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How to Copy Pages Between Documents in QuarkXPress

It may not be obvious how to copy pages from one document to another in QuarkXPress. The key is to view your documents in Thumbnail view: Open both documents, and then in each document, choose View> Thumbnails. Then, simply click and drag the page(s) from one document window to another. Here are some speed tips: [...]

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DesignMerge: Powerful Data Merging in QuarkXPress

Meadows Publishing Solutions’ DesignMerge is a suite of XTensions that lets you personalize virtually every aspect of a document, including Variable Text, Graphics, Articles, and even entire Layouts. DesignMerge also includes a number of advanced VDP features, such as automatic copyfitting, conditional logic programming, bar coding, and multi-up layout support. To use it, you assign [...]

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QuarkXPress and Xdata Free With Purchase of QuarkXPress 8

I’ve mentioned the remarkable Xdata XTension many times, including this video, and now you can get it for free when you buy a new copy of QuarkXPress 8. Below is the announcement that explains it all… ———————— XChange UK and ThePowerXChange are pleased to announce a new promotion starting January 4th 2010 that offers users [...]

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Inline Graphics Made Easy

I was speaking at the Newspaper Institute of Technology recently, and a QuarkXPress user asked me if there was any way to make a picture flow along with the text that belongs with it. Her project was a directory, with pictures of people at the beginning of their description. The answer of course is YES! [...]

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