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Rogue Preference Folder May Cause QuarkXPress 7 to Crash in Snow Leopard

I found this useful post by “MalloryKevin” at Apple’s Support Forums: ———————— To all those with Quark 7.5 crashes on Snow Leopard, I think I’ve found a solution. As the IT guy, I always experiment with new OSes and our current versions of software before I subject the rest of the company to it. So, [...]

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How to Remove Helvetica Neue

An ongoing annoyance with Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6 is their requirement that the font Helvetica Neue be active. Because of this, font managers such as FontExplorer, Suitcase or FontAgent won’t let you activate any other version of Helvetica Neue — such as the one you need because it was used in a previous [...]

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Batch Print and Export from QuarkXPress and InDesign

Exportools Professional 3.0 is a standalone application that allows you to print or export files from QuarkXPress 8 and InDesign CS3/CS4. This is achieved by either manually dropping files into Exportools’ file list, or into a watched folder. Print and export settings are assigned ahead of time, so the output happens automatically. Use the built-in [...]

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Why No Jabberwocky Sets in QuarkXPress 8?

Have you wondered why Quark dropped the Jabberwocky Sets feature from QuarkXPress 8? (Explanation: in QuarkXPress 7 and earlier, Jabberwocky Sets were different languages that Quark could use to fill placeholder text. My favorite was Klingon.) It turns out that because the Jabberwocky feature was added a long time before operating systems began to understand [...]

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