QuarkXPress 5: The Complete Reference (Osborne Complete Reference Series) - Softcover

Bain, Steve

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0072193182 ISBN 13: 9780072193183

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, 2001

Synopsis

The wait is over. After four years, Quark is finally releasing a new version of their landmark software. QuarkXPress: The Complete Reference offers 800 pages of explanation, elucidation, and interpretation that will have you running at optimal speed in no time.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Most Up-to-Date Guide to QuarkXPress 5 Available

Learn to use all of the features and enhancements new to QuarkXPress 5--or fine-tune your mastery of its established tools--with help from this instructive and information-packed guide. This useful reference clearly explains both basic operations and complex publishing techniques specific to QuarkXPress 5. Inside you'll find step-by-step exercises that are easy-to-follow, handy keyboard shortcuts, and an 8-page color section that showcases the color capabilities of QuarkXPress--all geared to provide you with hands-on instruction as well as design and layout ideas. You'll also find a thorough glossary to help define any unfamiliar terms. Great for beginning and intermediate users alike, this comprehensive reference is the ultimate QuarkXPress 5 resource.

• Gain an overview of QuarkXPress basics--including guidelines for installation and use of tutorials
• Learn to use powerful new features of version 5--layering, tables, and new interface and context-sensitive menu commands
• Discover the secrets to building Web documents with forms, rollovers, and hyperlinks; and learn to master HTML export options
• Create visually appealing layouts and documents with ease
• Apply advanced techniques, and combine text and pictures for special effects
• Design QuarkXPress documents for use both in print and on the Web
• Understand the essentials of working with color, including trapping, separations, and printing
• Use QuarkXPress 5 on both Macintosh and Windows platforms

About the Author:

Steve Bain is an award-winning illustrator, and a well-known author and teacher. He has produced hundreds of expert design and drawing workshops, is a regular contributor to educational publications and Web sites, and evaluates application features for Corel.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0072193182
• ISBN 13: 9780072193183
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 856