Chapter 2. Workspace

The QuarkXPress 8 default workspace is designed to put all the tools and controls you need right at your fingertips. With easy access to design options, you can let your creativity flow as you compose layouts, fine-tune text, and manipulate images onscreen. QuarkXPress tools make it easy to create and modify items, the palettes provide a convenient path to formatting controls, and layout aids such as rulers and guides help with placement.

You can customize the workspace by displaying the palettes and layout aids you need, saving palette sets, resizing and splitting project windows, and more. As you work in QuarkXPress, you’ll need to navigate through layouts and pages, change the view scale, and experiment with items on the paste-board surrounding layout pages. Since nothing can stymie your creative inspiration more than having to hunt through the program interface for a command you need, familiarize yourself with the QuarkXPress workspace in these pages.