Wiley QuarkXPress 6 for dummies may 2003 ISBN 076452593x

QuarkXPress6ForDummies
ISBN:076452593x
byBarbaraAssadiandGalen
Gruman
JohnWiley&Sons©2003(432pages)
Writtenbydesignersfordesigners,this
friendlyguidecoverseveryquirkofQuark,
frompanesandpalettestoprepressand
production--allthemajortoolsforlayout,text
editing,specialeffects,Webpage
development,andmore.
TableofContents
QuarkXPress6forDummies
Introduction
PartI-GettingStarted

Chapter1
Chapter2
Chapter3
Chapter4
Chapter5

- IntroducingQuarkXPress
- HaveItYourWay
- BoxesandTextUnite!
- APictureIsWorth...
- GettingTrickywithBoxes

PartII-AddingStyleandSubstance

Chapter6 - You’veGotRealStyle

Chapter7 - WorkingwithSpecialCharacters
Chapter8 - DevilintheDetails
Chapter9 - ATouchofColor
Chapter10 - UnderstandingXTensions
Chapter11 - OutputtingProjects
PartIII-ThePicassoFactor


Chapter12 - UsingQuarkXPressasanIllustrationTool
Chapter13 - OtherControlsforManagingItems
Chapter14 - WarpedImages
Chapter15 - TextasArt
PartIV-GoingLongandLinking

Chapter16 - BuildingBooksandStandardizedLayouts
Chapter17 - MakingListsandIndexes
PartV-TakingQuarkXPresstotheWeb

Chapter18 - WebProjects:AnOverview
Chapter19 - GettingYourSiteUpandRunning
PartVI-GuruinTraining

Chapter20 - CustomizingQuarkXPress
PartVII-ThePartofTens

Chapter21 - TheTenMostCommonMistakes
Chapter22 - MoreThanTenTermstoKnow
Index
ListofFigures
ListofTables

ListofSidebars


BackCover
Discoversynchronizedtext,fullresolutionpreviews,
PostScript3support,andmore.Ifyouhavedesignson
creatinggreatpages,readthesepagesfirst!Design
proswalkyouthrougheveryquirkofQuark,from
panesandpalettestoprepressandproduction.Soon
you’llbespicingthingsupwithspecialeffects,
convertingprintfilestoHTML,combiningprintand
Weblayouts,andproducingpublicationspackedwith
punch.
AbouttheAuthors
BarbaraAssadiiscofounderandprincipalof
BayCreative,aSanFranciscomarketingservices
agency.
GalenGrumanisaformerMacworldeditoranda
desktoppublishingpioneer.


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AbouttheAuthors
BarbaraAssadiisco-founderandprincipalofBayCreative,aSan
Francisco-basedadvertisingandmarketingservicesagency.Inthat
capacity,shemanagescontentcreationforclientcompanies’ads,Web
sites,directmail,whitepapers,anddatasheets.Inpreviouspositions
shewaseditor-in-chiefofOracleCorporation’sWebsite,andEditorial
DirectoratQuark,Inc.BarbarahaswrittenaboutsoftwareforMacworld,
Publish,InfoWorld,andOracleMagazine,andhasco-authoredseveral
otherbooksondesktoppublishing,includingtheQuarkXPressBible


(Wiley,Inc.)withGalenGruman,andhaseditedseveralcomputerbooks,
includingTheMacintoshiLife(PeachpitPress).
GalenGrumanistheeditoratM-Businessmagazine,andpreviously
wasexecutiveeditoratbothUpsideandMacworld,aswellasWest
CoastbureauchiefofComputerworld.Apioneeruserofdesktop

publishinginprofessionalmagazineproduction,Galenadoptedthe
technologyin1986foranationalengineeringmagazine,IEEESoftware.
HecovereddesktoppublishingtechnologyforthetradeweeklyInfoWorld
for12years,aswellasforotherpublications.Galeniscoauthorwith
DekeMcClellandofseveralPageMakerForDummiesbooks,with
BarbaraAssaditheseriesofQuarkXPressForDummiesand
QuarkXPressBiblebooks,andwithKellyAntonandJohnCruisethe
AdobeInDesign1.0Bible,allfromWileyPublishing,Inc.
Dedication
Tomy“mother”Monavar,withloveandappreciation,Barbara
TomybrothersStephenandDarius,Galen
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Introduction
Amanwalksdownthestreetwhenhecomesuponaconstructionsite

whereagroupofthreebrickmasonsarebusilyatwork.Hestopstotalk
tothefirstbrickmasonandasks,“Whatareyoudoing?”Thebrickmason
answers,“I’mputtingbricksontopofotherbricks.”
Themancontinuesdownthesidewalkuntilhecomestothesecondbrick
mason.Againheasksthesamequestion,“Whatareyoudoing?”The
secondbrickmasonanswers,“I’mputtingsomebrickstogethertomake
awall.”
Themanthenwalksonuntilhecomesface-to-facewiththethirdbrick
mason.Themanposesthesamequestiontothethirdbrickmason:
“Whatareyoudoing?”Thethirdbrickmasonanswers,“I’mbuildinga
beautifulcathedral.”


IsQuarkXPressTooHigh-EndforMe?
Rightnow,youmaybewonderingwhyonearthwearetellingthisstory
aspartoftheintroductiontoabookonQuarkXPress.Goodquestion.
But,whenyouthinkaboutit,thepeoplewhouseQuarkXPressarealot
likethosebrickmasons,andQuarkXPressisalotlikethemortarand
bricksusedbythosebrickmasonstodotheirwork.
Whatwearesayingisthis:ThereareallkindsofusersofQuarkXPress.
Somedoverysimple,one-colorlayouts.Somedomoderately
challenginglayouts,whichincludephotos,illustrations,andcomplex
charts.SomeevencreateWebpages.Stillothers—likethethirdbrick
masonwhowasbuildingacathedral—useQuarkXPresstocreate
polished,highlydesignedandillustratedworksofart.
QuarkXPress—likethemortarandbricksusedbythebrickmasonsin
ourstory—isatool.Nothingmore,nothingless.Itworksfortheworld’s
most-celebratedgraphicdesigners.Italsoworksforpeoplewhocreate
simplerprojects,suchasschoolnewsletters.
Thepointis,QuarkXPresscanneverbetoohigh-endforyou,orfor

anyoneelse,becauseyoupickandchoosewhichpartsofthistoolyou
needtouse.Also,keepinmindthatifyoucreateanytypeofprintorWeb
layout,youcan
benefitfromtheprogram’sfeatures.Sure,it’struethatifyourlayoutsare
simple,youwon’tneedtouseallthesophisticatedfeaturesin
QuarkXPress.But,whenyouthinkaboutit,isn’titnicetoknowthatthese
featuresareavailablewhenandifyoueverneedthem?Andthatyou
won’toutgrowtheprogramasyoubecomemoreproficientwithpage
design?Wethinkso.


HowtoUseThisBook
Althoughthisbookhasinformationthatanylevelofpublisherneedsto
knowtouseQuarkXPress,thisbookisalsoforthoseofyouwhoare
fairlynewtothefield,orwhoarejustbecomingfamiliarwiththeprogram.
WhatwetrytodoistotakethemysteryoutofQuarkXPressandgiveyou
someguidanceonhowtocreateabunchofdifferenttypesoflayouts.
Herearesomeconventionsusedinthisbook:
Menucommandsarelistedlikethis:Style→TypeStyle→Bold.
Ifwedescribeasituationinwhichyouneedtoselectonemenu
andthenchooseacommandfromasecondarymenuorlistbox,
wedoitlikethis:ChooseFile→GetPicture(orpressz+EonMac
orCtrl+EinWindows).Afterthefirstmention,wedropthe
platformreference.Thisshorthandmethodofindicatinga
sequenceofcommandsisoftenfollowedbythekeyboard
shortcut,asshowninthisexample.
z:ThisistheMacintosh’sCommandkey—themost-used
shortcutkey.ItsWindowsequivalentisCtrl.
Keycombinations:Ifyou’resupposedtopressseveralkeys
together,weindicatethatbyplacingplussigns(+)betweenthem.

ThusShift+z+AmeanspressandholdtheShiftandzkeys,and
thenpressA.Afteryou’vepressedtheAkey,letgooftheother
keys.(Thelastletterinthesequencedoesnotneedtobeheld
down.)Wealsousetheplussigntojoinkeystomouse
movements.Forexample,Option+dragmeanstoholdtheOption
keywhendraggingthemouse.
Panes:QuarkXPresshasaninterfacefeature,tabbedpanes,
thatyoumayhaveseeninotherapplications.Thisisamethodof
stuffingseveraldialogboxesintoonedialogbox.Youseetabs,
likethoseinfilefolders,andbyclickingatab,theoptionsforthat
tabcometothefrontofthedialogboxinwhatiscalledapane.
Pointer:Thesmallgraphiciconthatmovesonthescreenasyou


moveyourmouseisapointer(alsocalledacursor).Thepointer
takesondifferentshapesdependingonthetoolyouselect,the
currentlocationofthemouse,andthefunctionyouare
performing.
Click:Thismeanstoquicklypressandreleasethemousebutton
once.OnmostMacmice,thereisonlyonebutton,butonsome
therearetwoormore.AllPCmicehaveatleasttwobuttons.If
youhaveamulti-buttonmouse,clicktheleftmostbuttonwhenwe
saytoclickthemouse.
Double-click:Thismeanstoquicklypressandreleasethe
mousebuttontwice.Onsomemulti-buttonmice,oneofthe
buttonscanfunctionasadouble-click.(Youclickitonce;the
mouseclickstwice.)Ifyourmousehasthisfeature,useit;it
savesstrainonyourhand.
Right-click:AWindowsfeature,thismeanstoclicktherighthandmousebutton.OnaMac’sone-buttonmouse,holdthe
Controlkeywhenclickingthemousebuttontodotheequivalent

ofright-clickinginprogramsthatsupportit.Onmulti-buttonMac
mice,assignoneofthebuttonstotheControl+clickcombination.
Dragging:Draggingisusedformovingandsizingitemsina
QuarkXPresslayout.Todraganitem,positionthemousepointer
ontheitem,pressandholddownthemousebutton,andthen
slidethemouseacrossaflatsurface.


HowThisBookIsOrganized
We’vedividedQuarkXPress6ForDummiesintosevenparts,not
countingthisintroduction.Eachparthasanywherefromtwotosix
chapters,soyoudon’thavetowadethroughtoomuchexplanationtoget
totheinformationyouneed.NotethatthebookcoversQuarkXPresson
bothMacintoshandWindowsplatforms.Becausetheapplicationis
almostidenticalonboth,weonlypointoutplatform-specificinformation
whenweneedto,orwhenwerememberto,orboth.

PartI:GettingStarted
Designingalayoutisacombinationofscienceandart.Thescienceisin
settingupthestructureofthepage:Howmanyplaceswillholdtextand
howmanywillholdgraphics?Howwidewillthemarginsbe?Wherewill
thepagenumbersappear?Andsoon.Theartisincomingupwith
creativewaysoffillingthestructuretopleaseyoureyesandtheeyesof
thepeoplewhowillbelookingatyourlayout.
Inthispart,wetellyouhowtonavigateyourwayaroundQuarkXPress
usingtheprogram’smenus,dialogboxes,andtabbedpanes.Wealso
showyouhowtosetupthebasicstructureofalayoutandthenhowto
beginfillingthestructurewithwordsandpictures.Wealsotellyouhowto
bringintextandgraphicscreatedinseparatewordprocessingand
graphicsapplications.

PartII:AddingStyleandSubstance
Goodpublishingtechniqueisaboutmorethanjustgettingthewords
downonpaperorWebpage.It’salsoabouttweakingthelettersandlines
—andthespacebetweenthem—tomakeyourpagesshine.Thispart
showsyouhowtodoallthatandalotmore,includingtipsonusing
RequiredComponentsandXTensionstogetmoreoutofQuarkXPress
andhowtogetyourprojectoutofyourcomputerandontosomeother
medium,suchasfilmorpaperortheWeb.Wegiveyousomesolid
suggestionsonhowtoworkwithallthoseotherpeopleintheworldwho
knowhowtohelpyougetthejobdone.


PartIII:ThePicassoFactor
Let’sbehonest.PabloPicassodidn’tbecomefamousforrealistically
portrayingpeople.Hisclaimtofameisbasedonhowhetookfacial
featuresandthenskewed,slanted,stretched,andshrunkthemintonew
forms.Somefolkslovedhiswork;othersfoundithardtofigureout.But
youhadtoadmirethefactthatitwasunique.
Wenamedthispartofthebookafterthefamousartistbecauseittellsnot
onlyhowtouseQuarkXPressasanillustrationtool,butalsohowtotake
normal-lookingtextandgraphicsanddistortthem.Whywouldyouwant
todothis?Goodquestion.Theanswercouldbethat,likePicasso,you
wanttopresentideasinavisuallyinterestingway.Eitherthat,oryou
wanttoseehowyourrelativesmightlookwiththeirfacesrearranged.
QuarkXPressletsyoumanipulatetextandartininterestingways,andwe
showyouhow.

PartIV:GoingLongandLinking
QuarkXPressincludesfeaturesthathelpyoukeeptrackoffigure

numbers,tablenumbers,indexentries—well,yougettheidea.Infact,
craftinglongprojectswithQuarkXPressisapieceofcake.Inthissection,
weshowyouhowtohandlelongprojectsofallflavors,includingthose
thatlinktogetherseveralsmallerlayoutsintoawhole.

PartV:TakingQuarkXPresstotheWeb
QuarkXPressnowhasfeaturesforbuildingbothprintandWebpages—
andwhenitcomestobuildingWebpages,alotoftheregular
QuarkXPressrulesdon’tapply.WeshowyouhowtousethenewWeb
featurestomakesomesnazzypagesforonlineuse.

PartVI:GuruinTraining
Afteryoumasterthebasics,whynotpickupsomeofthetricksthepros
use?Inthispart,weshowyouhowtocustomizeQuarkXPresssothatit
fitsyoulikeacomfortableeasychair.WealsoexplainhowQuarkXPress


worksonPCsthatuseWindowsandonMacs.

PartVII:ThePartofTens
Thispartofthebookislikethechipsinthechocolatechipcookies;you
couldeatthecookieswithoutthem,butyou’dbemissingareallygood
part.It’sapartofextremes,ofbestsandworsts.It’slikeamysterynovel
that’shardtoputdownuntilyoureadtheverylastword.Infact,you
mightevenbetemptedtostartreadinghereandthengobacktoChapter
1,butdon’t.Theconceptsinthisbookwillmakemoresensetoyouifyou
readtheothersixpartsofthebookfirst.


IconsUsedinThisBook

Sothatyoucanpickoutpartsthatyoureallyneedtopayattentionto(or,
dependingonyourtaste,toavoid),we’veusedsomesymbols,oriconsin
thisbook.
New Whenyouseethisicon,itmeanswearepointingoutafeature
that’snewtoVersion6ofQuarkXPress.
Platform
Differences

Thisiconpointsoutfeaturesthatbehaveabit
differentlyonWindowsmachinesandMacs.

Tip Ifyouseethisicon,itmeansthatwe’rementioningsomereally
niftypointorideathatyoumaywanttokeepinmindasyouuse
theprogram.
Warning Ifyouskipalltheothericons,payattentiontothisone.
Why?Becauseignoringitcouldcausesomethingreally,
reallybadorembarrassingtohappen,likewhenyouwere
sittinginyoursecond-gradeclassroomwaitingforthe
teachertocallonyoutoansweraquestion,andyou
noticedthatyoustillhadyourpajamashirton—
backwards.Wedon’twantthattohappentoyou!
Technical
Stuff

Thisicontellsyouthatweareabouttopontificateon
someremotetechnicalbitofinformationthatmight
helpexplainafeatureinQuarkXPress.Thetechnical
infowilldefinitelymakeyousoundimpressiveifyou
memorizeitandreciteittoyourfriends.

Remember Thisiconalertsyoutoavaluablenuggetofinformation
youshouldstoreinyourmemory.


WheretoGofromHere
QuarkXPressisanextremelyversatilepublishingtool.Thetimeyoutake
tobecomefamiliarwiththeprogram’smanycapabilitieswillbeamply
repaidinyourabilitytocreatethetypesoflayoutsyouwantandneed,
fromthemostbasictothemostbizarre.QuarkXPresscantakeyou
anywhereyouwanttogoinprintoronlinepublishing.Sogetgoing!


PartI:GettingStarted


ChapterList
Chapter1:IntroducingQuarkXPress
Chapter2:HaveItYourWay
Chapter3:BoxesandTextUnite!
Chapter4:APictureIsWorth...
Chapter5:GettingTrickywithBoxes


Inthispart...
GettingofftoagreatstartwithQuarkXPressiswhatthispartisabout.
Wetakeyoufromablankscreentoatext-filledlayout,helpingyou
navigateyourwayaroundQuarkXPressusingtheprogram’smenus,
dialogboxes,views,andtabbedpanes.Andweexplainthebasicsabout
howtogetQuarkXPresstodowhatyouwantitto:Firstyoubuildabox
andthenyoustarttofillitwithtextorgraphics.Allthisjusttogetyouon

yourway.


Chapter1:IntroducingQuarkXPress


InThisChapter
Discoveringmenus,dialogboxes,andkeyboardshortcuts
UsingtheToolpaletteandMeasurementspalette
Whendesktoppublishingarrivedinthe1980s,anyonecouldbea
publisher.Anyonewithamessagecouldputitonpaperandsendittothe
world,whichrevolutionizedsocietyingeneral(andbusinessin
particular).Ifyou’reabouttouseorarealreadyusingQuarkXPress,you,
too,aretakingupthecause.
QuarkXPresshasbecomethemostuseddesktoppublishingsoftwarein
theworld.ProfessionalshavemadeQuarkXPressthecorporatestandard
formagazine,newspaper,andcatalogpublishing.Itisalsoaneffective
book-publishingtool,thankstoitscapabilitytoindexdocuments,andto
createtablesofcontentsandmultichapterbooks.
New ThefolksatQuarkhaveuppedtheanteagainwiththerelease
ofQuarkXPress6.Thislatestversion,forMacOSXand
Windows2000/XP,letsyou
CombineprintandWeblayoutsinthesameproject
Changeyourmindwiththenewmultipleundo/redocapability
Synchronizetextsothatachangeinonetextboxautomatically
happensincorrespondingtextboxeselsewhere
ConvertprintfilestoHTMLformat
CreatePDFfileswithoutusingadditionalsoftware
Seefull-resolutionpreviewsofpicturesinyourprojects
Makeproductioneasierwithlayerlocking,pasteinplace,and

morecontextualmenus


Maketwo-positionrolloversandcascadingmenusforWebpages
GainmorecontroloverWebtextdisplaythroughCSSfont
families
YoumayfeelalittledauntedbyQuarkXPress.Relax.Inthisbook,we
walkyouthroughtheprogramtofamiliarizeyouwithallithastooffer.
Youmaybeintimidatedbyprojectsandlayoutsorbythevastlayersof
panes,palettes,tools,andmenusyousee.Don’tbe.Workingwith
QuarkXPressislikeworkingwithanewpersonattheoffice.Thingsmay
beawkwardatfirst,butafteryougettoknoweachother,youfindyou
candogreatthingstogether.


TheBigPicture
QuarkXPressisapagelayoutprogram.Youcanuseittocompose,orlay
out,printandWebpages.Youdon’thavetobeaprofessionalpublisher
touseQuarkXPress;itworksforsimpledocuments,suchaslettersand
flyersthatyouprintoutbyusingyourdesktopprinter.Butit’spowerful
enoughtohandlehigh-endprojects,likeannualreports,magazines,and
ads,andisusedforsuchprojectsbyprofessionalpublishersand
designersaroundtheworld.

Thepaste-upmethod
QuarkXPressusesapaste-upmetaphorforpagedesign.It’sidealfor
creatingtextandgraphicelementblocks,placingthemonapage,then
resizingandpositioningthemuntilyou’rehappy.First,yousetupthe
basicprojectframework,includingthepagesizeandorientation,
margins,andcolumns.Youfillthatframeworkwithboxesthathavetext,

boxesthatcontainpictures,andwithlines.Figure1-1showsasimple
pagelayoutinQuarkXPress.


Figure1-1:AlayoutcreatedinQuarkXPress

Itemsandcontent


QuarkXPressmakesadistinctionbetweenitemsandcontent.
Itemsarethingsyoudrawonapage—squares,circles,lines,andwavy
shapes—andthenmodifybyfillingthemwithcolor,changingtheirsize
orposition,andthelike.TheprimaryitemsinQuarkXPressarepicture
boxesandtextboxes,butlines,textpaths,andtablesarealsoused.You
canimporttextandgraphicalcontentintosomeoftheseitems.
Contentistextandpictures.(QuarkXPresscallsanyimportedgraphica
picture,whetherthegraphicisalogo,chart,linedrawing,orphotograph.)
Contentisalwaysplacedwithinanitem.Youcanhaveitemswithout
contentbutyoucannothavecontentwithoutitems.

Projectsandlayouts
New BeforeQuarkXPress6,theprogram’sbasiclayoutelementwas
thedocument.Nowdocumenthasbeenreplacedbyproject,
andthedifferenceissignificant.True,aQuarkXPressproject
canincludeaprintdocument—suchasareportorabook
chapter—butitcanalsocontainmultipleprintandWeb
documents.Thesedocumentsareallstoredinthesamefile,
whichistheproject.
Insideeachprojectareitslayouts.Alayoutisasetofpagesthathave
thesamebasicpagesetup(suchastwo-sided,81⁄2in-by-107⁄8pages)

andcontenttype(printorWeb).
Designersliketheproject/layoutconceptbecauseitletsthemgroup
relatedcomponentsintoonefileratherthanhavingseparatefilesfora
singleproject.Considersomeapplications:Aprintmagazinethathasa
foldouttableinanarticlenolongerneedsaseparatedocumentforthe
foldout,withitsdifferentpagesettings.Acompanythatcreatesprintand
Webversionsofitsannualreportnowhasbothversionsinthesamefile
forconsistency.Abusinessreportcancombinetwo-sidedpageswith
single-pagechapterdividers.

Pagesandlayers