Learn Publishing in Washington, District of Columbia

QuarkXPress is the industry standard desktop publishing package. The aim of this course is to familiarise you with the basic principles of typography and page layout and guide you through a variety of the techniques used for creating both simple newsletters and multi-page documents. As well as page layout and text handling features you will also be shown time saving shortcuts and professional tips.



PRE-REQUISITES:
Basic computer understanding. Some interest in, and awareness of, desktop publishing and the print process would be useful

LEARN TO:
+ Understand the basics of QuarkXPress
+ Create layouts of a professional standard
+ Use master pages
+ Import and manipulate items
+ Use the modify box
+ Edit text and coloursTerms & Conditions

COURSE CONTENT:
An introduction to document construction, creating and saving a document, setting defaults and preferences, working with master pages, style sheets, multiple page documents and moving between documents.
Using the tools palette and understanding the measurements palette.
Creating and linking text boxes, formatting, positioning and importing text, typographic pr... [Read More]

XTags is an XTension for QuarkXPress that uses the publishing power of enhanced XPress Tags to automatically format content-driven documents. It sports a powerful import and export text filter that supports the full Quark XPress Tags language plus several major enhancements designed for picture-based data publishing, classified ad building, input code conversion, data-driven document layout, and more.

Xdata is the best-selling XTension from Em Software that brings the full typographic and picture publishing power of QuarkXPress to bear on all your data-driven repetitive publishing tasks: catalogues, directories, form letters, financial summaries, tables, labels, lists of all sorts, and more.

Xcatalog is a powerful bi-directional linking tool for creating transparent links between your QuarkXPress documents and any number of databases. Xcatalog imposes no constraints on layout or design. Xcatalog’s links are invisible (Xcatalog can show you the extent of each selection link with on-screen "link markers"), don’t affect your layout, and linked elements can be moved between documents freely without loss of linkage. The advantage is you never having to worry about whether your document reflects the latest data in your database, or whether your database reflects any last-minute editorial changes you’ve made to your document!

Smart Catalog offers a powerful solution to link information from your data sources, either a database, data file or XML file, to your InDesign document. Smart Catalog supports linking images, text frames and even arbitrary text ranges allowing great flexibility. Once your catalogue is laid out, a single click will update your InDesign document with the latest information from the database or data file.

InCatalog - a plug-in for Adobe InDesign - is a powerful bi-directional linking tool for creating transparent links between your Adobe InDesign documents and external data. With these links in place, you never have to enter or update your data in two places (documents and database), but can simply update one or the other from the most current version.

Once links are established with the the easy-to-use linking tool, changes can be made either in the document or the database, and the changes pushed in the other direction with no extra work. (No intermediate steps such as report creation and extraction are needed.) InCatalog’s links are invisible to your printed layout (but visible while you’re working), and linked elements can be moved between documents freely without loss of linkage.

InCatalog can be used to update prices, graphics, or product information - even change versions or swap languages - automatically. If you have different pricing regions, you can use InCatalog to swap the prices in for each region - automatically.

LinkUP! Workgroup is a QuarkXPress XTension that enables you to connect an existing QuarkXPress document to a flat-file database.

LinkUP! Workgroup can be used to produce all types of documents, such as catalogues, price guides, directories, financial services literature, reference books, magazines, property listings, reports, television and radio guides, travel brochures and show guides.

LinkUP! allows you to connect QuarkXPress to your database and thereby automatically update information in your publications.

LinkUP! is the cutting-edge solution for design professionals to solve a traditional document creation problem, and can revolutionise the way you enter data (text, numbers and pictures) into your QuarkXPress documents.

Although LinkUP! has the ability to connect with some of the most advanced databases currently available, this doesn’t make it a solution that is complex to use. LinkUP! imposes no restrictions on the way that QuarkXpress users lay out the page - all the flexibility of QuarkXPress can now be combined with the power of a data publishing solution.

Catalogues are an obvious application of LinkUP!, updating prices, product descriptions and pictures etc. in a timely manner. LinkUP! can also be used to produce property listings, car listings or retail flyers, quickly build specialogues, price lists or TV & radio guides, and create diaries, calendars and holiday brochures.