QuarkXPress could always save documents down one version: 7 to 6, for example. In this very brief video, I show where to go to export your document for earlier versions of QuarkXPress. I also mention a secondary use for this export function: breaking Layouts away from a Project.
This video was made possible by our friends at Lynda.com. They were gracious enough to share a selection of chapters from my “QuarkXPress 7 New Features“ video training, so I hand-picked several that I thought would be most appealing to new users of QuarkXPress 7 and QuarkXPress 8.
This is the ninth and last in the series. You can also watch my previous videos:
“Print Dialog Box Enhancements in QuarkXPress 7 and 8“, ”Automatic Color Management in QuarkXPress 7 and 8“, ”Synchronized Items“, ”Using Photoshop Files in QuarkXPress“, “The Amazing (and overlooked) Glyphs Palette!“, ”Using Picture Effects to Edit Images in QuarkXPress“, ”Alpha Channels“ and “Multiple Windows“.
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3. July 2009 at 3:31 pm
Please:
Which version(s) of QuarkXpress operate under MAC OS 10.4.1 yet open files as far backwards as QuarkXpress 4.1? If you can provide me with an accurate answer, I bequeath you my entire kingdom and stash of 1970′s National Lampoon magazines. Thank you. Bruce
6. July 2009 at 9:40 am
Bruce: I’ll take those magazines! I loved National Lampoon. To answer your question, you should be good with QuarkXPress 8, 7, or 6 (or 5 if you can run Classic). All versions of QuarkXPress read files that were created as far back as version 3.3.
However, if you’re planning to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard), you’ll want version 8. The others aren’t too happy in Leopard, having been written years before Leopard was released.
10. July 2009 at 2:19 am
Jay: I’ve just installed Quark 8 into a new iMac w/ an OS X 10.5 (Leopard) and I’m having trouble opening files that were originally created in Quark 4.0 (which was recently upgraded to 4.1). These files are mainly “documents,” not fancy graphics or artwork or anything. But they are very important and I’d like to open them up and revise, edit, and print them out, if possible. Please tell me “It’s possible.”
Any solution?
Sincerely, William
10. July 2009 at 9:39 am
William: “It’s possible.” ;-)
Seriously, though, you may have to do one or two things to get your Mac used to the idea of opening those older Quark documents. First, remember that you can always drag and drop the document onto the QuarkXPress icon, or open them from the File> Open dialog.
Another thing to try: add the file extension .qxp to the end of the file name. It sucks, but that’s what we’re living with since Apple capitulated to Microsoft’s limitations.
And try this: Get Info on one of the QXP documents (File> Get Info), and choose QXP 8 as the “Open With” application — then click the “Change All” button. With luck, all those documents will then open into QXP 8 by default when you double-click them.
If none of these does the trick. write back and we’ll see if there are other options…
17. July 2009 at 12:41 am
Jay, thank you for your advice! I will try them immediately. You’ve saved me a lot of time and tired fingers. Again, thank you! William
17. July 2009 at 5:49 pm
Jay:
You are “The Man”! I did as you suggested, added those three little letters (.qxp) at the end of the file names, and it opened ‘em up as easy as slicing butter with a hot knife. I cannot thank you enough! Please don’t retire from helping us Quark users (especially us old geezers), at least not any time soon. Again, Thank You!
William Rabon
11. March 2010 at 8:36 am
I have a number of Quark documents that that were created in Quark 6.52. The docs did not have a file extension. I am transistioning to Quark 8 and went through (just this morning) and added .qxp extentsion to all of these docs. Now when I try to open them, I get a message that indicates that “This document can not be opened by this version of Quark”. I did the “File, Get Info, chose Quark 8 and clicked the “Change All” button, still get the same message.
What happened?????? I don’t want to have to recreate of all these.
Patsy
11. March 2010 at 2:44 pm
Patsy: try giving Quark’s technical support a call — it’s free. If you’re in North America and call technical support (800-676-4575, option two), you now connect directly with Quark’s Denver team Monday through Friday between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mountain Time. After-hours support is available through the same number and is provided by Quark’s technical support team in India.