Quark Advanced Course Outlines

Creating Graphic & Type Effects with Bézier Paths
Working with Bézier controls
Creating shapes and paths
Using the Merge and Split commands
Turning text into an outline
Filling converted text with text or pictures
Using embedded alpha channels
Running text around imported clipping paths
Editing imported clipping paths
Running text inside ‘holes’ in pictures
Creating a clipping path in Quark
Flowing text around all sides of an image

Efficiently Laying Out Pages
Organize Design Elements in Libraries
Step and Repeat Items
Adjust Space Between Items
Manipulate Items Within Groups
Layer Items

Professionally Typesetting Layouts
Set Justification Options
Finding and changing by font or style
Using tabs in QuarkXPress
Setting Rule lines
Space before and after
Paragraph and character style sheets
Hyphenate Text
Tracking & Kerning Type

Tables
Creating & manipulating tables
Importing Excel spreadsheets
Adding text & pictures to tables
Linking table cells
Formatting tables

Transparency
Understanding transparency
Setting transparency attributes