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QuarkXpress Level One Course Outline

Aims of the One-Day Course

This introductory course is suitable for new users who wish to learn how to set up and layout single-page and multi-page documents. The course is 100% hands-on, with exercises to help the trainees practice the new skills they learn.

Course Content

  • Create a Basic Single-Page Document
    • Creating a New Document
    • Place Graphics
    • Add Display Type
    • Align Items to Guides
    • Creating Bleeds

  • Multi-Page Documents
    • Set Up a Facing –Pages Document
    • Create Additional Pages
    • Define Colours
    • Apply Colours
    • Create & Apply Master Pages

  • Typesetting
    • Flow Text
    • Adjust Vertical Spacing
    • Align Type Horizontally
    • Create Paragraph Rules
    • Format Type with Style Sheets
    • Modify Style Sheets
  • Presenting Text and Graphics in Tables
    • Create a Table Manually
    • Create a Table from Text
    • Display Graphics in Table Cells
    • Resize Rows & Columns
    • Modify Table Structure
    • Format Table Cells

  • Enhancing a Publication
    • Spell Checking Apply Runaround
    • Format Item Frames
    • Inset Text
    • Apply Continuation Page Numbering

  • Preparing a Document for Printing
    • Check Picture Usage
    • Check Font Usage
    • Print a Proof
    • Create Print Styles
    • Collect for Output

Prerequisites

No previous experience of using QuarkXpress is necessary, although keyboard and mouse experience is assumed. Familiarity with the use of Windows or Mac software is essential.

Course Duration

Six hours (9.30am to 12.30pm and 1.30pm to 4.30pm).

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QuarkXpress Level Two

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