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With QuarkXPress, you can communicate in all the ways you need to - and always look professional - in print and digital media, all in a single tool. Features include:
- Easy to Use QuarkXPress is a powerful and full-featured tool that makes it easy to develop your ideas into gorgeous layouts.
- Powerful Design Tools QuarkXPress provides an arsenal of design tools that let you turn even the most elaborate visions into reality.
- Precision Typography Typography is an art form, and QuarkXPress provides the tools you need to create
What's New
Version 9.2:
- Create a new project specifically for ePUB
- Add sound, video and hyperlinks to an ePUB e-book
- Create new articles, visually crop pictures, and split text components in a reflow article
- New Actions for iPad apps allow you to build buttons that control other media elements such as sound and video.
- iOS 5 Newsstand support.
- New Box From Clipping path command turns complex clipping paths into objects
- And more….
Version 9.2:
- Create a new project specifically for ePUB
- Add sound, video and hyperlinks to an ePUB e-book
- Create new articles, visually crop pictures, and split text components in a reflow article
- New Actions for iPad apps allow you to build buttons that control other media elements such as sound and video.
- iOS 5 Newsstand support.
- New Box From Clipping path command turns complex more...
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
Intel, Mac OS X 10.5.8 or later
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| Downloads:63,353 |
| Version Downloads:695 |
| Type:Multimedia & Design : Author Tools |
| License:Updater |
| Date:11 Jan 2012 |
| Platform:Intel |
| Price: $799.00 |
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With QuarkXPress, you can communicate in all the ways you need to - and always look professional - in print and digital media, all in a single tool. Features include:
- Easy to Use QuarkXPress is a powerful and full-featured tool that makes it easy to develop your ideas into gorgeous layouts.
- Powerful Design Tools QuarkXPress provides an arsenal of design tools that let you turn even the most elaborate visions into reality.
- Precision Typography Typography is an art form, and QuarkXPress provides the tools you need to create powerful works of typographical art. If you're a perfectionist, QuarkXPress provides all of the tools you need to reach perfection. If you're not, QuarkXPress provides presets and default behaviors that make your work look professional even when you're not paying attention to the details.
- Digital Publishing: Web, SWF (Flash®), e-books, and more QuarkXPress provides a toolset that lets you design and publish for a variety of output formats - including the Web, smartphones, e-readers, and tablets - without having to learn a different skill set for each, learn to write code or program, or purchase additional software applications.
- Integration with other Applications No application is an island. That's why QuarkXPress was designed from the beginning to work with files in a wide variety of formats.
- Layout Automation QuarkXPress not only provides you with world-class layout tools - it provides you with automation tools that allow you to create top-end design quickly and efficiently.
- Reliable Print Output The most gorgeous print layout in the world is no good if you can't print it. With over two decades of experience as the premiere tool for creating high-quality printed output, QuarkXPress has the tools you need to make sure that your layouts look the way you design them, both on the screen and on the press, without time-consuming troubleshooting and tweaking.
- Collaboration Do you need to keep style and color definitions consistent within a workgroup? Would you like to be able to have more than one person working on a layout at the same time - even if they're in different locations? Would you like to be able to import an Excel spreadsheet, then automatically update the layout when the spreadsheet changes? QuarkXPress helps you to make sure that when you work with others, you're really working together.
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Surf over to quark.com and dig around. 9.2 is available there.
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jdavies reviewed on 05 Jan 2012
The interface is quite mac-like -- I loathe clutter and bloated, needlessly complicated applications.
It has a very steep learning curve and it's too expensive at $800. On the other hand, I use it in combination with Bean, SketchBook and AutoCad LT and have successfully produced simple, (hopefully) elegant e-books.
Its tools are minimal but very flexible. Its conditional styles are a godsend, and it handles lists very neatly. I have even made use of the 'shaping' tool -- its nods to analytic geometry (sine curves? really?) are cheeky but appreciated.
I guess I'm lucky that I don't have any baggage with the program or the company. It's been very smooth sailing for me. I can't recommend the program enough, despite the price.
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big_rod reviewed on 03 Sep 2011
For anyone making money of his/her work, the price is well worth it.
This version is no exception. There is a learning curve, so this is not a useful app for amateurs who want to "be cool" and make their wedding invitations on a professional app.
Final thought; it stands on its own merits and feels quite a lot less bloated than the competition. I love Adobe, but they just don't make the best document layout app.
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Hkim reviewed on 02 Sep 2011
This is exactly what I don't need or want.
Epic fail.
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Please explain.
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This is exactly what I don't need or want.
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Curiously, this is exactly what I DO need and, in fact, am extremely excited to have this capability offered. Just because a major new feature does not fit YOUR needs, Hkim, does not mean the product is an "Epic fail". Indeed, I'd say the Epic fail in your comment lies elsewhere...
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Do you *understand* rating systems??? YI yi yi.
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Quark also does web page layout. I would never use it for that, but these tools make it easy to repurpose print jobs to other platform.
Don't think for a minute that this isn't being done somewhere right now.
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RunHomeSlow reviewed on 02 Sep 2011
Indesign fans go review your app... r u all frustrated that your cie bought CS5/4/3 and you had to switch back... 90% of people don't look £ macupdate for buying software...
Go cry on somedody else's shoulder!
— Frank Zappa
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InDesign has too many PageMakerisms, like placing images and text. I prefer using text and image boxes the way Quark does it.
But Quark is over priced IMO, and the company has been unfriendly to its customers for a long time.
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http://forums.quark.com/19.aspx
Someone is bound to help you out.
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Donmontalvo reviewed on 02 Sep 2011
Adobe InDesign is the defacto publishing solution today. Don't waste your money on QuarkXPress. Really.
Don Montalvo, TX
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quark,_Inc.
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I use Quark every day on a wide range of design projects. Works great for me.
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I spent many years doing production work when it was all QuarkXPress (long after Pagemaker withered). It used the be the only game in town. Not anymore. Adobe provides a high level of integration with Photoshop, Illustrator and Acrobat. Quark is trying to reinvent QuarkXPress and failing miserably. It's an old application that is stuck in the 20th century. That's why the owners dumped it.
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"Quark sold to merger and acquisition company"
http://www.macworld.com/article/161580/2011/08/quarksale.html
Its the end of the road for QuarkXPress...deal with it. :)
Don Montalvo, TX
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"Quark isn't going away."
Nobody knows for sure, but what do you think happens when a company is sold to an aquisition company? :)
"after InDesign repeatedly crashed on launch, I relegated it permanently to the shelf."
We have thousands of users around the world who don't have this problem. I would have an experienced tech troubleshoot your Macintosh.
"Adobe is horribly lost, and it shows with each new software release."
Most folks who support large numbers of prodution people would disagree. Adobe have spent the past few years working with us on tools like AAMEE, AUSST and APTEE. This makes package/distribution, patching and provisioning easier than ever.
On the user end, CS5 and CS5.5 have been solid as a rock. The interface is consistent across all Adobe applications. This makes it easier to teach new production folks (as opposed to QuarkXPress). I understand how older production folks are resistant to change. It's only a matter of time though, as there aren't many schools teaching QuarkXPress. ;)
"everyone here knows you haven't even tried Quark 9.1."
Right, blind assumtions based on what?
We are responsible for LAB testing all new releases of all software. Testing starts in an isolated LAB environment. Once we validate the software, we package it for distribution. Then we enlist PILOT testers in each of the key production areas. Once the PILOT testers are compfortable working full time on the new application or version, we coordinate a global push (usually by department). We deploy zero-touch, off hours, and when the users come in their computers are ready to go.
Quark is one of the few companies that don't respond to our requests to BETA test thier new software. Now think about WHY they don't want anyone involved in testing. Ever since Tim Gill sold the company, it's been a cash cow that continues to be sold off. The last buyer decided to retire and his kids decided to cash in. Now Quark is owned by an aquisition company.
Sticking with QuarkXPress? That's fine, you're entitled to. But the simple fact is QuarkXPress is on a downward spiral, despite what its marketing department would want you to think. More and more integration companies (IO Integration, NAPC, etc.) are positioned to transition production environments to an InDesign PDF workflow than ever. I've been involved in several transitions and its the same story each time. QuarkXPress users refuse to move to InDesign...while new production folks are flexible enough to do so and are happy to use InDesign.
If you were running a production environment, which would you prefer? Would you build around QuarkXPress and have to deal with older, more expensive and less flexible production staff? Or would you build around InDesign and hire younger, brighter and more flexible production folks? It's YOUR company, so YOU make the decision.
I'm simply stating the facts. InDesign has steadily matured over the years and its become the new standard. Its Quark (the company) who are lost. And HAVE lost.
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I used to love their products. Was a registered user since the earliest versions (as I am since Adobe Photoshop 1.0), and hated InDesign.
Then the jerky behavior of Quark (customer service) and their CEO writing me (many years ago) an abusive email for complaining about their app-crashing spell-checking bug was all I needed to know they had jumped and somersaulted over the shark. Can't wait to see The End of companies like Quark (and US Sprint :-) )
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InDesign is solid on CS5 for me. It works nice with Photoshop and Illustrator. So far it is okay but on OSX it has always been buggy. But it works better than quark for me.
Adobes biggest threat is good enough for many tasks open source projects are starting to appear now and the big fear they are becoming mature.
They are also facing new technologies such as HTML5 and Javascript frameworks let alone the mess CF is in compared with open source. Who will use flash/flex/cf in a couple years from now for business sites which are the bulk of the web eh know body.
Decline is the correct word to use and I agree they have some big apps but how long can the big ones keep the crap afloat. How long until Adobe employees branch off and go indy on them etc.
They may seem like Apple Microsoft Oracle SAP etc but they are far from it as they face far more future risks than they do.
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sudo update_prebinding -root / -force
then type your password when it asks and wait several minutes for it to finish. Don't touch the computer while it's working.
Hope this helps!
--Bryan
Rmtv rated on 03 Sep 2011
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