This course is designed to improve your skills working with the advanced features and special functions of this popular layout program. We will explore some fairly complex issues, including managing your work flow, structuring documents, creating advanced style sheets, text and graphics, long documents and colour output. We recommend that you be very comfortable with using QuarkXPress before taking this class and, if possible, have previously taken an introduction course.
Who should attend? Graphic professionals who need an advanced understanding of page layout. Experienced users will also benefit from the many tips and tricks and special exercises.
Structuring Your Layouts
Grids
Using custom grids and template files
Copy and layout fitting
Kerning and Tracking
Type colour
Working With Shapes
Complex merging
Applying blends to merged objects
Advanced bezier tool techniques
Complex Text Elements
Converting text to paths
Putting type inside of character based graphics
Text on paths
Text on curved paths
Text on circles or ovals
Digbats and type paths
Text and Graphics Living Together
Colouring text and text boxes
Runarounds and clipping paths
Creating runarounds
Adjusting hyphenation and justification of runarounds
Kerning and tracking in runarounds
Alternatives to automatic runarounds
QuarkXpress clipping paths
Running text inside a picture's contours
Anchored objects
Advanced Style Sheets
Editorial priority
Building style sheets
Appending style sheets from another document
Style sheets and workflow
Creating character styles sheets
Working With Long Documents
The importance of consistency
Starting with a primary master document
Books
Lists
Index creation prep
The index palette
Managing Output
Workflow issues for printing
Working with print styles
Separations
Tiling
Halftoning
Using the PPD Manager
PostScript and QuarkXPress
Trapping
Save for Output issues
Output tips
