QuarkXPress 7 - One Day Upgrade to New Features Training

QuarkXPress 7 - One Day Upgrade and New Features Training— Bespoke

QuarkXPress™ is the standard in page layout for many professionals working in print and design industries. The principle is simple: QuarkXPress allows you to place elements created in other applications onto a page and to flow text around those objects. But there are many other features to this powerful tool including advanced typography tools, utilities for precise aligning and positioning, tables and layers to name but a few.

In this one-day course we focus on learning the new features and enhancements in QuarkXPress 7 - the most significant upgrade in the application's history. This course is designed for current users of prior versions of QuarkXPress who want to ensure they can maximise the benefits of QuarkXPress 7's new features in production as soon as they upgrade.

By the end of this course, you will be familiar with all the new features in QuarkXPress 7, enabling you to start work with the new version with confidence and increased productivity.

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QuarkXPress 7 - One Day Upgrade and New Features Training Outline

The following is a general outline. The range of topics covered during your training is dependent upon student level, time available and preferences of your course booking.

New Interface Overview
-Measurements Palette additions
-Palette Grouping, Sets and Snapping
-Layer Colours
-Space/Align items dialog box

Transparency, drop shadows & alpha masking
-Working with opacity
-Creating blends with transparency
-Drop shadow features for boxes, lines and text
-Customising drop shadows
-Using alpha channels in TIF and PSD files
-Using custom masks

Expanded image effects
-Using QuarkVista for image adjustments
-Working with raster EPS files
-Alpha channel effects
-Contrast and negative features
-Curve adjustments with point values
-Synchronise picture attributes
-Retain attributes when replacing picture

Multi-user page composition
-Project collaboration with Composition Zones
-Export Composition Zones
-Edit Composition Zones
-Share Composition Zones or layouts
-Include a Composition Zone as shared content

Job control with Job Jackets
-Concept behind Job Jackets
-Working with provided Job Jackets
-Job Jacket Manager

[Please note the creation of Job Jackets is a large subject area which can only partially be covered in this one day course.

For production managers looking to develop Job Jackets, please refer to the production course for QuarkXPress 7 with the focus on Job Jackets.]

Typography Enhancements
-OpenType fonts and expanded character sets
-Unicode fonts
-Glyphs palette
-Updated character attributes window
-Import text dialog box
-Access to special characters

New Synchronisation options
-Synchronisation of content and attributes
-Synchronisation for picture and text boxes
-Shared content palette
-Shared item properties

Multiple layout views
-Window menu
-Horizontal/vertical splitting of project
-Different windows for same project

Table Enhancements
-Split non-anchored tables
-Auto-synchronised headers & footers for continued tables
-Auto expand to fit cells
-Rotate table
-Group table

Colour Management Features
-Default colour management settings
-Proof output as Grayscale, composite RGB, CMYK or CMYK and Spot
-Colour management settings from Job Jackets

Expanded output options and styles
-Output to PDF, HTML, XHTML, XSLT, XML and PPML
-Export Layout as PDF
-PDF/X output inc PDF/X 1a and 3
-Embedding fonts in EPS files

Related QuarkXPress 7 training courses — Scheduled

Below you'll find an up-to-date list of related scheduled QuarkXPress 7 training courses in London or throughout the UK offered by XChange Training. Just click on a link to view dates and course details for your desired location:

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QuarkXPress 7 Introduction

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Advantages of learning QuarkXPress 7 with XChangeTraining

-Our QuarkXPress trainers are experienced print and design professionals with excellent knowledge of all aspects of print workflows from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
-It's bespoke and solutions based: before you come to XChange Training we agree the course content with you based on your needs.
-We take the time to work specifically on any files you bring along to the course, ensuring that you see benefits to your workflow immediately.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-On-site and off-site training is available for the whole UK.
-Free email support service for 3 months after course.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.
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Training Pricing

On-site course pricing
Prices include a set of course notes per trainee, 3 months telephone and/or e-mail support service after the course and all refreshments including a light lunch if held at the training centre.

For training courses outside of London a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.

Training centre pricing
Pricing for training at the Britton Street facility:
1 person £429 for a 1 day course*
2 people £529 for a 1 day course*
3 people £629 for a 1 day course
4 people £729 for a 1 day course
5 people £829 for a 1 day course
6 people £929 for a 1 day course
All prices subject to VAT

Training Centre address
17-18 Britton Street,
Clerkenwell, London
EC1M 5NQ

Tel: 0845 363 1130
Email: info@xchangetraining.co.uk

* For courses held outside of London for less than 3 trainees, there is an additional charge of £75, plus a standard return train fare and/or taxi fare may be applicable.