Quark QuarkXPress 4

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Quark QuarkXPress 4

• Intermediate Level Course

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Working with Master Pages

• The Document Layout Palette allows you to add,
  delete, and move document and master pages

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Working on Master Pages

• Working on Master Pages is the same as working on
  Document Pages you have the same tools palettes
  at your disposal.
• The primary difference is that whatever you do on
  the Master Page will available on every page that
  contains the master page.

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Master Page Numbers

• Master Page Numbers allows you to setup the
  numbering for your document.
• The numbers will automatically be updated to
  reflect the page that contains the Master Page
  Numbering command.

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Editing Master Pages

• When Editing Master Pages you can rename the
  Master Page, duplicate the Master pages, and
  remove the Master Pages.

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Working with Document Pages

• The Insert Pages dialog box allows you to insert
  pages, set how many, where to insert then, which
  master page they should be based on and if their
  text boxes should link to other current document
  pages.

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Editing Document Pages

• You can use the Document Layout palette to remove
  pages, or the Delete Pages dialog box.

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Page Numbering

• The Page Area Section allows you to set numbering
  and its style for pages.

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Page Navigation

• One of the ways to go to a specific page within a
  document is to go to the Page field at the bottom
  left corner of the document window.

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Flowing Text

• When adding text into a text box, there may be
  too many words to fit within the set space. If
  this is the case, the Overflow symbol will appear
  in the lower right corner of the text box.

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Text to Path

• Adding Text to Paths can be done by first drawing
  a path, you will be able to begin adding text to
  the path. If the text you enter is larger than
  the path that you have created, you will see a
  text over flow icon.

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Formatting Paragraphs

• The Formats tab within the Paragraph Attributes
  dialog box allows you to set indents, line
  spacing, paragraph spacing, drop caps, as well as
  many other characteristics for either one or a
  multiple of paragraphs.

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Tabs and Indents

• The tab ruler will typically appear on the top of
  the active column when either the Formats or Tabs
  tab of the Paragraph Attributes dialog box is
  selected.
• This ruler allows you to set indents and create
  and move tabs manually. However, if the active
  column is not able to display the ruler, it is
  shown within the Tabs tab of the Paragraph
  Attributes dialog box.

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Using Styles Sheet Palettes

• The Style Sheets dialog box allows you to do a
  multiple of tasks, from creating, editing,
  duplicating, to deleting paragraph and character
  style sheets and appending style sheets taken
  from a different document.

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Editing Style Sheets

• Selecting the Edit button in the Style Sheets
  dialog box will open either the Edit Paragraph
  Style Sheet or the Edit Character Style Sheet
  dialog boxes, depending on the type of style
  sheet highlighted in the list.

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Find and Replace

• This dialog box allows you to search and replace
  text characters, paragraph or character-based
  style sheets, fonts, point sizes or type styles.

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Spelling

• The Check Spelling submenu allows you to check a
  word, story, document, or any master pages. The
  text is compared to the QuarkXPress Dictionary
  and any other open auxiliary dictionary.

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Working with Shapes

• When editing shapes, use the Item or the content
  tools and move the select the points on the
  outline of the shapes.

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Béziers

• If used properly, the Bézier tools are a very
  powerful tool for drawing. Most Bézier shapes
  consist of points, handles, and segments.

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Outlining

• The Text to box feature is a very handy and easy
  to use feature to have in any application. It
  only works for the first line of text in a text
  box, if you have more that one line, you will
  have to convert each line separately.

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Importing Colors

• The imported colors will show up as spot colors,
  therefore they will print on there own color
  separation.

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Pantone Colors

• When you need to ad color to your work and you do
  not need to a rainbow of colors, the best thing
  to use is Pantone colors.

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Multi-Ink Colors

• The Multi-ink color model allows you to create
  colors using a combination of process and spot
  colors.

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Coloring Objects

• The Color Palette allows you to select, change
  and modify colors within your documents.

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Importing EPS Files

• A vector image can be resized, moved and enlarged
  and the output quality will not be affected.
  However, it cannot be re-colored within
  QuarkXPress.

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Links

• When you import links into QuarkXPress, you will
  have to keep and eye on where you are importing
  your images from.
• Use the Picture usage Dialog box to keep track of
  your image links.

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Advanced Scaling

• While holding the CTRL ALT Shift key
  combination, press F. If the ALT key is not
  pressed, the picture will fit into the box,
  however the proportions will alter relative to
  its original picture.

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Locking Your Work

• When you have a lot of objects on your document
  you can use the Locking feature to prevent
  objects from being move accidentally.

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Layers

• The Send to Back command allows you to send a
  particular item from any location to the bottom
  layer of all items on a document.

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Step and Repeat

• The Step and Repeat command allows you to create
  multiple duplicates at the same time, and have
  the duplicates placed at a set distance from each
  other.

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Text and Shapes
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Anchoring Pictures

• Anchoring text allows you to embed pictures into
  text box. This eliminates having to group the
  text and the picture together every time you want
  to move the two objects around.

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Postscript Printing

• Confirm that the correct Printer Description file
  is within the PPD Manager before you create a
  PostScript file, so it will be visible once in
  the Setup tab of the Print dialog box.

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Spreads

• Spreads allow printing of two or more pages side
  by side.

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Suppressed Printing