Accelerated QuarkXPress 5, Skills & Drills

The Fastest Way to Learn QuarkXPress

When you have completed this book, you will be able to produce flyers, brochures, newsletters, and magazines. You'll be able to change the appearance of text, paragraphs, tab stops, and you will be able to import and manipulate graphics. There is a module in this book that will show you, step-by-step, how to combine text and graphics on a page to produce a flyer that includes a clipping path and auto text wrap.

You'll learn to use and modify style sheets that will enable you to quickly format consistent-looking documents. You'll also learn how to control text flow, create and use master pages and libraries, and control tracking, kerning and hyphenation... all necessary skills that will dramatically improve your productivity.

As you move through this fast-paced book, you'll be able to use Quark's book features that will allow you to combine several Quark files into one. You'll learn to create a table of contents, build an index and synchronize files for a consistent look.

AND...

Quark lovers have asked for a few essential tools for years: Layers, Tables and HTML support. Quark 5 delivers the goods. And this book has lessons for all of them.

Here's exactly what you'll learn:

The QuarkXPress Environment

Start QuarkXPress and Open a Document
Change Views by Zooming
View Multiple Documents
Create a New Document
Change Document Setup
Scroll by Dragging the Page
Show and Hide Palettes
Create a Text Box
Create Picture Boxes
Resize and Move Page Elements
Customize a Tool
Change the Measurement System

Text Basics

Create a Text Box
Type Text Into a Text Box
Work with Overflow Text
Modify a Text Box
Work with Invisibles
Select Text
Cut, Copy and Paste Text
Use Drag and Drop
Change Character Attributes

Getting Text and Formatting Paragraphs

Get Text
Align Paragraphs
Create Multiple Columns
Set a First Line Indent
Add Paragraph Space
Set Leading
Set Paragraph Rules

Tabs Stops

Set and Move a Tab Stop
Add a Fill Character
Set a Decimal Tab Stop
Use the Align On Tab

Pictures

Get (Import) a Picture
Pan a Picture
Fit a Picture Non-Proportionally and Center a Picture
Change the Scale of a Picture
Rotate and Skew a Picture
Resize the Picture Box and Box Content with the Mouse and Keyboard
Flip a Graphic Horizontally and Vertically
Change the Color of a Picture Box
Create a Clipping Path
Create a Custom Clipping Path

Working with Items

Use Step and Repeat
Use Space/Align
Group Items
Lock, Unlock and Resize a Group
Merge Items
Pass Through a Stack
Change and Edit a Shape
Change a Square into a Line
Change Box Content

Create a One-Page Flyer

Create a Page Border
Create a Multiple Column Text Box
Use Find/Change
Format Text and Paragraphs
Add Ruler Guides
Add a Picture to the Page
Create a Clipping Path
Wrap Text Around a Graphic
Spell Check a Document
Collect a File for Output
Review the Collect For Output Report

Color, Libraries and Master Pages

Learn About Points, Picas and Inches
Add and Format an Item
Use the Colors Palette
Add a Process Color to the Colors Palette
Add and Format Text
Create and Use a Library
Create a Master Page
Add Elements to a Master Page
Use an Existing library
Add an Automatic Page Number
Duplicate and Rename Master Pages
Assign a Master Page
Edit a Runaround

Style Sheets

Create and Apply Style Sheets
Edit a Style
Apply Direct Formatting to a Paragraph
Create a New Style Based on a Selection
Lock Text to a Paragraph Grid
Insert Drop Caps
Create and Use a Character Style Sheet

XPress Tags

Work with Character Tags
Work with Style Sheet Tags
Import a Large, Tagged Document

Advanced Text Wrap

Import and Resize a Graphic
Work with a Bézier Text Box
Add Points to a Shape
Borrow Page Elements from Another Document

Tracking, Kerning and Hyphenation

Check Quark's Standard Em Space Setting
Track Text
Adjust Letter Kerning
Use Tracking as a Design Tool
Set Up a Hyphenation Table
Create Hyphenation Exceptions
Work with Discretionary Hyphens
Check Suggested Hyphenation

Tables

Draw a Table
Add Data, Columns and Rows to a Table
Combine Cells and Format a Table
Format a Table
Change Table Page Position and Gridlines
Convert Text into a Table
Resize a Table

Usage and Templates

Use Font Usage to Replace a Font
Use Picture Usage to Update a Picture
Create and Use a Template

Sections, Inline Graphics and Dictionaries

Create a Section
Create a Section Prefix
Use Absolute Page Numbers
Remove a Section
Create an Inline Graphic
Create Continued Lines
Create an Auxiliary Dictionary

Long Documents

Create a Book File
Add Chapters to a Book File
Reorder and Remove Chapters
Synchronize Selected Chapters
Create a Table of Contents Style
Create a Table of Contents List
Create a Table of Contents
Ensure the Index XTension is Installed
Add Index Entries
Build an Index
Change the Punctuation Used in an Index
Create Style Sheets for the Index
Create Second-Level Index Entries
Create a Cross-Reference

Layers

Create and Use Layers
Edit Colors
Create and Modify Layers
Move Elements to Layers
Hide Layers
Move Layers

Trapping

Append Colors
View Trapping Specifications for a Document
Change Trapping Values
Use the Trap Information Palette
Create a Warm, Rich Black Color
Print Separations

HTML and PDF

Create a Web Document
Change Page Properties
Export as HTML and Preview in a Browser
Create Anchors
Hyperlink Text
Hyperlink Graphics
Add Alternative Text to a Graphic
Create an Image Map
Convert a Text Box to a Graphic
Create a PDF

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