Chapter 1

Meeting QuarkXPress 2016

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Getting acquainted with QuarkXPress

check Finding out what’s new in QuarkXPress 2016

check Catching up with recent versions’ enhancements

check Knowing how to manage your files from the get-go

check Opening, creating, and saving files

QuarkXPress 2016 is not your daddy’s QuarkXPress. It may not even be your QuarkXPress if you haven’t used it since version 7. QuarkXPress has evolved far past its spectacular first incarnation as the world’s greatest tool for laying out pages for print. Adobe may have infiltrated the desktops of graphic designers by giving away InDesign, but QuarkXPress is still the industry’s most efficient engine for producing documents for multiple media. It’s currently in use by more than a million customers worldwide, especially in markets that value efficiency, such as manufacturing, financial, real estate, and pharmaceuticals, as well as book publishers, magazines, newspapers, and a wide variety of retailers and smart graphic designers. ...

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