QuarkXPress 7:
Basic

Topic-Level Outline

Days: 1

Prerequisites: Windows XP: Basic and Word XP: Basic, or equivalent experience

Unit 1 : Getting started

Topic A: 0 The QuarkXPress environment

A-1: Starting QuarkXPress and opening a projects

A-2: Exploring the QuarkXPress interface

A-3: Navigating a layout

A-4: Exploring basic palettes

A-5: Using the Help system

Topic B: 0 Basic documents

B-1: Creating a new project

B-2: Applying text

B-3: Importing text

B-4: Inserting pictures into a document

B-5: Creating custom colors

Topic C: 0 Item positioning

C-1: Aligning elements to guides

C-2: Positioning elements precisely

C-3: Creating bleeds

Unit 2 : Structuring multi-page layouts

Topic A: 0 Multi-page layouts

A-1: Creating a new layout

A-2: Inserting pages into a facing-pages layout

A-3: Moving items between layouts

Topic B: 0 Master pages

B-1: Editing the default master page

B-2: Creating a new master page

B-3: Inserting page numbers

B-4: Applying master pages

Unit 3 : Typesetting

Topic A: 0 Text box linking

A-1: Linking text boxes

A-2: Breaking text box links

A-3: Adding continuation notices

Topic B: 0 Paragraph formatting

B-1: Setting tabs

B-2: Creating indents

B-3: Creating a bulleted list

B-4: Preventing widows

B-5: Adjusting vertical spacing

B-6: Creating drop caps

B-7: Creating paragraph rules

B-8: Editing styles using Find/Change

Topic C: 0 Style sheets

C-1: Creating a paragraph style sheet

C-2: Creating style sheets based on existing style sheets

C-3: Editing a style sheet

C-4: Creating a character style sheet

Unit 4 : Working with tables

Topic A: Tables

A-5: Creating a table

A-6: Converting text to a table

A-7: Generating a table from a Microsoft Excel file

Topic B: 0 Table structure

B-1: Modifying a table

B-2: Combining table cells

Topic C: 0 Table formatting

C-1: Applying color to table cells

C-2: Arranging text in table cells

C-3: Modifying grid and frame attributes

C-4: Inserting graphics into table cells

Unit 5 : Working with text and graphics

Topic A: 0 Text boxes

A-1: Positioning text within a text box

A-2: Formatting a text box frame

A-3: Adding columns to a text box

A-4: Locking a text box

Topic B: 0 Graphics

B-1: Adding Photoshop files

B-2: Adjusting runaround

B-3: Modifying pictures

B-4: Rotating picture boxes and images

B-5: Anchoring picture boxes

Topic C: 0 Grouped items

C-1: Grouping items

C-2: Manipulating items within groups

Topic D: 0 Layers

D-1: Creating a new layer

D-2: Changing layer stacking order

D-3: Assigning items to layers

Unit 6 : Finalizing documents

Topic A: 0 Output

A-1: Printing a proof

A-2: Applying print styles

A-3: Exporting a PDF file

Topic B: 0 Commercial printing preparation

B-1: Checking spelling

B-2: Checking picture usage

B-3: Checking font usage

B-4: Collecting for output

Appendix A : Preferences

Topic A: 0 Application preferences

Topic B: 0 Project and Print Layout preferences