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WordDemon	Post subject: Layout question.. Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 7:03 am
Joined: Sat Nov 08, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 7 Location: G-Vegas, N.C.	Since I assume most of you are quite indentured into your careers, what is the deal on level of experience with layout.<p>Do most dailies REQUIRE you to be really good at Quark or InDesign?
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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: Re: Layout question.. Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 7:59 am
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by WordDemon: Since I assume most of you are quite indentured into your careers, what is the deal on level of experience with layout.<p>Do most dailies REQUIRE you to be really good at Quark or InDesign?<hr></blockquote><p>Those are computer programs. Anyone can learn how to use them.
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Hawkeye	Post subject: Re: Layout question.. Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 11:31 am
Joined: Tue Jan 14, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 78 Location: South Carolina	They require me to use Quark. Thankfully, they don't require me to be really good at it.
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Rio	Post subject: Re: Layout question.. Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 11:40 am
Joined: Thu Apr 11, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 887 Location: U.S.A.	Ditto.
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Gatekeeper	Post subject: Re: Layout question.. Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 4:30 pm
Joined: Fri Nov 07, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 309 Location: Upper Midwest	We use DT where I work, and layout is part of the daily, er, nightly routine. It's better than the old cut-and-paste system, IMO, although it's really irritating when DT crashes and one loses five minutes having to reboot.<p>Gatekeeper<p>-30-
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paulwiggins	Post subject: Re: Layout question.. Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 4:55 pm
Joined: Wed Oct 08, 2003 12:01 am Posts: 3137 Location: Homebush NSW Australia	The basics of Quark are relatively simple. <p>The key thing is to latch on to how your particular office likes things built, so that changes can be easily made by another user. <p>Major papers in Australia use a system called Cyberpage, designed specifically for newspapers, that simplifies the process even further. <p>That frees us up to concentrate on design fundamentals and news values, rather than program esoterica.
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snoopyr13	Post subject: Re: Layout question.. Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2003 10:00 pm
Joined: Fri May 10, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 16 Location: Florida	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by WordDemon: Since I assume most of you are quite indentured into your careers, what is the deal on level of experience with layout.<p>Do most dailies REQUIRE you to be really good at Quark or InDesign?<hr></blockquote><p>I use DT where I work, and I used Quark at my previous job. The size of the paper and the type of job you apply for typically dictates how much layout experience you need. At smaller papers, you need to have more versatility. At larger papers, I've heard most people either copy edit or lay out pages, not both. At my work, making deadline seems to be the most important part of my job, so knowing how to lay out pages quickly is quite handy.
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