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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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Quark’s Preferences Folder: Where Should It Live?

In trolling Quark’s user forum, I found a post by Quark’s senior product manager Matthias Güenther that clearly explains where a Macintosh QuarkXPress user should keep their Preferences folder, and why. I’ve rewritten parts of it for clarity, but in essence, his story is below: Debunking an urban myth about QuarkXPress Preferences QuarkXPress stores a lot of [...]

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Help for Leopard Users with Older Versions of QuarkXPress

If you’re using QuarkXPress 6.5 or 7 on a Mac, and you’re running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, chances are you’ll run into a few glitches. If your glitch involves printing — specifically, if QuarkXPress forgets the features of your particular printer or no longer make its PPD available in the Print dialog box — [...]

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