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QuarkXPress How-To: Add Dashing Design to Lines and Frames
How-Tos: Written by Suzanne Thomas on January 10, 2003
Adding interesting borders to boxes and unique styles to stripes gives a page layout a distinctive look. QuarkXPress ships with a large library of dashes and lines, but it's easy and fun to make your own. Here's how.
PageMaker How-To: Creating a Graphics Portfolio
How-Tos: Written by Suzanne Thomas Katherine McCray on August 15, 2002
You can create a sort of "cheat sheet," or graphics portfolio,that displays your most prominent work as well as a brief explanation of how each piece was accomplished. In this article, we'll show you how you can set up a graphics portfolio in PageMaker that can be easily updated, printed, or viewed onscreen.
QuarkXPress How-To: Creating a Graphics Portfolio
How-Tos: Written by Suzanne Thomas on August 23, 2001
As a designer, you have your work cut out for you. You're expected to be creative at all times and technologically up-to-date in the graphics arena. With all that responsibility, setting up a graphics portfolio like the one we've shown you here will make your job (or getting one) just a little easier. Good luck!