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Beginners QuarkXpress Training

QuarkXpressThis one-day QuarkXpress introductory training course furnishes students with the desktop publishing skills needed to produce shorter documents such as flyers, brochures and branded corporate literature. The course is available on-site at your workplace or as live virtual classroom for one-to-one sessions and small groups of up to 10 delegates. For QuarkXpress training costs, see below and contact us for our latest trainer availability in your area.

We have mobile Desktop Publishing trainers who can deliver QuarkXpress training virtually and in Leicester, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, Derby, Chesterfield, York, Nottingham, Lincoln and throughout mainland UK.

This course can be combined with the Advanced QuarkXpress training course to create a two-day training programme. Alternatively, you can also blend the training with other desktop publishing software such as Adobe InDesign or Illustrator. Or, if you are migrating from InDesign to QuarkXpress or vice versa, you can opt for a conversion course to help you make the transition.


Live Virtual Classroom QuarkXpress Courses

If you have a group of staff that you would prefer to be tutored remotely rather than having a trainer come out to you these small-group QuarkXpress courses are also available Online as live virtual, interactive training sessions from the comfort of your own office or workplace. These live instructor-led courses are taught via MS Teams video conferencing.

Why choose virtual learning? As we are all becoming more used to Online learning and live virtual meetings it has become apparent that the virtual classroom method of delivery has many advantages over traditional face-to-face learning venues.

If you are looking for local training near you, then you can't get any closer to your doorstep than you can with virtual learning.

Our virtual learning QuarkXpress courses cater for groups of up to ten people and your learners benefit from full and immersive interaction with your trainer just as if they were in the classroom with you, with engaging hands-on training via advanced live video conferencing that is further enhanced by features such as live chat, private chat, and sharing screens and documents.

You can find out how to set up Microsoft Teams for a live Online virtual course here (Virtual Learning with MS Teams).


On-site QuarkXpress Courses

Our 'face-to-face' closed courses for QuarkXpress are delivered as private courses for your delegates offering more flexibility than off-the-shelf public courses and topics taught can often be tailored to match your learning needs. One of our trainers will discuss your training requirements with you prior to the course.

These QuarkXpress training courses are conducted at your workplace for small groups and are exceptional value and very popular. You will usually need to book at least one month in advance. We can attend anywhere in the UK (for overseas requirements, please enquire). On rare ocassions travel supplements may apply for QuarkXpress training in Central London to cover additional expenses such as congestion charges, but we will endeavour to waive these when possible.


Expert Trainers

Our QuarkXpress Trainers are:

Specialist educators with a wealth of experience and expertise, proven track records and excellent feedback.

Tailored Courses

Our Closed QuarkXpress Courses are:

Flexible instructor-led courses catering to YOUR specific learning needs and training requirements.

18,000 students trained

Education is Our Passion:

Over 18,000 students trained across almost every industry, sector and background.


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QuarkXpress Training Delivery Method for Closed Courses for Businesses



QuarkXpress training - Beginners one day course

QuarkXpress Introduction Training Course Topics & Outline

We specialise in delivering flexible training programmes and the actual course content, topics and syllabus taught will often vary depending upon your learning requirements and upon the version of the software taught.

  1. QuarkXpress Overview
    • Introducing the QuarkXpress Tool Panel
    • Introducing QuarkXpress Palettes
    • Introducing the QuarkXpress Window menu
    • Introducing the Measurements bar

  2. QuarkXpress Layout and Document Handling
    • Getting started with a New Project (Creating, editing and setting up your documents)
    • Controlling and manipulating pages within your document with the Page Layout Panel
    • Getting started with Rulers, grids and guide lines

  3. QuarkXpress Colour Panel
    • Introducing the Colour panel
    • Colour Panel editing techniques
    • Manipulating colour with fills and strokes
    • Getting started with colour Gradients

  4. QuarkXpress Images
    • Importing images, using image boxes, image files, editing image attributes directly in Quark
    • Introducing text wrap with the runaround tool in QuarkXpress

  5. QuarkXpress Text & Typography
    • Entering and formatting your text
    • Importing text from external sources
    • Textboxes (Positioning your text box and linking text boxes to other places in your publication).
    • Working with character & paragraph formatting styles
    • QuarkXpress Special Characters and Fonts
    • Manipulating your text with tracking, leading and kerning
    • Fine detail - manipulating ligatures, punctuation indentation, hyphenation, justification and fractions

  6. QuarkXpress Tabs
    • Creating and using tabs and tab characters
    • Using the tab palette
    • Using tab leaders and decimal tabs

  7. QuarkXpress Working with Bezier
    • Working with Bezier path tools, lines and shapes, text on a path, box shapes, merging boxes

  8. QuarkXpress Output
    • Basic printing options (collect for output, printing Adobe PDFs).


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Desktop Publishing & Adobe Software Training Reviews from our UK Clients

Covered all areas perfectly. Super. Would recommend. Fab tutor.
H Smithson, The Original Factory Shop (QuarkXpress training Burnley, Lancashire)

Just wanted to put on record how pleased we were with the standard of training we received last week. The trainer is a credit to your organisation and we will certainly not hesitate in organising training through yourself again as required in the future.
M Roberts, Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (PhotoShop beginners training Chester, Cheshire)

I just wanted to drop you a quick note to say thank you to the trainer for the training on Friday. Everyone really enjoyed it and we found it really beneficial. We do hope to use you again in the future for other training purposes.
C Boothroyd, Bako North Western Ltd (PhotoShop and InDesign Training Preston, Lancashire)

The trainer was great and we found the course extremely useful.
C Sommerville, TP Group (Beginners InDesign Training Farnborough, Hampshire)

I am pleased to tell you that the training went well and I just wanted to drop a line to say that the trainer was very good and we are much more confident now.
B McKeary, Chester Grosvenor (InDesign training Chester, Cheshire)

I just wanted to let you know that the InDesign training with your trainer was excellent! He covered everything I needed to know and taught me so many tricks. Very good! I am very pleased with this.
A Surkau, Hoarelea (Intermediate InDesign Training Bournemouth)

The trainer was lovely and incredibly helpful tailoring the training to our needs, please pass on our thanks.
D Kilty, Hitchcock Wright and Partners (Adobe InDesign Training Liverpool, Merseyside)

I just wanted to say that the training was brilliant yesterday. I've already used what I've learnt to produce a document!
K Palmer, Stryker UK (Beginners to Intermediate Adobe InDesign Training Newbury)

Great training with a real sense of achievement at the end of the day.
J Baxter, Leeds College of Music (Adobe InDesign training Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Very Enjoyable! Lovely tutor and very interesting course
A Hemingway, Wakefield City Council (Adobe Acrobat training Wakefield, West Yorkshire)

Excellent
L Bhardwaj (PhotoShop training Blaby Leicestershire)

A fantastic tutor, made the whole experience very enjoyable.
R Sharma-Slessor, Depuy Spine (a Jonson & Jonson Company) (Adobe Photoshop and Indesign Training Leeds, West Yorkshire)

Very informative course with lots of helpful advice and good practice.
M Hamilton, Canon Slade School (Dreamweaver Training workshop Bolton Lancashire)

Really enjoyable and worthwhile.
L Maycock, Trutex Ltd (QuarkXpress Beginners Training Clitheroe Lancashire)

Covered all areas perfectly. Super. Fab tutor.
H Smithson, The Original Factory Shop (QuarkXpress training Burnley Lancs)

A comprehensive course, no need for improvements.
A Alvey, South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (Advanced Illustrator Training Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

[The trainer] has been great to work with. I really enjoyed the training.
K. Clarke, HSBC (Indesign training Birmingham, West Midlands)

Very first time I have used Captivate and it was a great start.
A. Kaczmarczyk, Learn Direct (Adobe Captivate training Sheffield, South Yorkshire)

I'd just like to say a big thank you to you on behalf of all the attendees. We thoroughly enjoyed the training.
A Hall, Royal Liverpool University Hospital (Adobe Captivate Training Liverpool, Merseyside)

The training was great and the trainer was marvellous.
S. Hart, Chester Grosvenor Hotel (Adobe InDesign training Chester, Cheshire)

An exceptional trainer. I found her manner warm, easy going professional and interested. Her skills with the Adobe Cloud were vast, her knowledge of Cascading Style Sheets, Convert to Paths, and Clipping Handles exceptional. She will always be somebody who shall forever remain in our hearts.
D. Cook, CML2 Ltd (Adobe Creative Cloud Master Class and QuarkXpress Beginners training Ipswich, Suffolk)


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QuarkXpress Course Levels: training courses are available for beginners and advanced users of QuarkXpress - see here for the advanced course: QuarkXpress Advanced Training.



Other Desktop Publishing & Adobe Training Courses

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-- QuarkXpress Advanced

-- Adobe Illustrator Beginners

-- Adobe Illustrator Advanced

-- Adobe InDesign Beginners

-- Adobe InDesign Advanced

-- Adobe InDesign For Multimedia PDFs

-- Adobe Photoshop Beginners

-- Adobe Photoshop Intermediate

-- Adobe Photoshop Advanced

-- Adobe Photoshop Elements

-- SLR Digital Photography with Photoshop

-- Adobe Audition Beginners

-- Adobe Animate Beginners

-- Adobe Express Beginners

-- Adobe Premiere Pro Beginners

-- Adobe Premiere Pro Advanced

-- Adobe Dreamweaver Beginners/Advanced

-- Adobe Muse

-- Adobe Acrobat Beginners

-- Adobe Acrobat Intermediate/Advanced Training

-- Adobe Captivate Beginners

-- Adobe Captivate Advanced

-- Adobe Captivate Multimedia

-- Creative Cloud Master Class

-- Creative Cloud Essentials Course

-- Articulate 365 Beginners / Intermediate

-- TechSmith Camtasia


To book a training course simply call 0844 493 3699, or email training@foursquareinnovations.co.uk





UK Price Guidelines

Group day rates for private virtual courses & workplace courses

1-3 delegates: £450 plus VAT
4 delegates: £500 plus VAT
5 delegates: £550 plus VAT
6 delegates: £600 plus VAT
7 delegates: £650 plus VAT
8 delegates: £700 plus VAT
9 delegates: £750 plus VAT
10 delegates: £800 plus VAT

- trainer travel costs apply for on-site visits-
- prices based on one-day's training -
- Laptop hire charged separately -