QuarkXPress 7 for Windows and Macintosh: Visual QuickStart Guide

4. Text

Text basics

To input or import text in QuarkXPress, you first have to create a box to put it. You can also flow text along a path or enter it in table cells. QuarkXPress has five tools that are expressly used for creating different-shaped text boxes, as well as two Bézier Text Box tools, four Text-Path tools, and a Tables tool. In addition, you can convert any item into a text box or text path.

Continuing with your studies

Once you’ve read this chapter and learned the rudiments of manipulating text—getting it into a box, selecting it, and rearranging it—you’ll be ready to explore these other topics:

In QuarkXPress 7.0, new text boxes ...