Interactive Guide to QuarkXPress

Interactive Guide to QuarkXPress, 1/e

Rick Wallace

Published December, 1997 by Prentice Hall Career & Technology

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Summary

Desktop publishing, computer design/Journalism, Business, Art, Communication/2-year and 4-year colleges and universities, Continuing Education This cross-platform guide to the latest version of QuarkXPress contains in-depth coverage of all the features of QuarkXPress including graphics, colors and proofreading. Outstanding exercises include review, assessment, application, and integrated "Portfolio Builders". Accompanying CD-ROM gives students access to visuals and graphics for their projects.

Hands-on tutorials within each “Lesson” require students to practice as they learn.
“Mentor-like” technique, and design notes make this a very practical learning tool.
End of Chapter hands-on exercises include “Review It”, “Chack It”, and “Design It”.
“Portfolio Builder” exercises, which require to apply knowledge gained from the previous chapters, follow each section. At the end of the text, students tie all the “Portfolio Builder” exercises together to form a completed project they can include in their Portfolio.

Part I: Getting a Quick Start
1. Taking a Quick Tour
2. Creating a New Publication
Portfolio Builder 1: Illustrate Yourself
Part II: Setting Type
3. Formatting Words and Paragraphs
4. Spacing Type: Part One
Spacing Type: Part Two
6. Copy Editing
Portfolio Builder 2: Real World Work
Part III: Working Systematically
7. Automatic Formatting Using Style Sheets
8. Organizing Many Pages
. Using a Design Grid
Portfolio Builder 3: Idea Generator
Part IV: Adding Graphics
10. Working with Graphics Files
11. Drawing in QuarkXPress
12. Combing and Manipulating Graphics
Portfolio Builder 4: Case Studies
Part V: Getting Colorful
13. Understanding and Defining Color
14. Using Process Colors
15. Getting Projects Printed
Portfolio Builder 5: Presentation

CD-ROM Contents @SUBBULLET = Text and graphics for exercises @SUBBULLET = Work-in-progress“step files” that illustrate how the projects will look after each step is completed @SUBBULLET = Font library @SUBBULLET = Font Management appendix @SUBBULLET = Glossary appendix @SUBBULLET = Desktop Publishing Master Checklist appendix