Quark Xpress Update

QuarkXPress 7.0
Update
by Taz Tally Ph.D.
A presentation of Taz Tally Seminars 2007©
QuarkXPress 7 Update
Quality Printing Presents
Quark Xpress 7 Update
Taz Tally
Taz Tally Seminars
E-mail: ttallyphd@aol.com
Web: www.taztallyhpotography.com
www.tazseminars.com
Topics for Today
ϖ Preference changes and enhancements
ϖ Color Management and Proofing
ϖ Job Jacket and Job Management
ϖ Expanded Palettes, Layouts and Views
ϖ Improved Layers and PSD Support
ϖ Enhanced Picture Effects
ϖ OpenType Support and Better Character Access
ϖ Export Options and Output Styles
ϖ New Table Features
ϖ New PDF export controls
ϖ Some Tips
ϖ The Killer Kreature Survives
Some Changes to
Preferences
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Preferences Changes
Preferences Changes
Preferences Changes
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Preferences Changes
Color Management and
Proofing
Color Management
ϖ Four major changes in 7
♣ Color Management is always on
♣ Separate source and output controls
♣ Non Destructive Previewing
♣ New CMM: Logo Sync instead of Color Sync
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Color Management Controls
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Preferences > Display > Monitor Profiles
♣ Set without doc open for QXP wide
Color Management Controls
ϖ Preferences > Color Manager
♣ Set without doc open for QXP wide
Color Management Controls
ϖ Preferences > Color Manager
♣ Create New/Custom Source Setup from built-in Profiles
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Color Management Controls
ϖ Preferences > Color Manager
♣ Create New/Custom Source Setup
Color Management Controls
ϖ Edit > Color Manager
♣ Create New/Custom Source Setup
Color Management Controls
ϖ Edit > Color Manager
♣ Create New/Custom Source Setup
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Color Management Controls
ϖ Edit > Color Manager
♣ Create New/Custom Output Setup
Color Management Controls
ϖ Edit > Color Manager
♣ Create New/Custom Output Setup
Color Management Controls
ϖ Edit > Color Manager
♣ Create New/Custom Output Setup
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Color Management Controls
ϖ Preferences > Color Manager
♣ Create New/Custom Source Setup from Color Setups
Color Management Controls
ϖ Activating Profile Information
♣ In Color Manger Prefs check the Enable Access …
♣ Window > Profile Info ––> Floating Profile Info dialog
Color Management Controls
ϖ Profile Management: Utilities > Profile Manger
♣ Select the Profiles you want to be visible
♣ Dynamic Updating
♣ Profile location
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Soft Proofing
ϖ View > Proof Output
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♣
Note the Prefs setting is the default
View and change nondestructively
♣ View with Full Res Previews ON
The Job Jacket and Job
Management
Job Jacket
ϖ Three Main Job Jacket Levels of Specification
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Job Jacket: Contains wide range of settings, specifications and rules
Ticket Template: Job Jacket based set for a certain kind of document
♣ Document specific Ticket: Fine tuned Ticket for a specific document
♣ Each has
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Resources
Specifications
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Job Jacket
ϖ Job Jacket Levels of Specification
Job Jacket
ϖ Ticket Template Levels of Specification
Job Jacket
ϖ Document Specific Ticket Levels of Specification
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Job Jacket
ϖ Condition Specific Rules can be Specification
Job Jacket
ϖ Document Specific Ticket Levels of Specification
Job Jacket Based Documents
ϖ Job Jacket based Documents
♣
Documents can be created or linked with the specifications of a specific Job Jacket
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♣
File > New > Project from Ticket
File > Job Jackets > Link Project
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Job Jacket Based Preflighting
ϖ Job Jacket based Documents
♣
File > Job Jackets > Evaluate Layout
Expanded Layouts,
Palettes and Views
Single Project Mode
ϖ File
> New
♣ Single Project Check Box
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Layout Export and Append
ϖ File > Export > Layout
♣ Exports everything … a document essentially
♣ Note Version 6 and 7 compatibility
Layout Append
ϖ File > Append > Layout
♣ Append on steroids
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Bring everything … style sheet and contents all of it!
Multiple Layout Views
ϖ Window > Split > Hor/Vert/Remove
♣ Different Magnifications
♣ Different Page
♣ Resize windows
♣ Access via scroll bars
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Palette Groups
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Cntr/Right Mouse + Click on Pallet Head
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Drag groups
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Hide and display (click on palette heads)
♣
Add, Subtract, Detach, Close
♣
Close all palettes at once
♣
Rearrange by dragging
♣
Create and Save Palette Sets
Enhanced Measurements Palette
ϖ F9 Access as always!
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Roll over access
Context sensitive
Contains many modify dialog items
Classic View as well as New
Enhanced Alignment Tool
ϖ Access through Measurement Palette
♣ Alignment relative to:
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Items
Pages
Spreads
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Layers and PSD Import
PSD Import
ϖ Edit > Import Picture (C/C + E)
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Import .psd images
Windows > Layers
Windows > .PSD Import
Place images on separate Layers
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Note Layers and Frames share colors
PSD Layer and Channel Access
ϖ Access .PSD Layers and Channels from PSD Import
♣ Access Alpha channel masks
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PSD Layer and Channel Access
ϖ Select Mask in Measurement Palette Menu
♣ Apply Alpha channel masks
PSD Layer and Channel Access
ϖ Select Mask in Measurement Palette Menu
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♣
Change Alpha channel masks
Adjust Opacity and Blending modes of Layers
PSD Access
ϖ Edit Original from within XPress Doc
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Control/Rt Mouse + click on selected image > Edit Original
Launch Photoshop (here)
After Edit in CS2 with Layer Style applied … No support Message
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Places composite w/o Layers
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Enhance Picture Effects
Picture Effects
ϖ Window > Picture Effects
♣ Adjustment tools
♣ Filters
♣ Apply to Image of alpha channel masks
Picture Effects
ϖ Window > Picture Effects
♣ Adjustment tools
♣ Filters
♣ Apply to Image of alpha channel masks
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Picture Effects
ϖ Picture Presets can be:
♣ Saved
♣ Loaded
♣ Edited
Maintaining Picture Attributes/Effects
ϖ Replaced Pictures
♣ Maintain scaling, positioning and rotation
♣ Picture Effects
Open Type Support and
Better Character Access
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OpenType Access - Characters
ϖ Style Menu > Characters
OpenType Access - Measurements Palette
ϖ OT Font and OT Character Set Access
OpenType Access - Glyphs
ϖ Window > Glyphs
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Special Character Access
ϖ Window > Insert Character
Ligatures On the Fly
ϖ Ligature Access through the Measurements Palette > Character Tab
Export Options and Output
Styles
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Export Options
ϖ File > Export
♣ PDF
♣ Projects
♣ HTML
Output Styles PDF
ϖ Edit > Output Style
ϖ Print Styles on Steroids
ϖ Default Styles for
♣ Print
♣ EPS
♣ PDF
Output Styles PDF
ϖ Edit > Output Style > PDF > New
ϖ Name and Define PDF Output
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Output Styles PDF
ϖ Edit > Output Style > PDF > New
ϖ Save Custom Style
Output Styles PDF Use
ϖ File > Export
ϖ Access Custom Output Style
Embed Fonts EPS Pages
ϖ File > Save Page AS EPS
ϖ Embed fonts in EPS
ϖ Configure EPS type
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Output Styles EPS
ϖ Edit > Output Style > EPS > New
ϖ Embed fonts in EPS
Output Styles EPS
ϖ Edit > Output Style > EPS > New
ϖ Embed fonts in EPS
New Table Features
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New Table Features
ϖ Dedicated Table Menu
ϖ Manual Creation and Auto Fit
New Table Features
ϖ Table Break Capability
♣ Define the dimensions of the divided table sections
QXP 7 PDF Creation
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PDF Creation
ϖ Set PDF Workflow in Prefs
♣ Export directly to PDF
♣ Generate PostScript File
PDF Creation
ϖ File > Export > PDF Layout
PDF Creation
ϖ File > Export > PDF Layout
♣ Select PDF Style, or
♣ Click Options
♣ Define location for PDF/PS file
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PDF Creation
ϖ PDF Options
♣ Support for PDF/X
♣ Uses JAWs PDF generator
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NOT Adobe PDF engine
PDF Creation
ϖ Saving Custom PDF Styles
♣ File > Export > Layout as PDF
♣ Click the Options button
♣ Click the PDF Style Menu > New PDF Output Style
More Q7 Tips
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Speed Demon Tip
ϖ Many large images
♣ Cache in some memory chips
slowing you down?
♣ QuarkXPress> Prefs> PSD Import and Prefs> Full Res Preview
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Raise the cache
Reroute the virtual memory to a VM free space
Control Freak Tips
ϖ Control
the behavior of your Measurement Tab pop-up
and Palettes
♣ Control/Rt Mouse + click on the left end of the Measurements pallet or on top
of any palette
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Pop-up + Active Palette controls
Palette close controls
Colorful Controls
ϖ New
Color Creation for Measurement Palette
♣ Click and hold on any measurement palette color access icon
♣ Drag to “New Color”
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Locking Tip
ϖ Item
can be really locked now by
♣ Position
♣ Contents (Picture or Story)
Converting ID docs to QXP
ϖ Use Markzware’s ID2Q Extension
♣ Download ID2Q compressed archive form www.markzware.com
♣ Decompress archive and drag Q6 or Q7 Extension into the XPress Extensions folder
♣ Read the “Limitations” document
♣ Utilities > Convert InDesign Document
Kill Kreature Survives!
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Taz Tally Seminars
E-mail: taztally@taztallyphotography.com
Web: www.taztallyhpotography.com
www.taztallyphotography.com
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