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Quark to InDesign Class Syllabus
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Session 1: Exercises:
  The InDesign Tool Palette
Creation of InDesign Document
Text Attributes (differences between Quark & InDesign are stressed):
  - Character & Paragraph options
  - Tabs
  - Hidden Characters
  - Kerning (focus on InDesign's additional     features)
  - copying formatting (Eyedropper tool)
Graphics (new ways of importing are stressed)
Advanced Formatting such as bulleted lists using   "Indent to Here"
Hyphenation (differences from Quark will be stressed)
  Advanced Word Processing/
  Formatting
Magazine Ad
Professional Typesetting Techniques
Session 2:   Exercises:
  Multiple Page Documents:
- facing pages
- page numbering (section start)
Multiple Text Columns
Text Wrap
Baseline Grid
Strokes
Color Swatches: Creating and Using
CMYK & Pantone (Spot) Colors
- the proper vs improper way of creating
Style Sheets
- Paragraph Styles
- Character Styles
- Nested Styles
Optical Margin Alignment
Tables
- creating/formatting
- importing Excel spreadsheets
  2–Page Magazine Ad
Horse Racing Ad
Style Sheets in a Magazine Article
Tables
Session 3:   Exercises:
  Master Pages (differences from Quark will be stressed)
Manually Linking Frames
Libraries
Find/Change
Spell Checking
  Leaders Magazine:
  - Master Pages & 1st Article
  - Libraries & 2nd Article
  - Find/Change, Spelling
Session 4:   Exercises:
  Creating a Book:
- setting up and using Master Pages
- automatically flowing in text/creating pages
- using style sheets to style text
- using Find/Change to speed things up
Paragraph Rules
Automatic Table of Contents
Anchored Boxes (differences from Quark are stressed)
Printing Options
Preparing Files for Output (including Collecting Files)
  The Lawyer Joke Book:
   - Setting it Up
   - Styling the Text
Table of Contents Creation
Anchored Boxes
Misc Topics (covered throughout class)   Reference Material in Book:
  Transparency
Drop Shadows
Rotating Text/Objects
Bezier Drawing Tools
Type on a Path
 

Quark vs InDesign: Screenshots
  Comparing Interface Differences
Quark vs InDesign: Notes about
  Feature Differences
Useful Keyboard Shortcuts: Windows
Useful Keyboard Shortcuts: Mac

   

Workshop fee: $650 | Discounts
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