QuarkXPress 8: Essential Skills for Page Layout and Web Design

QuarkXPress 8: Essential Skills for Page Layout and Web Design

by JohnCruise (Author), KellyKordesAnton (Author)

Synopsis

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


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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: 1
Publisher: Peachpit Press
Published: 18 Feb 2009

ISBN 10: 032161691X
ISBN 13: 9780321616913

Author Bio
Kelly Kordes Anton is the Editor of Colorado Expression magazine. She uses this behind-the-scenes publishing knowledge to write books, articles, and stories about QuarkXPress and other software. A former Quark employee, she worked on versions 3.2, 3.3 and 4.0, and has contributed to later versions as a contractor. She has coauthored Adobe InDesign CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, and the upcoming Adobe InDesign CS4 Classroom in a Book. She has contributed to the QuarkXPress 7: Visual Quick Start Guide andReal World QuarkXPress 7.

John Cruise is a freelance writer, design instructor, and former writer and editor at Quark. He is a regular contributor to Mac/Life Magazine, and InDesign Magazine and coauthored QuarkXPress 4 for Dummies,QuarkXPress 4 Bible, InDesign Bible, Adobe InDesign CS4 How-Tos: 100 Essential Techniques, and Adobe InDesign CS4 Classroom in a Book.