How to make automatic headers and footers with content variables in QuarkXPress

Text and image editing began many years ago with the advent of computers and the internet. Mankind had the need to use these tools to keep communicated , indisputably after the invention of printing presses, and other types of printing resources saw the need to complete the process in an easier way.

Newspapers and magazines were the main consumer products in a long history, especially with the arrival of digital tools that paradoxically were used and are used for the preparation and editing of texts, images and other types of resources.

Microsoft programs such as: Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point , as well as Photoshope, QuarkXpres, Smultron and other types of editors, are the most used by users, everything depends on their demands or needs , with them a countless tasks, used to make or edit texts , photographs and images among other things.

Automatic Headers and Footers with Content Variables in QuarkXPress

QuarkXPress is one of those editors, this program allows desktop publishing of content, with the possibility of designing texts, graphics and images . This program has two modes of use, a content mode and an object mode, that is, they are used through commands that are applied within a kind of box, adding very peculiar positions and characteristics.

On the other hand, if you want to make headings (with variables) , with the program in question you must select the window, content variables, some buttons will be displayed at the top of it, then press the pencil-shaped icon if you want to edit it, or click the cross-shaped button to add a new content variable.

Once the previous steps have been carried out, a large number of options will appear, of which you must locate the header option and select it, then choose the source sheet that will be positioned in the header. Later you must choose if you want to reveal the first or last case on the page, or on the contrary the first or last case on the extended plate.

For the header configuration to be added automatically, you must place the mouse over the text box, return to the top menu, select utilities, content variables, display the menu, and select the variable related to the header that you created.

However, if you want to add a footer within the same variable, you must follow the instructions previously described, with the difference that when you press the cross-shaped button, you will select the page numbering option or some other option. related to footers,

Finally, you select the source sheet where the footer will be located and then place the cursor inside the text box, return to the top menu, select utilities and select the footer that you created.

What is the best text editor?

Without a doubt, rivalries or competitions between software developers never seem to end. It is obvious, each one takes care of their interests, the most important thing is to comply with the requirements of the users . Never before have content editors been used on workstations as they are today.

However, it is difficult to determine which is better, who have the last word are the users , according to their experiences of use. What can be said is that the most used in the market are: content editors such as Microsoft, the Photoshope image editor and the QuarkXPress editor.

Minimum requirements to use QuarkXPress on your computer

It is necessary to affirm that to complete a better experience on the use of a program on a computer, first of all you must have access to the Internet to be able to download and install it on computers and personal computers or for work use.

By virtue of the above, it should be noted that the minimum requirements to use QuarkXPres are: have a good processor, a “Dual Core” or higher is recommended, another requirement is that your computer has 2 GB of RAM or higher. and finally enjoy a decent amount of storage.

 

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