PDF Version
QuarkXpress 7:
Advanced
Duration: 2 Days
Method: Hands-on, Instructor-led
QKXP7ADV

Setting a Baseline Grid
Locking text to a grid
Aligning text within a grid
Kerning/tracking table edit
En and Em space/dashes
Customising the flex space

Hyphenation and Justifications
Creating and applying H and Js
Non-breaking hyphens
Hyphenation exceptions
Find/change and search criteria

Text Flow
Advanced Runaround
Running text around embedded paths
Alpha channels and clipping options
Running text around all sides

Bezier Boxes and Lines
Drawing Bezier lines/boxes
Editing Bezier points and segments
Changing boxes to Bezier items
Drawing freehand lines/boxes

Text Paths
Creating text paths
Aligning text on a path

Creating Bezier Shapes From Text
Creating picture boxes from text

Advanced Item and Miscellaneous Features
Merging/splitting items
Changing item content
Flipping asymmetrical items
Style sheets advanced
Master pages advanced

 

Creating an Index
Creating lists and tables of contents
Creating books

Advanced Colour Features
Features of spot/process/multi-ink models
Colour management preferences

Introduction to Trapping
Setting trapping preferences
Trapping exceptions colour by colour
Trapping exceptions item by item

PDF Files
Importing and Exporting PDF files
Pre-Press checks

Font/Picture Usage
Colour separation
Collect for output
Proof printing
Creating crop/cut marks
Page set-up and print options
PPD manager
Capturing print settings
Drop shadows
Transparency

Collaboration
Composition zones
Job Jackets

Course Overview
Our advanced Quark training course is designed for experienced users of Quark. The QuarkXpress course will dramatically improve your DTP skills.
Course Aims
This course is designed for the experienced QuarkXPress professional to enhance skills and develop best practices to make you more productive in your layout tasks. The course covers tips and tricks to get the most out of the new powerful features available in QuarkXPress 7.
Course Pre-requisites
None.
Qualification Map
None.
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