Get up and running fast with Quark's cutting-edge
desktop publishing and Web tools
The latest version of QuarkXPress is packed with new
creative tools and Web capabilities. But where do you
begin? This fun and easy reference shows you the way,
covering everything from layout and text-editing basics to
book building, color management, special effects, Web
publishing, and more.
The Dummies Way
- Explanations in plain English
- "Get in, get out" information
- Icons and other navigational aids
- Tear-out cheat sheet
- Top ten lists
- A dash of humor and fun
- Find listings of all our books
- Create your own personalized book with Hungry Minds a
la Carte™
Contents
Introduction 1
Pt. 1 Getting Started 7
Ch. 1 Introducing QuarkXPress 9
Ch. 2 Have It Your Way 25
Ch. 3 Boxes and Text Unite! 37
Ch. 4 A Picture Is Worth 57
Ch. 5 Getting Tricky with Boxes 71
Pt. II Adding Style and
Substance 83
Ch. 6 You've Got Real Style 85
Ch. 7 Working with Special Characters 109
Ch. 8 Devil in the Details 133
Ch. 9 A Touch of Color 159
Ch. 10 Your Survival Guide to XTensions and Required
Components 179
Ch. 11 Printing to Pages 189
Pt. III The Picasso Factor
213
Ch. 12 Using QuarkXPress as an Illustration Tool
215
Ch. 13 Other Controls for Item Management 231
Ch. 14 Warped Images 243
Ch. 15 Text as Art 255
Pt. IV Going Long and Linking
265
Ch. 16 Building Books 267
Ch. 17 Making Lists and Indexes 279
Pt. V Taking QuarkXPress to
the Web 289
Ch. 18 Forget What You've Learned Thus Far 291
Ch. 19 Web Documents: An Overview 299
Ch. 20 Taking Your Pages to the Web 325
Pt. VI Guru in Training
335
Ch. 21 Customizing QuarkXPress 337
Ch. 22 Details for Cross-Platform Users 359
Pt. VII The Part of Tens
373
Ch. 23 More Than Ten Shortcuts 375
Ch. 24 The Ten Most Common Mistakes 387
Ch. 25 The Ten Best Online Resources 393
Index 399