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Founded in Denver, Colorado, in 1981, Quark was named after the subatomic particle proposed as the building block for all matter. The vision was to create software that would lay the foundation for modern publishing. For 30 years, Quark has delivered on its mission to be a leading provider of publishing software and solutions for customers of all sizes, whether professional designers, small and mid-sized businesses, or large organisations.
Quark introduced its flagship software — QuarkXPress® — in 1987, delivering precision typography, layout, and colour control to the desktop computer to change the way people publish around the world. By 1990, QuarkXPress 3 had become the software of choice for publishers worldwide. With the 1997 release of QuarkXPress 4, QuarkXPress quickly became the world's most widely used professional page-layout software. More than five billion pages have been produced using QuarkXPress, and more than three million QuarkXPress users worldwide are benefiting from a new generation of rich design capabilities for print, Web, and interactive media.
Quark expanded on its publishing foundation in 1992 with an editorial workflow and collaboration system that connects designers, writers, editors, and other contributors to the publishing process. The 2001 release of an advanced server engine combined high-performance publishing automation with professional design, helping organisations produce compelling communications such as high-impact catalogues, on-demand custom sales literature, localised advertisements, design-rich database publishing, personalised direct mail, and more.
Today, Quark is revolutionising publishing again. |
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Your Features. Delivered.
Meet the New QuarkXPress!
You’re going to love the new features in QuarkXPress 2015 because they are your features. In fact, we’ve included the top 10 most user-requested enhancements. Work faster with unbeatable 64-bit performance and an array of features for print and digital production such as certified PDF/X-4 output and fixed layout eBooks. Work smarter with new designer-controlled automation including footnotes and content variables.
QuarkXPress 2015 is available as a perpetual license for Mac OS X and Windows, no subscription required. Get your lifetime license today. |
Our Focus: Performance. Stability. Quality.
With its new 64-bit architecture, QuarkXPress 2015 can use all of the RAM
available to deliver performance improvements across the board from file
handling and layout rendering to PDF export. Combined with a relentless
focus on quality means you get the speed and reliability you deserve.
You Asked, We Delivered: Your Features
We surveyed customers around the world to discover and rank the features
that were important to you and included them in QuarkXPress 2015 – lots of
them.
- Stunning 64-bit
performance
- More than 4x larger Page
Sizes
- Verified PDF/X-4 Output
- Fixed layout interactive
eBooks
- Orthogonal Line Tool
- Custom Page Sizes
- Relink Any Picture in the
Usage Dialogue
- Collect for Output and
Usage for Complete Project
- User-definable shortcut
keys (*Mac only)
- Table styles
- Format Painter
- Yosemite OS X Support
- Tool Palette, Measurement
Palette and Palette Group docking on Windows
- Open PDF after Export
- And More
Support for Verified PDF/X-4 Output
QuarkXPress 2015 will allow users to create PDF/X-4 files. The exported
PDF/X-4 files are certified with the same technology used inside Adobe
Acrobat. With this latest standard, designers can preserve transparency to
enable faster output, smaller files and higher quality print output.
Work Smarter with Designer-Controlled Automation
QuarkXPress has always been about automation. From the early days of style
sheets, master pages, indexes and TOCs to more recent additions such as
shared content, conditional styles and callouts. QuarkXPress 2015 builds on
this legacy with new long document features including:
- Automatic footnotes and
endnotes
- A new, faster alternative
table tool for superior Excel integration with table styles
- Content Variables for
automatically populating reoccurring fields – like running headers, page
numbers, dates, references and static text
Fixed Layout eBooks with App-like Interactivity
Building on the popularity of reflowable eBooks (ePub) and stunning
interactive apps from App
Studio, QuarkXPress 2015 combines the best of both worlds with a new
digital output format. You can now create HTML5 fixed layout eBooks without
any additional software or costs. The fixed layout eBook format (ePub3 or
Amazon’s KF8), displays pixel-perfect layouts without the complexity and
cost of creating native apps. Unlike many fixed layout creation tools, your
layouts need not be static either. You can add interactive enrichments such
as slide shows, page flips, animations and more.
And That's Not All
If you’re on a previous version of QuarkXPress - or perhaps you just
haven’t discovered these features yet - QuarkXPress 2015 also includes
hundreds of features that support your workflow.
Easy to Use
- Easy Installation and
Activation
- 64-Bit Support
- Xenon Graphics Engine
- HiDPI/Retina® Support
- Streamlined, Modern,
Intuitive Interface
- Intelligent Palettes
- Full Screen View (Mac
Only)
- Adaptive Resolution
Technology
- Task-based Tools
- Page Navigator
- Libraries
- Multiple Views
- Learn Once for Multiple
Channels
- Drag and Drop
- Auto-open Documents
- Custom Shortcut Keys (Mac
Only)
Powerful Design Tools
- ShapeMaker
- Cloner
- Transparency and Drop
Shadows
- Illustration (Bézier/Pen)
Tools
- Clipping and Masking of
Images
- Table Creation
- QR Code Creator
- Advanced Image Control
- Layers
- Colour Blends
- Easily Create and Apply
Shapes to Any Content
- Dynamic Guides and Grids
- Space/Align and
Distribution
- Super Step and Repeat
- Automatic Text Runaround
- Intelligent Scaling
- Orthogonal Line Tool
- Larger Page Size
- Custom Page Sizes
- Relink Images in Usage
Dialogue
- Collect for Output Across
Entire Project
- Format Painter
- Footnotes / Endnotes
- New, Faster Tables
Including Table Styles
Integration with Other Applications
- Import and Manipulate
Photoshop (PSD) Documents
- Import Tables and Charts
from Microsoft Excel (XLS, XLSX)
- Import Microsoft Word
Text, Style Sheets, Pictures, and Hyperlinks
- Import Native Adobe®
Illustrator® (AI) Files
- Import, Export, and Edit
Text (DOC, DOCX, RTF, HTML, XTAGS)
- Import PDF, PDF/X,
PDF/X-4 Files
- Import Wide Range of
Image Formats (EPS, GIF, JPG, PDF, PNG, PostScript, TIFF)
- Enrich Digital Publishing
Projects with Sound and Video
Layout Automation
- Synchronise Text,
Pictures, and Formatting Automatically
- Conditional Styles
- Callouts
- Composition Zones®
- ImageGrid
- Job Jackets
- Lists
- Style Sheets
- Item Find/Change
- Item Styles
- AppleScript
- Master Pages
- Indexes
- Automatic Page Numbering
- Integration with
QuarkCopyDesk®
- Content Variables
- Automatic Footnotes and
Endnotes
Precision Typography
- Hanging Characters
- Bullets and Numbering
- Page Grids and Grid
Styles
- Linkster
- Story Editor
- East Asian Typography
- Glyphs Palette
- Convert Text to Picture
and Text Boxes
- Text on a Path
- Professional Text
Formatting
- Create Custom Kerning
Pairs and Tracking Curves
- Special Characters
- Placeholder Text
- Create Custom Underline
Styles
- Unicode and OpenType
Support
- Customisable H&J
(Hyphenation & Justification) Specifications
- Font Fallback
- Font Mapping
- Highlight Missing Fonts
- Hyphenation Exceptions
- Text Find/Change
- Custom Text Runaround
- Spellchecking and
Hyphenation in 38+ Languages
Reliable Print Output
- Job Jackets
- Soft Proofing
- Spot Inks (Including
PANTONE® Matching System)
- Bleed and Registration
Marks
- Configurable PDF Job
Options
- Live Print Previews
- PDF Pass-Through
Transparency
- Reusable Output Styles
- ICC Colour Management
- Overprint Control
- Verified PDF/X-4 Output
Digital Publishing
- Design for App Studio
- Export Fixed Layout and
Reflow ePub for iPad, Kindle and Android Devices
- Layout Spaces
- Synchronise Text,
Pictures, and Formatting Automatically
- Learn Once for Multiple
Channels
- Automatic Image Format
Conversion
- Convert Print to Digital
Publishing Formats
- Text-to-image Conversion
Plus
- Export Boxes, Partial
Pages or Whole Pages as Image
- OS X File Extensions are
Added to QuarkXPress Files
- Flip Shapes Horizontally
and Vertically
- Easily Join, Extend, and
Close Oopen Bézier Paths
- Apply Style Sheets After
Creation
- Anchored Boxes Without
Limit
- Support for Portuguese
Reformed Hyphenation & Spellcheck
- Layout Tab Reordering
- Set Default Tool
Preferences From Existing Objects
- View Persistent Unicode
Values in the Glyphs Palette
- Set Separate Trim View
Pasteboard Colour for App Studio
- and More
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System Requirements
Mac OS®
Software
- Mac OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain
Lion®)
- Mac OS X 10.9.5 or higher
(Mavericks®)
- Mac OS X 10.10.x
(Yosemite®)
Hardware (Minimum)
- Mac Intel processor
- 2GB RAM or higher (1 GB
available for QuarkXPress)
- 2GB hard disk space
- An Internet connection
for activation
Hardware (Recommended)
- Intel processor (four
cores or more)
- 8GB RAM or higher (4 GB
available for QuarkXPress)
- 100GB hard disk space
- An Internet connection
for activation
Optional
- DVD-ROM drive for
installation from DVD (not required for installation from download)
Windows®
Software
- Microsoft Windows 7 (64
Bit)
- Windows 8 (64 Bit),
Windows 8.1 (64 Bit)
- Microsoft .NET Framework
4.0 or later
Hardware (Minimum)
- CPU with two cores
- 2GB RAM or higher (1 GB
available for QuarkXPress)
- 2GB hard disk space
- An Internet connection
for activation
Hardware (Recommended)
- CPU with four cores or
more
- 8GB RAM or higher (4 GB
available for QuarkXPress)
- 100GB hard disk space
- An Internet connection
for activation
Optional
- DVD-ROM drive for
installation from DVD (not required for installation from download)
Languages
Supported spellchecking and
hyphenation languages
- Bulgarian
- Catalan
- Chinese (Simplified)
- Chinese (Traditional)
- Croatian
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
-
English (International)
- English (US)
- Estonian
-
Finnish
- French (France)
- German (Reformed)
- German (Swiss Reformed)
- German (Swiss)
- Greek
- Hungarian
- Icelandic
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- Italian
- Japanese
- Korean
- Latvian
- Lithuanian
- Norwegian (Bokmal)
- Norwegian (Nynorsk)
- Polish
- Portuguese (Brazilian)
- Portuguese (European)
- Portuguese (Reformed)
- Romanian
- Russian
- Slovak
- Slovenian
- Spanish (Spain)
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Swedish
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
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Supported user interface languages
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Czech
- Danish
- Dutch
- Dutch Belgium
- English
-
International English
-
Finnish
- French
- German
- Italian
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- Japanese
- Korean
- Norwegian
- Polish
- Portuguese
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Spanish
-
Swedish
- Swiss German
- Traditional Chinese
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Note that regardless of user
interface languages, all supported spellchecking and hyphenation languages are
available in every QuarkXPress edition.
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