About this product

Product Identifiers

PublisherPeachpit Press

ISBN-100201696231

ISBN-139780201696233

eBay Product ID (ePID)1040049

Product Key Features

Number of Pages376 Pages

Publication NameQuarkxpress 4 for Macintosh

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1998

SubjectDesktop Applications / Desktop Publishing, Hardware / Personal Computers / Macintosh

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaComputers

AuthorElaine Weinmann

SeriesVisual Quickstart Guide Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight20.9 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN98-159578

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal686.2/25445369

Table Of Content1. The Basics.What Is QuarkXPress? The QuarkXPress Building Blocks. If It's Not One Thing It's Another. The QuarkXPress Screen. The Tool Palette. Tools on the Default Pop-out Menus. The QuarkXPress Menus. Dialog Boxes. Folder Tabs.2. Startup.Launch QuarkXPress. Create a New File. Save a New File. Save an Existing File. Save a New Version of a File. What Is a Template. Open a QuarkXPress File from within the Application. Open a QuarkXPress File from the Desktop. Non-matching Preferences Prompt. Fonts are Missing Prompt. Pictures are Missing Prompt. XTensions Manager Opens. Change a Document's Page Size. Close a File. Quit the Application. Append Style Sheets, Colors, H&Js, Lists, or Dashes & Stripes from One File to Another. Revert to the Last Saved Version.3. Get Around.Change a Document's Display Size. Change the Display Size Using the Zooming Tool from the Keyboard. Move a Document in Its Window Using the Page Grabber Hand. Move a Document in Its Window Using the Scroll Arrow, Bars, or Boxes. Move Through a Document Using the Extended Keyboard. Go to a Page Using a Dialog Box. Go to a Page Using the Document Layout Palette. Go to a Page Using the Go-to-page Menu or Field. Stack, Tile, or Active Open Document Windows.4. Tex Input.How does Text Get onto a Page? Create a Text Box. Resize a Text Box Manually. Resize a Text Box Using the Measurements Palette. Move a Text Box Manually. Reposition a Text Box or any Other Item Using the Measurements Palette. Imput Text. What Is the Text Overflow Symbol? Highlight Text. Delete Text. Delete a Text Box. Create a Straight Text Path. Rearrange Text Using the Clipboard. Drag-and-drop Text. Change the Text Inset. Apply a Frame to a Text or Picture Box. Frames Illustrated. Make a Text Box Transparent. Rotate a Text Box Using the Measurements Palette. Rotate a Text Box Using the Rotation Tool. Wrap Text around Another Box. Change Vertical Alignment. Change the Number of Columns Using the Measurements Palette. Change Columns and/or Gutter Width Using a Dial Box. Save Text as a Work Processing File.5. Text Flow.Turn on Auto Page Insertion. Import Text. Insert Pages Using a Dialog Box. Insert Pages Using the Document Layout Palette. Delete Pages Using a Dialog Box. Delete Pages Using the Document Layout Palette. Rearrange Pages in Thumbnails View. Rearrange Pages Using the Document Layout Palette. Link Text Boxes or Paths Manually. Unlink Text Boxes or Paths. Delete a Box from a Text Chain and Preserve the Chain. Unlink a Box or a Path from a Text Chain and Preserve the Box and the Chain. Insert a "Continueed on" Command. Insert a "Continued from" Command. Drag-copy pages from One Document to Another. Number a Section of a File. Next Box and Next Column Characters. One Header Over Two Columns.6. Formats.Indent a Whole Paragraph. Indent the First Line of a Paragraph. Leading. Change Paragraphs Leading Using the Measurements Palette. Change Paragraph Leading Using the Keyboard. Change Paragraph Leading Using a Dialog Box. Change Horizontal Alignment. Break a Line without Creating a New Paragraph. Add Space between Paragraphs. Keep Paragraphs Together. Prevent Orphan and Window Lines. Create a Hanging Indent Using the Indent Here Character. Remove an Indent Here Character Insert an Automatic Drop Cap. Resize an Automatic Drop Cap Manually. Kern Next to a Drop Cap. Resize an Automatic Drop Cap. Insert a Paragraph Rule. Insert Tabs into Text. Set Custom Tab Stops. Edit or Remove Custom Tab Stops. Crate or Edit an H&J. Apply an H&J. Prevent a Work from Hyphenating or Specify where a Word will Hyphenate.7. Typography.Resize Type using the Measurements Palette. Resize Type Using the Keyboard. Change a Font. Style Type. Kern Type Manually Using the Measurements Palette. Kern or Track Using the Keyboard. Adjust Inter-word Spacing. Remove Kerning and Word Space Tracking. Use the Kerning Table Editor. Scale Type Using a Dialog Box. Scale Type Horizontally or

SynopsisThe best-selling QuarkXPress: Visual QuickStart Guide has been updated to take advantage of the new features in version 4.0. This is the perfect way for beginners to learn QuarkXPress because the step-by-step, illustrated guide teaches users how to master specific skills using clear, easy-to-understand instructions. It also offers special tips to help new users avoid potential problems. Hundreds of illustrations with detailed captions offer additional reinforcement for new users. Users learn how to create a new Quark file, navigate through a document, work with text boxes, picture boxes, typography, and much more. The new edition is an invaluable tool for experienced Quark users because it offers them a chance to learn the new features of version 4.0 quickly and easily. Some of the new features in QuarkXPress 4.0 include the addition of Bezier tools, a Tools palette, character-based style sheets, new management capabilities for QuarkXTensions, indexes, and paragraph formats, new graphics features, and new typographical and document controls., This guide has been updated to take account of the new features in QuarkXPress version 4.0. Step-by-step instructions teach beginners how to master specific skills and avoid potential problems. Hundreds of illustrations with detailed captions offer additional reinforcement for new users. This work is also intended as a reference for experienced Quark users who need to learn the features of version 4.0.

LC Classification NumberZ253.532.Q37W47 1998