QuarkXPress 7

Last Updated: 03/11/2017

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QuarkXPress 7 description
QuarkXPress - combine writing, editing, and typography with color and pictures to produce dynamic final output

QuarkXPress is a powerful layout application that has an intuitive,versatile interface which helps you combine writing, editing andtypography with color and pictures to produce dynamic final output.

QuarkXPress is widely used by magazines, newspapers, advertisingagencies, typesetters, printers, corporate publishers, design firms,catalog houses, book publishers and form designers. It is also used bybusinesses with publishing requirements.

Here are some key features of "QuarkXPress":

Basic functionality and navigation
Display images at the file’.s full resolution to scale or magnifyimages with minimal pixelation and to position page elements moreprecisely
Change document display from 10% to 800% (maximum percentage for Windows version may be less depending on monitor resolution)
Size and position items manually or by using precise coordinates
Nudge items 1 point or .1 point using arrow keys
Automatically run text around a picture’.s subject matter including inside the “.holes”. of a picture’.s subject matter
Add QuarkXTensions and XTensions modules —. software created by Quarkand third-party developers that expand the user interface andcapabilities of QuarkXPress
Use the Scripts menu to choose from a wide variety of default AppleScript, or add your own scripts (Mac OS only)
Create documents up to 2,000 pages long, or 2 gigabytes in size
Use multiple undo/redo capability for actions, including Get text,Get picture, Crop to box, Linking and unlinking text, and manyfunctions in the Layers palette
Take advantage of some new and reorganized menus and commands
Simultaneously open and use several palettes for quick access to task controls and fields
Access Find/Change controls from a movable palette for convenient text editing during search and replace
Activate a context menu on pages or items to access context-sensitive options
Display visual indicators to identify items and their attributes
View actual page numbers or “.absolute”. page numbers in a sectioned document
View multiple spreads simultaneously
Take advantage of live scrolling and dragging
Manage which QuarkXTensions or XTensions sets will be active when you launch using XTensions Manager
Register your application with Quark online using your Internet browser
Work with full support for Danish, Dutch, International English, U.S.English, French, German, German (Reformed), Italian, Norwegian,Spanish, Swedish, and Swiss-German
Automatically spell hyphenated words correctly when spelling depends on hyphenation
Run under the operating system for any one of the supported languages
Save documents in single-language or multiple-language format
Exchange single-language documents with single-language versions of QuarkXPress
Create book files consisting of multiple QuarkXPress files for efficient network-based construction of long documents
Synchronize style sheets, colors, H&.Js, lists, and line/frame styles among documents that are part of a book

Layout, design, and graphics management
Redefine your work area and share specifications such as stylesheets, colors, hyphenation settings, and lists among Layout spaces (acollection of layouts that reside in the same project)
Use layers to organize items
Control the flow of content by linking text cells within a table or linking tables to each other
Convert selected text to a table or convert a table to a text box while maintaining anchored pictures
Combine and split table cells to create a complex table layout
Merge multiple items to form one composite box
Draw five standard picture box and text box shapes
Convert text into Bzier-outline box and fill with a picture or text
Create scalable, custom dash or stripe styles for use with lines and frames or choose from 11 default dash and stripe styles
Specify offset distances for rules above and below paragraphs
Anchor picture boxes, text boxes, lines, and rules to flow with textincluding non-rectangular or Bzier-shaped items or groups of items
Anchor tables in text boxes or other tables
Create side-heads and other technical formatting using anchored text boxes
Create documents for the Web or for printed output
Create single-sided or facing-page print documents
Use consolidated preferences to set document and application preferences within the same dialog box
Export tables as HTML tables from Web documents
Save files as write-protected templates
Automatically save and make backups of documents
Automatically save library changes
Import style sheets, colors, line and frame styles, H&.Js, and lists from other documents
Edit items on master pages for global changes
Edit master items locally in the document for special-case pages
Create multiple-page spreads (gatefolds) in print documents
Select from three automatic page insertion options, or insert pages manually
Insert, delete, and move multiple pages
Drag pages within and between documents
Apply the color of “.none”. to cells and gridlines for placing a table over graphic elements
Convert a table to a group of boxes which can be moved, rotated, reshaped, and more
Define tabbing order between cells
Resize columns and rows numerically or by dragging
Maintain table size while resizing table elements
Draw Bzier picture boxes, text boxes, lines, and text paths using point-by-point tools or freehand tools
Change boxes to lines and vice versa
Change traditionally shaped items into Bzier items and vice versa
Change text boxes to picture boxes and vice versa
Change Bzier lines to text paths and vice versa
Rearrange the stacking order of layers
Send items to the front or back of their layer or one level forward or backward within the layer
Snap items to guides, and define your own “.snap to”. distance
Scale box contents (text or picture) while resizing
Resize groups of items, with the option to scale all picture contents, text contents, frame widths, and line weights
Number and renumber pages automatically
Divide a single document into independently numbered sections
Specify automatic “.Continued on”. and “.Continued from”. page numbers that update automatically
Link text boxes to create a story
Use automatic text boxes with auto page insertion to avoid manual creation of multi-page text chains
Rotate lines or boxes with their content in .001 degree increments
Skew pictures, text, boxes, and lines
Specify line widths from hairline to 864 points in .001-point increments
Apply color and shade to box or table cell backgrounds, lines, gridlines, frames, and gaps in non-solid lines and frames
Paste low-resolution pictures into boxes to embed them in thedocument, or import high- and low-resolution pictures to link theoriginal picture files to the document
List all pictures in a document, and display each picture file’.s fullpath, file size, modification date, dimensions, and color depth
Import pictures in most Mac OS and Windows formats
Automatically update modified pictures
Update all modified images in a document using a modifier key
Create editable clipping paths based on white areas, an alpha channel, or an embedded path
Invert any clipping path
Remove a picture from its bounding box
Apply color and shade to 1-bit and grayscale pictures
Convert color pictures to grayscale or grayscale pictures to line art during import
Scale, crop, rotate, and skew pictures
Scale a picture to fit its box or a box to fit a picture
Position pictures manually or numerically
Control contrast of a grayscale bitmap picture or for each channel of a color bitmap picture
Control OPI swapping on a picture-by-picture basis
Group items so they can be selected, moved, rotated, resized, or modified as a single item
Automatically control alignment and space between multiple items
Lock or unlock single or grouped items on a page
Lock or unlock all items on a given layer
Automatically create and position multiple duplicates of items

Printing and production
Specify print document sizes ranging from 1" x 1" to 48" x 48"
Choose from eight measurement systems for print documents, including agates for classified ads
Export print document pages in PDF format
Save pages as EPS picture files
Create “.multi-ink”. colors that consist of user-specified percentages of any number of inks
Choose rendering intents to indicate to the Color Management Modulewhat color properties it should preserve when it performs colortranslations for RGB, CMYK, and Hexachrome colors
Output PDF files directly from QuarkXPress
Use As Is Color Space to allow print devices to handle color conversion (rather than QuarkXPress) for optimum color
Output blends, multi-inks, colorized TIFFs, and other items ascomposite color while retaining spot color information suitable forin-RIP separations
Take advantage of a Layers tab in the Print dialog box for outputting specific layers
View a display of inks used in a layer
Override Suppress Output settings for individual items on a layer without modifying them
Create reusable print styles for common print settings
Trap colors automatically or on an object-by-object basis (choke, spread, knockout, or overprint)
Specify the shade at or above which an object color will overprint its background color
Print individual plates for spot and process colors
Control screen frequency, angle, and dot function separately for each plate
Specify line frequency, screen angle, and dot function for grayscale pictures
Print spot and process color separations of EPS graphics
Use high-fidelity color compatibility to reduce the need for spot colors
Separate RGB pictures into high-fidelity color space for minimal loss in gamut
Separate RGB pictures into process color space
Create two-color blends (gradients) for box backgrounds in six patterns
Create process and spot colors using any of these color models: HSB,RGB, CMYK, LAB, PANTONE, PANTONE Hexachrome, FOCOLTONE, TRUMATCH andJapanese color systems TOYO and DIC
Create default and document-specific colors
Predict color using ICC-based color management from Apple ColorSync (Mac OS only) or Kodak (Windows or Mac OS)
Specify picture sources, device profiles, and color managementpreferences using the full suite of controls in QuarkCMS QuarkXTensionssoftware
Automatically learn which item is causing a printing problem using the Quark error handler
Preview how your page will be positioned on the selected output medium
Print a non-continuous range of pages
Print actual size, percentage of actual size, and thumbnails
Print oversized documents in automatically or manually tiled pieces
Print spreads as continuous output
Print registration marks centered, off center, or at user-defined offsets
Create bleeds by extending items beyond page boundaries, and selectfrom three options to specify bleed distance from page edges
Suppress printout of any item
Control output of OPI comments for TIFF and EPS picture formats individually
Select normal or low-resolution printing modes
Suppress or enable picture printout, either individually or on a document-wide basis
Print TIFFs at printer resolution to non-PostScript printers
Print master pages
After being automatically notified that pictures are missing, reimport those picture files at the start of a print job
Send print information in binary, ASCII, or Clean 8-bit format
Collect any print document and its high-resolution picture files,fonts, and color profiles in a folder for delivery to a service bureau
Automatically generate an electronic report containing all the information a service bureau needs to print your document
When printing to non-PostScript devices, take advantage of thefollowing enhancements: print actual size, percentage of actual size,and thumbnails. position the page on the paper. control the frequencyfor imported raster pictures. print rotated TIFF pictures at fullresolution. send composite RGB output, and use print styles

Text processing
Synchronize text to edit once and see the change reflected simultaneously in corresponding text across all Layout spaces
Export text in a variety of text formats
Import text from XPress Tags and ASCII formats and from RTF on Windows
Import text with style sheets from Microsoft Word and WordPerfect documents
Tag words for a four-level nested index or a two-level run-in index with cross-references
Create formatted tables of contents and other style sheet-based lists automatically
Display the QuarkXPress interface in any one of the supported languages
Automatically hyphenate and justify in each language used in a document
Perform language-specific spell checking for each language used in a document
Drag and drop text within a document or, on Windows, drag and droptext files directly from any Windows file list into a layout
Generate word counts for stories and documents
Automatically type “.fi”. and “.fl”. pairs as ligatures, whilemaintaining the ability to edit text, Find/Change text, hyphenate, andcheck spelling as usual (Mac OS only)
Automatically convert straight quotes and inch marks into typographer’.s quotes while entering or importing text
Create automatic drop caps up to 16 lines in height
Create hanging indents using the “.Indent Here”. character
Break paragraphs and columns using special characters such as “.New line,”. “.Next column,”. and “.Next box”.
Choose among a wide variety of breaking and non-breaking dashes, hyphens, and spaces
Find/change text and specific attributes —. including fonts, stylesheets, and text color —. in a single story or a whole document
Use built-in spelling dictionary or user-defined dictionaries to check spelling
Check the spelling of a single word, a story, a selection of text, or an entire document
Use the Automatic Word Lookup feature to check spelling
Create interaction in Web pages and PDF files using hyperlinks and anchors
Apply color and shade to text
Create and apply paragraph style sheets
Create and apply character style sheets for faster local text formatting
Horizontally or vertically scale text from 25% to 400% of normal width or height
Scale text proportionally while resizing a text box with the mouse
Kern and track text in .001 increments in any supported measurement system
Edit tracking and kerning tables individually for each font without altering font files
Prevent a subhead from separating from the lines of a paragraph with the “.Keep with Next”. feature
Control widow and orphan lines by specifying the minimum number of lines that can break from a paragraph across a column
Specify left, centered, right, justified, and forced paragraph alignment
Vertically align text (top, centered, bottom, or justified)
Control the text inset for each side of a text box
Control spacing before and after paragraphs
Automatically align text baselines across columns
Specify absolute leading in .001-point increments, or specify leading based on font size
Specify left indent, right indent, and first line indent
Apply custom hyphenation settings to individual paragraphs
Insert discretionary hyphens to control hyphenation on a case-by-case basis
Create multiple hyphenation and justification (H&.J) specifications
Save hyphenation exceptions with a document
Specify the maximum number of consecutive hyphens allowed
Control hyphenation of capitalized words
Specify minimum word size to hyphenate and the minimum number of characters before and after a hyphen
Specify optimum, minimum, and maximum word and character spacing for justified text
Select from six tab alignment options
Place tabs numerically or manually
Specify tab fill characters (such as dot leaders), including two-character fills
Place a right tab stop flush with right indent regardless of established tab stops
Base automatic runaround path on a picture’.s white areas, its box, an alpha channel, an embedded path, or a clipping path
Automatically run text around non-rectangular boxes to match their shape
Edit runaround paths using Bzier tools

Web page design
Export Web documents in HTML format
Export Web document pictures in JPEG, GIF, or PNG format
Create two-position rollovers out of images or text boxes
Create and apply secondary menus that display when the cursor is held over a primary menu
Easily create page-to-page hyperlinks
Create Web forms to collect and track information using as many as eight types of form controls
Create rectangular, oval, or Bzier image maps
Specify font families for cascading style sheets
Quickly create form boxes by changing the content of an existing boxto Form, place a form on a layer, or create form boxes in table cells
Engage HTML Preview and Export from the context menu
Use the Append feature to add hyperlinks associated with URLs to a layout
Use the Hyperlinks palette to specify how hyperlinks and anchors are displayed
Create rollovers for a Web page
View the active Web document in different Web browsers —. before you actually export it as HTML

XML and media-independent publishing
Extract QuarkXPress content and store it in XML format
Import/export XML without the need for a DTD
Take advantage of a more convenient way to identify tagged content
Use improved error handling
Take advantage of a new industry-standard parser
Combine a series of boxes into a named sequence
Place XML content automatically in a QuarkXPress or QuarkXPress Passport document for print, HTML, or PDF output

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