Review on QuarkXpress 6.0Written by Mart Gil Abareta
After almost two decades of existence, Quark has become basic building block of any print designer’s toolkit. It has deservedly gained a reputation for reliable printing, offering consistent and dependable output that prevents costly mistakes. Now you can confidently add that tool to your Mac OS X workflow, because QuarkXPress 6.0 is available now and runs beautifully under Mac OS X.In this latest version, QuarkXPress 6.0 gains a new appearance and a new window menu that lets you quickly navigate between open files. But you’ll love being able to launch as many programs as you want, knowing that if one of them misbehaves, it won’t interfere with your QuarkXPress document. And with advanced virtual memory in Mac OS X, other programs won’t impede your work by hogging valuable memory. Connecting it to scriptable applications such as FileMaker Pro gives you an automation workflow simply not available on Windows. But it doesn’t merely run on Mac OS X, it also offers significant benefits over previous versions of software. The new concept of layout spaces with synchronized text is awesome! Its documents let you manage your projects in one file, making it easier to generate collateral for different formats. So, you can design a billboard and a print ad and keep them in same document. What makes this easier is addition of synchronized text that lets you share a single pool of content across multiple boxes. No need to fret about making sure you’ve updated an incorrect phone number, or even worse, a price, multiple times across several documents. Once you’ve fixed it once, you’ve fixed it all over place. You’ll surely appreciate gains in speed, accuracy and efficiency synchronized text brings.
| | QuarkXpress Tips: How to Move Content Between Print and Web LayoutsWritten by Mart Gil Abareta
Since its release in 1987, QuarkXpress had made an immediate impact to computer enthusiasts. QuarkXPress introduced precision typography, layout and color control to desktop computer, and delivered those features to designers at a fraction of cost of proprietary typesetting systems. Quark software programs had been widely utilized to create, design and manage their documents such as books, catalogs, brochures, packaging, newspapers, magazines and online materials.At present, Quark maintains its industry leadership with a product line that ties together traditional print publishing with enterprise content management, personalization and tools for creating collaborative, cross-media workflows. Regarding enterprise content management, I have here a brief description about moving or copying content between print and web layouts. Here are ways to achieve this. First, change layout medium type in Layout Properties dialog box (Layout > Layout Properties). Next, drag items between projects. Then, copy items from one layout and paste them into other. Drag items into a library, and then from library into a layout. It is important to note that if you convert a box from one type of layout to another, some of that box’s attributes may no longer apply. However, they are saved with box. Say, a text box in a web layout is set to export in JPEG format. If you convert layout to a print layout, "export as JPEG" setting is ignored. But if you drag that box into a different web layout, it will still remember “export as JPEG” setting.
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