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FusionXT Compares and Merges QuarkXPress Projects

8. May 2013

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When you need to see what has changed in a QuarkXPress project, try AthenaSoft’s FusionXT for QuarkXPress 9. This $79 XTension helps you compare and merge QuarkXPress project stories, assets, geometry and much more, side by side. Changes to the elements can be applied from one project to the other. It can even generate a [...]

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Tip: Use PDF2DTP to Extract Images from PDFs

18. March 2013

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I’m creating an EPUB book in QuarkXPress, and the client gave me a PDF containing his suggestions along with some product images for the book. He’s not easily available, so I didn’t want bother him to re-send me the images as separate files. What to do? I remembered that Markzware’s PDF2DTP XTension for QuarkXPress can [...]

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BigPicture: the Best Picture Manager

4. February 2013

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Badia Software’s BigPicture ($59.99, or $14.99/month) is an XTension for QuarkXPress 9/8/7/6/5/4 or a plug-in for InDesign CS6/5/4/3 that lists all the pictures in a project, and shows all the vital information about them (color model, format, file size, effective resolution, compression, scaling, angle, date modified, fonts, colors, etc.). In addition, BigPicture can select all the pictures [...]

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AutoPrice: Link a Database to QuarkXPress or InDesign

24. January 2013

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AutoPrice, from Meadows Information Systems, is available as either an XTension for QuarkXPress or a plug-in for InDesign. AutoPrice links text and graphics in a database to placeholders in a QuarkXPress or InDesign document. You can use it to automatically update prices or descriptions in catalogs, create phone directories, time tables, and menus, including product [...]

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