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Introduction

• What is New in QuarkXpress 5
• Tables
• Layers
• Web Document
• Visual Indicator
• Context Menus
• Printing Enhancements
• Collecting Files For Output

The Interface

• Introduction
• The Interface
• Open Document
• Save and Save As
• Move and Zoom
• Rulers and Guides
• Palettes - An Overview
• Close and Quit

The Tool Palette

• Introduction
• Item Tool
• Content Tool
• Rotation Tool
• Zoom Tool
• Text Box Tools
• Picture Box Tools
• Table Tools
• Line Tools
• Line Text-Path Tools
• Bezier Boxes and Lines
• Freehand Boxes and Lines
• Linking and Unlinking Tool
• Scissor Tools

Creating Boxes

• Intro to Boxes
• Auto Create Text Box
• Create Text/Picture Boxes
• Move and Resize Text
• Import/export Text
• Inputting Text
• Highlighting/deleting Text
• Moving Text
• Text Inset
• Rotate Text
• Wrapping Text
• Making Columns
• Vertical Alignment
• Transparent/color Text Box
• Linking Text Boxes
• Unlinking Text Boxes

Formatting Text

• Preference Palette
• Changing Fonts
• Size and Resize
• Type Styles
• Color/shades
• Kerning Type
• Tracking Words
• Horizontal/vertical Scaling
• Smart Quotes
• Text BaseLines
• Text Orientation
• Convert Text to Box

Working With Lines

• Draw Straight Lines
• Resize Lines
• Move Lines
• Changing Line Styles

Creating Pictures

• Create Picture Box
• Resize Picture Box
• Import Pictures
• Move the Box
• Resizing Pictures Within a Box
• Cropping Pictures
• Rotating Picture Boxes
• Rotating Pictures Within Box
• Skewing Pictures Within Box
• Flipping a Picture
• Modifying Color and Shade of Pictures
• Contrast Settings to Pictures
• Custom Halftone Screens
• Listing and Updating Picture Paths

Multiple Items

• Select Multiple Items
• Duplicate/step and Repeat
• Group and Ungroup Items
• Lock Items
• Stacking Order of Items
• Space and Align Items
• Anchor Images Into Text

Text and Images

• Measurement Palette
• Text Over Images
• Wrap Text Around Image/box
• Clipping Paths
• Runaround
• Special Clipping Effects
• Rotate/skew and Flip Text/Box
• Text Inside Image Shapes

Beziers

• Introduction to Beziers
• Draw Straight Line
• Bezier Box With Straight Sides
• Freehand Bezier Tool
• Creating Smooth Curves
• Convert Box/line to Bezier
• Add/delete/move Bezier Points
• Using Bezier Handles
• Reshape by Dragging Segments
• Convert Point/segment Style
• Resize Whole Bezier Box/line Path
• Merge Items
• Convert Text to Bezier Box
• Convert Line to Text Path

Formatting Paragraphs

• Alignment
• Leading
• Indents
• Hanging Indents
• Paragraph Spacing
• Drop Cap
• Insert Rule Above/below
• Tab Inserts
• Widow and Orphan Line Control
• Hyphenation and Justification

Tables

• Create New Table
• Convert text to Tables
• Adding Content to Cells
• Select and Format Table Text
• Convert/combine Cell Content
• Table Placement
• Resizing Rows and Columns
• Insert/Delete Columns and Rows
• Convert Tables to Text
• Creating Tables in a Web Document

Style Sheets

• Create New Style Sheet
• Paragraph Based on Existing
• Character Style Sheet
• Apply a Style Sheet
• Edit/duplicate and Delete Style Sheet
• Append Style Sheets
• Compare Style Sheets

Master Pages

• Default Print Master Page
• Default Web Master Page
• Create New Master Pages
• Name/duplicate and Delete Master Pages
• Format and Apply Master Pages
• Modify Master Guides
• Setting Web Page Properties
• Number Pages
• Linking Text with Master Pages

Working With Color

• Overview Of Color Models
• Colors Palette
• Create New Color
• Edit/duplicate/delete Colors
• Re-color Text
• Re-color Frame/gap
• Re-color Box
• Color Blends

Layers

• Intro to Layers Palette
• Creating New Layers
• Edit/duplicate/delete Layers
• Selecting Layers
• Display Layers
• Arranging Layers
• Merge Layers
• Determine Item Layer
• Creating Items on a Layer
• Moving Items to Different Layer
• Locking Items on Layers

Libraries

• Create Library
• Add/delete Library Items
• Open Existing Library
• Saving Libraries

Books

• Create a Book
• Add/delete Chapters
• Status Columns
• Page Numbering Books
• Synchronize Chapters
• Print Chapters
• Create New List
• Build and Preview List

Web Tool Palette

• Image Map Tool
• Form Box Tool
• File Selection Tool
• Text Field Tool
• Button Tool
• Image Button Tool
• Pop-up Menu Tool
• List Box Tool
• Radio Button Tool
• Check Box Tool

Web Pages

• Creating a Web Document
• Web Document Preferences
• Web Browser Preferences
• Page Properties
• Meta Tags
• Convert Images
• Gif Export Format Options
• Jpeg Export Format Options
• PNG Export Format Options
• Drag-copying Images
• View in Browser
• Export Web Page
• Create Hyperlinks
• Remove Hyperlinks
• Create Anchors
• Create Rollovers
• Edit/remove Rollovers
• Create Image Maps
• Edit Image Map

Web Forms

• Create a Form Box
• Form Box Options
• Create a Text Field Control
• Scale/move or Delete Text Field Controls
• Create a Submit or Reset Button
• Create a Submit Using an Image
• Create a Radio Button
• Create a Check Box
• Create Pop-up Menu/list Box
• Create Menu Set
• Create a Separate File Selection Control