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Cumulus 7.6

Canto Cumulus is a tremendously powerful asset-managing system that can track all kinds of files, including individual assets placed inside QuarkXPress or InDesign layouts, separate pages of PowerPoint presentations, images, audio, video, and literally any other kind of file. New features in version 7.6 include: built-in rendering of PDF thumbnails and previews for files; generation of PowerPoint [...]

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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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