1. The Interface

What is QuarkXPress?

QuarkXPress is a page layout application. A page layout application is a central gathering place for text, photographs, graphics, lines, and tables, all of which together make up a page or series of pages. QuarkXPress can be used to produce anything from a tiny hanging tag for a line of apparel to a multiple-volume encyclopedia. A finished layout can be output on a home laser printer (newsletter, party invitation, etc.), output on a high-end imagesetter for final printing by a commercial printer (book, magazine, brochure, etc.), or exported for online viewing.

This chapter is a reference guide to the basic QuarkXPress features. In the remaining chapters you’ll learn how to actually build pages and page elements. ...

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