Product Description

For any course in Digital Graphics, Web Design, Web Scripting and Development, Multimedia, Page Layout, Office Tools, and Operating Systems.

These task-based, visual reference guides feature step-by-step instructions and plenty of screen shots to guide students and teachers through the most important tasks. Visual QuickStart Guides are the ideal way to get students up and running quickly, and are used for intermediate and advanced students as a quick reference.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #986004 in Books
• Published on: 1998-05-12
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

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.

Customer Reviews

Most practical hands-on companion for learning QuarkXPress
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.

Most practical hands-on companion for learning QuarkXPress
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.