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Both applications create on the monitor screen a clearly
defined layout page and pasteboard area contained within
a document window. This page can be any size up to
48"
x 48"
in QuarkXPress and 42"
x 42"
in PageMaker.
Both applications allow text and graphic elements created
in other software applications, such as word processors
and drawing and painting programs, to be imported into
the publication layout. Scanned images can also be imported.
It is in the manner that these elements are displayed on the
page layout that the two programs differ most.
In PageMaker, imported text and graphic elements are
placed directly on the layout page where can be manipulated
as a discrete object. Text flow is controlled either by column
guides or by adjusting the size of the text object. Graphics
appear in much the same manner as they do in their
originating software.
On the other hand, to import text or graphics into
QuarkXPress, a box must be created to contain the element.
Text boxes are created for text,
and picture boxes are
created for graphics. Text boxes control the flow of text
and can be formatted with column guides. Picture boxes
display graphic images accurately, but the edges of all
boxes are always apparent unless guide display is disabled.
Both software applications have similar typographic features
to format font, size, style, character width, kerning and
tracking, etc. Graphics can be resized, cropped, rotated,
skewed,
and flipped in both applications. Both applications
have word-processing features such as spell checking and
search and replace. Text and simple graphics such as lines
and geometric shapes can be created directly on the layout
page in both PageMaker and QuarkXPress. Other common
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