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The Trick to Opening Files Exported from QuarkXPress 7 to 6

If you’re having trouble opening files in QuarkXPress 6 that have been exported from QuarkXPress 7 down to version 6, be sure you’re using QuarkXPress 6.5.2 to open them. This is the newest version of QuarkXPress 6, and is the one that QuarkXPress 7 aims for. To find out your version of QuarkXPress, either watch the [...]

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Will QuarkXPress 6.5 Run On Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?

Apple released new MacBooks and MacBook Pros recently, and today I received a question about whether it was safe to use QuarkXPress 6.52 with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The answer is: QuarkXPress 6.52 and earlier will NOT work 100% properly with Leopard (nor does Adobe Creative Suite 2, which is of the same vintage). And [...]

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QuarkXPress 8.01 Update Released

Late last night, Quark released the 8.01 updater for QuarkXPress 8, Mac and Windows. According to the documentation, these are the new features: Enhanced spell checking: With QuarkXPress 8.01, you can set a preference to ignore capitalization and spacing errors when spellchecking. Click the SpellCheck pane in the Preferences dialog box (QuarkXPress/Edit > Preferences). The following controls are [...]

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