QuarkXPress 8: Essential Skills For Page Layout And Web Design

Description

Get up to speed quickly with this accessible new guide on QuarkXPress 8 for both print and Web workflows. QuarkXPress experts Kelly Kordes Anton and John Cruise provide the essential techniques that you need in an easy-to-use format. From the basics of creating new layouts to using QuarkXPress's superior typographic tools, this book covers the primary features for graphic designers and Web publishers - whether new to the program or returning again. Expert tips and the most efficient approach for your real-world workflow demands make this book a valuable resource.

Learn about:

* Setting up your workspace, tools, and palettes to increase productivity
* Creating new projects, including managing layouts within projects
* Producing professional type with hanging punctuation, OpenType, and expert built-in hyphenation and justification options
* Editing images, creating drop shadows, and working with transparency
* Building tables, creating and applying color, and using master pages
* Outputting for print, PDF, Web, and Flash

CONTENTS:

Introduction
1. Projects and Layouts
2. Workspace
3. Pages
4. Items
5. Text
6. Typography
7. Tables
8. Graphics
9. Color
10. Print
11. PDF
12. Web
13. Flash
Appendix: Retraining QuarkXPress 4 - 7 Users