QuarkXPress is a powerful and very popular page layout program available on the Mac.
QuarkXPress has deservedly gained a reputation for reliable printing, offering consistent and dependable output that prevents costly mistakes.
QuarkXPress provides a way to work efficiently to achieve innovative outcomes, with new capabilities like direct PDF export, full-resolution preview, multiple layout sizes and media types in the same project, synchronized text, and intuitive Web functionality.
More than any other tool, publishers trust QuarkXPress to help them achieve higher levels of productivity and deliver real results, every time.
Features:
Easy to Use
- Streamlined, Modern, Intuitive Interface
- Palette Sets
- Task-based Tools
- Libraries
- Multiple Views
- Learn Once for Multiple Channels
- Keyboard Shortcuts
- Drag and Drop
Powerful Design Tools
- ShapeMaker
- Cloner
- Transparency and Drop Shadows
- Illustration (Bézier/Pen) Tools
- Clipping and Masking of Images
- Table Creation ENHANCED
- Picture Effects and Filters
- Layers
- Color Blends
- Easily Create and Apply Shapes to Any Content
- Guides and Grids
- Full Resolution Preview
- Space/Align and Distribution
- Super Step and Repeat
- Automatic Text Runaround
- Intelligent Scaling
Precision Typography
- Linkster
- Conditional Styles
- Bullets and Numbering
- Story Editor
- Hanging Characters
- Page Grids and Grid Styles
- Style Sheets ENHANCED
- East Asian Typography
- Glyphs Palette
- Convert Text to Picture and Text Boxes
- Text on a Path
- Professional Text Formatting
- Kerning and Tracking
- Create Custom Kerning Pairs and Tracking Curves
- Special Characters
- Jabber
- Create Custom Underline Styles
- Unicode and OpenType Support
- Customisable H&J (Hyphenation & Justification) Specifications
- Font Fallback
- Font Mapping
- Hyphenation Exceptions
- Text Find Change
- Hot-swappable user interface languages
- Custom Text Runaround
- Spellchecking and Hyphenation in 38+ languages
Integration with Other Applications
- Import and Manipulate Photoshop (PSD) Documents
- Import Tables and Charts from Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX) ENHANCED
- Import Native Adobe Illustrator (AI) Files
- Import XML and Publishing Personalised Marketing Materials
- Import, Export, and Edit Text (DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, XTAGS)
- Import and Edit Almost Any Image File (EPS, GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG, PostScript, TIFF)
- Enrich Web, SWF (Flash) and Digital Publishing Projects with Sound and Video (AVI, FLV, MOV, MP3, SWF)
Collaboration
- Composition Zones
- Job Jackets
- Import Tables and Charts from Microsoft Excel
- Shared Auxiliary Dictionaries
- Integration with QuarkCopyDesk
Layout Automation
- ImageGrid
- Conditional Styles
- Callouts
- Job Jackets
- Synchronise Text, Pictures, and Formatting Automatically
- Books
- Lists
- Style Sheets
- Item Find/Change
- Item Styles
- AppleScript/part of Extending QuarkXPress page
- Master pages
- Import XML into QuarkXPress and Publish Personalised Marketing Materials
- Indexes
- Automatic page numbering
Reliable Print Output
- Job Jackets
- Soft Proofing
- Spot Inks (including PANTONE Matching System)
- Bleed and Registration Marks
- Configurable PDF Job Options
- Reusable Output Styles
- ICC Color Management
- Overprint Control
Interactive SWF (Flash) design
- Create SWF (Flash) Animations
- Add Video, Audio, and SWF (Flash)
- Easily Create Simple and Multi-state Buttons
- Include Page and Object Transitions
- Single-click Export of HTML and SWF (Flash)
- Video Conversion to FLV
Web
- Add Navigation Menus
- Add Hyperlinks and Anchors
- Add Meta Tag Sets
- Add Image Maps
- Build HTML Forms
- Embed Image Rollovers
- Export HTML Web pages
- Text-to-image Conversion
