QUARKXPRESS ADVANCED Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
This Advanced QuarkXPress training course consists entirely of hands-on practical work using a series of exercises designed to develop the various skills. Time will be made available to discuss and work through particular difficulties encountered by students in their own work using QuarkXPress. Prerequisites Ideally, students should have attended the QuarkXPress Introductory training course and have had plenty of hands-on practice before attending this course. The course is also suitable for those who have had extensive experience using QuarkXPress but no formal training.
This Advanced QuarkXPress training course consists entirely of hands-on practical work using a series of exercises designed to develop the various skills. Time will be made available to discuss and work through particular difficulties encountered by students in their own work using QuarkXPress.
Prerequisites
Ideally, students should have attended the QuarkXPress Introductory training course and have had plenty of hands-on practice before attending this course. The course is also suitable for those who have had extensive experience using QuarkXPress but no formal training.
COURSE CONTENT
What you can expect to learn on this Advanced QuarkXPress training course:
QUARKXPRESS DEFAULTS REVIEWED
QuarkXPress Application and Document Defaults
Customising the Default Style Sheet, Colour Palette, and H&J Profiles
MASTER PAGES REVIEWED
Setting Up Master Pages in QuarkXPress
Creating Additional Master Pages
Linking the Text in Additional Master Pages to the Flow of the Default Master Page
Trouble-shooting Master Pages
ADVANCED PAGE LAYOUT CONTROLS
Creating New H&J (Hyphenation & Justification) Profiles for use in QuarkXPress documents
Copy-Fitting
Copy-Fitting Using the Baseline Grid
Saving your Work
PREPARING TEXT FOR IMPORTING TO QUARKXPRESS
How QuarkXPress Supports Paragraph Styles Used in a Word-Processor
Pre-Tagging Text
Using the XTags Extension
ALL ABOUT BÉZIERS
What is a Bézier Path?
Creating Curved Lines and Boxes
Controlling the Shape of Curves
Corner, Smooth and Symmetrical Points
Straight and Curved Segments
Changing the Shapes of Curves
TRANSFORMING ITEMS BY SPLITTING, MERGING & CONVERTING
Understanding the Different Merge Options
Using the Merge Command for Creative Graphic Effects
Understanding the Split Commands
Using the Split Command for Creative Graphic Effects
Converting Text to Boxes
Using the Convert Text to Box Command for Creative Graphic Effects
CLIPPING PATHS
QuarkXPress Support for Embedded Clipping Paths
Creating an Internal QuarkXPress Clipping Path
Editing Clipping Paths
Running Text Around Clipping Paths
CUSTOM DASHES & STRIPES
Creating and Editing Dash Styles
Creating and Editing Stripe Styles
Applying Custom Dash and Stripe Styles
USING THE APPEND COMMAND
Appending Stylesheets, Lists, Colours, H&Js, Custom Dashes & Stripes, and other elements from one document to another
COLOUR ISSUES
Using Spot, Process, Pantone and Other Colour Matching Standards in QuarkXPress
Adding Colours to the Colours Palette
Converting Pantone Colour to CMYK
Trapping
LONGER DOCUMENT HANDLING FEATURES
Linking QuarkXPress Documents using the Book Feature
Creating an Index
Creating a Table of Contents
Creating Other Custom Lists
PRINTING & OUTPUT
Creating a Print Style
Printing Using a Print Style
Printing Colour Separations
Saving Postscript Files for output by remote service Bureaux
Some Common Output Problems explained – Fonts, Picture Formats & Mac/PC issues
QUARKXPRESS ADVANCED Duration: 2 Days
Course Overview
This Advanced QuarkXPress training course consists entirely of hands-on practical work using a series of exercises designed to develop the various skills. Time will be made available to discuss and work through particular difficulties encountered by students in their own work using QuarkXPress. Prerequisites Ideally, students should have attended the QuarkXPress Introductory training course and have had plenty of hands-on practice before attending this course. The course is also suitable for those who have had extensive experience using QuarkXPress but no formal training.
This Advanced QuarkXPress training course consists entirely of hands-on practical work using a series of exercises designed to develop the various skills. Time will be made available to discuss and work through particular difficulties encountered by students in their own work using QuarkXPress.
Prerequisites
Ideally, students should have attended the QuarkXPress Introductory training course and have had plenty of hands-on practice before attending this course. The course is also suitable for those who have had extensive experience using QuarkXPress but no formal training.
COURSE CONTENT
What you can expect to learn on this Advanced QuarkXPress training course:
QUARKXPRESS DEFAULTS REVIEWED
QuarkXPress Application and Document Defaults
Customising the Default Style Sheet, Colour Palette, and H&J Profiles
MASTER PAGES REVIEWED
Setting Up Master Pages in QuarkXPress
Creating Additional Master Pages
Linking the Text in Additional Master Pages to the Flow of the Default Master Page
Trouble-shooting Master Pages
ADVANCED PAGE LAYOUT CONTROLS
Creating New H&J (Hyphenation & Justification) Profiles for use in QuarkXPress documents
Copy-Fitting
Copy-Fitting Using the Baseline Grid
Saving your Work
PREPARING TEXT FOR IMPORTING TO QUARKXPRESS
How QuarkXPress Supports Paragraph Styles Used in a Word-Processor
Pre-Tagging Text
Using the XTags Extension
ALL ABOUT BÉZIERS
What is a Bézier Path?
Creating Curved Lines and Boxes
Controlling the Shape of Curves
Corner, Smooth and Symmetrical Points
Straight and Curved Segments
Changing the Shapes of Curves
TRANSFORMING ITEMS BY SPLITTING, MERGING & CONVERTING
Understanding the Different Merge Options
Using the Merge Command for Creative Graphic Effects
Understanding the Split Commands
Using the Split Command for Creative Graphic Effects
Converting Text to Boxes
Using the Convert Text to Box Command for Creative Graphic Effects
CLIPPING PATHS
QuarkXPress Support for Embedded Clipping Paths
Creating an Internal QuarkXPress Clipping Path
Editing Clipping Paths
Running Text Around Clipping Paths
CUSTOM DASHES & STRIPES
Creating and Editing Dash Styles
Creating and Editing Stripe Styles
Applying Custom Dash and Stripe Styles
USING THE APPEND COMMAND
Appending Stylesheets, Lists, Colours, H&Js, Custom Dashes & Stripes, and other elements from one document to another
COLOUR ISSUES
Using Spot, Process, Pantone and Other Colour Matching Standards in QuarkXPress
Adding Colours to the Colours Palette
Converting Pantone Colour to CMYK
Trapping
LONGER DOCUMENT HANDLING FEATURES
Linking QuarkXPress Documents using the Book Feature
Creating an Index
Creating a Table of Contents
Creating Other Custom Lists
PRINTING & OUTPUT
Creating a Print Style
Printing Using a Print Style
Printing Colour Separations
Saving Postscript Files for output by remote service Bureaux
Some Common Output Problems explained – Fonts, Picture Formats & Mac/PC issues
