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What Is Quark DesignPad? Quark® DesignPad is an exciting new app that lets you create brochures, display ads, flyers, greeting cards, newsletters, posters, and more on your iPad. If you’re a QuarkXPress® user, you can use DesignPad to quickly work up layouts interactively with customers in a fun and novel way, then you can transfer the file to your computer and apply the finishing touches in QuarkXPress*. If you’re not a QuarkXPress user, you can e-mail your finished documents in PNG format.

How To Use Quark DesignPad

To create a document with Quark DesignPad: Tap Start a New Design.

In the Type tab, tap the button for the type of document you want to create. A default design of that type displays.

If you are in portrait mode, tap Design in the title bar to display the design options. (If you are in landscape mode, the design options display automatically on the left.)

Tap the Size tab at the bottom of the design options. In this tab, you can tap one of the existing page sizes or create a new page size. To change the page size, use the controls at the bottom. To change the number in a size field, use the slider or tap the field and enter a number. The layout resizes dynamically.

If you want to create a custom size, configure the size, tap the plus button at the top, enter a name, and then tap Done at the top. To edit the name of a custom size, tap Edit and then tap the size name.

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To customize the layout of the document, tap the Layout tab at the bottom of the design options.

If you want to create a custom layout, configure the layout the way you want it, tap the plus button at the top, enter a name, and then tap Done at the top. To edit the name of a custom layout, tap Edit and then tap the layout name. To randomize the settings in the layout, tap the dice button at the top.

To save the current layout settings, tap the Save button at the top.

The controls in this area are as follows: Margin: The outside margin, in inches.

Caption: The size of the caption boxes below each picture box, in inches.

Horizontal Gap: The gap between columns in the grid.

Caption Position: Lets you control where caption boxes are positioned relative to their picture boxes:

Vertical Gap: The gap between rows in the grid.

Below

Above

Columns: The number of columns in the grid.

Bottom

Middle

Rows: The number of rows in the grid.

Top

Background: Lets you choose from a variety of sizes and positions for the picture box in the background of the design. Set this to zero to eliminate this picture box.

Horizontal Span: The number of grid rectangles each text or picture box should cover horizontally.

Header: The size of the main headline box.

Vertical Span: The number of grid rectangles each text or picture box should cover vertically.

Text Areas: The number of text boxes in the grid.

Pattern: Lets you adjust the layout of the boxes in the grid.

Picture Areas: The number of picture boxes in the grid.

Order: Lets you change the order of the boxes in the grid.

Bleed: Lets you control whether picture boxes extend to the edge of the page ▼

If you want to use the layout with Quark Web-toPrint** or Quark Brand Manager***, tap each box in the layout and choose a box tag from the list that displays. When you’re done configuring the layout, tap Add Content. Note that once you tap Add Content, you cannot change the layout’s settings (although you can adjust the layout manually). To change the name of the layout, tap Untitled in the title bar and then enter a new name. To zoom in and out, use pinch gestures. To scroll around in the layout, drag with two fingers.

To configure a text box, tap the box, then tap one of the following icons: Displays the Text Attributes popover, where you

Displays the Box Attributes popover, where you can

can edit the size, edit the color, inset,

color, alignment, and font of the text.

opacity,

frame width, and frame color of the box. Lets you edit the text in the box. Lets you assign a box tag to the box.

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To configure a picture box, tap the box, then tap one of the following icons: Lets you put a picture from your iPad in the box.

Displays the Box Attributes popover, where you can edit the color,

Lets you put a stock photograph in the box.

opacity, Displays the Picture Attributes popover, where you can frame width, fill the box with the picture and frame color

or fit the picture to the box proportionally,

of the box. For picture boxes, you can also delete the picture by tapping

and control the picture’s opacity.

Lets you assign a box tag to the box.

To change the position and cropping of a picture in a box, tap and hold on the picture until the picture dims, then use pinch gestures to resize and move the picture. When you’re done, tap outside the box or tap

To change the size of columns and rows, tap and drag in the space between two columns or rows.

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To add a text box or picture box, tap the plus button,

Tap and drag the arrows in the lower right corner of the box to resize the box.

then tap to create a new text box

To delete a text or picture box that you’ve added, tap it and then tap

or to create a new picture box tap Drag the box into position with one finger.

To select the background picture box (if any), tap To turn guide lines on and off, tap To e-mail a PNG version of the layout or a QuarkXPress version of the document, or to tweet a PNG version of the document, tap Note that for Twitter posting to work, you must enter your Twitter login credentials in the iPad’s Settings app. When you’re done editing the layout, tap Done. A thumbnail of your layout displays in the middle area of the home screen, and you can edit it later by tapping it there.

* QuarkXPress 9.2 or later required. ** Quark Web-to-Print System™ helps marketing organizations, advertising agencies, marketing communications firms, and print service providers reduce cycle times and production costs in creating personalized marketing materials. For more information, see http://www.quark.com/Products/Quark_Web-to-Print_System/. ***Quark Brand Manager is a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution that provides distributed sales and marketing teams the opportunity to easily create, customize and deliver brand-compliant marketing materials on-demand. For more information, see http://www.quarkbrandmanager.com/.

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