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From Concept to Mechanicals
-QuarkXPress and the QuarkXPress environment
-Launching the program
-Tools, menus, and palettes
-The tool palette
-Other tools
-The menu bars
-Other palettes
-Guides, margins, and rulers
-Viewing guides
-Setting guides
-Adjusting and removing guides
-Other guide options
-Understanding the rulers
Working With Files
-Creating a new QuarkXPress document
-Modifying the document setup
-Saving files
-Save options
-Revert to saved
-Other save options
-Navigating QuarkXPress
-Zooming in and out
-Other frequently used shortcuts
Working With Objects
-Creating simple boxes
-Creating lines and shapes
-Modifying shapes and content types
-Editing simple elements
-Modifying with colour
-Positioning elements
-Duplicating elements
-Moving items
-Stacking order
-Alignment
-Manipulating elements
-Modify dialog boxes vs. the measurement palette
-Skew, scale, rotate, flip, and move elements
-Applying transformations to figures
Working With Graphics
-Creating basic objects in QuarkXPress. (objects include: polygon, rectangle, circle, lines)
-Modifying graphics by using commands from the Elements menu.
-Crop graphics by using various tools and procedures. (tools include: resizing a frame, Cropping tool, Frame options)
-Colourizing and tinting imported graphics
-Appropriate graphic file format to use
Working With Colour
-Differences between spot and process colours, and the appropriate use for each type
-Understanding when a colour would be added to the Colours palette whenimporting a graphic
-Import colours from another QuarkXPress file by using the Colours palette or the Utilities menu
-Apply colours by using the Colours palette
-Features available in QuarkXPress used for colour management.
Working With Text
-Selecting text
-Using cut/copy/delete and pasting text
-Navigating through text blocks
-Overflow icon
-Setting text inset value
-Importing text files
-Pasting text from the clipboard
-Linking text boxes
-Formatting text
-Character attributes dialog box
-Measurement palette
-Horizontal spacing |
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Paragraph Formatting
-Paragraph formats dialog box
-Rules and paragraph rules
-Setting tabs
Style Sheets
-Character styles
-Paragraph styles
-Creating a new paragraph style sheet
-Edit existing styles
-Using the style sheets palette to apply styles
Images
-Getting images onto the page
-Importing a picture
-Copy/cut and paste pictures
-Scaling imported pictures
-Modifying picture boxes
-Using the measurements palette to scale
-Cropping pictures
-Anchored pictures
-Picture usage
-Status column messages for images
-Locating a picture within a document
-Updating pictures
Master Pages
-Creating elements on master pages
-Headers and footers
-Modifying master page items on document pages
-Reapplying master items
Creating Complex Shapes
-The freehand tools
-The bezier tools
-Anchor points & segments
-Closed and open paths
-Working with curves
-Merging shapes
-Creating text on a path
-Text on circles
-Controlling the position of type on Paths
Working With Colours and Frames
-Frames and background colours
-Using the colours palette
-Defining colours blends
-Frames
Working With Text Utilities
-Spell checker
-Dictionaries
-Hyphenation and Justification
-Using find/change
-Double spaces after periods
-Double returns
-Smart quotes
-Optimizing workflows
Printing & Packaging
-Page setup dialog box
-Printing your document |
