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QuarkXPress, the old workhorse of the publishing industry since the 1980s has embraced a whole new generation of design and publishing in recent years with forward-thinking features and innovative improvements.

Free App Studio eSeminar: Preparing your app and issues for sale Free App Studio eSeminar: Preparing your app and issues for sale

Quark is offering a free eSeminar next Thursday, May 31: “App Studio: Preparing your app and issues for sale“. Check it out: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2012%2F05%2F21%2Ffree-app-studio-eseminar-preparing-your-app-and-issues-for-sale%2F'; addthis_title = 'Free+App+Studio+eSeminar%3A+Preparing+your+app+and+issues+for+sale'; addthis_pub = '';…

HOW Design Live Conference discount HOW Design Live Conference discount

Now in its 22nd year, the HOW Design Conference has become one of the best events to attend for a creative boost. It takes place June 22-25 in Boston, with more than 3,000 creatives expected to attend. This year’s conference…

Badia Duplica XT: an Über Eyedropper Badia Duplica XT: an Über Eyedropper

Badia Software’s Duplica XT 4.5 ($30) is an XTension for QuarkXPress 4/5/6/7/8/9 that specializes in copying formats and items from one place to another. It lets you copy and apply formats onto several boxes at once, including character formats, paragraph…

InDesign CS6 Reviewed by Jay Nelson InDesign CS6 Reviewed by Jay Nelson

This morning, Macworld.com posted my rather lengthy review of InDesign CS6 here. While the CS6 upgrade is definitely worthwhile for InDesign users, I don’t think the new features will cause any QuarkXPress users to switch. In fact, if imitation is…

Activate Soft Proofing in Acrobat and QuarkXPress Activate Soft Proofing in Acrobat and QuarkXPress

Acrobat’s soft proofing feature simulates onscreen how your final print will look once it’s printed. How you activate it depends on your version of Acrobat. Here’s how to find it in Acrobat X: choose ViewToolsPrint ProductionOutput Preview

Build Color Palettes from Photos with Pictaculous Build Color Palettes from Photos with Pictaculous

Pictaculous (free) is an interesting online service that builds unique color palettes from images you upload. Just use the Web interface or email a photo to colors@mailchimp.com and Pictaculous will report back with a color palette based on the colors…

Exportools Standard 4 Exportools Standard 4

Exportools Standard 4 for QuarkXPress and InDesign ($59) lets you export individual document pages or spreads as separate PDF, EPS, rich text, or JPEG files, among others. The export process can be started through the standalone application or through a menu…

Pantone’s Lighting Indicator Stickers Pantone’s Lighting Indicator Stickers

Pantone’s new Lighting Indicator Stickers ($49 for 40) help you see when lighting conditions are right to evaluate colors in printed projects. Each sticker has two color swatches that match when your light falls in the D50 range and appear…

$349 Upgrade to QuarkXPress 9 from Any Version $349 Upgrade to QuarkXPress 9 from Any Version

Quark is offering a $349 upgrade to QuarkXPress 9 from any version of QuarkXPress. Check it out:   addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2012%2F05%2F04%2F349-upgrade-to-quarkxpress-9-from-any-version%2F'; addthis_title = '%24349+Upgrade+to+QuarkXPress+9+from+Any+Version'; addthis_pub = '';…

Easy, Precise Text Links in Acrobat Easy, Precise Text Links in Acrobat

When using the Link tool in Acrobat, you can easily create a link that fits exactly around some text by holding down the Command and Option keys while selecting the text. (PC users: Ctrl and Alt). Another approach is…

The difference between Quark and Adobe The difference between Quark and Adobe

Clever headline, eh? No, I’m not going to delve into that question — but that is the title of a post at CreativeBits.org that praises Quark for their superior customer service. No kidding! Check it out: http://creativebits.org/difference_between_quark_and_adobe addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2012%2F05%2F02%2Fthe-difference-between-quark-and-adobe%2F';…

Preview All Images in a Folder Preview All Images in a Folder

Mac OS X has a built-in way to view all of the files in a folder at once using Quick Look. Go to any folder full of pictures, press Command-A to select all of them, and then press Option-Command-Y.…

Delete All Guides in QuarkXPress Delete All Guides in QuarkXPress

Here’s a quick, helpful tip: To delete all the horizontal guides in QuarkXPress, Option/Alt-click the top (horizontal) ruler. To delete all the vertical guides, Option/Alt-click the vertical ruler. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2012%2F05%2F01%2Fdelete-all-guides-in-quarkxpress%2F'; addthis_title = 'Delete+All+Guides+in+QuarkXPress'; addthis_pub = '';…

Free New Features for QuarkXPress 8! Free New Features for QuarkXPress 8!

A good number of people are still using QuarkXPress 8, so I thought I’d point everyone to some FREE XTensions from Quark that really help. You can download them all by clicking here. Print Selection This useful (dare I say necessary?) XTension…

Free Holography Webinar Free Holography Webinar

ITW Foils has a free 60-minute on-demand webinar that helps designers, brand-owners and printers better understand the process, impact, and benefits of holography. Titled “Custom Holography Simplified: Brilliant New Possibilities for Designers, Brands and Printers”, watch it at www.itwfoils.com/explore/webinars. Their…

Design Firm Chooses Quark over Adobe for iPad App Design Firm Chooses Quark over Adobe for iPad App

I found Quark’s press release (below) to be a good reality-check. Have a look! — Jay Nelson ———————— VIEW Magazine on the iPad Brings Photography to Life FusionLab, Inc. Chooses QuarkXPress 9 and App Studio to Create iPad Apps; Agency…

Find & Relink Pictures in QuarkXPress Find & Relink Pictures in QuarkXPress

CodeWare’s PictureXTracker 5.1 is a €199 XTension for QuarkXPress 8/9 that searches your hard drive for linked pictures that are missing from one or more documents. You can control whether the search is case sensitive, includes file extensions or not,…

50% Off Badia XTensions! 50% Off Badia XTensions!

Badia Software’s XTensions are terrific — we’ve written about them many times. And now they’re on sale! Check it out: addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.planetquark.com%2F2012%2F04%2F25%2F50-off-badia-xtensions%2F'; addthis_title = '50%25+Off+Badia+XTensions%21'; addthis_pub = '';…

New in QuarkXPress 9 (English) New in QuarkXPress 9 (English)

From: quarksoftwareinc Views: 815 1 ratings Time: 01:33 More in Science & Technology…

App Studio for QuarkXPress (English) App Studio for QuarkXPress (English)

Design and Publish to Your Own Custom iPad Apps for the Ultimate Mobile Experience Create a custom iPad app with Quark's online service, then design and publish beautiful interactive issues for it using QuarkXPress— without requiring the services of a…

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