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Can I open my QuarkXPress documents with InDesign? Yes, you can use the Open command (File menu) in InDesign to open documents and templates created with QuarkXPress 3.3-4.11, including documents created with multilanguage QuarkXPress Passport 3.3 and 4.1.x. When you open a QuarkXPress document in InDesign, a new, untitled document is created. InDesign converts the original file information to native InDesign information. The table on the opposite page shows what happens when you open a QuarkXPress document in InDesign. Opening QuarkXPress Documents 74 Adobe InDesign CS3 | Conversion guide You’ve probably invested many hours creating a portfolio of QuarkXPress documents and templates that you use regularly. Depending on the number and complexity of these documents, re-creating them with InDesign could be a time-consuming task. Fortunately, you don’t have to rebuild legacy QuarkXPress documents. And if you need to repurpose only individual QuarkXPress pages—rather than whole documents—that’s easy, too. why can’t I open QuarkXPress 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x documents with InDesign? QuarkXPress 5.x, 6.x, and 7.x files are stored in a proprietary format, so InDesign cannot directly open these files to convert them to InDesign files. However, a thirdparty developer called Markzware (www.markzware.com) offers a conversion utility called Q2ID that converts QuarkXPress 3.3, 4.1, 5.0, 6.0, and 7.x files to InDesign files. Alternatively, you can save your QuarkXPress 5.x-7.x content back to QuarkXPress 4.x format and then open it in InDesign, which converts QuarkXPress 3.x-4.x files. (Please note that newer features may not be supported when you save backwards.) what else should I know about opening QuarkXPress documents with InDesign? Here are a few things to keep in mind if you convert QuarkXPress documents: • InDesign does not support Microsoft’s Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) or Quark XTensions. Consequently, when you open QuarkXPress files that contain OLE or Quark XTensions graphics, those graphics will not appear in the InDesign document. If your QuarkXPress document does not convert, check the original file and remove any objects that require an XTension; then save and try to convert the document again. • By default, new InDesign documents, as well as documents converted from QuarkXPress, have only one layer, called Layer 1.
• When you convert QuarkXPress documents, ICC-compliant profiles embedded in images contained in the converted document are preserved and treated as if placed directly into a new InDesign document. This means you can use the Image Color Settings command (Object menu) to control profile settings for those images. Profiles that are not ICCcompliant will be replaced using the default CMS settings and profiles you specified for InDesign. • Before you convert a QuarkXPress document, you should store all imported picture files in a single folder, relink all pictures in the Pictures tab of the Usage dialog box (Utilities > Usage > Picture), and then save the document. This step ensures that all links are preserved. Are there other ways to get QuarkXPress content into InDesign documents? Here are some other options: • Save page as EPS. If you won’t need to modify the content, you can save QuarkXPress pages as EPS files and place them in InDesign documents. Choose File > Save Page As EPS in QuarkXPress, and choose File > Place to import it into InDesign. Original Element Converted Element Text boxes, picture boxes Converted to InDesign text or graphics frames. Style sheets Converted to InDesign styles. Picture links Preserved and displayed in the Links panel. Color profiles Because QuarkXPress uses different color profiles, they are ignored in InDesign. Colors Colors are converted exactly to InDesign swatches, except HSB, multi-ink, and library colors, which are mapped to RGB colors. Master pages Converted to InDesign master pages. Master page items, QuarkXPress guides Placed on the corresponding InDesign master pages. Grouped items Remain grouped except where nonprint- ing items are included in a group. Frames and lines Converted to the InDesign line styles • Export document as PDF. InDesign can place one or more pages from a PDF file, so you can also choose to export QuarkXPress pages to PDF and then place them into InDesign. • Copy and paste. Move text from a QuarkXPress document to an InDesign document without the formatting using the Copy and Paste commands. Copy and Paste also work with images; however, the link to the original graphic file is not maintained, so it’s best to use this option only with pictures that have no disk file, such as screen captures. they most closely resemble. • XML. You can export an XML file from QuarkXPress and import the XML file into InDesign. to convert or not to convert? If you’re thinking about converting QuarkXPress documents into InDesign documents, it’s a good idea to begin by doing some experimenting. In general, the longer and more complex a QuarkXPress document, the more likely you are to discover differences when you open the document in InDesign. Opening QuarkXPress Documents 75
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