Design Center Tutorial
Migrating from QuarkXPress to InDesign
This set of video tutorials shows you why you might decide to switch from QuarkXPress to Adobe® InDesign® CS3. Whether it's for InDesign-specific features, or a company-wide software switch, this is a transition many designers have to deal with. These video tutorials walk you through real-world design scenarios, and show experienced Quark users how to use each aspect of InDesign.
The companion Adobe PDF file, Adobe InDesign CS3 Conversion Guide, complements the video tutorials and offers even more information about converting from Quark to InDesign.
Requirements
To complete this article, you will need the following software and files:
InDesign CS3
Sample files:
Prerequisite knowledge:
An understanding of and experience using Quark.
Introduction
Getting up to speed quickly
- You already know InDesign (5:58 minutes)
- Placing text and graphics (11:05 minutes)
- Text and typography (8:22 minutes)
- Color and gradients (5:37 minutes)
- Converting QuarkXPress documents (5:58 minutes)
Advanced techniques
- Transparency effects (3:57 minutes)
- Object styles (3:40 minutes)
- Successive paragraph styles (3:44 minutes)
- Nested styles (5:20 minutes)
- Anchored objects (4:40 minutes)
- Preflighting a document (5:55 minutes)
Conclusion
Where to go from here
After migrating your Quark skillset to InDesign, there are many additional resources to expand your knowledge of the product. Check out these websites for tutorials and resources on InDesign CS3:
About the authors
David Blatner is the author or co-author of more than a dozen books, including Real World InDesign, Real World Scanning and Halftones, InDesign CS/CS2 Breakthroughs, Real World Photoshop, and Moving to InDesign. He is also a contributing editor for creativepro.com and the editorial director of InDesign Magazine. His books have sold more than a half-million copies worldwide and have been translated into 15 languages.
