Square One Computer Training

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 course is an in-depth introduction to page layout using QuarkXpress, the industry standard application. Delegates are guided through a wide variety of techniques used for creating anything from business cards up to multi page presentations.

Prerequisites: Good Mac or PC skills

Course Details

Duration: 2 days
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

	Course Content
	Creating a New Document View options & shortcuts Using guide lines Palettes & their keyboard shortcuts Customising the tools palette Item & content tool models

	Creating Items
	Drawing rectangular items Positioning items Resizing items Rotating items

	Text
	Inputting text Viewing invisibles Selecting text Undo, cut, copy & paste Importing text

	Typography
	Selecting fonts and font sizes Scaling text Kerning/tracking Leading Baseline shift

	Formatting Text
	Indents Space before/after Working with drop caps

	Positioning text within an Item
	Text alignment Text insert First baseline Vertical alignment Flipping text

	Text Columns
	Multiple column boxes Linking/unlinking text boxes Controlling text flow

	Tabs and Tables
	Inserting tabs Setting tab ruler markers Adding/deleting tabs Adding fill characters Using paragraph rules

	Applying Colour
	Adding frame Using the colour palette Modify for colour Graduated blends

	Lines
	Creating straight lines Modifying straight lines

	Pictures
	Creating picture boxes Importing pictures Resizing/scaling Keyboard shortcuts Picture file formats

	Basic Run-around Options
	Use of none & item modes Aligning to picture bounds

	Working With Multiple items
	Duplicating Step & repeat Layers/select through Multiple selections Item lock

	Library
	Copying to & from a library Listing library contents

	Introduction to Style Sheets
	Creating character style sheets Paragraph styles Applying styles Duplicating styles Using based on styles

	Introduction to Master Pages
	Single & spread masters Modifying master items Auto page numbering Multiple master pages

Booking

QuarkXpress

Introduction

Square One Computer Training