Ready to make this stunning page layout program really work for you? Going far beyond the rudiments of text and picture boxes, our curriculum focuses on real projects and real strategies for managing all sorts of layouts. Jump right into using shortcuts to speed your work (and impress your boss!) and discover a variety of ways to tackle production. We talk-tech about fonts, color and bleed so you can minimize last-minute surprises; as well as the mechanics of incorporating Photoshop and Illustrator artwork and images to avoid last-minute disappointments. You’ll walk away with an immense amount of knowledge regarding Artwork/Images Importing, moving, scaling and aligning, utilizing Quark layout info, Color CMYK/RGB/ Pantone, etc., Process vs. spot colors, editing colors, blends, tints, Registration tips, Text Formatting, formatting shortcuts, basic Style Sheets, Layout Facing vs. single pages, navigating the Document Layout palette, streamlined work habits, Step and Repeat tricks, Layers and stack order, bleed... and MORE!

If you’ve been using Quark for a while but need to know more about utilizing its power as a design tool; as well as about fonts, color, formats and other prepress considerations, come on in to Quark – level 2! Ramp up your skills surrounding speed Find/Change tricks, custom defaults, automatic numbering, sections, Quark.eps, Precision Complex Tabs, Style Sheets, Libraries, Master Page realities, Prepress The Quark/Illustrator/Photoshop combo) We’ll focus on The Long Document (catalog, newsletter, book) covering underutilized material such as Books, Lists, and Indexing as well as The Specialty Document (CD package, self-mailer and die-cut). Overall, we emphasize proficiency with the tools required by these special documents such as Style Sheets, the Bézier curve and creating/specifying colors that meet printers’ needs.