This guide makes quick work of the most useful features in QuarkXPress 8, without unnecessary documentation. bull; The best QuarkXPress book on the basics--covers the primary features needed to do layout, but not all the features in the program bull; The opposite of a Dummies book, this book assumes the audience needs help with QuarkXPress and publishing issues, not the computer bull; Focuses on the most efficient way to do things and provides real world tips and techniques on publishing and workflow This is a new Peachpit one-off title that focuses on the basic techniques of QuarkXPress 8 software for print and Web workflows. It provides only the essential tips and techniques without the comprehensive documentation found in other books. It presents the program in a way that users actually now learn QuarkXPress (20 years after the program was introduced), unlike other books that still teach QuarkXPress as if the audience doesn't know the computer. The Dynamic author team, Kelly Kordes Anton and John Cruise, have both worked at Quark in the past, and have been using the program since it's very first release--they know it inside and out! Together, they walk readers through all things QuarkXPress 8, including: Workspaces, Documents, Pages, Items, Type, Text, Tables, Graphics, Color, Print, PDF, Web, and Flash. There is also a section dedicated to helping users retrain the 'QuarkXPress 4 mind set.' QuarkXPress 8 released in August 2008 and represents paradigm changes not seen since 3.0 was released 14 years ago. QuarkXPress users are now predominately Windows based and a large percentage uses the program for the Web. QuarkXPress 8 is currently available for US$900, or $200 for upgrade. There are now more than one million users worldwide. QuarkXPress users typically upgrade about six months after the introduction of the software. This book will hit the height of that cycle and provide an accessible format with a low-price point.

Kelly Kordes Anton is the Editor of Colorado Expression magazine.