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QuarkXpress Tutorials - Quark™ Documents - QuarkXPress™ is the industry standard page layout program. Although it is a professional level application with features that will handle virtually any pre-press circumstance that may occur, it is has a user-friendly, intuitive interface and is surprisingly easy to use.
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QuarkXpress Tutorials - Top Ten Tips for QuarkXpress - Here are Top Ten Tips for QuarkXpress
QuarkXpress Tutorials - QuarkXpress Keyboard Shortcuts - This list gives a comprehensive run-down of the keyboard shortcuts in QuarkXPress. You don't need to learn all of them but pick up just a few of these and it'll save you a lot of time compared to working through the menus in the program....
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Turn SmartQuotes Off - Smart Quotes - To temporarily turn SmartQuotes off, read this article.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Copy Paragraph Styles - Normally I would always suggest to use style sheets for all your paragraphs. But there may be occassions when you just want to copy a paragraph style for another paragraph without creating a style sheet.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Setting Up QuarkXPress™ Preferences Part I - QuarkXPress allows you to setup the application preferences so it works predictably for you every time. I'll just show you my personal preferences on how I like to setup Quark™. You can set yours up the way you want.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Setting Up QuarkXPress™ Preferences Part II - QuarkXPress allows you to setup the application preferences so it works predictably for you every time. I'll just show you my personal preferences on how I like to setup Quark™. You can set yours up the way you want.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Select Hidden Items - Learn how to grab an item that is buried beneath other items
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Basics of the Style Sheet - Traditionally, a style sheet was a sheet of paper used to keep track of the typographic details of a publication. A computer’s style sheets, available in most word processors and in all page layout programs, does that too. Do you use them? By the end of this article, you will know how to save time, prevent some particularly tedious and error-prone work, and have a consistently typeset product. Better, faster, and easier? Yes.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Working with Multiple Documents - If you have several document windows open, you can easily switch from one document to another
Beginner QuarkXpress Tutorialss -This Tutorials is geared towards helping first time users become familiar with the program. The sections to the right will take you through the key areas - Menus, Palettes, Layout explaining the different elements involved and what they are used for.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Edit Tabs in Style Sheet - When you need to change a tabs setting in a style sheet, there is an easy way to do this.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Creating Setting Up QuarkXPress™ Tool Defaults Part I - Create and Set up the tool defaults.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Basics of View - Tips on changing views in QuarkXpress
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Copy Pages to Another Document - Learn how to copy pages from one document to another.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Creating Setting Up QuarkXPress™ Tool Defaults Part II - Next we want to set the item runaround to "None" for all objects.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Basics of Quark Guides - Basics and tips for use of guides.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Setting Up The Color Palette - Next we want to setup the default color palette and add a few colors. Quark™ permits you to globally replace one color with another throughout the entire document. This can come in handy if you are preparing a monthly publication or other periodical. You can create a magazine, newsletter or catalog using the previous one as a template.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Images With Embedded Clipping Paths In QuarkXPress™ - Prior to version 4.0 the only way a clipping path could be used is if the image was saved as an EPS file with a clipping path. In version 4.x there are a couple of new things regarding clipping paths.
QuarkXpress Tutorials - Working With Master Pages In QuarkXPress™ - Using master pages in QuarkXPress documents can save a tremendous amount of time and will ensure that your layouts have a consistent, uniform appearance. There are a few points to bear in mind when using them.
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