QuarkXPress 9 introduction course in London Training taught by industry professionals

This scheduled QuarkXPress introduction covers the major functions of the application including the superior graphics and text capabilities and how to become an experienced user. The course starts with the basics and builds to an understanding of how you can increase your speed, skill and inventiveness. The course also covers the new features of QuarkXPress 9 for digital publishing to eBook & ePub formats.

Upon successful completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

-Create a single-page document containing text and graphics
-Create the structure for a multiple-page layout to prepare it for adding content
-Typeset text in a multiple-page document
-Create tables to hold text and graphics
-Enhance the readability of a layout
-Prepare a layout for handoff to a printing vendor for commercial output
-Rework layouts for popular digital publishing formats eBook & ePub

Target audience and pre-requisites for this course Difference between scheduled and bespoke courses	A bespoke version of this scheduled course is also available to suit your requirements & timeframe.
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QuarkXPress 9 Introduction 2 Days - London 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.

Overview of QuarkXPress 9
-When to use QuarkXPress
-The standard workspace
-Files, Projects and Layouts
-Palettes and Preferences
-Using keyboard shortcuts

Document Basics
-Working in Projects and Layouts
-Document navigation
-Layout Properties...
-Creating a new Project
-Saving options

Content Boxes
-Creating boxes
-Manipulating boxes
-Inserting text
-Importing text
-Preparing images for print
-Placing images
-Dragging and dropping images
-Changing image properties

Editing and formatting text
-Character and Paragraph option in the Measurements palette
-Character options in the style menu
-Paragraph options in the style menu
-Text options in the Modify dialogue
-Baseline grids

Defining master pages
-Using the Pages Layout palette
-Adding elements to a Master

Text box linking and flowing documents
-Page numbering
-Creating sections for variable numbering
-Linking text boxes
-Creating "from" and "to" fields

Typography
-Kerning and Tracking
-Leading
-Hyphenation and Justification sets
-Typography pitfalls
-OpenType fonts and ligatures
-Glyphs
-Hanging characters
-Drop caps

Style Sheets
-Creating a Paragraph style
-Creating a Character style
-Applying styles
-Editing styles
-Changing default styles
-Item styles
-Import/Export/Save styles

Colour Swatches and Gradients
-Adding a CMYK swatch
-Pitfalls with QuarkXPress's default colours
-Working with spot colours
-Changing default colours
-Creating colour tints
-Creating colour gradients

Preparing pictures for print
-Image size, resolution and cropping
-RGB or CMYK colour mode?
-Sharpening for print
-Saving options: TIFF, EPS, PDF and JPEG

Picture boxes
-Drawing picture boxes
-Runaround options for images
-Embedded paths and Alpha Channels
-Reshaping picture boxes

Graphic Effects
-Modifying image attributes
-Working with opacity
-Creating blends with transparency
-Applying drop shadows
-Customizing drop shadows
-Importing and working with PSD files
-Dragging and dropping selections from a PDF file
-Loading and saving presets

Layout features
-Synchronisation of content
-Split views of projects
-Aligning objects
-Duplicate functions
-Step and Repeat

Composition Zones
-Creating a Composition Zone
-Sharing a Composition Zone
-Editing a composition layout
-Using collaboration setup

Tables
-Creating tables
-Creating tables from existing tabbed data
-Reverting data to tabulated data
-Table and cell format options
-Importing excel tables
-Colouring cells and strokes

Outputting for Print
-Collecting files for output
-QuarkXPress print settings & Dialogue Boxes
-Creating a PDF for proof and for print

Digital Design for ePub & eBook
-Considerations for ePublishing format
-Working with Reflow view
-Relow tagging
-Exporting to ePub format

Course Target Audience and delegate prerequisites

This course is intended for graphic designers, creative professionals and marketing communications professionals with any level of experience, but with little or no experience using QuarkXPress who need to learn to use QuarkXPress to lay out publications for print and/or epublications

Ahead of taking this course the trainee must have basic PC or Mac skills, including a fundamental understanding of a computer's operating system, how to launch an application and create and save files, as well as how to copy files from CDs and other media.

Advantages of learning QuarkXPress 9 with XChange Training

-XChange Training is an Quark Authorised Training Provider
-Our QuarkXPress 9 trainers are experienced print and design professionals with excellent knowledge of all aspects of print workflows from creating artwork to guaranteeing successful output.
-XChange training focuses on real tasks that reflect how the software is used in professional situations.
-Free Course manual provided for each trainee as excellent post-course reference material.
-Free email support service for 6 months after course included in the price.
-We get consistently good feedback from our clients.

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Contacting XChange Training

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

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