Using QuarkXPress 5 [Paperback]

Thomas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 26, 2002 | ISBN-10: 0766839249 | ISBN-13: 978-0766839243 | Edition: 2

Using QuarkXPress 5 contains everything readers need to achieve proficiency using the package preferred by one million desktop publishing professionals, including QuarkXPress 5.0 demo software! This edition has been thoroughly updated, supplying every user with a powerful combination of engaging text and hands-on instruction in the application of mission-critical functionality and new, productivity-enhancing version 5.0 features. Step-by-step, keystroke-by-keystroke exercises appear throughout the book, providing opportunities to explore each QuarkXPress 5.0 command function and discover how to make optimal use of the package to set type, manipulate typefaces, adjust images to fit within text, specify color, and integrate with other popular applications such as Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. A glossary of must-know industry terms, review questions and additional exercises, plus time-saving tips and tricks drawn directly from the author's experience as a professional educator and successful corporate trainer is also included in each lesson to get users up and running...fast!

Product Details

• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: OnWord Press; 2 edition (March 26, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766839249
• ISBN-13: 978-0766839243
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,685,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I returned the book, March 27, 2003

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Franz Kafka (Across the Great Divide) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Using QuarkXPress 5 (Paperback)

I can't believe this- I bought the book too and the CD didn't have the Demo version. I even returned it because I felt cheated too!

The book was printed near September 11th 2001 and I am very sorry for the dedication. But one would think a major publishing company might, BY NOW, realize this problem and reissue the book with the corrected CD version- apparently not!

I just hope Ms. Thomas got her check before these books were bought by so many disappointed people!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Misleading cover info or can't tell a book by its cover, November 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Using QuarkXPress 5 (Paperback)

Another review states that the CD DOES NOT have the demo version of Quark on it and I totally agree. I feel cheated, yes you can download the demo, but what even gripes me more is that the fonts for the lessons are not included, couldn't they have used fonts that are some of the regular Windows fonts.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars CD contains only lesson files, September 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Using QuarkXPress 5 (Paperback)

While the book itself appears excellent, the CD contains only lesson files, not (as the book's backcover states) a demo version of QuarkXPress, which was the main reason I selected this guide. The demo software has to be downloaded from the Quark web site. Since I use a modem, this took some time. What should have been 5 stars gets downgraded to 3 for a misleading features list and not providing a helpful link to the missing software.