QuarkXPress Comprehensive Training - New York - NY - New York - Noble Desktop - I2250

Designed for those who are Mac or Windows literate, but have never worked in QuarkXPress. QuarkXPress is covered comprehensively, including:

• basic layout
• text and graphics manipulation
• drawing tools (bezier curves)
• color creation
• color application
• style sheets
• master pages
• multiple pages
• baseline grid
• hyphenation
• libraries
• anchored boxes
• indexing
• book creation
• and much more.

• 18 hours of hands-on training, one person per computer
• Includes workbook with CD (used by teachers and colleges worldwide)

Syllabus
Session 1:
The QuarkXPress Tool Palette
Creation of Quark Document
Basic Text Attributes:
- font, size, leading
Creation of Letter
Creation of Additional Documents
Typography Basics:
- Character & Paragraph options (Style Menu)
- Tabs
- Invisibles
  Letter Creation
Large Type Letter
More Text Styling
Magazine Ad
Advanced Text Formatting

Session 2:  
Typography Essentials (More Complex Formatting):
- hanging bullets
- hyphenation
- manual kerning/tracking
  (including keystrokes)
Rotating Text/Objects
Flipping Horizontal/Vertical
Multiple Page Documents
Controlling Page Numbers (Section Start)
Color:
- Application and Definition of colors
- CMYK (Process) vs Pantone (Spot) Colors
- Spot Color Mixing (Multi-Ink)
The Item/Page/View Menus
The Measurements Palette
  Professional Typography
Kerning/Tracking
Creating a Movie Poster
2-Page Magazine Ad

Session 3:   
Bezier Drawing Tools
Type on a Path
Multiple Text Columns
Basline Grid
Text Runaround
Paste in Place
Graphics with Clipping Paths
  Bezier Drawing
Horse Racing Ad
Magazine Cover

Session 4:  
Style Sheets:
- Paragraph Styles
- Character Styles
Baseline Grid
H&Js (Hyphenation and Justification Settings)
Tables:
- creating new or importing
- formatting
Anchoring Images/Objects in Text   Style Sheets: Magazine Article
Tables
Anchored Boxes

Session 5:  
Multiple Page Documents
Master Pages
Manually Linking Text Boxes (across pages)
Controlling Page Numbers (Section Start)
Automatic Page Numbering
Library
Find/Change
Spell Checking
Hyphenation/H&Js
Advanced Keyboard Shortcuts  
Leaders Magazine:
  Master Pages & 1st Article
  Libraries & 2nd Article
  Find/Change, Spelling, H&Js

Session 6:  
Creating a Book:
 -setting up and using Master Pages
 -automatic flowing of text
 -using style sheets to style text
 -using Find/Change to speed things up
Paragraph Rules
Automatic Lists (Table Of Contents)
Indexing
Book Compiling & Synchronization
Collecting Files for Output
Printing Methods and Media
Print Styles
Document versus Application Preferences