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| Loopy1380 | Posted – 4/25/2005 11:21:37 AM | show profile Does anyone know of any classes or seminars taught in NY on Quark for writers and editors? Thanks! |
| La_Semeuse | Posted – 4/25/2005 11:46:20 AM | show profile I took MB's Weekend Warrior Quark class and benefited a lot from it. Check out the Courses page or maybe send them an e-mail to find out when the next one will be. |
| Careen | Posted – 4/25/2005 8:44:47 PM | show profile What does an editor need Quark for? |
| writerandeditor | Posted – 4/25/2005 9:07:00 PM | show profile What does an editor need Quark for? Well, I guess it depends on the editor and the publication, don't you think? A copy editor certainly should know it. A managing editor should know how to use it. And it wouldn't hurt for an editor at a small-staffed publication to know how to make copy changes. |
| Printingman | Posted – 4/25/2005 9:37:02 PM | show profile | email poster WSG. You should retire. |
| beenthere | Posted – 4/25/2005 9:38:23 PM | show profile It's part of the job description now. Quark has been phased in as a basic skill. Web skills are now appearing in the next phase. I held two ME positions and Quark was mandatory for both. |
| stephaniebellows | Posted – 4/25/2005 10:31:19 PM | show profile Silly question.. what is quark anyway? (i know it's a software program) what is it's purpose? how does it work? thanks for any explanation. |
| La_Semeuse | Posted – 4/26/2005 11:21:32 AM | show profile Stephanie, QuarkXPress is a desktop publishing program for laying out books, magazines, newsletters, and the like. It would be really useful for you to take a basic course. |
| stephaniebellows | Posted – 4/26/2005 11:32:48 AM | show profile Thanks Thanks La_Semuse... btw, how's the new job going? |
| La_Semeuse | Posted – 4/26/2005 11:35:16 AM | show profile | email poster To Stephanie Hey there, hope the advice helped! I have about two weeks left in my old job, unfortunately ... hanging in there! What industry are you looking to work in? E-mail me off the board if you'd like. Christy |
| stephaniebellows | Posted – 4/26/2005 1:06:04 PM | show profile Christy I just emailed you off list.. :) Stephanie |
| Careen | Posted – 4/26/2005 1:36:52 PM | show profile Guess I'm just curious because Quark is a page layout program and in my experience, copy chages are made typically in a word doc and that is imported into the page layout (Quark or InDesign)by a production person, not an editor. In QPS (Quark Publishing System...which is different from QuarkXPress) there is the ability for editors to make type only changes which won't affect the design of the page. In addition, the trend is that QuarkXPress is being replaced with Adobe InDesign which also has a similar type only change function like QPS has. |
| beenthere | Posted – 4/26/2005 2:18:25 PM | show profile WSG, Didn't you rant about how ADs responsibilities are being stripped away??? This is part of it. Editors are now being required to know Quark and, as I said, Web skills are rapidly approaching as a fast second. It's just how it is, like it or not. |
| Careen | Posted – 4/26/2005 2:27:18 PM | show profile uhhh...errr...I was just wondering since this has been mostly a production person's responsibility, not the AD's either...sorry to have upset you. everyone seems so touchy in here lately! |
| redheadedone | Posted – 4/26/2005 4:59:58 PM | show profile Noble Desktop has classes for Quark etc., But, someone told me that it's better to know In Design. I was told that more mags are switching to that |
| Careen | Posted – 4/26/2005 5:02:12 PM | show profile PJ-you are correct! |
| JordanS | Posted – 4/26/2005 9:20:02 PM | show profile Loopy--you would be better off taking a class in InCopy and/or InDesign. Quark seems to be on its way out at most magazines--the magazine I work for switched to InDesign six months ago. |
| inventionof | Posted – 4/26/2005 9:52:30 PM | show profile I've been asked if I knew Quark in a couple of interviews for EA positions at book publishers. I think they were at smaller houses. I think chances are you won't need it, and if you do, you'd be able to get OTJ training for it. But if you have the extra funds and time, taking a class in it makes for a good little notch on your resume. It's one more skill, and it shows you care about the whole process. |
| Loopy1380 | Posted – 4/28/2005 7:29:42 AM | show profile Thank you...you've all been very helpful. |
| La_Semeuse | Posted – 4/28/2005 1:29:25 PM | show profile To Loopy This is the weekend class I took, and I greatly benefited. http://www.mediabistro.com/courses/cache/crs726.asp?ftit=quark&floc= You may also want to consider learning InDesign. |
| Loopy1380 | Posted – 4/29/2005 4:21:23 PM | show profile Thanks!!! |
| Brianne | Posted – 5/9/2005 12:59:19 PM | show profile What are the main differences between Quark and InDesign? I feel like people sway between these two programs on which is best. What are your opinions? I'm not currently in the magazine industry but would like to be, so I'm trying to see what skills I need to learn or fine tune. I know PageMaker like the back of my hand, but that's now a dinosaur. |
| stephaniebellows | Posted – 5/9/2005 3:37:36 PM | show profile For Brianne I think that there's a thread on the differences in the Designer's Corner of this forum... I vaguely remember seeing it. Check that out! |
| nadavis02 | Posted – 5/9/2005 5:45:48 PM | show profile The Quark, InDesign, PageMaker Breakdown You need to know all three and you need to be prepared to use all three. Many shops still use older Adobe packages and older versions of Quark. InDesign is the future but Quark is still here for the moment. Learn, read, study, master!! |
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