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QuarkEd
QuarkXPress 8 QuarkEd
Whether you are a new QuarkXPress® user or an old pro, QuarkEd™ offers insight and instruction in an easy-to-follow, step-by-step method. QuarkEd training covers all the major features in QuarkXPress 8.
Download the QuarkEd Training Files
QuarkXPress Screencasts
Get Up to Speed Fast on Some of the Most Powerful Features in QuarkXPress 8
QuarkXPress® experts show you how to create Flash® and interactive design directly in QuarkXPress. Learn more tips and tricks as our podcast series comes online.
Exporting PDF Layers
Easily produce multiple versions of a project in a single PDF using layer-by-layer controls.
Watch Video
approx 7 min
Spellcheck Enhancements
See how you can interact with your QuarkXPress document while using spellcheck to improve your productivity.
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approx 7 min
Reporting Faux Bold and Italic
Easily detect if you’ve applied a faux text style with faux styling alerts.
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approx 8 min
Scale XTension
Predictably and precisely resize boxes, groups, or even entire layouts, while maintaining control over which attributes are modified during a scale action.
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approx 12 min
Native Transparency Export
In this video, discover the new way for outputting transparency natively in PDFs in QuarkXPress 8.1.
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approx 25 min
What's New in QuarkXPress 8
In this video, we'll show you the new QuarkXPress 8 features in action. Experience the user interface as you learn about hanging character sets, page grids, ticker controls, item styles, and much, much more.
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approx 10 min
Build Image Popouts in QuarkXPress 8
In this video Dan Logan, QuarkXPress Product Manager, explains how to create picture popouts. This design technique allows you to crop your subject on certain sides of a box while letting the subject extend past the box on other sides.
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approx 10 min
Getting Started with QuarkXPress 8
If this is your first trek through the QuarkXPress landscape, this video will help you find your way. Get a quick introduction to tools, palettes, shortcuts, and features as you follow along and create a simple newsletter-style project.
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approx 20 min
Hanging Characters
Step through the Hanging Characters feature with Scott Wieseler, QuarkXPress Associate Product Manager. This three-part video begins with basic applications of hanging-character settings and margin alignment and dives into more in-depth scenarios with hanging characters.
Watch Video: Part 1 of 3 (approx 12 min)
Watch Video: Part 2 of 3 (approx 25 min)
Watch Video: Part 3 of 3 (approx 23 min)
Bézier Pen Tool
In this video Dan Logan, QuarkXPress Product Manager, explains how to draw custom shapes in QuarkXPress 8 using the newly redesigned Bézier pen toolset.
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approx 20 min
Design and Output Flash (SWF) Directly from QuarkXPress 8
Drew Bartlett, QuarkXPress Product Manager, Interactive and Web
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approx 45 min
From Planet Quark
Making a Table of Contents
QuarkXPress has made it easy to generate a "List" from any combination of style sheets since version 4. That List can then generate a formatted table of contents for your document, based on the visual styles you define for it.
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approx 9 min
Fill a Dotted Line with a Picture
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approx 6 min
Find Ornaments in QuarkXPress
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approx 2 min
Convert Dingbats to Picture Boxes
If you often use the same dingbats or illustrations from a picture font in QuarkXPress, you can eliminate the need to include the font when outputting if you convert those characters to picture boxes in QuarkXPress.
Watch Video
approx 3 min
Tips & Tricks
Third-Party Training
In addition to training resources offered by Quark, industry veterans have produced and published valuable training videos and books for QuarkXPress 8. Each offers expert advice and ideas, from short video tutorials for beginners to time-saving shortcuts for professionals.
QuarkXPress 8 Training Videos
“QuarkXPress 8 Essential Training” video series from Jay Nelson and lynda.com
QuarkXPress 8 Levels 1, 2, and Interactive Layout video produced by Talented Pixie in the United Kingdom
QuarkXPress 8 Video Tutorials produced by Video Training Company
QuarkXPress 7 and 8: Core Video Training by Mark Schlesinger and produced by Mediaroots
QuarkXPress 8 Training Books
QuarkXPress 8: Production Tricks and Experts' Tips by Cyndie Shaffstall and published by the ThePowerXChange.com
QuarkXPress 8: Essential Skills for Page Layout and Web Design by Kelly Kordes Anton and John Cruise and published by PeachPit Press
QuarkXPress 8 Step by Step Training by Noble Training
QuarkXPress 8, The Basics from IconLogic
In-person Training
In addition to the valuable resources published by recognized industry experts, Quark works with training experts from around the world through its QuarkXPress Certified Training Program. Trainers certified by Quark to teach QuarkXPress can be identified by with a “Quark Certified” logo or Web button. Find a trainer
Online Resources
For ongoing updates and tips related to QuarkXPress 8, visit:
- I Love Design: www.ilovedesign.com
- X-Ray Magazine: www.xraymag.com
- Planet Quark: www.planetquark.com
- Quark TV on YouTube: www.youtube.com/quarkxpress8
- Twitter: @QuarkXPress and @QuarkNews
Non-English Resources
QuarkXPress 8 training material is produced around the world, including German-language resources:
- QuarkXPress 8 für Insider training book
- Free PDF-magazine on Color Management and PDF creation
- German-speaking QuarkXPress user forum
Xperience Design
Join Quark for a Live Webinar on QuarkXPress 8
Quark® experts will show you how to use some of the new tools in QuarkXPress® 8 and will share their tips and tricks. Ask your questions during the question and answer session.
Recorded Webinars
Quark and Microsoft FREE Live Webinar
When two industry giants like Quark and Microsoft team up, you can expect great things.
Watch the WebEx Webinar
approx 60 min
QuarkXPress 8 Overview Webinar
Do you have what it takes to push your creativity to the limit? Take part in the QuarkXPress® 8 — Xperience Design US Webinar to find out how easily you can channel your creative vision and apply your design skills across print, the Web, and to Flash®.
Watch the WebEx Webinar
approx 78 min
Collateral
Choose from the printable PDFs below to learn more about QuarkXPress® 8.
Best Practices: Migrating to QuarkXPress 8
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Europe
Best Practices: PDF Export
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Europe
Best Practices: Transparency
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Europe
Preventing Press Errors with Quark Job Jackets
Americas
Europe
The QuarkXPress User Interface: Old Vs. New
Americas
Europe
From Quark Labs
A Community for QuarkXPress Users and Developers
Quick Look Filter for QuarkXPress 8 (Mac OS®)
Quick Look is the file previewing technology built into Mac OS® X 10.5 (Leopard). It allows you to view files right in the Finder without actually opening them, and it even provides large previews for the neat cover flow feature that the Finder inherited from iTunes in Leopard.
QuarkXPress Thumbnail (Windows OS®)
The QuarkXPress thumbnail provider is a shell extension for Windows Vista. It provides thumbnails for QuarkXPress files for any application that requests them. Explorer is an example of such an application that uses this feature; thumbnails are displayed in explorer for any files that provides them. Document previews can make designer workflow more efficient as users don't need to open each document in QuarkXPress to see the content.
