BASIC APPLICATION TRAINING
QuarkXPress 7
Introductory Level
This one day hands-on instructor led course is designed for anyone who
needs to produce simple documents for output to print. It covers the fundamentals
of the software, consisting of a series on hands-on exercises demonstrating
the various tools and techniques which will be used to produce simple
newsletters, brochures and adverts for example.
The outline below is presented as a guide to the elements that would generally be covered however we will always include any special or additional requirements that are identified prior to the course.
Basic Concepts
- The User Interface
- Palettes and tools
- Navigation and Guides
- Creating a new project
- Box basics
- Transforming objects
- Using Layers
- Creating and applying master pages
- Numbering pages
- Working with columns
- Rulers and guides
- Working with text boxes
- Linking text boxes
- Creating and importing text
- Character and Paragraph formatting
- Creating and applying styles
- Using tabs
- Text wrap (runaround)
- Type on a path
Pictures
- Importing graphics
- Drawing lines and shapes
- Stacking objects
- Working with multiple objects
- Working with libraries
- Clipping paths
- Working with the colour palette
- Creating custom colours
- Specifying spot and process colours
- Using colour libraries
- Gradient fills
- Saving and exporting
- Checking font and image usage
- Collecting for output
- General printing options
- Creating a PDF document
