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Great head's up on that Jimbo... I've used Quark, InDesign and Pagemaker (shudder) extensively.
Quark was by far the best desktop publishing program on the market. I personally like CS1 version of InDesign much better than Quark 5, but I'd agree if you're looking for a job in any print media you'll need to familiarize yourself with Quark or InDesign or both. I think Quark is scrabling to try to stop the bleeding with this promotion. Adobe InDesign is quickly becoming as prevolent as Quark. Just about every magazine, catalog, flyer etc. are built with one of these programs.
Pretty much it's an easy way to collect all of your images, logos and text and lay the items out in a format that can be easily manipulated, exported or printed.
The other thing any aspiring print designer should get a handle on is Adobe Acrobat (not just reader). I create PDFs of just about everything I output to send to printers. It's the best way to ensure no problems with images, type or layout.
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