Planet Quark

Quark has released a FREE XTension for QuarkXPress 8 that lets you typeset complex mathematical formulas and equations directly in QuarkXPress. In addition to providing a relatively simple interface for building the equations, you can edit existing equations in a WYSIWYG window. You can also use a style-sheet-like system to ensure that all equations in a project share a similar appearance.

Here is Quark’s list of the features in XPressMath:

• Associate characters with procedures (such as Sigma with summation)
• Typeset horizontal and vertical placement
• Insert fixed integrals, radicals, and summations
• Customise space around mathematical structures
• Import and export ASCII text for offline keyboarding
• Edit in WYSIWYG view to easily format previously created mathematic equations and structures
• Perform advanced formatting in the Equation Builder window
• Export an equation in JPEG format (replaces PICT [Mac] and BMP [Windows] export)
• Support Unicode
• Access four additional pi character levels

XPressMath formerly cost $259 for earlier versions of QuarkXPress, but now it’s free!

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