Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0201696231, Paperback)

The best-selling QuarkXPress: Visual QuickStart Guide has been updated to take advantage of the new features in version 4.0. This is the perfect way for beginners to learn QuarkXPress because the step-by-step, illustrated guide teaches users how to master specific skills using clear, easy-to-understand instructions. It also offers special tips to help new users avoid potential problems. Hundreds of illustrations with detailed captions offer additional reinforcement for new users. Users learn how to create a new Quark file, navigate through a document, work with text boxes, picture boxes, typography, and much more.

The new edition is an invaluable tool for experienced Quark users because it offers them a chance to learn the new features of version 4.0 quickly and easily. Some of the new features in QuarkXPress 4.0 include the addition of Bezier tools, a Tools palette, character-based style sheets, new management capabilities for QuarkXTensions, indexes, and paragraph formats, new graphics features, and new typographical and document controls.