rying to figure out exactly what type of program QuarkXPress is some- times reminds us of a scene from an old \" Sattlr- day Night Live\" episode, when a couple bickered over their new purchase. \"It s a floor wax,\" said one. \"No, it s a dessert topping,\" replied the other. The answer was clear: \" It s a floor wax and a dessert topping.\" QuarkXPress is a program with tile same predicament. Some people insist it s a typesetting application. Others bet their bottom dollar that it s a word pro- eessm: Still others make QuarkXPress a way of life. The truth is that QuarkXPress is all these things, and more. However, no matter how you use it, it is never more than a tool. And a tool is never more than the person behind it. We like to think of machetes. 3%u can use a machete as an exotic knife to cut a block of cheese. Or you can use it as your only means of survival I,aeking through the Amazon jungles. It s all up to you. ltere in the Introduction, we talk about the big picture: QuarkXPress and how it fits into the world of desktop pub- lishing. We also talk about the new QuarkXPress, version 3, and how it s diffe, ent fl om previous versions. Most inlpol- tantly, we set the stage for the real thrust of this book: how to use QuarkXPress to its tidiest.
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