Using QuarkXPress 4.0 [Paperback]

Suzanne Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 21, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0827378157 | ISBN-13: 978-0827378155 | Edition: 1

Newcomers to the graphic design field will want this book in their reference library. Covering the latest release of QuarkXPress, it contains step-by-step exercises for each command and function. Users will learn how to set type, manipulate typefaces using QuarkXPress's extensive typographical tools, adjust images to fit in text, specify color, and work with other applications like Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. In addition, all of the features new to QuarkXPress 4.0 are covered, including Bezier tools and boxes for text and boxes, creating an index and table of contents, compiling a master document from several related documents, creating custom frames and dashes, clipping paths and character based style sheets.

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About the Author

Suzanne Thomas is an Instructor for the Dept. of Fine Arts in Ocean County College, Toms River, New Jersey. She is president of Vortex Corp. She is an Authorized QuarkXpress Training Specialist. Ms. Thomas has more than ten years experience in computer-assisted instruction, software and text development, Macintosh training and electronic publishing for education and industry.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 1 edition (May 21, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827378157
• ISBN-13: 978-0827378155
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,142,357 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Learning Tool, March 2, 2004

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This review is from: Using QuarkXPress 4.0 (Paperback)

I'm taking a QuarkXPress class at a local community college and this book is used as our textbook. The exercises and accompanying CD are extemely helpful in getting the uninitiated started in Quark. There are other books that could be as helpful further down the road, but without the interactive experience provided by the CD & tutorials, you'll only be reading about it as opposed to actually doing something. The hands-on approach of this book makes all the difference in the world. When trying to learn a demanding program like Quark, any advantage is welcomed. I found this book to be an excellent learning tool.

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2.0 out of 5 stars eh..........., July 13, 2001

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"gemein" (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Using QuarkXPress 4.0 (Paperback)

Using QuarkXPress may not be very much fun in itself, but this book didn't even attempt to rescue me from this gutter I was already in. Occasional errors weren't too distractive, but the method of teaching just didn't work. Many times, I found myself instructed to do something, but after having completed it, I had no idea for what purpose and to what end I had just accomplished.

Another querk I found in this Quark book was that it attempted to cram too much information all at once. The book looks small, but the wealth of information is overdone. I learned a lot of stuff, but I also forgot a lot of it afterwards due to excess information spilling out my ears. If only the author would have slowed down a bit and taken a few hundred more pages to explain important concepts, I may have retained more of what I had learned.

I believe for this book to be more of an asset, more "why" comments after the "do this" comments would have cleared things up a bit.