is the industry standard page-layout application.
Prerequisites
  • Good PC skills
Follow on Courses
  • QuarkXpress Level 2
Whats Included
  • Comprehensive colour course manual and exercises
  • Use of a Modern Training suite with 19 inch flat screen monitors
  • 1 delegate per computer
  • 12 Months telephone and email support
  • Lunch (When at our training venue)
  • Refreshments (When at our training venue)
  • Relaxed refreshment area at our training room
Course Content
Creating a new document
  • Viewing options and shortcuts
  • Using guidelines
  • Palettes and their keyboard shortcuts
  • Customising the tools palette
  • Item and content tool models
Creating items
  • Drawing rectangular items
  • Positioning items
  • Resizing items
  • Rotating items
Text
  • Inputting text
  • Viewing invisibles
  • Selecting text
  • Undo, cut, copy, and paste
  • Importing text
Typography
  • Selecting fonts & font sizes
  • Scaling text
  • Kerning/tracking
  • Leading
  • Baseline shift
Formatting text
  • Indent here invisible
  • Space before/after
  • Working with drop caps
  • Indents
Positioning text within an item
  • Text alignment
  • Text insert
  • First baseline
  • Vertical alignment
  • Flipping text
Text columns
  • Multiple column boxes
  • Linking/unlinking text boxes
  • Controlling text flow
Tabs & tables
  • Inserting tabs
  • Setting tab ruler markers
  • Adding/deleting tabs
  • Adding fill characters
  • Using paragraph rules
Applying Colour
  • Adding frame
  • Using the colours palette
  • Using item-modify for colour
  • Using graduated blends
Lines
  • Creating straight lines
  • Modifying straight lines
Pictures
  • Rectangular/oval picture boxes
  • Importing pictures
  • Resizing/scaling pictures
  • Picture file formats
Basic runaround options
  • Use of none and items modes
  • Aligning text to picture bounds, auto image and embedded paths
  • Working with multiple items
  • Duplicate, step and repeat
  • Working with layers
  • Selecting through layers
  • Selecting multiple items
  • Locking items
  • Introduction to colour
  • Creating and naming colours
Creating a new library
  • Copying to and from a library
  • Listing library contents
Introduction to style sheets
  • Creating character styles
  • Creating paragraph styles
  • Applying styles
  • Duplicating styles
  • Using based on styles
Introduction to master pages
  • Single and spread masters
  • Modifying master items
  • Automatic page numbering
  • Using multiple master pages

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