QuarkXPress

COURSE OUTLINE- Basic Desktop Publishing Curriculum- 1,050 hours

1. QuarkXPress

A.Introduction to QuarkXPress

B.Document Construction
Creating a New Document
Rulers and Ruler Guides
Zero Point
Setting General Preferences
Setting Application Preferences
Saving Files
Opening Files
The Tool Palette
How the Tools Work
Review Exercise and Question

C.Using Palettes
Measurements Palette for Text Boxes
Using the Measurements Palette
Kerning and Tracking with the Measurements Palette
Type Styles in the Measurements Palette
Measurements Palette for a Picture Box
Importing Pictures
Picture Scaling
Corner Radius
Picture Offset
Picture Rotation and Picture Skewing
Review Exercise and Question

D.Using More Palettes
The Document Layout Palette
Master Page Icons
Document Page Icons
Master Pages
Library Palette
Creating and Opening a Library Palette
Moving Items Into and Out of the Library
Naming Library Entries
Review Exercises and Questions

E.Working with Master Pages
Master Pages
Master Pages Icons
Naming Master Pages
Accessing Master Pages
Master Page Contents
Adding Items to a Master Page
Creating New Master Pages
Inserting Document Pages Based on Master Pages
Deleting Master Pages and Document Pages
Changing Documents from Non-Facing Pages to Facing Pages
Review Exercises and Questions

F.Working with Document Pages
Deleting Document Pages
Auto Insertion
Numbering Pages Consecutively
Creating Document Sections
Linking Text Boxes
Unlinking Text Boxes
Creating ?Jump Lines?
Copying Items between Documents
Copying Pages between Documents
Moving Pages
Importing and Exporting Text Files
Review Exercises and Questions

G.Menu Bar Commands
File Menu
Printing a Document
Printing Selected Pages
Paper Source
Printing Colors
Printer Output
Printing Odd and Even Pages
Printing Spreads
Registration and Crop Marks
Edit Menu
Undo Command
Cut, Copy, and Paste
Select All
Find/Change
Preferences Dialog Boxes

Typographic Preferences
Superscript and Subscript Values
Superior Characters
Ligatures
Hyphenation Method
Auto Leading and Flex Space
Auto Kern
Maintain Leading
Tools Preference
Style Menu
Item Menu
Grouping and Ungrouping Items
Text Runaround
Layering Items
Duplicating Items
Space/Align
Constraining and Unconstraining Items
Locking Items
View Menu
Utilities Menu
Review Exercises and Questions

H.Working with Picture Boxes and Pictures
Resizing Picture Boxes
Scaling Boxes
Rotating Picture Boxes
Rotating Pictures
Skewing Pictures
Halftone Pictures
Picture Contrast Specifications
Listing and Updating Pictures
Review Exercises and Questions

I.Modifying Picture Boxes
Picture Box Specifications Dialog Box
Origin Across and Origin Down Fields
Width and Height Fields
Corner Radius Field
Scale Across and Scale Down Fields
Offset Across and Offset Down Fields
Picture Angle Field
Skewing Pictures
Suppress Printout

Background Field
Picture Box Shape
Polygon Picture Box Shape
Review Exercises and Questions

J.Word Processing
Formatting Text
Applying Color to Text
Setting Tabs
Clearing Tabs
Paragraph Formats
Paragraph Indents
Leading Values
Space Before and Space After
Keep with Next Paragraph
Keep Lines Together
Paragraph Alignment
Hyphenation and Justification
Lock to Baseline Grid
Drop Caps
Text Insert
Establishing Leading
Setting Paragraph Alignment
Vertical Alignment
Review Exercises and Questions

K.Text Manipulation
Finding and Changing Text
Finding and Changing Text with Attributes
Spelling Check
Creating an Auxiliary Dictionary
Editing an Auxiliary Dictionary
Creating Style Sheets
The Style Sheets Palette
Applying No Style
Using Style Sheets
Appending Style Sheets
Review Exercises and Questions

L.Typography
Baseline Grid
Locking Text to the Baseline
Horizontal Scale

Kerning Letters
Tracking Text
Baseline Shift
Hyphenation and Justification
Applying H&J Styles
Justified Text
Word Spacing
Character Spacing
Rotating Text
Drop Caps
Special Formatting Characters
Punctuation
Foreign Accents
Symbols
Review Exercises and Questions

M.Modifying Text Boxes
Text Box Origins
Constraining Boxes
Resizing Text Boxes
Columns
Text Inset
Vertical Alignment
Inter Paragraph Max
Grouping Items
Modifying Groups
Group Specifications Dialog Box
Suppress Printout
Grouping and Ungrouping Groups
Review Exercises and Questions

N.Lines and Rulers
Orthogonal and Diagonal Lines
Line Modes
Endpoint Mode
Left Point Mode
Line Style Menu
Right Point Mode
Midpoint Mode
Anchored Rules
Overriding the Unit of Measure
Rules as Styles
Review Exercises and Questions

O.Graphics and Text Together
Anchored Picture Boxes
Anchored Picture Box Specifications Dialog Box
Aligning the Anchored Picture Box
Anchored Text Boxes
Text Runaround
None Mode
Item Mode
Auto Image Mode
Adding and Deleting Handles
Review Exercises and Questions

P.Working with Color
The Complexities of Color
Process Color
Spot Color
Color Models
Color Systems
Specifying Color for Text
Specifying Color for Items
Specifying Color for Graphic Files
Adding Colors
Duplicating Colors
Appending Colors
Deleting Colors
The Colors Palette
Linear Blends
Color Trapping
Foreground and Background
Trapping Mechanisms in QuarkXPress
Application Preferences Trap Settings
Absolute Trapping
Proportional Trapping
Auto Amount
Indeterminate Field
Overprint Limit
Ignore White
Process Trap
Trap Specifications Dialog Box
Automatic Trapping
Overprinting
Trap Field
Indeterminate Trapping

Trap Information Palette
Review Exercises and Questions

Q.Printing
Preparation for Printing
Printing to a Laser Printer
Tiling
Printing to an Imagesetter
Sending Files to a Service Bureau
Review Exercises and Questions