by David BlatnerAt first you may think this book is a hoot -- I sure did. You know, one of those fluff books the publishers like to come out with as a tag-along to a larger book? What better way to generate revenue for David Blatner, the acknowledged expert on Quark Xpress. Except I was wrong. This book may just turn out to be my favorite Quark book!
QuarkXPress Power Shortcuts is a comprehensive guide to all of the known time-saving key-stroke shortcuts in the last two versions of QuarkXPress. The focus of the book is not to make you more creative when using QuarkXPress, but to make you more efficient. Key-stroke combos that speed up everyday tasks and make using QuarkXPress easier are the focus of this compact, economical, no-frills book. Organized by menu and topics, the book includes mouse equivalents for both Macintosh and Windows users. Special sections cover hidden Easter eggs, power workflow tips, and top topics of QuarkXPress. With QuarkXPress Power Shortcuts, the answers users need to increase productivity are right at their fingertips.
You've heard me rave about Blatner's "Real World" books as the in-depth authority on the subject. This little gem equals the depth of those books in quick, easy to use shortcuts. All you have to do is put them to work. And here's a tip: once you get this book in your hands, get a good macro program and transfer the shortcuts from this book to the FKey rack. Then print out each command and shift/command on a strip of index paper corresponding to the assigned keys. That way you'll very quickly burn those shortcuts into your working reflexes.
* David Blatner is arguably the world's most-recognized authority on QuarkXPress, and the author or co-author of a number of books, including the award-winning bestseller Real World QuarkXPress 5 (formerly The QuarkXPress 4 Book), Real World Photoshop 6, Real World Scanning and Halftones, Real World InDesign 2, Judaism For Dummies, and The Joy of Pi. David has presented at conferences around North America, South Africa, and Japan, including at conferences such as MacWorld, and Seybold Seminars. He knows his stuff, and you can bet this book will be a most trusted friend for all Quark users. * QuarkXPress Power Shortcuts - by David BlatnerPaperback: 176 pages; Dimensions (in inches): 0.47 x 8.68 x 5.98 * Publisher: Peachpit Press; 1st edition (April 11, 2002) * from the DTP Department. Keywords for this item are: Desktop Publishing: page layout, printing, dtp, design, Quark, Pagemaker, InDesign -- You can find many other titles from this department here!
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