Quarkxpress 6 For Print And Web Design

Few designers have explored the intersecting worlds of design and QuarkXPress as thoroughly as bestselling author Baumgardt. He reveals his expertise here to show designers how they can create more effective designs using QuarkXPress.

Get a quick handle on the new features of QuarkXPress 6, including Mac OS X and Windows XP compatibility, enhanced undo functionality, full-resolution previews, and new ways to manage complex projects Written by designers for designers, covering all the major tools for layout, text editing, special effects, Web page development, and printing in simple, easy-to-understand language Enables both beginning and intermediate designers to start using the program quickly From two highly qualified authors: Barbara Assadi, former manager of Quark, Inc.’s Editorial Services department, and Galen Gruman, a desktop publishing pioneer and former executive editor of Macworld

The hottest collection of cool tips and hidden secrets for the QuarkXPress pro who needs results FAST! Packed with nothing but sidebar tips, QuarkXPress users will get what you want by learning productivity enhancing secrets that even a lot of pros don't know. When it comes to QuarkXPress, time is money. QuarkXPress X Killer Tips is all about speed; showing professionals how to get more work done faster, while actually increasing quality. Offering over 300 tips on topics such as templates, pictures, importing text, type, layout, color, preflight, and design, this book is designed to teach the you all those hidden productivity tips, inside shortcuts and little-known tricks. Built on the premise that "Speed Kills", QuarkXPress users will learn how to get twice the work done in half the time.

Introduces the desktop publishing program, covering such topics as setting up a workspace, creating new projects, editing images, building tables, applying color, and outputting for print.

Take the kinks out of working with QuarkXPress QuarkXPress still remains one of the top tools for layout and design projects, even thirty years after it made its debut. This full-color, hands-on guide is here to help you take the guesswork out of using this powerful tool to create stunning print or digital designs. In QuarkXPress For Dummies, you'll find information on the latest changes to QuarkXPress, easy-to-follow, step-by-step guidance on using the tools built into the software to aid in designing and outputting visual product, and quick solutions to common Quark problems when you get stuck. QuarkXPress dominated the page layout world for decades. It's stuck around thanks to how it readily adapts to customer needs. This new version contains updates and features driven solely by customer feedback. That responsiveness is luring new and former users to the fold. That resurgence in the design community has Quark users clamoring for an authoritative book on how to use it to its fullest. Created in partnership with the pros at Quark, this is the book for new and experienced QuarkXPress users looking to make sense of the latest version. Offers unbeatable tricks for working with text Provides guidance on managing larger design projects Includes tips on how to correct mistakes Take a tour of the palettes, add style to your work, and make QuarkXPress work for you!

* Cross-platform coverage for Mac and Windows versions; covers the long-awaited upgrade of QuarkXPress, which will be compatible with Mac OS X * Written from the perspective of the real-world designer or production specialist, this book uses visual examples to explain how to use the program in the context of real work * Addresses all significant aspects of QuarkXPress, including color print-ing, online publishing, workflow considerations, cross-platform exchange, source file preparation, printed output, and much more * Covers new features and tools for publishing to print, Web, and mobile devices * Includes a Quick Start section to get readers up and running by creating an actual project, plus an all-new tear-out reference card * QuarkXPress has been by far the world's leading page composition tool since the early 1990s, with an installed base estimated at more than three million

"A guide to the seven leading software programs in graphic design, presenting the essential basics that students and professionals need on a day-to-day basis to use Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, QuarkXPress, Dreamweaver, Flash, and Acrobat, including: seven chapters that focus on a separate program and familiarize the user with the screen, menus, windows, tools, navigation system, and basic procedures specific to each piece of software; overviews of all the software applications and descriptions of how they interact with one another, and features a full glossary of terms; information on such wider aspects of digital technology as color management and printing processes; and instructions in both Mac and PC formats." - product description.