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Videos: Precision Typography in QuarkXPress 9.5

Quark has several brief videos that show how some of the new typography features work in QuarkXPress 9.5. Specifically, Bullets and Numbering lets you create Styles for bullets, numbering and outlines that can automate your formatting; Story Editor lets you view your text in an easy-to-read, word-processor-like view; and Linkster lets you unlink and link [...]

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Videos: Layout Automation in QuarkXPress 9.5

Quark has several brief videos that show how some of the new layout automation features work in QuarkXPress 9.5. Specifically, ImageGrid lets you import and automatically build catalogs of images, including captions containing file name, resolution and format; Conditional Styles automatically apply formatting to text based on its content; and Callouts lets you attach free-floating [...]

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Easily Create Unique Shapes Using ShapeMaker in QuarkXPress

The new ShapeMaker feature in QuarkXPress 9 lets you create a wide variety of intricate and highly customizable shapes that can then be saved as presets. Real-time previews make it easy to see what you are creating as you develop original shapes from scratch or apply new shapes to existing boxes. How it works: To display [...]

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Graphic Design For Everyone

Recently, Lesa Snider presented a 3-day course that demonstrated her four secrets to great graphic design, and now you can watch it as a professionally-produced recording from CreativeLIVE. Each design secret is revealed, defined and then put into practice on several projects including business cards, ads, and more. You’ll also learn about typography and color [...]

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