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Quark to Participate at mediaPro 09 in London, November 4th and 5th

At London’s mediaPro 09 conference November 4th and 5th, Quark will present Dynamic Publishing seminars focusing on content creation and management across multiple media channels. mediaPro 09 is for all those involved in the production and distribution of media and marketing communications, with more than 100 free seminars offered. Registration is free. The free seminars [...]

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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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Quark Releases Version 8.1 of Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution (DPS), Quark Publishing System (QPS), QuarkCopyDesk, and QuarkXPress Server

Along with the release of QuarkXPress 8.1, Quark has released version 8.1 of Quark Dynamic Publishing Solution (DPS), Quark Publishing System (QPS), QuarkCopyDesk, and QuarkXPress Server. Besides the improvements in QuarkXPress 8.1, the main improvement to these publishing system components is the automatic creation of dynamic Flash output. QuarkXPress Server 8.1 also includes many new [...]

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AutoPrice: Link a Database to QuarkXPress

AutoPrice, from Meadows Information Systems, is now available for QuarkXPress 8 for Mac. This XTension links text and graphics in a database to placeholders in a QuarkXPress document.  You can use it to automatically update prices or descriptions in catalogs, or create phone directories, time tables, and menus, including product shots, bar codes, and other graphics. [...]

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