QuarkXPress 8: Editorial

Course Description:

This Quark authorised introductory course has been designed to meet the specific requirements of professionals using QuarkXPress in an editorial capacity such as sub-editors or journalists.

The emphasis throughout the day is on the powerful text manipulation and editing features of QuarkXPress rather than the layout and design features.

This course includes the following modules:

Introduction

• Tools in QuarkXPress
• The measurement palette
• Moving around your document

Basic text controls

• Different ways of selecting text
• Importing text and graphics
• Formatting text
• Using leading and tracking controls
• Using invisibles and guides
• Font substitution
• Finding and changing text
• Exporting text from QuarkXPress
• Saving text in MS Word format
• Checking the spelling
• The auxiliary dictionary

Working with layers

• Creating and editing layers

Style sheets

• Importing style sheets
• Creating style sheets
• Editing style sheets
• Character and paragraph level style sheets
• Synchronising styles across several documents

Working with Master Pages

• Understanding Quark templates
• Creating Master Pages
• Adapting Master Pages
• Applying Master Pages
• Automatic page numbering
• Running headers and footers

Working with tables

• Defining columns and rows
• Resizing tables

Further text controls

• Running text around pictures
• Linking text boxes
• Using synchronised text
• Creating text on a path
• Hyphenation and justification
• Setting the baseline grid
• Locking text to the baseline grid
• Anchored text boxes

Printing

• Proofing your document
• Using Quark Job Jacket
• Using font usage