QuarkXPress 6.5 Basic Study Guide

0-619-20506-7 © 2006 Publish date: May 3, 2005 232 pages

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Course ID: quarkxpress-65-basic-sg

Do you need to learn how to create publications for printing or for publishing on the Internet? CBT Planet has numerous computer training books that will teach you how to achieve this by using various software programs. The QuarkXPress 6.5 Basic study guide focuses on the basics of using QuarkXPress.

If you've never used this program before or are struggling with the basic features, the QuarkXPress 6.5 Basic courseware will get you up to speed and allow you to start creating simple publications right away. First, you will get an introduction to the software and learn how to create publications for both print as well as the Web.

You will learn steps for creating a new project, adding text and objects, and moving items around the page. You will then move on to learn about structuring multi-page layouts, editing and formatting text, and using style sheets. Other topics you will learn by following the QuarkXPress 6.5 Basic courseware include tables, layers, and printing.

In addition to six full units of instruction, an included appendix gives you an overview of application, project, and print layout preferences while hands-on activities and exercises provide you with challenging tasks to do on your own.

Course Contents

Unit 1 introduces getting started with QuarkXPress

• QuarkXPress's environment
• Working with basic documents
• Item position

Unit 2 discusses structuring multi-page layouts

• Working with multi-page layouts
• Working with master pages

Unit 3 goes over typesetting

• Linking text boxes
• Paragraph formatting
• Style sheets

Unit 4 discusses tables

• Table structures
• Table formatting

Unit 5 covers modifying items

• Modifying text boxes
• Modifying graphics
• Modifying grouped items
• Modifying layers

Unit 6 discusses finalizing documents

• Outputting your documents
• Preparing your documents for commercial printing

Appendix A covers preferences

• Application preferences
• Project preferences
• Print layout preferences