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About Square One

Any Square One course can be tailored to meet the particular requirements of your organisation.
We will be happy to use any of your examples for delegates to ensure that the course is as interesting and relevant as possible.

Course Objectives

This is a fast moving, 100% hands on course for Quark users who want to discover the most effective ways to work in a professional environment. You will look at items covered in the introductory course in more detail & explore new subjects such as use of the Bezier tool & lists.

Prerequisites: working knowledge of QuarkXpress 4

Course Details

Duration: 1 day
Timings: 9:30 - 16:30

Course Contents

The subjects listed on the left are an outline. If there are any additional subjects you wish to cover, please feel free to call us prior to the course.

Booking

To discuss course contents and booking arrangements, please contact Michelle or Suzanne on:

Tel:   0151 650 6907
Email: info@squareonetraining.com

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Creating a New Document
 

Xtension management
Customising preferences

Views - Advanced

Text & typography
 

Setting a baseline grid
Locking text to a grid
Aligning within a grid
Kerning/tracking edit
Customising the flex space

H & J’s
 

Creating & applying h & J’s
Non-breaking hyphens
Hyphenation exceptions
Find/change & search criteria

Text flow
 

Advanced run-around
Running text around embedded paths
Alpha channels & none white areas
Running text round all sides

Bezier Boxes & Lines
 

Drawing Bezier lines/boxes
Editing points & segments
Changing boxes to Bezier items
Drawing freehand lines/boxes
Text paths
Aligning text on a path

Items - Advanced
 

Creating picture boxes from text
Merge/split items
Changing item content
Flipping asymmetrical items
Document management

Style Sheets - Advanced

Master Pages-Advanced
 

Creating an index
Lists & tables of content
Creating books

Colour – Advanced
 

Features of spot & process models
Using libraries for colour swatches
Colour management basics
Colour management preferences
The profile manager
Using the profile palette

Introduction to Trapping
 

Trapping preferences
Trapping exceptions colour by colour
Trapping exceptions item by item

Pre-press Checks
 

Font/picture usage
Colour separation
Collect for output
Proof printing
Creating crop/cut marks
Page set-up options
Print options
Capturing print settings
Print styles

Square One Computer Training

Square One Computer Training is the Wirral's premier software training company, offering both in-house and on-site training with floorwalking and consultancy services around the UK. Call +44(0)151 650 6907 for details.
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