QuarkXPress Overview

As you begin this course, you likely have a basic understanding of how QuarkXPress works. You may be able to create simple layouts and perform basic tasks, but find that's not enough to effectively work within a more professional, fast-paced environment. Throughout this course, you will build on your existing skills to learn some of the more advanced features of QuarkXPress, as well as learn some techniques that will allow you to improve your workflow.

Objectives:

You will take existing layouts and use efficient techniques to make them more professional-looking.

Prerequisites:

To ensure your success, we recommend you first take the following course or have equivalent knowledge:

• QuarkXPress 6.0: Level 1

Beginner or junior level designers who know the basics of QuarkXPress, but want to learn how to use it more effectively. They should already have a basic understanding of layout techniques, but want to expand their skills, especially in regards to typography issues.

Delivery Method:

Instructor-led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities.

Course duration

1 Day.

Hardware Requirements

You will need:

• A PowerPC-based Mac OS-compatible computer.
• A CD-ROM drive.
• At least 128 MB RAM.
• At least 230 MB of hard disk space for QuarkXPress 6.0 installation, and an additional 10 MB for the course data.

• Mac OS X v10.2 or later.

• QuarkXPress 6.0.

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

• create graphic effects using Bézier lines and shapes.
• create type effects so that body text and display type enhance the design of a layout.
• lay out pages efficiently.
• control type color so that the densities of text blocks are as you want.
• apply color management so that colors match as accurately as possible.
• manage long documents.