Macworld® QuarkXPress® 4 Bible [Paperback]

Galen Gruman (Author), Barbara Assadi (Author), John Cruise (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 23, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0764540297 | ISBN-13: 978-0764540295

It's one thing to learn how a desktop publishing program works, but it's quite another to learn how that program can work for you. Galen Gruman, Barbara Assadi, and John Cruise, authors of the Macworld® QuarkXPress® 4 Bible, not only teach you how to master the tools in this sophisticated program, they offer real-world examples and years of design experience in explaining when, how, and why to use them.

The Macworld QuarkXPress 4 Bible is an essential reference for publishers and designers new to the world of desktop publishing. Experienced QuarkXPress users will benefit from the detailed information on all of the new features of version 4. Topics covered include: creating a template, working with text, using special effects, output control, image manipulation, and printing.

Accompanying the book is a CD-ROM packed with freeware, demos, and shareware that will add functionality to QuarkXPress and help you get the most out of your desktop publishing endeavors.

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From the Back Cover

Macworld^® QuarkXPress^® 4 Bible If QuarkXPress can do it, you can do it too … Produce powerful print and Web pages with the 75+ features new in QuarkXPress 4. With the advice of three desktop publishing experts, you'll quickly progress through the basics and learn to use high-end publishing features such as table creation, image control, color output, and special effects. Whether it's an annual report, four-color billboard ad, or an interactive Web site, Macworld QuarkXPress 4 Bible will help you master all aspects of document design — from concept to print. Inside, you'll find complete coverage of QuarkXPress 4

• Step-by-step guidelines for using all QuarkXPress features — including how and why
• Special coverage of new features and redefined intuitive interface
• Dozens of typographical techniques using style sheets and advanced editing features
• Four in-depth chapters on manipulating graphics and applying special effects
• How to work with scripts, utilities, and XTensions
• Two page pull-out card of timesaving Mac and Windows keyboard shortcuts
• Detailed specifications for Web publishing with CyberPress, BeyondPress, and HexWeb
• 16-page insert showing how QuarkXPress handles color

Bonus CD-ROM includes freeware, scripting and Web authoring tools, utilities, and over 49 XTensions! Shareware programs are fully functional, free trial versions of copyrighted programs. If you like particular programs, register with their authors for a nominal fee and receive licenses, enhanced versions, and technical support. Freeware programs are free, copyrighted games, applications, and utilities. You can copy them to as many PCs as you like—free—but they have no technical support. www.hungryminds.com System Requirements: Mac OS 7.1 or later, 68020 processor or better, 10MB RAM/or Pentium PC, Windows 95/NT, 8MB RAM/CD-ROM drive.

About the Author

About the Authors Galen Gruman is the editor of Macworld magazine and coauthor of nine other books on desktop publishing. Barbara Assadi manages creative programs for Oracle Corporation. She is the coauthor of five other books on desktop publishing. John Cruise teaches QuarkXPress classes. He has also served as manager of technical communications at Quark, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 889 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (December 23, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764540297
• ISBN-13: 978-0764540295
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,199,690 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Galen Gruman has written more than two dozen books, mainly on desktop publishing software: InDesign, QuarkXPress, and PageMaker. You can find more details on his InDesign books at www.indesigncentral.com. He has also was lead author for the Mac OS X Snow Leopard Bible. Gruman was a pioneer in the use of desktop publishing technologies in the mid-1980s and has covered and used all the major software in production environments ever since. In addition, he has been executive editor of Macworld, M-Business, InfoWorld, and Upside magazines, among other roles in high-tech publications. Gruman lives and works in San Francisco as a writer, editor, and consultant on high-tech and business issues. His Web site is www.zangogroup.com.

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12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars As Quark books go, this is the best., April 23, 1999

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This review is from: Macworld® QuarkXPress® 4 Bible (Paperback)

As Quark books go, this is the best. There is no other Quark book I know of that combines both the "been there" authority and range of information found here.