Quark is not sitting back with Adobe CS4 on it’s way to market and has a few exciting announcements of it’s own. These include Quark Publishing System 8, QuarkCopyDesk8, and QuarkXPress Server 8. All area planned to be launched before the end of the year and will be shown at IFRA in Amsterdam and GraphExpo in Chicago later in October. 

The principle is simple – where Adobe touts its integrated CS4 suite as offering new features for collaboration or publish anywhere workflows, Quark is answering back by pointing out that its family of solutions already have years of development behind them that match – and, Quark suggests, exceeds the capabilities of Adobe’s publishing products (with the possible exception of Photoshop).
SOURCE: http://www.9to5mac.com/quark_versus_adobe 

Interesting times in the graphic layout business!

XChange International announce release of
three XTensions for QuarkXPress v8

XChange International, the source for extended technology worldwide, are pleased to announce the release of three much-anticipated XTensions for QuarkXPress v8. The XTensions are from two long-time developers of commercial XTensions and they are available for upgrade from earlier versions as well as for new users.

Resize XT, one of the most popular XTensions on the market today, lets users select a group of page elements and scale them to a specified percentage just as they would in an illustration program.
TeXTractor is the comprehensive text extraction XTension for QuarkXPress. With TeXTractor, users can export all of the text in a Quark document or just selected portions of the text using any text filter currently available to QuarkXPress.
MathMagic Pro XTension provides an interface (a menu and a tool button) which enables users to create and edit equations inside a QuarkXPress document. Then, it communicates with the external MathMagic Pro application seamlessly.

To read in more detail about these products see http://www.xchangeuk.com

Quark has a new YouTube channel here. Their feature video is of course something highlighting the new QuarkXPress 8. Watch it here:

Quark is putting on a grand tour, like I have never seen, to some 20 countries and many more locations to show off the new version of QuarkXPress 8. It is free and gives one a great way to see what this new DTP layout software is all about:

The QuarkXPress 8 – Xperience Design Global Tour brings QuarkXPress 8 to major cities around the world. You’ll see:

• The new, modern and intuitive interface of QuarkXPress 8
• The power of designer-driven typography
• Tools to help you work smarter and faster
• Easy support for global publishing
• And the easiest way to create Flash design in a page–layout application — without using code!

Get together with designers, creative professionals, industry influencers, and your local Quark team.

To get the full list of countries, locations and for registration information, see here:
http://www.quark.com/about/events/quarkxpress8_roadshow.html

Push your creativity to the limit! Be one of the first to use QuarkXPress 8.
Quark is proud to announce that QuarkXPress® 8 is now available. Inspired by the designer’s passion for perfection, QuarkXPress 8 complements the way creative professionals work.

Xperience Design
Visit 8.quark.com to learn about the:

• New modern and intuitive interface
• Built-in Web and Flash® authoring tools
• Designer-driven typography with hanging characters and design grids
• Native Illustrator® file import and new illustration tools
• Easy page layout with drag and drop functionality
• Ability to publish globally with dictionaries and hyphenation for more than 30 languages and a single, global file format
• And much, much more…

Buy today!
QuarkXPress 8 is now available. Upgrade for only €399 (excl. VAT) or purchase a full product for just €1,349 (excl. VAT)*.
- Through a Quark Authorised Reseller
- Purchase or upgrade at the Quark eStore

Sincerely,
Terry Welty
Senior Vice President
Corporate Marketing
Quark Inc.
euro.quark.com

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