QuarkXPress 4 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide) (Paperback)

by Elaine Weinmann (Author)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
This easy, step-by-step book is packed with lots of screen shots to show users how to use the new QuarkXPress 4 for Windows. It is a helpful guide for beginners, offering a straightforward introduction to the new software. It's also a handy reference guide for more advanced users looking for a quick explanation of version 4. Each chapter covers a different function, which enables readers to look up what they need and get started in no time.

From the Back Cover

QuarkXPress 4 for Windows: Visual QuickStart Guide is an instruction guide to the long-awaited (three years) new version of QuarkXPress. Like the authorsÕ previous Visual QuickStarts, the bookÕs unique easy-to-use format is specifically tailored for the beginning to intermediate user: step-by-step instructions, hundreds of illustrations with detailed captions, and special tips to help users avoid potential problems. Thoroughly revised and updated, the book covers the new features such as Bezier drawing tools; long-document features (including Indexing and Table of Contents tools); new built-in Color Management System; character-level style sheets; custom dashes and lines; and a new clipping path control. Using this book, readers can learn without having to wander through menus or read a lot of text.

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press (April 21, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0201696991
• ISBN-13: 978-0201696998
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,312,614 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most practical hands-on companion for learning QuarkXPress, November 19, 1998

By A Customer

If you have a basic working knowledge of desktop publishing, you'll find that Elaine Weinmann's 'QuarkXPress For Windows' is the most practical hands-on companion for learning QuarkXPress.

Beginning with text input and modification, the book covers all the essentials of the new Quark in a scant (by computer-book standards) 345 pages. Every page seems to have one or more clear screen shots that illuminate text topics. Procedures for using Quark's tools are simply and elegantly presented in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step manner. Tips and shortcuts appear in all the right places. The book's tersely-written, accurate text and its' emphasis on 'how-to' rather than 'why' makes it the perfect companion to keep open for ready reference while working in Quark. And, the actual design of the book makes it a pleasure to use.

If you need project-style tutorials, don't buy this book; if you require the 'hows' and all the 'whys', and more in-depth coverage, you need David Blatner's "The Quark XPress 4 Book."

But, if you've some working knowledge of DTP (desktop publishing), you'll find Weinmann's "Visual QuickStart Guide to Quark 4.0" to be the single best starting point for learning Quark. And, not only is it refreshingly modest in size, it's s-o-o-o-o inexpensive.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great learning tool, May 23, 2000

By	D. Wetzel - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book really helped me learn QuarkXPress. The program is very complicated and difficult to figure out for someone who has no previous experience with desktop publishing. This book helped shed some light on Quark and actually made it funtional for me. There is still a lot more to learn, but this book is great for those who are just starting out.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for quick reference and general info, April 29, 2000

By A Customer

Have bought 5 or 6 of these Quickstart guides and find most of them to be very good. The Quark version is nice in that it gets right to the point about what the program can do and how to do it.

Have never used Quark before, so I bought this book and David Blatner's "The QuarkXpress 4 Book".

The quickstart guide is great for the quick pointers, and Blatner's book is excellent for more detailed information about the program. I would highly recommend both books to Quark users...QS book for newbies, and the other book for newbies thru advanced.