Quark Beginner Course Outlines

QuarkXPress Basics
Basic functionality and Navigation
QuarkXPress tools
Creating text and picture boxes
Entering and importing text & graphics

Setting up Pages in Quark
Setting the page size and margins
Columns and gutters
Positioning the document origin
Using guides and rulers
Quark’s measurement systems
The Measurements Palette

Creating and Formatting Documents
Fonts, styles and sizes
Text rotation and flips
Leading and tracking values
Modifying text and picture boxes

Text and Graphic Features
Framing text and picture boxes
Cropping, rotating and re sizing images
Using step and repeat
Using space/align
Linking and unlinking text boxes
Displaying images using Full Resolution Preview

Colour Palette
Different colour models
Creating and using custom colours
Creating, editing and appending colours
Creating colour blends