Quark XPress Introduction
One Day Course

Course Overview

This course is designed to give the delegate a good working knowledge of Quark XPress.  Delegates will experience hands-on practice and once completed they will be able to create precise XPress publications using text, pictures and colour.

Delegates Requirements

Delegates must have completed the Windows Introductory course or have gained similar knowledge within the work environment.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who requires a working knowledge of this desk top publishing software to produce documents from single page newsletters to magazine layouts.

Course Outline

Document Construction

Creating and Saving Documents
Opening and Closing Documents
Adding Pages
Using Master Pages
Setting Up Repeating Items on Master Pages
Moving and Removing Pages

Word Processing

Getting Pictures From a File
Scaling and Cropping Pictures
Moving Pictures

Typography

Pagination Controls
Styles
Fonts and Point Sizes
Leading
Tracking/Kerning

Horizontal/Vertical Scaling

Baseline Shift
Drop Caps

Colours

Applying Colours
Colour Palette
Colour Models
Creating Custom Colours
Pantone Colours
Using Blends

Items

Grouping Items
Moving Items
Aligning Items
Copying Items

TO BOOK A COURSE
Telephone 01794 521449