QuarkXPress 8 marketing brochure

Superior page-layout and design software
depended on by creative and production
professionals for the delivery of print,
Web, and Flash ® output.

“ Quarkhasobviouslybeenlistening
to its customerbase, andmyfirstimpressions
of QuarkXPress 8 prove this. Its sleeker interface,
improved work flow, and integrated, interactive
Webtoolsalllookverypromising.”
Tom Dennis, Features Editor, Computer Arts, UK
Feel the excitement of design using the modern,
intuitive interface of QuarkXPress 8. No distractions
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Inspired by the designer’s passion for
perfection, QuarkXPress 8 complements
the way creative professionals work. Strive to
do better and constantly improve — employ
page-layout and design software developed
to help get you there.
With QuarkXPress 8, Quark takes a major step forward in capturing the attention
of a younger generation of designers, while dramatically improving the interface for
seasoned veterans. And its unique, core-level support for multilingual publishing takes
global communication a huge leap forward.”
from focusing on the task at hand — simply the
most powerful creative toolset to help you do
what you do best — design.
Jay Nelson, Editor & Publisher, Design Tools Monthly / Editorial Director, Planet Quark
QuarkXPress 8 stays true to its strength
as a print tool — yet that’s not enough
for us nor should it be for you. Be
adventurous! Build on your existing
expertise by sharing your print content
across media with built-in Web and
Flash authoring tools. No additional
purchase or coding required!
You’re the expert — design your way. QuarkXPress 8 introduces designer-driven
typography to create stunning text. Hanging characters and advanced baseline grids
along with Unicode ® and OpenType ® support give you the power to achieve the
effects you want.

”QuarkXPress 8 manages one of the most difficult
tasks in software development – rethinking the
user interface to make it more efficient, more
productive, and more enjoyable, without
alienating the experienced user. The
potential productivity gains of the new
release should be considerable.”
New Picture and Pen Tools
Integrate images into your layout quickly and seamlessly with
QuarkXPress 8. Intuitively place, scale, rotate, and offset images
easily using the new Picture Content tool — no need to switch
tools or enter numbers in a palette or dialogue box. You can
even see a visual preview as you crop an image!
Draw brand new illustrations directly in QuarkXPress 8 with the
redefined Bézier Pen tool — just like you do in Illustrator ® and
other major graphics applications. Most importantly, you can
focus on the task at hand because we’ve separated illustration
tools from the tools you use for basic page-layout tasks.
Andreas Pfeiffer, Industry Analyst and Consultant
Easy
Page Layout
with Drag and Drop
Design as quickly and fluidly as
your ideas. When you move
your text or picture content to
the page, the box is automatically
created — no need to
pre-define boxes!
You can drag text and pictures
from your desktop, Adobe ®
Bridge, iPhoto ®, or any other
application that supports drag
and drop, and your box is created
for you.
Design and Output Flash (SWF) Directly from QuarkXPress
Page-layout professionals can create rich Flash projects —
without compromising design — using the built-in Flash authoring
capabilities included in every edition of QuarkXPress 8.
Working in the same, familiar print environment of QuarkXPress 8,
you can take existing print jobs to Flash, or create new Flash
projects, in minutes — no additional purchase or coding required!
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Incorporate sound, video, animation,
and interactivity into your layouts
Output Flash files that support high-end
typography features
Create SWF files in more than 30 languages,
including East Asian languages
Make the most of rich design features
including transparency, image manipulation
effects, and robust illustration tools

Designer-driven Typography: Create Stunning Text
and Achieve the Effects you Want
QuarkXPress 8 offers easy-to-use, precise, and fully customizable
control for hanging characters. You can control the look of your
text margin alignment by quickly applying preloaded settings for
Hanging Punctuation and Punctuation Margin Alignment. And
only QuarkXPress 8 offers the ability to apply your settings at the
paragraph level, so settings don’t have to apply to an entire
story. You can even include the hanging characters setting as part
of a style sheet.
But our settings are just the beginning. You can build your own
settings to precisely define the hang of any character
you choose, including drop caps, to create the
design effects that work for you.
Rock
Solid Output
QuarkXPress 8 ships
with Output Styles and Quark ®
Job Jackets ® that support major international
output and advertising standards such as Ghent
Workgroup (GWG) PDF/X Plus. Now any designer can create
PDF files that meet the highest standards, without needing
advanced pre-press skills. QuarkXPress 8 also follows industry
standards for crop and bleed mark placement, and supports
import of PDF files that adhere to version 1.7 and earlier of
the PDF specification.
Design Grids/Advanced Baseline Grids
Design Grids give you the power to organize the design of your
text, offering unprecedented control over your baseline grid
settings, the ability to apply unique grid settings to individual
boxes, and a Grid Styles feature that can keep even complex
documents consistent.
Work Faster and Smarter
■ Place Illustrator (.ai) files directly in your layout with native
Illustrator file import
■ Use Guide Manager Pro for double-click access to advanced
control of traditional page guides, including setting position
and colour
■ Control and format multiple items simultaneously with Item
Styles
■ Choose your platform, choose your system — QuarkXPress 8
supports Mac OS ® 10.4 and Mac OS 10.5 as a Universal application,
Windows Vista ® , and Windows ® XP
Define High-Fidelity East Asian Layouts and Typography
QuarkXPress 8 is our biggest upgrade ever for East Asian
publishing! All QuarkXPress 8 users around the world can
communicate in the dynamic markets of East Asia with support
for Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.
Users of any — yes any — edition of QuarkXPress 8 can open,
edit, apply common styling, and output East Asian documents
and maintain attributes without worries.
Familiarity
While everyone will enjoy the simplicity and refined features
of QuarkXPress 8, current QuarkXPress users will appreciate
the familiarity of the workspace they know well with consistent
elements such as menus, palettes, and dialog boxes.
Publish Globally
Whether you’re designing multi-lingual documents or
repurposing a document from another part of the world,
QuarkXPress 8 offers global publishing capabilities through a
global file format and support for more than 30 languages in
every edition.
” While other design software
grows increasingly complicated
with each release, the new QuarkXPress 8
interface actually makes the program
simpler to use, while still adding
powerful new features.”
Alistair Dabbs, Graphic Designer

Expertise
QuarkXPress is superior desktop publishing software dedicated specifically to the art and process
of page layout, helping designers bring together all of their creative elements and fine-tune
their designs in one application, then output to print, the Web, and in interactive formats.
Confidence
Launch QuarkXPress 8 and draw on the confidence of two decades of experience from the original
innovator of page-layout and design software. Through continued innovation, QuarkXPress
now gives you a modern, intuitive interface, design-across-media capabilities, and precise
typographic control to take your concepts even further.
You constantly strive to do better and improve — employ page-layout and design software
developed to help get you there.
Using QuarkXPress 8, you can:
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Work faster and design more with fewer clicks
Design across media — share high-fidelity print content
across the Web and in Flash format without learning code
Control text alignment with a designer’s eye
Work easily with Illustrator AND create illustrations
directly in QuarkXPress easily without it
Open and print a QuarkXPress 8 project created anywhere in the world
Push creativity to its limits. Xperience Design.
About Quark
Two decades ago, Quark helped spark the first revolution in publishing by developing software
that moved publishing from proprietary typesetting systems to the desktop computer. Our
flagship product — QuarkXPress — changed the way people published around the world.
Today, Quark is revolutionizing publishing again by changing the way businesses communicate
with their customers. With Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution, Quark is taking bold new steps
to make accurate, relevant, and attractive communications across multiple types of media the
standard in publishing for decades to come.
Visit www.quark.com to learn more about QuarkXPress 8 and our dynamic publishing solutions,
or contact Quark today to find out how Quark publishing software can help you.
North America
Quark Inc.
1800 Grant Street
Denver, CO 80203
www.quark.com
solutions@quark.com
800.676.4575
303.894.8888
Europe
Quark Media House Sàrl
Rue Du Monruz 2
2000 Neuchâtel
Switzerland
euro.quark.com
solutionseu@quark.com
00800 1787 8275
+41 (32) 720 1414
Asia
Quark India Pvt Ltd.
A 45 Industrial Area
Phase VIII B Mohali 160059
Punjab, India
www.quarkindia.com
solutionsasia@quark.com
+91.172.2299.131
Japan
Quark Japan K.K.
West 248 bldg.
2-4-8 Ebisu-nishi
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
150-0021 Japan
solutionsjapan@quark.com
japan.quark.com
+81.3.3476.9440
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