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Apple Lists Snow Leopard-compatible Printers and Scanners

While it’s not wise to upgrade to Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” until QuarkXPress 8 has been updated, it may be helpful to know whether your existing printers and scanners will work properly. Apple posted a detailed list of Mac OS X 10.6-compatible printers and scanners, including a large number of devices from HP, [...]

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Multi Style II: Automate Complex Text Formatting with One Click

Objectif Lune’s Multi Style II (€99) is an XTension for QuarkXPress 3/4/5/6/8 for Macintosh that lets you define a complex style sheet based on an existing paragraph, then apply it to new text. For example, a large bold product name followed by a smaller italicized description, followed by a price in a different typeface — [...]

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Halloween Fonts

If you’re looking for some excellent, free spooky fonts, check out Chad Savage’s website: www.sinisterfonts.com. He also has excellent sounds, desktop pictures, folder icons, cursors, and buddy icons (avatars). Also: see the “Free for All: Halloween Edition” story at CreativePro.com.

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Acrobat 8/9 and Snow Leopard

When upgrading to Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard”, be aware that the “Adobe PDF” printer option in the Print dialog box will no longer work. You can select it, but no PDF will be generated. While there is no fix for Acrobat 8, Adobe has a fix for Acrobat 9 in the form of [...]

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