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Microsoft’s Pesky .docx Files

Microsoft Word 2007 for Windows and Word 2008 for Mac save their files in a format that previous versions of Word cannot open. You’ll recognize them by their .docx filename extension. If you’re a Mac user and don’t yet have Word 2008, you can open these files from within Apple’s free TextEdit or Apple’s Pages [...]

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When QuarkXPress Won’t Activate

Recently, I had to have the motherboard replaced on my MacBook Pro. When I got it back, I migrated all my files back onto it. I expected QuarkXPress 7 to require reactivation, but was surprised that it wouldn’t. It complained about not being able to write to the activation database (or something). The quick and painless [...]

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How Mac OS X 10.4.11 Improves OpenType in QuarkXPress

In my post about Apple’s update to Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.4.11 Update Improves OpenType Use in QuarkXPress, I noted that the update claimed to “improve compatibility when using OpenType fonts in QuarkXPress.” Well, I just had to follow up on that, to find out what exactly was improved. So I asked Quark [...]

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