QuarkXpress Introduction

Hours: 32 / Access Length: 7 Weeks / Delivery: Monthly, Mentor Supported

Retail Price: $375.00

Course Overview:

Students will use QuarkXPress to create documents for publication. In this course students will add text and format text to their documents, add table data, and include pictures. Students will create Master Pages, manage color and work with long documents and the collaboration features.

Course Outline:

• Students will explore the QuarkXPress environment and familiarize themselves with the tools QuarkXpress offers.
• Students will add text to their QuarkXPress documents.
• Students will format text in their QuarkXPress documents.
• Students will add and format tables in their QuarkXPress documents.
• Students will add pictures to their QuarkXPress documents.
• Students will create master pages and libraries for their QuarkXPress documents.
• Students will work with lines, colors and bezier curves in their QuarkXpress documents.
• Students will explore the QuarkXpress printing options.
• Students will explore the features for working with long documents and printing.
• Students will create a final project using what they learned in this class.

All necessary materials are included.

System Requirements:

Internet Connectivity Requirements:

• Cable, Fiber, DSL, or LEO Satellite (i.e. Starlink) internet with speeds of at least 10mb/sec download and 5mb/sec upload are recommended for the best experience.

NOTE: While cellular hotspots may allow access to our courses, users may experience connectivity issues by trying to access our learning management system.  This is due to the potential high download and upload latency of cellular connections.   Therefore, it is not recommended that students use a cellular hotspot as their primary way of accessing their courses.

Hardware Requirements:

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 4 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher.  1920x1080 resolution is recommended for the best experience.
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone for Webinar or Live Online sessions.

Operating System Requirements:

• Windows 7 or higher.
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions
  

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

Web Browser Requirements:

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

Basic Software Requirements (These are recommendations of software to use):

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is described in the above course outline.