QuarkXPress User Interface

• Define QuarkXPress
• Introduction to Tools
• Menus and Context Menus
• Palettes
• Layout Controls
• View and View Sets

Projects and Layouts

• Working with Projects
• Working with Layouts and Guides
• Undoing and Redoing Actions

Introduction to Content Variables

• Edit Content Variables
• Create Custom Content Variable
• Insert Content Variable

Boxes, Lines, and Tables

• Understanding Items and Content
• Basics of Handles
• Boxes and Lines
• Manipulating Items
• Working with Callouts and Tables

Text and Typography

• Editing, Importing, and Exporting Text
• Working with Footnotes and Endnotes
• Applying Character and Paragraph Attributes
• Text Shading
• Control Kerning, Hyphenation, Justification, and Tracking
• Working with Style Sheets and Conditional Styles
• Bullets and Numbering
• Position Text in Text Boxes
• Using Text Runaround and Anchored Boxes
• OpenType Styles
• Working with Design Grid and Rubi Text
• Introduction to Hanging Characters
• Mojigumi Sets and Classes
• Hyperlinks

Introduction to Pictures

• Working with Pictures
• Clipping Paths
• Alpha Masks
• PSD Pictures

Colour, Opacity, and Drop Shadows

• Working with Colours and Opacity
• Colour Management
• Drop Shadows

Custom Bleeds and Item Styles

• Use Custom Bleeds
• Use Clips at Bleed Edge
• Use Item Style Palette
• Create Item Style

Document Construction

• Use Automatic Page Numbering
• Working with Master Pages
• Layers, Lists, Indexes, Books, and Libraries
• Guides Palette

Output

•  Print Layouts
• Export Layouts
• Output Styles and Trapping

Collaboration and Single-Sourcing

• Working with Shared Content
• Composition Zones
• Placing a Composition Zones Item

Introduction to Notes and Redline

• Create Notes
• Working with Notes
• Track Changes
• Accept and Reject Changes

Understanding Job Jackets

• Introduction to Job Jackets
• Exploring Job Jackets and Job Tickets
• Job Jacket File
• Working with Resources and Layout Specifications
• Rules and Rule Sets