QuarkXPress 9

New Features

New in QuarkXPress 9

Export to ePUB

QuarkXPress 9 includes an easy option for exporting to ePUB, the free and open e-book standard developed by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). Designers can create traditional text-based e-books and publish to e-bookstores such as Apple iBooks, Barnes & Noble NOOK and Amazon Kindle.

Design for Blio eReader

QuarkXPress 9 is the only page layout software with direct support for the Blio eReader, including the ability to enhance eBooks with interactive elements and a Read Logic feature that separates the print experience from the digital experience.

Publish to iPad

With App Studio for QuarkXPress designers will have a dedicated design environment within QuarkXPress 9 for creating content for the iPad. Designers will be able to create customised apps for the iPad, distribute their apps through the Apple App Store, and then publish richly designed, interactive content to the app (App Studio has not been published at the time of writing - it will be freely available when released).

Conditional styles

Allows multiple style attributes to be set based on the text content rather than “tagging'; allows designers to automate specific style elements that occur throughout a project.

Bullets, numbers and outlines

Create dynamic ordered and un-ordered lists that are preserved and editable in QuarkXPress.

Callouts

Boxes and groups move automatically with text as determined by the designer; callouts can be positioned relative to the page, spread, text box, paragraph, or character.

Story editor

Provides a word-processor-like view within QuarkXPress, which is most helpful when text within a layout is difficult to read and when reviewing stories that span multiple pages.

Cloner

The smartest and most efficient way to clone design elements, Cloner allows designers to copy items or pages to other pages or layouts and can be used to combine layouts or split them apart.

Linkster

Enables designers to unlink and relink text boxes that already contain text, to unlink stories spanning multiple pages, and to link or unlink boxes without disrupting existing text.

ShapeMaker

A wizard for easily creating or modifying hard-to-draw shapes such as waves, polygons, stars, and spirals, ShapeMaker also allows designers to create unique corner effects.

ImageGrid

Allows designers to import and automatically build grids of images with a variety of layout options; also supports image captioning.

And more!

• XLSX Import: Import XLSX files
• Style Sheets: Apply style sheets without affecting local formatting
• Table Creation: Break tables to flow across multiple pages with repeating headers and footers, even when they're anchored in a story.

Features

Key Features

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 behaviours 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 colour 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.

System Req.

Mac OS

Software

• Mac OS 10.5.8 (Leopard), Mac OS 10.6.4 (Snow Leopard) or later
• Tested on Citrix

Hardware

• Mac Intel processor
• 2GB RAM (1GB minimum)
• 2GB hard disk space

Optional

• An Internet connection for activation
• DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD (not required for installation from download)

Windows

Software

• Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2 or 3), Windows Vista 1.0, or Windows 7
• Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1
• Tested on Citrix

Hardware

• 2GB RAM (1GB minimum)
• 1GB hard disk space

Optional

• An Internet connection for activation
• DVD-ROM drive for installation from DVD (not required for installation from download).